Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Company K Capt. Browns Leadville Company
- Captain Brown's Leadville Company and Company K. of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, near Gillett, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand and kneel, some shoulder rifles while others...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cannons--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1894
- Hospital Corps. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- The Hospital Corps of the Deputy Army, there to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men, which include Dr. Tucker, stand in a camp and field hospital of the Deputy Army, near pitched...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Emergency medical services--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Medical personnel--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Teller...
- 1894
- Silver Plume school
- View of the schoolhouse, built in 1894, in Silver Plume, Colorado; shows Romanesque architecture in the sandstone arches over the doorway; common bond brickwork, with every seventh course showing headers; plaque over the door reads, "Public School...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- 1894
- West High School Graduation Class of 1894
- Group photograph of West Denver High School's graduating class of 1894.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;West Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Cavalry Scouts. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of the Deputy Army, there to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. Men stand and are on horseback near pitched tents. Some men hold rifles or pistols. All men wear hats.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Military scouts--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Altman, 10,650 ft. alt. highest inc. city in the world Pike's Peak
- View of the northwest side of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor in Teller County, includes small wood frame residences, sheds, outhouses, false front businesses, smelters, mines, and tailing dumps. Business signs include: "Geo...
- Murphy, James G.--Homes & haunts.; Taylor, Nellie--Homes & haunts.; Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1898]
- A Colorado Camp
- People pose near tents, horses and a horse-drawn carriage probably in Larimer County, Colorado. Two people eat at a makeshift table while a woman prepares food on a cook stove with a stovepipe. A man sits on a boulder that has an inscription: "Fort...
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Cossacks
- A group of Russian Georgian Cossacks pose for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men wear wool hats and long coats with cartridge loops across their chests. Known Georgians with Buffalo Bill in 1894 are: Luka...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks.
- [1894]
- Russian Georgian Cossack Luka Chkhartishvili.
- Russian Georgian Cossack Luka Chkhartishvili, the leader of the Cossack riders, in 1894, and a member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses for a side-angle, bust portrait while touring with the show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Chkhartishvili, Luka.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks--1880-1920.
- [1894]
- Western History Subject Index
- Waite, Davis Hanson Governor 1893 1895
- Western History Subject Index
- TARSNEY Thomas John
- The Denver Dry Goods Co.
- Exterior view of Denver Dry Goods building, 16th (Sixteenth) and California Streets, Denver, Colorado; original 1894 building designed by Frank E. Edbrooke; Dennis Sheedy and Charles Kountze renamed business Denver Dry Goods in 1894 after purchase,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver Dry Goods Co.
- [between 1905 and 1908]
- Page 5402
- Colo Trading and Transfer Co. in 1894 in Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Exterior view of Colorado Trading and Transfer Company with several horse-drawn freight wagons parked in front, North Fifth (5th) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; also included are several other wood frame buildings with saltbox...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Capt. Browns Leadville company
- Capt Brown's Leadville Company, Deputy Army, poses outdoors near Big Bull Mountain, Teller County, Colorado; they were brought in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894. The men hold rifles and wear hats. One man holds a U. S. flag. A...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cannons--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Brown,...
- 1894
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of the Deputy Army militia brought in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, stand near the "mess" at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. Men stand, sit, and eat near an outdoor kitchen surrounded by a wooden rail fence. The men...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Company K. Capt Browns Leadville Company
- Captain Brown's Leadville Company and Company K. of the Deputy Army militia, sent to suppress the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand and kneel, some shoulder rifles while others take aim....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cannons--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Cavalry company
- The cavalry company of the Deputy Army militia, sent to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors on horseback at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The mounted cavalrymen hold rifles and wear hats. Governor Davis H....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners'...
- 1894
- Company M. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of Company M of the Deputy Army, sent in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors near Big Bull Mountain, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men shoulder rifles and wear hats. Other members of the Deputy Army stand...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Camp Boynton, Beaver Park
- Members of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike, many with rifles, stand around tents at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado. Two of the tents are painted with signs that read: "Co....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Cavalry company
- The Deputy Army, sent to suppress the first miner's labor strike in Cripple Creek, assembles at camp, Teller County, Colorado. The men pose in a line on horseback and hold rifles; one man is in front of the line.
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners'...
- 1894
- Rear Guard at Midland
- Members of the Rear Guard of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose at Midland, Teller County, Colorado. Some men shoulder rifles, others wear armbands with crosses. Three men lie on a pile of bedrolls and other...
- Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Midland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militia--Colorado--Midland--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1894
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- The Black members of Company K of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors and aim rifles at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand in front of pitched tents. Two men hold U. S....
- African Americans--Military service--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller...
- 1894
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of Captain Smith's Veteran Company and members of the Insley Guards led by Major H. E. Insley, part of the opposition to the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors near a trench at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Insley, H....
- 1894
- 1894
- View east across East Plum Creek towards Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, includes: Castle Rock (a rhyolite lava rock formation), the 1889 courthouse with thirty foot central tower, Saint (St.) Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church, wood frame...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Castle Rock--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Sarah Isabel Paul
- Studio portrait of Sarah Isabel Paul, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears her hair pulled back.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Paul, Sarah Isabel.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Golden City & South Platte Ry. Co.'s Bridge across Clear Creek in Golden, Colo. after 1894 flood.
- Several men and a boy are on the remains of the Golden City and South Platte Railroad Company bridge after the 1894 Clear Creek flood, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Several large upright timbers still stand while the rest of the bridge was...
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Golden City & South Platte Ry. Co.'s Bridge across Clear Creek in Golden, Colo. after 1894 flood.
- Several men and a boy are on the remains of the Golden City and South Platte Railroad Company bridge after the 1894 Clear Creek flood, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Several large upright timbers still stand while the rest of the bridge was...
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Golden, Colo. after 1894 flood
- Men and teams of horses clear debris after the 1894 Clear Creek flood, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Western History Subject Index
- Carson, Christopher (Kit) 1809-1868
- Western History Subject Index
- Strikes. Colorado Cripple Creek. 1894
- Western History Subject Index
- McIntire, Albert W
- Western History Subject Index
- Buckskin Charley (Ute Chief)
- Page 5330
- Page 5550
- Angel on headstone of Marie Contassot Riverside Cemetery
- View of an angel that sits on the headstone of Marie Contassot (died October 1894), located in block 8, lot 9, of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876), 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Contassot, Marie, d. 1894--Tomb.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver,...
- 2003
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 13, 1909 May 15
- View of curve station from Weaver, Colo.
- View of the curve station along the Amethyst mine tramway in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The curve station is an arched wood plank structure on stilts. Men sit on the tramway wires.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Idaho Springs
- Firemen pose in front of the fire department in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. they stand and sit beside and on top of their hand-drawn fire wagon. They wear uniforms with spiked shoes. Some have ribbons pinned on them probably for...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Hide
- A Native American (Ute) buckskin hide. In the center is a painted image of a Sun Dance ceremony with dancers with ropes attached to their chests as they dance around the pole, and tipis in the background.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Hides & skins--1880-1900.
- [between 1855 and 1899]
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Ute) peyote button pouch. It is made of buckskin with a leather top flap. The pouch is decorated with red, blue, green and white beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Pouches--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Moccasins
- Shows a pair of Native American (Ute) men's moccasins. They are made of buckskin and have a rawhide sole, lacing and a thong. Embroidered on the top of the moccasins in red, white, orange, yellow blue, green, and light green translucent glass beads...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Moccasins--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Ute) buckskin pouch. It features multi-color beadwork in floral patterns, a brass nail at the base, fringe and a strap.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Pouches--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875]
- Charm; watch fob
- Shows a Native American (Ute) charm or watch fob. It is decorated with multi-color beads. Strings of beads are attached to the side of the watch fob or charm. It has a strap at the top, possibly animal hide.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Watch fobs--1890-1920.; Charms--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Pouch necklace
- A Native American (Ute) beaded pouch necklace. Multi-color glass beads are sewn and wrapped around a tube of buckskin. At one end of the piece is a tassel. The subject matter of the bead design is the Morningstar flower.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Pouches--1890-1900.; Necklaces--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Table runner
- A Native American (Navajo) table runner. The warp is commercial white cotton twine and the weft is four ply, S twist, Z spun German town wool. The wool is dyed with aniline dye in red, black, mustard, maize, sienna, gray, purple, magenta and cream...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Navajo textile fabrics--1920-1940.; Table settings & decorations--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Knife sheath
- A Native American (Ute) buckskin knife sheath. It is decorated with blue, green and purple Italian glass beads sewn on with sinew, leather fringe, tin tinklers and lazy stitching.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Sheaths--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- "The Old Roadmaster", Clear Creek
- View of Clear Creek, a rock formation identified as "The Old Roadmaster," and Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway tracks in Clear Creek Canyon (Clear Creek County or Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific,...
- 1894