Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- Mt. Audubon from Bald Mountain, Colo.
- Panoramic view of snow-covered mountains in the Indian Peaks range in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows Mount Audubon, Paiute Peak, and Mount Toll on the Continental Divide. Trees and a meadow are nearby.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paiute Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Toll, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of two hands holding each other, and an inscription that reads: "Ann G. Wife of Wm. Treglown Died Feb. 27. 1877 Aged 34 Years."
- Bald Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- An arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado, features a raised representation of a chain above an inscription that reads: "In Memory of Edward Perrow. Died Sep. 28, 1871. Aged 28 Yrs. John Perrow. Died Oct 14, 1876. Aged 39...
- Bald Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Index to Colorado Mining Directory: First Edition 1883
- Index to mines within Colorado. Information is arranged alphabetically by Mine name, with the county it is located in.
- Mines and mineral industries--Colorado--Directories.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Directories.;
- 1883
- Bald Mountain Trading Post & General Store, Nevadaville, Colo.
- View of the Bald Mountain Trading Post, General Store, and Museum located 1 mile southwest of Central City, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. The two story, field stone and red brick structure has a decorative wood facade with board-and-batten...
- Bald Mountain Trading Post & General Store--Colorado--Nevadaville--2000-2010.; General stores--Colorado--Nevadaville--2000-2010.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bald Mountain Trading Post & General Store--Colorado--Nevadaville--Pictorial works.;...
- 2008
- Elizabeth J. Williams memorial, Bald Mountain Cemetery, Gilpin County, Colo.
- View of the Elizabeth J. Williams memorial in the Bald Mountain Cemetery located above Nevadaville, Colorado. The tree shaped marker is enclosed inside a decorative, rot-iron fence and reads "ELIZABETH J. WILLIAMS, DIED Apr. 19, 1949, AGED 97...
- Bald Mountain Cemetery (Gilpin County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--2000-2010.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bald Mountain Cemetery (Gilpin County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin...
- 2002
- Eagles
- Two taxidermied eagles (bald and possibly golden or immature bald).
- Eagles--Colorado--1900-1910.; Taxidermy--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Birds of prey
- Shows the Birds of Prey habitat at the Denver Zoo near City Park in Denver, Colorado. The habitat is constructed of metal poles and fence wire, trees grow up through the enclosures' fenced ceiling. Three eagles, one a bald eagle, are perched on the...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Eagles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo animals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado
- Unpaved Main Street is bordered by commercial, clapboard storefronts with false fronts and cornices in Nevadaville, Colorado (also known as Bald Mountain, Nevada, and Nevada City), a small town located in Gilpin County. The "Bald Mt. Post Office"...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1934 September 9
- La Veta Pass, Colo. View east down mountain valley followed by D&RGW line
- View of La Veta Pass, Costilla County, Colorado; shows forest, Bald Mountain, and a man posing by a handcar on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Costilla County--1910-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Costilla County--1910-1920.;...
- 1910?
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an ornate gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of a flower bouquet at the top, a paladian style arch, pilasters, and an inscription that reads: "In Memory of George Maddern died Oct. 8,...
- Bald Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an ornate gravestone for two children, at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of an angels head, a curvilinear top, and an inscription that reads: "Matilda. Died Aug. 24, 1882, aged 1 yr. 7 ms. 14 ds....
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of leaves (?) enclosed in a circle, beneath which is an inscription that reads: "In Affectionate Remembrance of Frederick Houghton. Died Oct....
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched-pointed gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of a hand with its index finger pointing upward, above which is inscribed, "Meet me in Heaven;" dedication reads: "Sacred to the...
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of a hand holding a broken chain enclosed in a circle; inscription above reads: "His end was Peace;" dedication reads: "Sacred to the Memory...
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- An arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado, features a raised representation of two lambs lying down, and an inscription that reads: "They are Gone but not Forgotten. John Henry Born Oct 16, 1877. Age 2 Yrs. & 15 Ds. Richard...
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Farncomb Hill from the north
- View of mine buildings and tailing sites on Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Mines and workings are identified as Dogtown on Dry Gulch, the Wapiti group, the Boss and Key West workings, the Ontario. Shows Georgia Gulch,...
- Farncomb Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; French Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Georgia Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Guyot, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 B
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 6 and 7, 1921 June-July
- Bald Mountain Boulder County
- View of Baldy (Bald) Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. A farmhouse, utility buildings, and a pond are in the foreground.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bald eagle
- Portrait of a taxidermic bald eagle on a perch.
- Eagles--1880-1900.; Taxidermy--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Merced and Bald Mt. near Wawona
- View of the South Fork Merced River and trees near Wawona in Yosemite National Park, California. A man and woman are on a large rock near fallen timber and stones in the river. Snow is on a mountain identified as Bald Mountain in the distance.
- Merced River, South Fork (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.; Rivers--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Golden Reward smelter, three cyanide mills, Deadwood and Bald Mountain in distance on C. & N. W. Ry.
- View of the Golden Reward mine complex, including a smelter and three cyanide mills, on the Chicago and North Western Railway, Deadwood, South Dakota. Bald Mountain in the distance.
