Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Summit of Mt. McClellan
- An Argentine and Grays Peak Railway excursion group poses at the summit of McClellan Mountain in Clear Creek County, Colorado; men, women, boys, and girls hold wild flowers and signs: "Summit of Mt. McClellan 14007 Ft. high Argentine & Grays Peak...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1920.
- 1914, August 14
- The Evans Investment Co.
- View of brick storefronts at 1340-46 Lawrence Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows windows with lettering: "Denver Lithographic [Lithographing?] Company," "Dieter Book Binding Co.." A car is at the curb.
- Denver Lithographing Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Dieter's Book Bindery (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial...
- 1912 August
- Luck
- Three cavalry soldiers lead a parade of army troops in formation along a Denver street, August 1, Colorado Day. The men are from Fort Morgan, a WWI assembly point. Spectators, including bicyclists, look on from the sidewalks.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- 1917 August 1
- Luck
- Army troops, wearing uniforms and carrying rifles, parade in formation along a Denver street on August 1, Colorado Day. The men are from Fort Logan, a WWI assembly point.
- Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- 1917 August 1
- Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass
- View from slope above shows the dilapidated boarding house hotel, Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot, and stone enginehouse at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado. Two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- August 6, 1939
- Residence of A. J. Trimble, Cheyenne Wells, Colo.
- View of Albert Trimble's two-story house, Cheyenne County, Colorado; features stone block construction, intersecting gables, roof dormer, front bay, front porch with upper balustrade, imbrication, picket fence, several out buildings with steep hip...
- Trimble, Albert J.--Homes & haunts.; Cheyenne Wells (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cheyenne Wells--1910-1920.
- August 1911
- School building and scholars, Cheyenne Wells, Colo.
- Students pose in front of the Cheyenne Wells School, Cheyenne County, Colorado next to an automobile. The 1908 two and a half story school features stone block construction, a hip roof, and a central pediment above entry. A wood frame front gable...
- Cheyenne Wells (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Cheyenne Wells--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Cheyenne Wells--1910-1920.
- August 1911
- Traders State Bank, Cheyenne Wells, Colo.
- View of Traders State Bank, Fenner Avenue, Cheyenne County, Colorado; features stone block construction, flat roof and a corner entrance with pilasters; men stand at entrance and park in automobiles on streets; lettering on building reads: "Bank",...
- Cheyenne Wells (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Cheyenne Wells--1910-1920.
- August 1911
- Panoramic photograph of Eldora, looking north.
- Panoramic view of Eldora (Boulder County), Colorado; numbered locations are: "1. power house, Mogul Tunnel, 2. Bank of Eldora, 3. residence of Mick Langley, 4. grocery store, J. Greenlee, 5. Weldon House (board), 6. residence, John H. Kemp, Happy...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1899 August
- An August scene on the side of Sayres Peak, Colo.
- Well dressed men and women pose on snow fields above timberline on Sayres Benchmark (Sayres Peak) in Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sayres Benchmark (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hiking--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of small arena with a matador or picador in center, in Gillett, Colorado. A matador, possibly Senor Jose Marrero, in bullfighting attire, holds a banderilla (decorated pick) while bulls stand near the back of the wooden corral. Wooden...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of bullfighters in small stadium in Gillett, Colorado, includes a matador in Mexican attire, a wooden arena, bulls and wooden bleachers in the background. The matador's costume includes hat, vest, sash, epaulets, "pink" stockings, slippers,...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of a bullfight in a small stadium in Gillett, Colorado, shows three men in bullfighting attire. One matador (bullfighter) teases a bull with a cape, while a picador holds banderillas (picks). All three men are within the wooden corral while...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- M. E. Church, Blackhawk, Colo.
- View of roof damage suffered by the Methodist Episcopal church in Black Hawk, Colorado, August 10, 1887. Building has a large hole in the roof. Large amounts of debris are visible. The church was located on Swede Hill along Clear Creek, but when it...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- August, 1887
- Church steeple of Guston Church
- View of the fallen dilapidated Congregational Church steeple, Ouray County, Guston, Colorado; shows the wood shingled tower roof, which once housed a bell and mine whistle, on its side with other weathered lumber. Reverend William Davis built the...
- Guston (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Guston--1970-1980.
- August 1979
- Arena erected for the Bull Fight, Gillett, Colo. August 24, 25, 26, 1895.
- The wood bullfight ring used for the Mexican bullfight on August 24 and 25, 1895, within the racetrack at Gillett, Colorado, is empty; snow is on the ground around it, and trees on the hills behind are leafless. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- 1895
- The Bull-fight at Gillette [sic]
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895]
- Bullfight at Gillett, Colo.
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The bull lunges...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895.]
- Bullfight at Gillett, Colo.
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador waves...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895.]
