History · Crowley

Crowley’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Crowley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
1historic places
1need a date
Manzanola Bridge, State Highway 207, spanning Arkansas River, Manzanola, Otero County, CO · Library of Congress

The story

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The Crowley, Colorado, post office opened on December 18, 1914, and the Town of Crowley was incorporated on October 10, 1921.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crowley’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewManzanola Bridge, State Highway 2…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Crowley, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Crowley

1 place in Crowley is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Coloradoby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1999first listedCrowley School

Where they are

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Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Manzanola Bridge, State Highway 207, spanning Arkansas River, Manzanola, Otero County, CO and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

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From the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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