- Mine buildings--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1920.; Deadwood (S.D.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1920.; Mills--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1920.; Mining--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- MP locomotive, engine number 1310, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Bald Knob, Ark., August 11, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Arkansas--Bald Knob.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1940
- Mining at Nevadaville : Bald Mountain
- Mine buildings stand amid piles of mine tailings which are adjacent to a dirt road at Bald Mountain in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 an 1968]
- MP train, engine number 1546, engine type 2-8-2
- Eastbound freight train; 15 MPH. Photographed: Bald Knob, Ark., August 11, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Arkansas--Bald Knob.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1940
- MP train, engine number 6624, engine type 4-6-2
- Train #8, The Southerner. Photographed: at Bald Knob, Ark., August 11, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Arkansas--Bald Knob.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1940
- Bald Mountain Cemetery
- The Bald Mountain Cemetery stands in the midground at the base of a hill in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A fence surrounds the cemetery. A ridge of snow-capped mountains stands in the distance.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Snowy range from Bald Mountain, June 1901 (L#71-Pine Creek)
- The tops of trees stand in the foreground of this view from Bald Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado, looking toward a range of mountains with small patches of snow on them.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trees--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [1901?]
- West from Bald Mountain, June 1901
- Three trees stand in the midground of this view from Bald Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado, looking toward another ridge of mountains.
- Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trees--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Bald Mtn., Grand Lake
- View of Grand Lake, Colorado, with Bald Mountain in background; shows row boat with oars docked on shore.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1900-1920.; Rowboats--Colorado--Grand Lake--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Prager, MGM training film in Sun Valley
- Walter Prager, 10th Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry, jumps off a cornice on Bald Mountain on skis while he is filmed for a production of an MGM Army training film at Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He wears a white winter parka and cap...
- Bald Mountain (Blaine County, Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski...
- 1942
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 A-L
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 28, 1910 July 9
- Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant
- View of a billboard in Larimer County, Colorado; reads: "Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado Big Thompson Project, Flatiron Power & Pumping Plant, Winston Bros. Company, Flatiron Penstocks, Horsetooth Feeder Canal, Carter Lake Reservoir, and Bald...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--Public relations--1950-1960.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Billboards--Colorado--Larimer County--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1954?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family. A bald man with a long beard stands and wears a sack suit with a tie and watch chain. A woman, with her hair parted in the middle and pulled back, wears a dress with puffed sleeves, velvet lapels and a bar pin. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Mr. P. T. Barnum
- A bust (3/4 view) portrait of Mr. P. T. Barnum. His hair is white, curly and bald at the very top; he wears a pleated shirt, black bowtie and jacket. The background is dark green, brown and black; the painting itself is on rectangular linen canvas...
- Men--1880-1890.; Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
- 1889
- Colonel John M. Chivington
- An oil portrait painting of Colonel John M. Chivington. He stands next to a brown pillar. He is bald and has a white moustache and beard. He wears a white shirt, dark suit and two ribbon medals. The painting is unframed.
- Men--1870-1880.; Chivington, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Caribou Col.
- View of the mining town of Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado taken from Goat Hill. Shows the Sherman House Hotel on the corner of Potosi and Sherman streets, commercial buildings and houses. Snow-covered "Mount Baldy" (Bald Mountain) is in the...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Caribou, Colo.
- View of the mining town of Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado taken from Goat Hill. Shows the Sherman House Hotel on the corner of Potosi and Sherman streets, commercial buildings and houses. Snow covered "Mount Baldy" (Bald Mountain) is in the...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1890.
- [1882 and 1890]
- Rio Grande Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Rio Grande Saloon on Xenia Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story wood frame commercial building with horizontal and vertical planks and a double-wide corner entry with two-sash transom, plain parapet; man with three boys (one...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Rio Grande Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [between 1899 and 1901]
- Nevadaville
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows dwellings, sheds, the Methodist Episcopal Church with a steeple; a one-story frame school with a belfry and Bald Mountain are in distance.
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- September 5, 1934
- Nevadaville
- Interior view of the Odd Fellows Building in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows debris covering the floor, open doors and glass remains in the millworked storefront. A building across Main Street has a sign: "Bald Mt. Post Office."
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- September 5, 1934
- Nevadaville, Colo - early days alt. 9,000 - Gilpin Co.
- A man in a horse-drawn wagon climbs Quartz Hill above Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. The town shows beyond in a shallow valley with dwellings, commercial buildings, The Christ Church, school belfry, Odd Fellow's Building and mining...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Nevadaville, Colo
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, in a shallow valley with snow patches, at foot of Bald Mountain, includes log, frame, and stone dwellings and businesses, mining facilities, tailings, trees and rail fences. Horse drawn wagons are on...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864?
- Pinewood School District No. 19, Rattlesnake Park Pinewood, Colo.
- View of Pinewood, Larimer County, Colorado, shows the frame schoolhouse with a shingle roof, inset porch, double hung windows, and a sign: "Pine Wood School Dist No 19." It was built in 1873 by Amos Penoyer, a pioneer rancher.
- Penoyer, Amos--Homes & haunts.; Pinewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Pinewood--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Main Street Nevadaville, Colo.
- Reproduction of Herndon Davis watercolor; shows Main Street businesses in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, and sign "Bald Mt. Post Office."
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Watercolors.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Harry Rhoads gets a hair treatment
- Harry Rhoads sits in a barbers' chair while two women put cream or lotion on the bald spot on his head.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Man at home
- A bald man sits in a wicker chair, wearing a suit and tie.
- Men--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]