Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Group of Indian boys, from Dakota territory, taken after about fifteen month's residence at Hampton, Virginia. They have since returned home.
- Group portrait of Native American (Dakota) men dressed in suits, some hold books and others hold hats, Hampton Virginia. Identification reads: "Beginning at your left, rear row: White Breast: returned home August, 1880. U-har-ke-um-pa: returned...
- Dakota Indians--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Hampton (Va.)--1870-1880.
- March, 1880
- Graves of the Bell children, Riverside Cemetery, Denver
- View of three headstones in block 5, lot 59 of t 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three headstones portrays a girl with a doll, a sleeping baby, and a boy riding a rocking horse. The graves are for...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cemeteries.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Bell family--Tombs.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1995
- Claredon Hotel, Leadville
- The three-story Clarendon Hotel and the two-story brick building next door at 300 Harrison Avenue are featured in this view of Leadville, Colorado. The Clarendon has clapboard siding, bracketed cornice, striped awnings, first-floor storefronts with...
- Clarendon Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Tabor Opera House--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1881
- Garfield Monument
- View of the stone Garfield Monument on the edge of the Toltec Gorge (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. Incised letters on the shrine read: "In Memoriam James Abram Garfield President of the United States Died September 19, 1881. Mourned By All the...
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1900?]
- Garfield mem. mon., Toltec Gorge
- View of the Garfield Monument in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Incised letters on this shrine to the assassinated president read: "In memoriam James Abram Garfield President of the United States died September 19, 1881. Mourned by all the people....
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Boon Bros. graves at Poncha Springs
- A man in bib overalls holds his hat over his heart and looks down on gravestones in Poncha Springs cemetery, Chaffee County, Colorado. The tombstones are incised with handshake and Masonic "square and dividers" symbols and read: "David Boon died...
- Boon, David--Tomb.; Boon, Samuel C.--Tomb.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Group of prospectors
- A group of prospectors and their burro pose around a campfire and tent on the floor of a steep walled valley.
- Campfires--1880-1890.; Donkeys--1880-1890.; Miners--1880-1890.; Mining--1880-1890.; Tents--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Garfield Monument on the edge of Toltec Gorge on the D&RG narrow gauge line between Alamosa and Chama
- View of the Garfield Monument in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Incised letters on this shrine to the assassinated president read: "In memoriam James Abram Garfield President of the United States died September 19, 1881. Mourned by all the people....
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- Garfield mem. mon. Toltec Gorge
- View of a granite obelisk shaped memorial on the edge of the Toltec Gorge, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. The inscription reads: "In memoriam James Abram Garfield President of the United States died September 19, 1881. Mourned by all the people....
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885]
- James Garfield Monument
- View of the Garfield Monument on the edge of the Toltec Gorge, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Incised letters on this shrine to the assassinated president read: "In Memoriam James Abram Garfield President of the United States Died September 19,...
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Gall, Dakota Chief, seated, full length
- Gall, Dakota Chief, full length seated studio portrait; wearing one feather in hair, braids wrapped in fur, decorated buffalo hide wrapped around shoulders; holding feather fan-like object; photograph of a framed portrait.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- 1881
- Idaho Springs
- A lightly colored headstone at the cemetery in Idaho Springs, Colorado, features the raised image of an angel enclosed by a circle at the top of the stone. Tendrils are around the top of the circle, and the angel is set as though in flight. The...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Idaho Springs
- A headstone at the cemetery in Idaho Springs, Colorado, is inscribed with: "L. H. Arthur, Died Apr. 25, 1881, Aged 48 Years." and, "ARTHUR," (on base). The stone is a large square that evolves into a rounded cap topped by a detailed, rounded...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Silverton, 1883
- View in Silverton, Colorado, looking south along the west side of Greene Street. In the right is the old Silverton Hotel, a two-story frame structure with a false front and balcony and a sign: "Silverton Hotel." Men sit in chairs on the boardwalk....
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Miller meat market, section of business district
- Townspeople and shopkeepers pose on west side of Main Street between Virginia and Georgia, Gunnison, Colorado. J. D. Miller and James Keenan are in front of the "Meat Market," with carcasses hung by door. Other false front businesses include: "City...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--1880-1890.; Keenan, James.; Miller, J. D.
- [between 1880 and 1881]
- Dolores County organized March 14, 1881
- View of Dolores County Court House in Rico, Dolores County, Colorado; shows brick and stone building with arched entry and tower, dormers, and incised letters: "Court House."
