Minturn’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Minturn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town is named for Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr., who was vice president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad that founded the town. He was also a member of Grinnell, Minturn & Co.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Minturn’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Minturn’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRoundhouse Crash 1913, 1913: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Minturn, decade by decade
1980s
Nothing in Minturn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Minturn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Red Cliff Bridge in Red Cliff, 1.9 miles away.
Minturn and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Roundhouse Crash 1913 (1913) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.