Lufkin Library Research Center

The Tread of Pioneer Museum maintains an extensive archive collection, part of the Lufkin Library Research Center. Types of information available:

- A user-friendly online photo database containing over 6000 historic regional photographs
- Oral histories, including audio and video- which have been digitized and are available to view/hear at the click of the mouse.
- Subject and biographical files gleaned from information from such media as newspaper clippings, magazine articles and family histories related to Steamboat Springs.
- Cemetery files
- Local and regional maps
- Publications
- Local and regional books
- Event posters
- Pamphlets
- Local Olympian history
- Transcribed journals
- Steamboat Springs High School year books (limited)
- Productions on video
- Original, irreplaceable archives: diaries, letters, marriage certificates, death certificates, high school diplomas, bonds, titles, tickets, etc. (available for research under Curator supervision)

Please call the museum at 970-879-2214 to make an appointment to visit the research center (Monday-Friday, 9-5pm, Sat. 11-5). When you visit the center, our staff will be happy to help you get started with your research. If you are out of town and can not visit the research center, our staff can assist you for a fee of $15 per hour with a $15 minimum.

Special thanks to Don Lufkin and the Lufkin family for funding the remodel of this resource facility and archive and assisting in its ongoing improvements.

Do you have information?
Tells Us Your Story
The museum welcomes your contribution of information and artifacts about the Yampa Valley. Add to or create your local family's file and help keep the museum an imporant resource for future generations. Contact our Curator Katie Adams at 970-879-2214 or kadams@treadofpioneers.org.

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Bud Werner Memorial Library

Genealogy Research Resources
Routt County Burial Index: An index of burial sites throughout Routt County, Colorado cemeteries
Routt County History Collection
Bud Werner Library Research Pages
Three Wire Winter Oral History and Magazine Collections
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Online Database Article | Website

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The Founding Family: J.H. Crawford Family
Crawford Family History and Steamboat Springs Founding Information
Crawford Pioneers
Lulita Crawford Pritchett

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Town History Publications: City of Steamboat Springs
Historic Context of Routt County
Steamboat Rails to Ski Trails
Downtown Historic Walking Tour Map

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Lufkin Library Archives
Alphabetical listing of Subject file titles available in our research center
Alphabetical listing of Biography/people file titles available in our research center
Alphabetical listing of videos, films, and oral history interviews available in our research center
Routt County Cemetery Files in alphabetical order available in our research center*
View the Cemetery Map
Cemetery Tour Info

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Finding Aids for Individual Collections

Located in our locked archives, these collections are accessible only through appointment with our curator Katie Adams at 970-879-2214 or kadams@treadofpioneers.org

Burgess, Perry Collection
- Diary of PA Burgess - Index of Diaries.pdf
- Diary of PA Burgess (Volume 1)- condensed.pdf
- Diary of PA Burgess (Volume 2)- condensed.pdf
- Diary of PA Burgess (Volume 3)- condensed.pdf
- Diary of PA Burgess (Volume 4)- condensed.pdf
- Diary of PA Burgess (Volume 5)- condensed.pdf
Burnham, Charles William Collection
Crawford Family Collection
Gossard Family Collection
Gray Family Collection
Maloney Photograph Collection
McIntosh, Robert Collection
Rehder Family Collection
Routt County Clubs and Businesses Collection
Routt County People Collection
Steele, John Collection
Sternberg, Eugene Collection
Vandergrift Film Collection
Werner Family Collection
Whipple, D.W. Collection
Wither Family Collection

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Digital Material and Collections
Winter Carnival Programs
Olympian Biography Project
Steamboat Springs Olympians Stats
Louis Summer Memoir
Routt County Ranch Histories
Routt County Rural Schoolhouses status
Routt County Rural Schoolhouses with Historic Register Listings or potential to be listed
Steamboat Springs High School Yearbooks
Videos/Films/Interviews

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Links to other genealogy resources