A history of Erie,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Erie from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In the mid-1860s, coal was discovered in southwestern corner of Weld County in the Territory of Colorado. Erie was originally settled in 1867 and named after Erie, Pennsylvania, the former home of early settler Richard Van Valkenburg.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Erie’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChildren of Sam Lontine, miner, p…, 1946: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Erie, decade by decade
CommonsChildren of Sam Lontine, miner, playing with their dog. Pur…1946
CommonsHome of miner. Puritan Camp, Erie, Colorado1946
CommonsKitchen in home of Sam Lontine, miner. Puritan Camp, Erie, …1946
CommonsMrs. Molly Genoff, wife of miner in living room of her home…1946
CommonsRear of home of Sam Lontine, miner. Puritan Camp, Erie, Col…19461990s
CommonsErie Parkway Looking North East2019
CommonsErie Colorado Post Office2019
CommonsErie Colorado Miner Memorial2019
CommonsErie Colorado Miner Memorial 22019
CommonsErie Colorado 1889 Brick Building2019
CommonsE County Line Road 012019
Commons1892 Enoch T. Vaughn House2019
CommonsErie Municipal Airport2016
CommonsBaseline Road (Colorado)2016
CommonsColorado National Guard Domestic Operations Response CERFP …2015
CommonsColorado National Guard Domestic Operations Response CERFP …2015
CommonsErie CO City Haall2014
CommonsCOMap-doton-Erie2005Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Children of Sam Lontine, miner, playing with their dog. Puritan Camp, Erie, Colorado (1946) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (18). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.