In a cluttered basement workshop in the town of Ridgway, Colorado, John Billings polishes a gold-plated Grammy Awards trophy Physical description:. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers

Celebrated western artist Bob Coronato in his studio and art gallery in tiny Hulett, Wyoming Physical description:. Notes: Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Best known for his paintings of western A

Bob Swann of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a Jicarilla Apache whose tribe is centered in New Mexico, was among the participants at a Colorado Springs Native American Inter-Tribal Powwow and festival in that central Colorado city Physical description:. Notes: Pu

John Hines takes a break from his work inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine high above the aptly named town of Marble in Gunnison County, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: Founded in 1899, Marble lay below the historic Yule Marble quarry (named not fo

A portion of the blacksmith's shop at South Park City Museum, a collection of historic buildings in Fairplay, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: The museum, in Park County's "high country," is a faithful reconstruction of a mining town from the days of th

Historic reenactor Dave Johnston at South Park City Museum, a collection of historic buildings in Fairplay, Colorado Physical description:. Notes: The museum, in Park County's "high country," is a faithful reconstruction of a mining town from the days of the

Jimmy Peters, a participant from the Wind River (Wyoming) Reservation in dancing, drumming, and other demonstrations of Indian life at the Indian Village on the rodeo grounds at the Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration in the Wyoming capital city Physical description

Sheep shearer at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas Physical description:. Notes: Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith

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 Physical description: 1 p