Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Puma City, Tarryall Post-Office, looking north through Main Street
- View of Puma City, Park County, Colorado, shows frame dwellings and businesses flanking dirt street. This town peaked during the 1890's with a population over a thousand; town of Tarryall replaced it west of this location.
- Puma City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1899?]
- 4th of July, 1890's
- People parade on Main Street in Central City, Colorado, wearing suits and hats, uniforms, and carrying United States flags. Spectators line the sidewalk; businesses are decorated with bunting.
- Fourth of July--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holidays--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Granby, Colo. community church, built 1890's
- Exterior view of the 1890's Granby community church, Grand County, Colorado, shows the log structure with front gable, composite shingles, belltower with louvers, an entry vestibule with double wooden doors, a cross below the apex and a sign that...
- Granby (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches--Colorado--Granby--1970-1980.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Granby--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 11
- Central City. Pactolve Placer 1890's
- A long, wooden platform, possibly a water flume or a walkway, is suspended by log poles in the midground at a mine below Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. A dirt road winds through the background up a hill. Several trees stand on the ridge...
- Flumes--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Mountain roads--Colorado--1890-1900.; Walkways--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Central City. Pactolve Placer 1890's
- A long, wood platform, possibly a water flume or a walkway, is suspended by log poles in the midground at a mine below Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. A dirt road winds through the background up a hill. Several trees stand on the ridge of...
- Flumes--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rollinsville--1930-1950.; Walkways--Colorado--Rollinsville--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Teams hauling mine boiler 1890's
- Four teams of horses work to pull a mine boiler up a dirt road near Dumont in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Two additional teams of horses work from behind to push the boiler up the slight hill. A man sits on top of the boiler to lead the teams....
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dumont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boilers--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Dumont--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mercantile building on the corner of 15th and Arapahoe streets
- View of the Mercantile Building, 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, Denver, Colorado with business signs: "Dean Drug Co., Toilet Articles", "Watches Sam May[a]r Jewelry" "Cigars" and "$2.00 Hats." Adjacent business signs read: "W. F. Robinson...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Exterior of Overland Club House, Denver
- The clubhouse of Overland Park stands in the midground at the end of a dirt driveway in Denver, Colorado. First known as Jewell Park, Overland Park was started in 1883 by the owners of the Denver Circle Railroad. The park was intended to attract...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sts John, Colorado
- Saints John, in Summit County, Colorado, consists of sagging frame buildings, logs, and a square, masonry smokestack. After it peaked in the 1870's and 1880's, this Boston Mining Company town dwindled in the 1890's. Gray's Peak and Torrey's Peak...
- Saints John (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Grays Peak from St John's
- Saints John, in Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings and facilities of the Boston Mining Company. The local silver mines were played out by the 1890's, and the town was abandoned. Gray's Peak and Torrey's Peak are in the distance.
- Boston Mining Company--1890-1900.; Saints John (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- The Gray House, in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Paired, jigsawn brackets support eaves on this residence built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural decorations & ornaments--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray. A covered porch and box window flank the entry;...
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn this Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray. An open porch and box window flank the entry;...
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Russell old placer mining district
- View of Russell, Costilla County, Colorado, shows frame businesses, dwellings, a church with a belfry and a sign in foreground reads: "Grain." Russell was a placer mining district peaking in the 1890's.
- Russell (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Charcoal kilns at Webster, back view
- View of twelve beehive-shaped coke kilns at Webster, Park County, Colorado. The kilns are beside the tracks of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Webster (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.; Kilns--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs
- View west on Kiowa Street from the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the school yard and fence, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad trestle, the Baptist and Grace Episcopal Churches,...
- Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Colorado Springs
- View west on Kiowa Street from the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the school yard and fence, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad trestle, the Baptist and Grace Episcopal Churches,...
- Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- City Park Pavilion
- Two children stand next to the pool at the Sopris Memorial at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The Sopris Memorial features a stone seat, a pool and a small statue of a boy with a sundial at his feet. The Pavilion is in the background, it features...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sundials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Parade in Trinidad
- A parade on Main Street in Trinidad, Colorado. A horse drawn wagon carries a seated brass band playing bass cornets followed by a team of white horses pulling a boat-like float with bunting draped masts. Horses and people are in the street,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- View looking northwest at the Columbian Hotel, built in 1879, Trinidad, Colorado. This three story brick and stone structure features bracketed cornices and a mitred entry with a curvelinear pediment. Colonettes and palmettes on the pediment...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Colorow
- Reproduction of head and shoulders portrait painting of Colorow, Native American, (White River Band) Chief of the northern Utes; he wears a hair pipe breastplate and choker.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Colorow, ca. 1810-1888.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Central City parade
- A parade marches past Armory Hall, which has "Central City Fire Department" painted above the door, and City Hall in Central City, Colorado. The House Guards carry rifles and an American flag. They follow another column that marches down Main...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Ben Stanley Revett residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- The rock fireplace with tiles depicting Native American tribal scenes set in the stone is a feature of the 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado. One tile is of a man in a military uniform and has letters reading: "Saginaw Jake, Alaska," the...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Ben Stanley Revett residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- A rock fireplace, with tiles depicting Native American tribal scenes set in the stone, is a part of the 'Swan's Nest,' near the Swan River, near Breckenridge, Colorado. The home was built by and for Ben Stanley Revett, general manager of the North...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Ben Stanley Revett residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- A rock fireplace, with tiles depicting Native American tribal scenes set in stone is a feature of the 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado. One tile is of a man in a blanket with a feather headdress and reads "Pontiac-Iriquois," the other is...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, Ben Stanley Revett residence
- Built near the Swan River in the 1890's by Ben Stanley Revett, general manager of the North American Gold Dredging Company, the "Swan's Nest", near Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two-story, gable roofed frame residence with flanking wings set at...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, William Forman residence
- Exterior view of a two-story frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado. Originally the home of William Forman, county clerk and town mayor in the 1890's, this cross gabled, clapboard sided house has a square bay window with embossed molding and a...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Honeymoon cottage, 1981
- The 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado, built near the Swan River in the 1890's by Ben Stanley Revett is a two-story, gable roofed frame residence with flanking wings set at angles from the main section. An open porch follows the inside...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1980-1990.
