Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado wheat field on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of wheat field along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks; shows harvested and bundled wheat in Colorado field; Rocky Mountains and foothills in distant background.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Cows in clover
- Cows standing in clover pasture.
- Cows--Colorado--1890-1940.; Farms--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Colorado state flower (the columbine)
- Artistic studio view of three Columbines, Colorado's state flower; shows seven blooms on black background.
- State flowers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Flowers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Spaying [sic] fruit trees in Colorado
- Men operating fruit spraying equipment to protect blossoms somewhere in Colorado; a horse-drawn open bed wagon holds spray apparatus, men work with hoses.
- Fruit trees--Colorado--1890-1910.; Spraying and dusting in agriculture--Colorado--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cherry trees in bloom, Palisade, Colo.
- Cherry trees in bloom near Palisade, Colorado; mature fruit orchard in spring time with cherry blossoms.
- Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cherry orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Cherry trees--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Examening [sic] the ore vein
- Underground in a mine, somewhere in Colorado; two men examining vein at end of tunnel or shaft, support timbers in shaft and extra ones on floor; miners with felt hats, suit jackets and pants tucked in laced up boots holding candles for...
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Undeveloped land west of Craig, Colo.
- View across prairie & sagebrush, west of Craig, Colorado.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- West Lake Reservoir and the Rocky Mtns.
- Partial view of West Lake (or Westlake) Reservoir, Larimer County, Colorado, towards Rocky Mountains; shows boat docked on muddy shore, handmade gangplank, and clouds.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Camping at Norrie on the Colo. Midland Ry.
- Camp scene near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two cone-shaped canvas tents & two large a-framed tents in grassy area surrounded by trees, man holding rifle standing near larger tent, makeshift table & benches, clothes...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- A summer camp in the Rocky Mtns.
- View of a campsite in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado; large canvas tent is supported by wooden posts with awning extended over front door to make a "covered porch;" three women sit underneath awning (one weaves reed or cane, one reads, one...
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Camps--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- A Grand Valley orchard, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of one row of apple trees, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; fruit orchard, distant view of ridge.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Grand Valley potatoes, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of five rows of potato plants planted between fruit trees, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; fruit orchard.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Peach trees in bloom, Palisade, Colo.
- Two rows of peach trees with blooms near Palisade, Colorado; tilled soil between rows of fruit trees; peach orchard.
- Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Peach orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Peach trees--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Planting apple trees near Cañon City, Colo.
- View of two men planting apple trees near Cañon City, Colorado; one shovels dirt over apple sapling near irrigation ditch; stacks of saplings are behind the men.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Grand Valley peaches, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Close-up view of branch loaded with peaches, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; fruit tree & orchard possibly on Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colorado.
- Clifton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Orchards--Colorado--Clifton--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Clifton--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Grand Valley products, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Display of variety of fruits, vegetables & grains grown by C.D. Harmon, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, variety of squash, variety of melon, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumbers,...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Grains--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Vegetables--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Packing Grand Valley fruit, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit packing plant in Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows men and women working in assembly lines packing fruit in boxes for shipment. Crate label states Peach Orchard Assn., Palisade, Colorado.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1900-1910.; Peach Orchard Association (Palisade, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Back from the hunt, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated in camp, one man with knee-high gaiters holding rifle in one hand and one dead grouse or pheasant in other; second man holding one dead...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- The camp feast, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen seated at table in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated on makeshift benches eating meal; plates, bowls, cups, jar of Kuner pickles, bread slices, bucket & utensils on table; one...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Camping at Norrie, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Camp scene with two canvas tents and small covered eating area near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man with rifle slung over shoulder holding dead pheasant or grouse standing near cone shaped tent; a-frame open canvas...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Irrigation power plant, Palisade, Colo.
- Irrigation water supply plant pulling water from Colorado River near Palisade, Colorado; water being piped into an irrigation canal or ditch; horse-drawn carriage parked near ditch, building near edge of river; stacked, chopped wood, foreground.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Receiving Grand Valley fruit, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Fruit receiving station in Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows warehouse dock with men stacking wooden crates of fruit for further shipment, horse-drawn wagon parked at dock, and man with hand in cloth bandage in...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Irrigating potatoes near Hayden, Colo.
- View of man irrigating potato field near Hayden, Colorado; large field of potato plants with blooms; wooden frame structures, farm & ranch buildings, & windmill, background; shovel.
- Hayden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Potatoes on the Sweet Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Rows of potato plants in field cultivated by Frank E. Sweet (pioneer agriculturalist and potato grower) near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Plowing up a homestead in Routt Co., Colo.