- Rico (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Rico--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Benito Gonzáles, Francisca García, and Francisco García
- Benito Gonzáles poses with his sister in law, Francisca García and her father Francisco Garcia in front of a clapboard house in Greeley, Colorado. Benito stands, he wears a shirt with an upright collar, a vest, a plaid tie and holds his hat in...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gonzáles, Benito, 1904-1980--Pictorial works.; García, Francisco, 1862-1928--Pictorial works.; García, Francisca, 1889---Pictorial...
- [1926?]
- Augusta and Horace Tabor's house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, on East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1931
- Georgetown
- Gravestones in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery have raised flowers and the inscription: "Henry. Son of C. M. & C. A. Westfall. Died Oct. 16(?), 1881. Aged 6 Ms. 24 Ds."
- Westfall, Henry, . d. 1881--Tomb.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Hanging of Gilbert and Rosengrants at Leadville
- View of an execution in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; shows a gallows, crowds of spectators, wagons and buggies.
- Gallows--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hangings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1881
- As we returned from a mountain picnic
- Men and women on horseback pose in a row near Saguache (Saguache County), Colorado. Women wear decorative hats and long dresses and sit sidesaddle. Men wear suits with ties and hats. A frame cabin with a chimney and fallen trees on a hillside are...
- Saguache (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Mugrage, Minnie.
- 1884 June 19
- Old Arapahoe County Courthouse
- View of the Denver County (formerly Arapahoe County) Courthouse in Denver, Colorado, a stone building with entablature, copper domed roofs, and a cupola (demolished 1933).
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Gravestone, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a gravestone in the cemetery at Georgetown, Colorado, on the north end of the town. A sculpture of a sitting lamb sits atop the stone; its head has been knocked off. The inscription on the stone reads: Gertrude Eiring born July 7, 1879...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a cut stone with the raised image of an unidentified animal lying prone; below, the inscription reads: "Jakey J., Son of T. B. & M. E. Duckett. Died...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, cemeteries
- View of a gravestone in the Idaho Springs cemetery, Clear Creek County, Colorado, features an urn shaped stone on top of a square pedestal stone. The inscription on the bottom stone reads: "L. H. Arthur Died April 25, 1881 48 Years."
- Arthur, L. H. d. 1881--Tomb.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Main Street between Second and Third
- Two-story brick and stone storefronts in Canon City, Colorado, have cornices, corbeling, and pediments. Signs read "Fremont County Bank," "New Billiard Hall," "Denver & Rio Grande Railway Express," "Sil[ver] Cliff and Rosita S[ta]ge Office." A...
- Storefronts--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Rosita
- A gravestone at the Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, cemetery depicts a dove and reads: "Emma. Daughter of J. & M. Warne. Born July 15, 1880. Died Aug. 3, 1881."
- Warne, Emma, 1880-1881--Tomb.; Rosita (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Rosita
- A gravestone at the Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, cemetery depicts chain links and reads: "Anna, wife of J. M. Keller. Born June 20, 1831. Died Sept. 8, 1881."
- Keller, Anna, 1831-1881,--Tomb.; Rosita (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Georgetown
- A gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery depicts leaves and reads: "Sarah H. Dau. of W. M. & S. B. Robertson. Born Jan. 3, 1866. Died Apr. 29, 1881."
- Robertson, Sarah H., 1866-1881--Tomb.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Monument to Spotted Tail, Rosebud Agency, SD
- Detail view of the inscription on obelisk over the grave of Spotted Tail, a Native American, Brule Lakota Sioux, chief and diplomat, near the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota. It reads: "Spotted Tail, Chief Of The Sioux, Born - 1823, Died August 5,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1930-1940.; Brulé Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--Commemoration--South...
- [1936?]
- Nederland, Colorado
- A gravestone at the cemetery in Nederland, Colorado, features a round stone atop a curvilinear stone, a raised image of a rose, an inscription above the rose that reads: "Requiescat in Pace," and an inscription on the lower stone that reads:...
- Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nederland--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Animas City
- View of main street businesses in Animas City, two miles north of of Durango, La Plata County, Colorado; includes a canvas top stage coach drawn by six horses pausing in front of three wood frame false fronts; men gathered on boardwalks of...
- Animas City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- East keystone angel
- View of the cornerstone and a keystone from the Denver Public Library at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado; shows a Daniel Chester French sculpture of a girl (Ella Catherine Matty, later Orman), and letters: "Denver High School and Public...