- Bullfight at Gillett, Colo. Charlie Meadows, man on right on horse
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A bullfighter...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895.]
- Gillett, Colo. bull fight, Aug. 24-26, 1895
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, (the third day planned was cancelled) takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event. The bull is coming out of the gate...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bulls--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- August 1895
- Gillett, Colo. bullfight
- View of bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, at the race track in Gillett, Colorado. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event. The 5,000 seat wood amphitheater is sparcely filled, and a tent and concession booths run by Soapy Smith are outside the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August 1895
- Gillett, Colo.
- A young matador with a lance, possibly Carlos Garcia or Antonio Sentrea, poses in the bullring where a Mexican bullfight took place on August 24 and 25, 1895, in Gillett, Colorado. A bull stands by the wood fence around the ring. Two spectators sit...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullrings--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895]
- Gillett, Colorado two bulls were killed before the Deputy Sheriff stopped the show
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The dead...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bulls--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Gillett, Colorado.
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The bull...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Gillette [sic], Colo. Bullfight
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador waves...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two mounted...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two matadors...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The empty...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador,...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- View of bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event. A bull with barbs stuck in his hide stands still next to a log railing; behind him a rider leads...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bulls--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August 1895
- Mexican bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- Bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring at the race track in Gillett, Colorado. Joe Wolfe organized the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador, Jose Marrero (with cape) and one of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado.
- View of bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two mounted cowboys...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [1895 August]
- Mexican bullfight, Gillette, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bull ring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A man in...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- A matador, possibly Jose Marrero, looks into the stands during the bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. The grandstand is almost empty, with people standing in the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A man in a...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.
- [August 1895]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- Men, women, and children mill around outside the wood structure in Gillett, Colorado, where a bullfight took place on August 24 and 25, 1895, the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. A boy wears a plaid...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Front elevation
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for the residence at 670 Emerson Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of...
- Ray, Benjamin F.--Homes & haunts.; Houses.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1905 August 1
- Those taking part were all brought up by Mr. Wolfe
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, is about to begin. Joe Wolfe, the organizer of the event and "Master of the Fiesta," wearing a Mexican sombrero, a velvet suit with silver...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Wolfe, Joe.
- [August 1895]
- Front elevation
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for a residence at 670 Emerson Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of...
- Ray, Benjamin F., fl. 1905--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- 1905 August 1
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- View of the bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Three horseback...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A matador...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Meadows, Charles Henson, 1860-1932.; Wolfe, Joe.
- [August 1895.]
- The Union Pacific Railway: Salt Lake City, Utah
- Aerial view of Salt Lake City, Utah. shows houses, streets, people, and the dome of the Mormon Tabernacle. The Wasatch Mountains are in the distance.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1860-1870.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Utah--Salt Lake City--1860-1870.
- 1869 August 7
- Lodge no. 2, I.O.O.F., August 25, Central City, Colo.
- Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, wearing suits, pose for a group photograph in Central City, Colorado. They stand under a canopy decorated with lame and fringe, in front of a wall covered with patterned wallpaper. A straight-backed...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge No. 2 (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Pony Express rider Gordon Welles
- A pony express rider wearing jeans, a short sleeved shirt, cowboy hat, and cowboy boots, sits on top of a horse, as he hands a mailbag to an older man in a suit in Central City, Colorado. The older man stands on the bottom step of a marble stairway...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Pony express--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- August, 1940
- Eating house stage changing stop -(Hy. 40)? Idlewild Winter Park P.O. 1951
- An August snowfall covers the log-construction eating house and stagecoach horse-changing station on either side of a muddy road in Idlewild, Colorado. Two carriages are parked by the eating house, and a figure is faintly visible on the porch of...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.
- [August 1903.]
- Idlewild
- An August snowfall covers the log-construction eating house and stagecoach horse-changing station on either side of a muddy road in Idlewild, Colorado. Two carriages are parked by the eating house, and a figure is faintly visible on the porch of...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.
- August 1903
- Arapahoe County courthouse Littleton, Colorado.
- View of the addition on the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Littleton, Colorado, shows the modern three-story brick building with the domed cupola of the 1908 courthouse behind it. A row of automobiles park in the lot in front of the building, Denver...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- August 1, 1964
- August Schomburg
- Photograph of August Schomburg, a senior at West Denver High School given to Ed Stantion. Schomburg wears a dress coat a white collared shirt and striped bow tie.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Stanton family--Archives.; Stanton, Charles Edwin--Archives.; Stanton, Robert Eugene--Archives.
- 1926
- Manual of the First Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colorado.
- Book produced by the First Central Presbyterian Church, later known as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado. Contained in the book is a partial list of members, a brief historical sketch of the church, and the Articles of Faith in...
- First Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1873 December 22