Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Forks of the Creek, Clear Creek Cañon
- View west from the Forks Creek eating house and depot, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks leading to iron bridge and water tower seen at distant edge of depot; Forks Creek was junction of North...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Forks Creek (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- Silver Plume, Colo
- Bird's eye view of Silver Plume, Colorado, looking west; shows wooden frame residences and outbuildings, backside of brick buildings downtown, board fencing, mine dump tailings on hillside, and public school built in 1894.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1910]
- Bridge above Deansbury, Platte Cañon
- View of Platte Canyon and rushing waters of South Platte River along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track above Deansbury, Colorado; shows metal railroad bridge spanning river and narrow vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- High Bridge, Georgetown Loop
- Wide angle view of the High Bridge (300 feet long, 96 feet above Clear Creek, and set on a two percent grade) on Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; mine dumps or tailings at center.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- The Loop, Georgetown
- Bird's-eye view of Colorado and Southern's narrow gauge track in Clear Creek Canyon from Georgetown, Colorado, including the High Bridge (300 feet long, 96 feet above Clear Creek and set on a two percent grade) and the Loop; trains on tracks...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- Dining room, Hotel Glenisle, Platte Cañon
- Hotel Glenisle, dining room, Glenisle, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; interior view; four groups of men and women seated at various tables, two African American waitresses attending to customers, rough hewn log...
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; African Americans--Colorado--1900-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Waitresses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Charles H. Harmon painting of Georgetown Loop
- Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon; Georgetown Loop, High Bridge and Argentine Central Railway; numerous painted trains on track, some retouched by McClure.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harmon, Charles H.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A long riffle and a long fight
- One man fishing (reeling in a fish) in North Fork of South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado; summer cottages, cabins and residences on hillside in background; fisherman with pole, net and wicker creel around shoulder.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Mt. Evans
- View across valley with dirt road to Mt. Evans.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon
- Vertical image of Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track rounding canyon wall rock shape named Mother Grundy; Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Hanging Rock from above, Clear Creek Cañon
- Rock formation Hanging Rock in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, beside Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; shows push car used by L.C. McClure with male passenger on track, Clear Creek stream, and railroad rails beside track.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- Mt. Lincoln from Clear Creek Canon
- View of snow-covered, 14,284-foot Mount Lincoln taken from Clear Creek Canyon west of Denver, Colorado; shows Clear Creek lined with bushes and trees and utility poles.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lincoln, Mount (Park County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Central City, Colo.
- View northwest from the rocky bluff of Central Hill over Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with St. Aloysius Academy, long wooden stairs that lead down to Pine Street left of St. Patrick's Church; west facades of businesses on Lawrence and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [194-?]
- Republican Mtn. from Clear Creek Canon
- View of 12,393-foot Republican Mountain from wide portion of Clear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; shows curve of narrow-gauge track of the Colorado & Southern Railway, Clear Creek (lined with trees and bushes), and snow-covered mountain in...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Republican Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Fern Lake
- Fern Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado; Continental Divide peaks with patches of snow in background.
- Fern Lake (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930]
- Rock Creek Canon, Moffat Road
- View of three levels of Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific) standard gauge track in Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado, Moffat Road; wooden trestles, track on top portion of canyon ridge looping to opposite side; tunnel,...
- Rock Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- Narrows, Wiliams [sic] Canon
- View of dirt road in the Narrows, Williams Canyon, El Paso County, near Manitou Springs, Colorado; steep rock ledges overhanging narrow dirt road, small stream.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Vista of Pike's Peak, Palmer Park
- View of Pikes Peak from Palmer Park, a municipal park northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Ponderosa Pine tree frames the view; clouds and fog swathe the mountain.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- Vista of Pikes Peak, Palmer Park
- Distant view of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet) from Palmer Park, a municipal park northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Ponderosa Pine tree framing distant Pikes Peak.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- Public Library, Ft. Collins, Colo.