- Denver Public Library--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cornerstones--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Keystones--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Matty, Catherine Ella.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- East Denver High Color Guard
- Group portrait of uniformed East Denver High School (East Side High School) boys in downtown Denver, Colorado; they hold rifles, a bugle, and United States flags. Cornerstone reads: "Denver High School and Public Library, Corner Stone Laid Apr...
- East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cadets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Flag bearers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- One of Sitting Bull's trials, Standing Rock Agency
- between Sitting Bull, Gall and others to lessen Sitting Bull's influence with Dakota Native Americans.; Sitting Bull's trial at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, for allegedly instigating the Crow to go to war; large group of Dakota Native...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Trials, litigations, etc.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- 1886
- One of Sitting Bull's trials, Standing Rock Agency
- between Sitting Bull, Gall and others to lessen Sitting Bull's influence with Dakota Native Americans.; Sitting Bull's trial at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, for allegedly instigating the Crow to go to war; large group of Dakota Native...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Trials, litigations, etc.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- 1886
- L. Wyman, Silverton Colo.
- Louie Wyman, County Commissioner, mounted on horseback in front of false front storefront, Telluride, Colorado. Wyman has mustache and wears a tie and hat. American flags are in motion on building.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Politicians--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Wyman, Louis.
- [1881]
- Golden
- Copy of an 1881 circular engraving of Golden, Colorado, by Western Engraving Company, Omaha, shows a smoking Kimball locomotive and tender with a 2112 CCRR (Colorado Central Railroad) boxcar on tracks with the booming town and Castle Rock of South...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as dwellings and mining facilities dotted with trees and surrounded by mountains.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Three Paiute portraits
- Reproduction of a book illustration; portraits of three Native American (Paiute) men: head and shoulders of Numana or Captain Dave; seated Poito or Old Winnemucca wearing a uniform and headdress; seated Namaga or Young Winnemucca wearing a fringed...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Paiute Indians--1880-1890.; Captain Dave.; Old Winnemucca.; Young Winnemucca.
- [1900?]
- Badger Hotel, Alpine, Colorado, 1881, Captain Ford and John T. Swain, owners
- A group of men pose in front of wood frame and log businesses in Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado. Four men sit on the boardwalk by the two- story false front Badger Hotel, named for the Badger State of Wisconsin, where owners Captain Ford and John...
- Badger Hotel (Alpine, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Ford, Captain.; Swain, John.
- 1881
- Bird's eye view of Pueblo and South and East Pueblo
- View of Pueblo, Colorado, to the south and east; reproduction of an illustrated map depicting street lay-out and Spanish Peaks, Greenhorn Mountains, reservoir, artesian well of mineral waters, Union Depot, Smelting Works, City Flouring Mills,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Parrott City, County Seat of La Plata County, Colo., June, 1881
- Reproduction of painting shows panoramic view overlooking the town of Richmond (Parrott City), Colorado in La Plata County.
- Parrott City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1881?]
- A spree in a Leadville theatre
- Reproduction shows men and women in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, carousing. Scantily clad ladies are in the room; draperies cover interior walls.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Burlesque shows--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Trinidad Plaza (now First Street)
- View of buildings in early Trinidad, Colorado includes several clapboard, false fronted buildings. Two story business with a covered porch has mounted signs reading: "A & H Grocery," "R. Hollingsworth," "Drugs and Stationery." The lettering on the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- February, 1881
- Gunnison Court House Mob this is the court house crew, I am in it and you can brick me out
- Group poses in front of tThe Gunnison County Courthouse, Colorado, shortly after construction. Front row: Annie Haigler (later Mrs. Alonzo Hartman), Charlie Harper, Louise Haigler (later Mrs. George Williams), Sidney Jocknick; second row, left to...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Jails--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- August, 1881
- Black Hawk Fire Department, 1881
- Firemen, members of the Black Hawk Fire Department, pose in uniform in front of the fire station, near a hose cart, in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. The men wear fire hats and jackets with oversized stitched lapels and cuffs. Some of the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Firefighters--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Western History Subject Index
- Doodlesack mine. Pitkin district. Colorado, p Prominent. R.M.News. Apr.22, 1881
- Western History Subject Index
- Great Bear mine. Kerber Creek district. Color Operating. Republican Dec. 25, 1881 p.11 c.l
- Western History Subject Index
- Organized, 1881