Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2010s

Dr. Marguerite and James Cantu of Colorado Springs, Colorado, who were among the participants at a Colorado Springs Native American Inter-Tribal Powwow and festival in that central Colorado city

Driftwood installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado

Driftwood sculpture on the edge of the Shofu-en Japanese Garden (Garden of Pines and Wind in English) at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado

Duncan Box & Lumber Co., one of several vintage commercial buildings in the Old Central City neighborhood of Huntington, West Virginia, which its promoters call the "Antique Capital of the Tri-State (West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky) Area"

Dusk approaches along a dusty road in Sedgwick County, near Julesburg, Colorado

Dusk in Sedgwick County, near Julesburg, Colorado

Dusk in rural Sedgwick County, Colorado, near Julesburg, on the Nebraska border

Dunloup Falls, a roadside waterfall with a drop of 20 feet on the creek of the same name, near the largely abandoned old coal town of Thurmond in Fayette County, West Virginia. Dunloup Creek feeds the New River

Dusk on Jackalope Bridge over the North Platte River in Douglas, Wyoming

East Huntington bridge, Huntington, West Virginia

East High School in Denver, Colorado

Eastview Unity Apartments, in the renovated old Fairmont Hotel in Fairmont, West Virginia, is a subsidized apartment complex for the elderly and disabled, with more than 6,400 square feet of commercial space and a ballroom for social and civic functions

Echo Manor, one of several grand homes on or near Echo Point, a cul-de-sac abutting the National Road as it runs through Wheeling, West Virginia

Edemar Mansion, later the Stifel Fine Arts Center, in Wheeling, West Virginia

Eddie Three Eagles of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a Mescalero Apache and Cherokee whose tribes are centered in New Mexico and Texas, respectively, was among the participants at a Colorado Springs Native American Inter-Tribal Powwow and festival in that central Colorado city

El Pueblo Museum in Pueblo, Colorado

Eleanor Ward, photographed in Pueblo, Colorado, at a gathering of North American Native People

Elaine Ethel Weed and her granddaughter, eight-year-old Shilo Elaine Weed, members of the Eastern Shoshone tribe at the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming's Wind River Basin

Elaine Ethel Weed, right, her granddaughter, Shilo Elaine Weed, and her grandfather, Morning Star Moses Weed, all members of the Eastern Shoshone tribe at the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming's Wind River Basin

Elevated view of Central City, Colorado

Elizabeth Moore Hall, a historic woman's physical education building at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia

Emanuel Baptist Church in Parkersburg, West Virginia

Elk statue at Elks Lodge, Ouray, Colorado

Elk make themselves at home in the brush at the Woodlands at Fall River Suites mountain resort in Estes Park, a town on the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park in north-central Colorado

Elk Avenue, the main street of Crested Butte, a town heavily populated during ski season located high in the Rocky Mountains in Gunnison County, Colorado

Elmwood Mansion, also known as the Hugh Caperton House, a historic home in Union, West Virginia

Elmhurst Mansion, also known as the House of Friendship, in Wheeling, West Virginia

Engineering Hall, home to the engineering department at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming

Entrance sign to the Bar D Chuckwagon, a supper club, western stage show, and small Old West heritage town on the outskirts of Durango, Colorado

Entrance to the Huntington, West Virginia, Masonic temple

Entrance to the T-Lazy-7 guest ranch, on the winding road to the Maroon Bells, just outside Aspen, Colorado

Entrance to the Yellowjacket Ranch in rural Archuleta County, Colorado

Entrance to the Rohrbacher Ranch in rural Archuleta County, Colorado

Entrance to Crested Butte in the high-Rocky Mountain Colorado city of the same name. Mount Crested Butte, which gave the city its name, is in the distance

Entryway to the Berkeley Springs Castle. Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Entryway sign at the Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia

Entryway to Wheeling Park in Wheeling, West Virginia

Equestrian statue of Henry Cassaway Davis in Elkins, West Virginia, where Davis & Elkins College carries his name

Entry portal to Chico Cemetery, a windswept country graveyard near Avondale in Pueblo County, Colorado

Entryway of the Chief Theater in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Eureka Lodge, eight miles above Silverton along the dirt Alpine Loop in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado

Ertel Funeral Home in the building that blends Spanish Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, and Pueblo architectural styles in Cortez, Colorado

Every cow in this small herd has the same idea, taking a breather in this lovely pasture near the settlement of Hermosa, on the winding road between Durango and Silverton in La Junta County, Colorado

Evi'ketmal Red Elk and his mother, Dr. Cahuilla Red Elk, both of Colorado Springs, Colorado, were participants in a Colorado Springs Native American Inter-Tribal Powwow and festival in that central Colorado city

Exterior architectural detail of the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, Colorado

Factory building of the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (also known as Helme Tobacco Company) on Wheeling Island, a part of Wheeling, West Virginia, in the middle of the Ohio River

Fall scene along U.S. Highway 60 in Fayette County, West Virginia

Fall mountain view, taken high above the old "company town" of Cass from a Cass Scenic Railroad car in Pocahantas County, West Virginia

Facade of the old Beverly Bank building in the town of Beverly, one of the first settlements west of the Allegheny Mountains, founded in 1790 in the Tygart River Valley of what was then Virginia and is now (in 2015) West Virginia

Fall scene near Babcock State Park in Fayette County, West Virginia

Fall scene in Upshur County, West Virginia

Farm scene in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Farmstead in the spring in Mason County, near Gallopolis Ferry, West Virginia

Father and son fishing at a stream in rural Jackson County, West Virginia, near Sandyville

Faussone & Pricco building in Ouray, Colorado

Farmstead near Shenandoah Junction in Jefferson County, West Virginia

Fat and sassy prairie dogs, living comfortably on the grounds of Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming

Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania

Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, London, Kentucky

Federal building at 300 N. Los Angeles Blvd. in Los Angeles, California