- Exterior view Ft. Collins Carnegie Public Library, Colorado, with immature landscaping of bushes and trees; later became site of Ft. Collins Museum.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Libraries--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- High Bridge over the Loop, above Georgetown, Colo., C. & S. Ry
- Complete view of Colorado & Southern Railway's High Bridge with narrow gauge track underneath bridge in Clear Creek Canyon above Georgetown, Colorado; part of Georgetown Loop; retouched double header passenger train crossing bridge; Clear Creek...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890- 1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Mt. Lincoln from Empire Colo., Clear Creek Canon
- View of snow-covered, 14,284-foot Mount Lincoln from Clear Creek Canyon at Empire, Colorado; shows tree-lined and rocky Clear Creek, fence posts, utility wires overhead, and mountains in distance.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lincoln, Mount (Park County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Idahoe [sic] Springs, Colo.
- View of Idaho Springs, Colorado, taken from Newhouse Tunnel's end of valley; includes wooden frame residences, mining structures, telephone poles and wires, tents, outbuildings, and unpaved or dirt streets.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1905]
- Breckenridge, Colo. and the Ten Mile Range, C. & S. Ry
- Bird's eye view of Breckenridge, Colorado, and Ten Mile Range reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track along lower base of hillside with wooden trestle, railroad depot, wooden frame buildings and residences, churches,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Saguache [sic] Range
- View towards Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains, Colorado; pine- covered slopes rising toward above timberline ridges.
- Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Shawnee, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; wooden frame buildings, Shawnee Lodge, two men and boy standing on bridge.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Crystal Lake, Platte Cañon on the C. & S.
- Crystal Lake, Platte Canyon, Colorado; includes picnic shelter, Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge railroad track and siding, wooden platform leading to boardwalk from siding, and a wooden frame residence.
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Shawnee, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track and train stop (shelter), wooden frame buildings, tilled field, and Shawnee Lodge.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Colorado & Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks rounding bend past rock formation "Hanging Rock" in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900- 1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Silver Plume and Georgetow [sic] from Sunrise Peak
- Bird's eye view towards distant Silver Plume and Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado and across Rocky Mountains from Sunrise Peak; Silver Plume and Georgetown in canyon below; aerial mine tram with carts, foreground right; switchback road on...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Bailiey's [sic], Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. Shows general store; wooden frame building and residence; Kiowa Lodge nestled among trees on hillside; group of men, women and children following...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Exterior view of Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Plattte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows log and wooden frame building, split rail fence, and three men in yard.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado winding past rock formation "Mother Grundy"; man standing beside railroad tracks.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900- 1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bailey's, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows North Fork of South Platte River, narrow gauge track and railroad station, a horse-drawn wagon parked next to open freight car, general store,...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Grousemont, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Grousemont, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows wooden and log frame residences, cabin with vine-covered arbor or porch area, canvas tents, and horse-drawn carriage.
- Grousemont (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Grousemont--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bailey's, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado & Southern Railway; engine number nine parked at train station between daily run from Denver to Leadville; general store, wooden frame residence, Kiowa Lodge; horse-drawn...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Exterior view Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; large group of men, women & children are seated in yard; smaller group of man with children (two atop burro) pose in front of split rail...
- Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- River wiew [sic], Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of wooden frame and log residences in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway line; shows wooden footbridge across Platte River, narrow gauge tracks with siding and platform in valley bottom, and wooden water tower...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--1900-1930.; Water towers--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Buffalo Park, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Buffalo Park, Colorado (also called Buffalo Creek) in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; dirt road leading past lake to view of buildings in town; summer cottages, cabins and residences nestled amongst trees on hillside;...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Flagpoles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Flags American--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Picnicers [sic] arriving at Dome Rock, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Large group of picnickers at rock formation Dome Rock, Platte Canyon, Colorado crossing footbridge over South Platte River; two Colorado and Southern Railway passenger trains stopped for picnic stop; water tower behind trains.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Decker's on the South Platte, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Deckers, Colorado, and South Platte River reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows wooden frame buildings and residences, outhouses, rickety wooden plank footbridge and bridge, and man seated on rock outcropping in...
- Deckers (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Deckers--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Deckers--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Deckers--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Chase, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Chase, Colorado (also called Weller) in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; Lake View Lodge, summer cabin or residence, railroad sign and shelter, narrow gauge tracks, people posed on push car and in front of lake and lodge,...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rowboats--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern...
- [between 1900 and 1920]