Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fiftyniners' directory : Colorado Argonauts of 1858-1859. A directory of their arrivals, removals, deaths, marriages, children, property, mines, ranches; with names of old towns, mining camps, gulches, mountains, rivers, creeks, and other matters.
- A transcription of two volumes originally created by Henrietta Bromwell pertaining to the lives and events surrounding the early settlers of Colorado.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Colorado--Biography.
- 2004
- An Index to Sons of Colorado 1906 -1908: Volume I and II
- An index to the Sons of Colorado magazine. Index is organized alphabetically and includes the name or subject, the volume, number and page.
- Society of Colorado Pioneers.; Sons of Colorado (Organization) ; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Obituaries--Indexes.; Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.; Patriotic societies--Colorado.
- undated
- An Index to Sons of Colorado 1906-1908: Deaths and Obituaries.
- An index to the death and obituary notices published in the Sons of Colorado. Index is organized alphabetically by last name, and includes the type of announcement, the volume, number and page of the original announcement. Includes both volumes I...
- Society of Colorado Pioneers.; Sons of Colorado (Organization) ; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Obituaries--Indexes.; Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.; Patriotic societies--Colorado.
- 2005
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- Vidler Mine, Clear Creek County
- Vidler Mine, Argentine District, Upper Clear Creek County, Colorado; Trans-Continental Transportation and Mining Company; shows horseshoe basin, miners' cabins, and mine tailings.
- Georgetown and Grays Peak Railway Company--1910-1920.; Trans-Continental Transportation and Mining Company--1910-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek--1910-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1915]
- Zanetell tent at Forbes tent colony
- Striking coal miners and their families pose near Joe Zanetell's tent during the UMW labor strike against CF & I. at Forbes Camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado The people are identified (left to right) as: 1) an unidentified man, 2)...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard Medical Corps in front of a tent in the Cripple Creek mining district during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike in Teller County, Colorado. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, arm...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Medical personnel--Colorado--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Telegraph work
- Colorado National Guard soldiers work to repair or install telegraph wire on a wooden telegraph pole in the Cripple Creek mining district in "Camp Goldfield" in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Second Regiment Band
- Group portrait of the Colorado National Guard Second Regiment Band during the Western Federation of Miners strike at probably the Goldfield camp in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The men are in uniform with overcoat capes and hats, they hold...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard in front of a tent during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, tall boots, and swords. Shows frame buildings and probably telegraph poles in the...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Camp Goldfield, N.G.C., Cripple Creek District
- View of "Camp Goldfield," headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows rows of tents, mine buildings, probably Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad cars and a trestle, smokestacks, and the...
- Colorado. National Guard--Structures--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Western History Subject Index
- Abernethy, S
- Morley Coal Camp
- View of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Morley in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, camp doctor's office, and company boarding house are housed in a large mission style structure with exposed vigas,...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Lead City, S.D.
- Panoramic view of Lead (Lawrence County), in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Ore car tracks and a Homestake Mining Company steel bridge are near commercial buildings and houses. Shows the stone Miners' Union Hall and Opera House on the corner of...
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Lead (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Walsen Colored Club
- View of the Walsen Colored Club, a miners' club building for African-American miners at the mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with clapboard siding and a false front. Clerestory windows sit on top of a...
- African Americans--Structures--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Morley club
- View of the miners' club building in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a stucco building with a false front and a fence. A shed roof shades the front entrance.
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Company houses Morley
- A chicken stands in the dirt road that runs in front of miners' houses built by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows square four-room stone residences with hipped roofs and covered entryways.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company town architecture--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Tercio club
- View of the miners' club in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with a covered porch, false front and flag pole. A horse stands tethered to the front porch pole.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Actual photographs taken at Goldfield during bloody strike of 1904
- A crowd of striking miners, temporarily deputized by City Marshall Michael O'Connell, stand at the corner of Victor Avenue and Fourth Street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The men are members of the Western Federation of Miners labor union....
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6]
- Colorado National Guard soldiers lynch labor sympathizer
- Colorado National Guard soldiers prepare to lynch a man during a labor strike in Cripple Creek, Colorado. The soldiers are positioned throughout the room and many hold rifles with bayonets. One National Guardsman holds the end of a rope that is...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1893.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lynchings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1904]
- Colorado National Guard, Cripple Creek, 1903-1904 Strike
- A mounted regiment of the Colorado National Guard ride in formation down Fourth Street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings along the street and the Gold Coin Mine building on a hill nearby.
- Colorado National Guard. Colorado.--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903 or 1904]
- Depot after explosion, Independence, Colo.
- View of the Independence train depot of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad company following an explosion that killed thirteen non-union miners in Independence (Teller County), Colorado. Remnants of the platform are scattered on the ground....