- Team of horses pulling plow, Routt County, Colorado; man seated on back of plow plowing virgin sod.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Plowing--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Apple orchard and smudge pots, Cañon City, Colo.
- View of flowering apple trees with smudge pots lined up in rows underneath trees near Cañon City, Colorado.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Grand Valley apple orchard, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of apple orchard in Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man standing by two rows of apple trees, numerous apples on ground underneath tree.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Apples--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Colo. Yule Marble Co. Quarries, Marble Colo.
- Interior view of a marble quarry at the Colorado-Yule Marble Company Quarries in Marble, Colorado; shows three channeling machines with channeling tracks on ledge and wooden timbers attached to a metal wheel (perhaps hoisting equipment).
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of partially cut agricultural field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men on horseback, horse-drawn carriage with female passengers, and a dog in recently cut field of barley, oats or wheat;...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Grains--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- After the feast is over, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen cleaning up after meal in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; one man washing dishes over cookstove with second man watching; open a-frame canvas shelter covering eating & cooking area,...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Dishwashing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dozens of stacks of wooden crates packed with peaches & pears, one man pushing dolly loaded with crates of pears labeled "Grand Valley pears...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; women with aprons individually wrapping & packing peaches & pears in crates; wooden crate with label "Superior quality peaches grown at Cross...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A Grand Valley truck garden, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of "truck garden" with cantaloupes & other vegetable plants, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man bending down in garden examining cantaloupe; distant view of Grand Mesa & roof top.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Truck farming--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Roaring Fork Valley looking north, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Roaring Fork Valley to the north between Carbondale & Glenwood Springs, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows Colorado Midland box and hopper cars on standard gauge track, agricultural fields, wood-frame residence and...
- Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama south over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado; shows orchards on the Colorado River, eroded slopes, frame structures and rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River and Grand Mesa; frame houses are among rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River, Grand Mesa, Long Mesa, frame structures are scattered among neatly spaced rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Wheat field on the C.& S. Ry.
- View of a wheat field near the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows sheaves of wheat in a Colorado field; sun filters through clouds onto distant mountains.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Fruit packing on B.F. Wests Ranch, Palisade, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Group of workers packing fruit (peaches) on B.F. West's Ranch, Palisade, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; canvas covered shelter for small assembly line of male and female workers; two workers with canvas bags around shoulders for...
- Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Peach orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- R.M. Skinner's Lucky Strike Ranch, Palisade, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- R.M. Skinner's Lucky Strike Ranch, Palisade, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; bird's eye view of immature fruit orchard (young fruit trees) with small residence in center and off to side; G.W. Stong, jeweler and optician, sign near...
- Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Oats 100 bu. per acre, Sweet Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View towards large oat field cultivated by Frank E. Sweet (pioneer agriculturalist and potato grower) near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; a man stands in waist-deep oats; estimated crop yield is 100 bushels per acre.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Oats--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [beteen 1900 and 1919]
- Oats 100 bu. per acre, Sweet Ranch, Colo. Mdiland Ry.
- View of large oat field cultivated by Frank E. Sweet (pioneer agriculturalist and potato grower) near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man stands in waist-deep oat field; estimated crop yield is 100 bushels per acre.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Oats--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Prize potatoe [sic] patch, Sweet Ranch, rows 2000 ft. long, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Long rows of potato plants cultivated by Frank E. Sweet in Carbondale (Garfield County), Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Apairy [sic] near Vernal Utah Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of an apiary near Vernal, Utah; beehives are fenced within barbed wire.
- Apiaries--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Vernal (Utah)--1910-1920.; Beehives--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- A bunch of white face cattle on Williams Fork Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View from hillside above a herd of hereford cattle in the Williams Fork Mountain Range, which extends through Moffat and Routt Counties, Colorado.
- Hereford cattle--Colorado--1910-1920.; Moffat County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; White Fork Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- A Colorado barley field, Carbondale Dist., Colo. Midland Ry.
- View across large barley field near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; distant view of Roaring Fork River and valley.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.); Barley--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Potatoes in the Carbondale Dist., Colo. Midland Ry.
- View across rows of potato plants near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; probably Russet potato plants having reached 57 days growth; large agricultural field.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Russet potatoes 57 days growth, Carbondale Dist., Colo. Midland Ry.
- View across rows of Russet potato plants, near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; plants have reached 57 days growth, large agricultural field.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- 65 acre potatoe [sic] patch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of rows of potato plants in cultivated agricultural field measuring 65 acres near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Corn raising in the Grand Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of corn field, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man examining tall stalks with ears of corn.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Corn--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]