Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 32, 1912 August 10
- Gold Dirt Mine crew
- Two rows of miners sit on logs, with one man sitting on a stump slightly in front of the posed group, probably near Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. The group is probably the crew of the Gold Dirt Mine. All of the men wear hats, some with...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Rollinsville--1860-1900.
- [between 1860 and 1899?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 41, 1910 October 8
- Gregory Gulch 1947
- Mines and piles of mine tailings dot the hillsides surrounding Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is named after John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. A dirt road intersects two wider dirt roads that run...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [1947?]
- Gregory Gulch 1947
- Mines and piles of mine tailings dot the hillsides surrounding Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is named after John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. A dirt road intersects two wider dirt roads that run...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Stone...
- [1947?]
- South from Dory Hill
- Two children stand near a buggy drawn by two horses on a dirt road on Dory Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. A man sits in the buggy. A tree stands near the dirt road in the left midground. A house stands in the right background. Telegraph or...
- Dory Hill (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 44, 1910 October 29
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 2, 1911 January 7
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 24, 1912 June 15
- A View of Main Street, Meeker
- Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk on a dirt Main Street in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, electric light posts, dirt road and trees. Signs on buildings read: "First National Bank," "DRUGS," "Dentist."
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Road to the Ledges, Des Moines
- A man wears a suit and poses in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road near Ledges State Park (Boone County), Iowa. Wheel ruts are in the dirt, and dense trees are on both sides of the road.
- Boone County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Horse-drawn wagon hauling dirt
- A man drives a horse-drawn wagon loaded with dirt near the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The side of the wagon reads: "CCC".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- In Cooper's Canon
- A herd of cattle graze near a dirt road in an area identified as Cooper's (Cooper?) Canyon possibly in Santa Barbara County, California. A fence runs parallel to the dirt road.
- Cattle--California--1870-1900.; Dirt roads--California--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Empire
- View of the wood framed, gabled residences, sheds and barns of Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows dirt roads, Douglas and Columbian Mountains, a bridge over West Fork Clear Creek, fences, and scattered stones. A man and a woman stand on a...
- Empire (Colo.)--1870-1880.; West Fork Clear Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Empire--1870-1880.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Empire--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Empire--1870-1880.
- [1870 and 1880?]
- East from the summit of Alpine Pass
- View of mountains and a dirt road east of Alpine Pass near Alpine Station in Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1880-1890.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Dirt road near Chama Canyon
- View of a dirt road near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows telephone poles, post and wire fences, sagebrush, chamisa, adobe buildings, and a bridge. A mesa or plateau is in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [1950]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 36, 1912 September 7
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 9, 1910 February 26
- Cripple Creek
- A man wears a wool coat and a cap and stands on a dirt road beside a four door car with a Colorado license plate on a dirt road near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Saint Peter's Church (Catholic) spire is among buildings in Cripple Creek....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Colonel Francisco's Plaza, La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a "U" shaped, one-story adobe brick building with a shingled and wooden slat roof, a timber fence and a dirt field in front of...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Chattanooga
- View along Main Street of Chattanooga, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows wood frame false-front buildings, houses, and a log bridge. Mule drawn wagons are in the dirt street. A dirt road snakes up the mountain toward Red Mountain Pass. The Red...
- Chattanooga (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Chattanooga--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Chattanooga--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Mill site
- View of an unidentified mill under construction in Boulder County, Colorado. Men pose on a steep hillside near piles of lumber and stand on a dirt embankment.. Shows the beginnings of a masonry foundation, a wood frame building on a log retaining...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction.; Buildings.; Foundations.; Mills.; Ore industry.
- 1894 November 7
- Agriculture crops equipment unidentified farm equipment
- Close-up view of a agricultural implement that consists of two wheels, one that picks up dirt on small ledges and deposits the dirt on a ledge at the top of the wheel, probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Narrows in Williams Canon
- A dirt road winds through a narrow rock opening identified as The Narrows in Williams Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A dirt road winds through a narrow rock opening near boulders.
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Colo. Springs, Canon City auto road
- Eastward view of a dirt roadway between Colorado Springs and Cañon City, Colorado; tree-lined dirt roadway is flanked by barbed-wire fence; a horse-drawn carriage is shown in distance, near a horse in pasture; skyline and smoke of Colorado...
- Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Sky Line Drive, Canon City Colo.