- 1981
- Scene from yard
- Built near the Swan River in the 1890's by Ben Stanley Revett, general manager of the North American Gold Dredging Company, the "Swan's Nest" offers this view of a snowcapped peak and its tree covered foothills from the front door.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mountains--Colorado--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Swan's Nest, 1945
- The 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado, was built near the Swan River in the 1890's by Ben Stanley Revett, general manager of the North American Gold Dredging Company. The two-story, gable roofed frame residence has flanking wings set at...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1940-1950.
- 1945
- William Forman residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- In a residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, originally the home of William Forman, county clerk and mayor in the 1890's, water has buckled and stained the ceiling paper and part of the floral patterned border topping the papered wall. A filigreed...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1899-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- William Forman residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- The entry of a residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a curved wire gate with an ornate medallion at its center. Finials top the gateposts and alternate fence uprights. The medallion bears the name of the original owner, William Forman, county...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Georgetown, Alpine Street
- View west down Alpine Street (later 6th Street) Georgetown, Colorado. Dirt street lined with wood frame false front businesses and a few brick buildings. Horse-drawn wagons fill street in distance. Republican Mountain slope in background.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Eleventh and Market Streets, Denver
- View of the intersection of 11th (Eleventh) and Market Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows brick and frame businesses, horse drawn wagons, smokestacks, and signs: "J. H. Wyckoff Carriage Shop," "Colorado Moline Plow Co.," and "Denver Dry Goods."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900.]
- New Windsor Hotel, Silver Plume
- The New Windsor Hotel is in Silver Plume, Colorado. Prior to being the New Windsor Hotel (1902), this property was the Windsor Hotel, both of which were owned and operated by the Lampshire family. The New Windsor hotel features two stories, a...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; New Windsor Hotel (Silver Plume, Colo.)
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- North Empire Copper Cone Gold Fissure Mine.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse, tailings, and buildings of the Gold Fissure Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold Fissure Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Copper mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Lamartine Mine
- Miners pose with tools that include pry bars and axes by piles of timber near the power house of the Lamartine Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lamartine Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- On the ranch at 51st & Kipling
- Several women stand in a garden of tall flowers with a shoulder high picket fence and cottonwood trees behind them, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. They include Anna Juchem, Flora Wagner, Anna Juchem (mother of Henry J.), Mrs. Mae Juchem...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Arvada--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Soda Springs in Canon City
- Rusticated and finished stone buildings at the Soda Springs in Canon City, Colorado, were built in the 1890's with prison labor. Building features incised friezes, volutes and finials, a metal roof and ridge cresting. Men in suits stand by the Iron...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Soda Springs, Canon City Main Street
- Rusticated and finished stone buildings at the Soda Springs in Canon City, Colorado, were built in the 1890's with prison labor and feature incised friezes, finials and volutes, and a metal roof with ridge cresting. Retaining walls and railroad...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- Hot soda springs near state prison Canon City
- Stone buildings at the soda springs in Canon City, Colorado, were built in the 1890's with prison labor and feature incised friezes and finials, a metal roof and ridge cresting. The iron spring house has an awning reaching to the street, and a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Apex, Colo. 1948
- A dirt road leads from the foreground back to a group of log buildings in Apex, a small mining district northwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A log fence post is in the right foreground and portions of the fence continue on the far...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fences--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill (Int.)
- mortars and amalgamated with the gold in the ore. The stamps were periodically stopped and the amalgam was retrieved and then sold to banks or the mint.; The interior of a stamp mill, possibly the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, Colorado, shows...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill
- Several unidentified men stand outside the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway, which was used to haul ore from nearby mines to the depot in Blackhawk, cross the foreground....
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ores--Transportation--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Carriages &...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Nederland, Colorado. Hotels and Motels. The Antlers (first)
- A group of men, women and children stands on the front porch and in front of The Antlers Hotel in Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, probably in the 1890s. A man stands next to a woman holding a baby on the right side of the front porch. The...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Porches--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Telluride
- View north across San Miguel River and Rio Grande Southern Railroad Yards to Telluride, Colorado; shows cliffs and San Juans in background, station yard with two long passing narrow gauge tracks, two thirty-car spurs with box cars, caboose and...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1905]
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Wood-frame one and two story houses line Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Pipe and equipment are in a field beneath a rocky, barren hill in the foreground. A horse-drawn buggy travels along Eureka Street. West High Street is in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]