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Explosions--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- 1904 June 6
- Victor strike
- Western Federation of Miners workers stand in a group and hold rifles in an empty lot during a strike in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men and women watch on the sidewalk of 4th (Fourth) Street. Shows houses, mine buildings, and a freight train...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6?]
- Victor riot scene
- A crowd of people in Victor watch uniformed National Guardsman and striking miners in the street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men point rifles toward people on 4th (Fourth) Street and Victor Avenue. Shows brick commercial buildings, the...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militias--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 June 6
- Co. H. 1st Colo. Inf't., Camp Elkton
- Men from Company H of the 1st (First) Colorado Infantry stand or kneel in rows and pose with rifles during the Western Federation of Miners strike in Elkton (Teller County), Colorado. Girls and boys stand near a staircase with a painted sign that...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Emmett Mine, Leadville
- A Colorado National Guardsman stands on a hill and looks over the Emmett Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The soldier guards the mining property during a labor dispute between mine owners and miners who belonged to the Western Federation...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1890-1900.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1890-1900.; Emmett Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Farrier
- A farrier in a Colorado National Guard hat, shoes a horse in the Cripple Creek mining district probably in "Camp Goldfield" in Victor (Teller County), Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The farrier files the horse's hoof....
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Troop D, Cripple Creek
- Members of Troop D of the Colorado National Guard pose on horseback in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms and hats, carry swords and pose in a row in...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cavalry--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Officers camp, Bull Hill
- Colorado National Guard officers and soldiers pose in front of a canvas tent at the officers' camp at what is identified as Bull Hill in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The soldiers wear uniforms, hats, and...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Military officers--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Guarding summit of Beacon Hill
- Members of the Colorado National Guard pose with a Gatling gun and a carriage with probably ammunition at the summit of Beacon Hill in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows a canvas tent and men in uniforms.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Beacon Hill (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gatling guns--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Military...
- [1903]
- Co. B 1st Inf.
- Colorado National Guard soldiers stand in formation and at attention in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The soldiers wear uniforms and hold rifles. Probably officers pose...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1903]
- Troop B & C
- Troops B and C of the Colorado National Guard pose on horseback for a group portrait at probably Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms, hats and gauntlets and pose...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1903]
- Blanket tossing a rookie
- Members of D Company, 1st Infantry of the Colorado National Guard, stand in a circle, hold a blanket and toss a soldier in the air in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms with suspenders....
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hazing--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Court house scene at Cripple Creek
- A crowd of people is gathered outside the Gold Mining Stock Exchange building at 373-379 East Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Signs read: "G.R. Lewis & Co.," "Benedict's...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Cripple...
- [1903 September 21]
- Foraging
- Members of the Colorado National Guard milk a cow beside railroad tracks in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms and ammunition belts; one man poses with...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cows--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Playing craps
- Members of the Colorado National Guard play craps at a camp in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The soldiers wear uniforms with ammunition belts, swords or pistols, boots...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gambling--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Cripple Creek
- Three members of the Colorado National Guard pose on horseback in the Cripple Creek mining district (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Probably Colonel Verdeckberg is first in the row, on a horse with...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cavalry--Colorado--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1910.; Military officers--Colorado--Teller...
- [1903]
- [Cri]pple Creek
- Colorado National Guard soldiers sit or stand outside tents at probably Goldfield Camp in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Men in uniform are near tailings piles, mine buildings, telegraph poles and...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mine...
- [1903]
- Section of Battery A
- Members of Colorado National Guard Battery A pose with horses and a Gatling gun during the Western Federation of Miners strike in the Cripple Creek mining district, Teller County, Colorado. Men wear uniforms, hats and boots with gaiters. Shows men...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gatling guns--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller...
- [1903]
- Co. B. 1st N.G.C., Camp Goldfield
- Group portrait of members of Company B, 1st (First) [Infantry] of the Colorado National Guard at Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men stand or sit in uniforms, hats, ammunition...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Huts--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- No. 5 Cripple Creek
- Members of the Colorado National Guard in uniform pose on railroad tracks in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Colonel Verdeckberg, Milt Unfinger [?], [General]...
- Colorado. National Guard--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Western Federation of Miners--People--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard in front of tents in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, tall boots, swords...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; African Americans--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller...
- [1903]
- Signal Corps, N.G.C., Camp Goldfield, Cripple Creek
- Members of the Colorado National Guard Signal Corps pose for a group portrait at Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men pose with signal lights, signal flags, tripods and a box...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Co. E, 1st, Colo.
- Group portrait of members of Company E, 1st (First) [Infantry] of the Colorado National Guard in the Cripple Creek Mining District at probably Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1903]
- Western History Subject Index
- Adams, W Irving
- Western History Subject Index
- Adelaide mine. Leadville District Colorado
- Mines above Nevadaville, Colo.
- View of the flume and shafthouses of mines near Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Miners' cabins and a dirt road are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940