- View of Skyline Drive west of Canon City, Colorado; dirt road on top of narrow plateau disappears near horizon; at right, a rock formation casts shadow on the road; at left, dirt road winds through valley.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920]
- German cuirassier
- A group of German cavalrymen rides down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World." The men wear helmets and cuirassiers and carry flags. One man...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--German--1900-1910.; Military uniforms--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Nevada City, Colo, one mile above Central City as seen from Bald Mountain
- Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, consists of frame buildings flanking Main Street; some have balconies. Buckboards are parked on the dirt thoroughfare; a man approaches in the foreground and dirt road leads up Quartz Hill.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- North Empire
- North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, consists of log and frame dwellings and commercial buildings. Wagons and lumber are in the dirt streets; hills in the background are covered in dead trees and dirt roads.
- North Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- St. Elmo #57
- Frame dwellings and businesses line dirt street in Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado. Some have false fronts; a car is parked, and slopes are in the background.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Cheeseman [sic] Park, Dever [sic]
- View across dirt road, trees & lawn, Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado; distant view of rustic log pagoda-style pavilion; roof-tops of residences along park boundary; background view of Capitol building's gold- leafed dome, center right; trees &...
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Domes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Pagodas--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1909 and 1915]
- Alamosa High School, rebuilt and occupied in Aug 1932
- The side view the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is of the two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930 and was then rebuilt and occupied in August, 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Gate way to Garden of the Gods
- View of the sandstone rock formation Gateway at the Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. A dirt road leads through the formation. A hitched horse and buggy stand on one of the dirt roads. Evergreen trees, dry grass, and dry shrubs dot the...
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Masonic Lodge F F & A M going west on Lincoln
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest on Lincoln Street, is of a parade of some fifty men in suits, hats, and white Masonic aprons heading east on the dirt street toward the camera. A man with a waist-mounted bass drum leads....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Celebrations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Tennis court north
- A man poses with a dirt roller on the tennis court at the north side of Sloans Lake Park in Denver, Colorado. Another man drags the dirt court with a grader. A sign above the entrance reads: "Players Must Wear Tennis Shoes".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sloans Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tennis courts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1939]
- Girls and women on donkeys
- Women and girls sit on saddled donkeys and mules on a dirt road as part of the Sunflower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One mule has a large cloth blanket that extends from its neck to its rear legs. Some women ride...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [August, between 1893 and 1900?]
- Allen's Park
- View of Allen's Park, Colorado, taken from a platform at the top of a wooden staircase; shows a plank sidewalk leading to a dirt street through a vertical log, swinging gate; gabled, horizontal log structures interspersed beyond the gate; dirt road...
- Allenspark (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Allenspark--1940-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Allenspark--1940-1970.
- [between 1949 and 1966]
- Glenwood Canyon - construction
- View of the Colorado River, a dirt highway, and dump trucks atop a pile of dirt along the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Speer Blvd.
- View of Speer Boulevard, in Denver, Colorado; shows dirt road, a car, and new trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The Henry Hanington cottage, Grand Lake
- Partial view of log cabin belonging to Henry Hanington in Grand Lake, Colorado; two-story log cabin with covered front porch, man standing on dirt path to cabin; child's wagon, center left; dirt path extending past cabin through trees.
- Hanington, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Esplanade, City Park, Denver
- View of flower gardens & Esplanade, City Park, Denver, Colorado; landscaped grounds with flowers, shrubs & trees and dirt street & paths; early automobile on dirt road.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flowers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920]
- 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]
- Washington Park, Denver
- View of wide dirt road in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt street bordered by budding trees & shrubs, streetlight.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- View of wide dirt road in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt street bordered by budding trees & shrubs.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- View of dirt path in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt path bordered by budding trees & shrubs.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- View of wide dirt road in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt street with grassy area, landscaping with budding bushes & trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Pack train
- View of long mule or burro (over twenty animals) pack train led by two men on horseback along muddy dirt road somewhere probably in San Miguel or Ouray County, Colorado; possibly road to Black Bear Mine (later called Black Bear jeep road) above...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Brandon
- A dirt road leads into the town of Brandon, Colorado (Kiowa County). Weeds grow on both sides of the dirt road. Buildings along the Main Street include one and two story commercial storefronts with flat roofs, gables, and false fronts. Horses and...
- Brandon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Brandon--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1912]
- Howardville [sic], Baker's Park
- View of the early Howardsville settlement at Bakers Park along the Animas River, shows many log buildings with chinking, corrals dirt roads and men standing near a building with signs that read: "Billiard Hall." Shows a log bridge over the creek...
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1870-1880.; Howardsville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Howardsville--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Howardsville--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Ground breaking at Swedish Hospital
- A man in a suit smiles and digs up a shovel full of dirt during the ground breaking ceremony at Swedish Hospital (Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Men who have already moved a shovel full of dirt file away from the...
- Swedish Hospital (Englewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Men--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1963?]