Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pony Express Riders
- Uniformed Boy Scouts of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose with bicycles; some equipped with horns and lamps. Men in cowboy hats, shirts and bandanas are with them; Governor Ralph L. Carr, in a suit and white Homburg hat, holds a scarf. The...
- Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940.; Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- June 29, 1939
- E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896
- Men, women and children stand on the dock of the railroad depot in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado. The depot is a two-story frame building with signs: "Brush," and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office." Men and shovels are on a railroad...
- Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1890- 1900.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Brush baseball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, baseball team poses in uniforms, cleats, and ribbons reading: Brush. Some are identified as Finney, O'Dell, Jones, Gilmore, Rogers, Thompson, and Bolinger.
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- August 9, 1913
- Brush high school basketball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, girl's basketball team poses in uniforms consisting of bloomers, sailor shirts with bandanas, and scarves around their heads. One holds a basketball. They are identified as: Ann White, Bertha Jones, Ada Grill (or...
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Central school building, Brush, Colorado
- The Central Grade School in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, is of brick with a terra cotta roof, stone entablature, and arched windows and doors with volute keystones. Stone frieze work is under the cornices, and also tops some of the windows. A...
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- 1929
- High school, Brush, Colo
- This aerial view shows the three-story brick Brush High School in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, reflected in floodwater surrounding it. Other institutional buildings and dwellings are also flooded. A brick church with a gothic arched window is on...
- Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- 1935
- The Brush sugar factory
- The brick, three and four story buildings of the Brush sugar factory, in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, have a smokestack behind them. One building has canvas awnings over the windows, monitor roofs, and stepped pediments.
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Brush sugar factory
- The brick, three and four story buildings of the Brush sugar factory in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, have a water tower and a smokestack among them. Sugar beets are piled in front.
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Every kid loves to fish
- Young men of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose behind trays of movable type at the Denver Post printing plant. One wears a Hawaiian shirt.
- Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Printing industry--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- Aug 15, 1939
- Brush, Colo., school fire
- The two-story brick school of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, smokes after a fire. Debris lays next to the stone foundation.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- [between 1927 and 1928]
- C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.
- View inside the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad Depot in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado. E.S. Dutton, the agent, and George Stewart, the telegraph operator, sit at telegraph equipment. Dutton, in a bowler hat, taps out a message. The men...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Hurd W. Twombly
- Hurd W. Twombly, pioneer of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, poses in his suit and tie. He is bald and elderly, and has a pin with a cross in it on his lapel.
- Brush (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Twombly, Hurd W.
- May 5, 1941
- Presby church, Brush, Colo
- The Presbyterian Church in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, is a frame building with a gable roof, ridgecresting and a belfry. Dwellings and a large brick building with a domed tower and cupola are in the background.
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- 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
- Ute horsemen "monte game" at Towaoc
- View near Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado, of Native American (Ute) men and women; one group of men on horseback and a group who sit in a circle, possibly gambling, next to a brush shelter; one man stands near the brush shelter and looks on;...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Social life--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Gambling--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Teepes on reservation
- View of a tepee and brush shelter; an unidentified Native American (Ute) boy stands between a completed brush shelter and the frame for another, a belayed rope around his torso; a pile of brush, blankets, and possibly a fur pelt are underneath the...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Structures--1900-1910.; Shelters--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Summer camp Shiprock Agency, Yeibitchai [sic]
- View of Native American (Navajo) men walking toward a brush shelter in a summer camp at Shiprock Agency, Arizona. A pile of cut timber lies near the brush shelter. A wooden rail fence, possibly a corral, stands to the side of the brush shelter. One...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1900-1910.; Yei Bichei (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin [sic] over her lap
- Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman who sits in a brush shelter, and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; above the woman's head is a...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- School building, Brush, Colo.
- The one-story brick school in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, has a hipped gable roof, stone sills, and a diagonally paned transom over the entry topped by a sign reading: School.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- Switching beets, Brush, Colo.
- Men stand near a Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy train in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado, with a shipment of sugar beets. The locomotive is inscribed with number "1232". A smoke stack is in the distance.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Sugar...
- 1909 Nov. 25
- Brush school fire
- The two-story brick school of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, burns as firemen aim a jet of water at it. A large, arched entry shows through smoke, and a swingset is in the foreground.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- [between 1927 and 1928?]
- Duneweg hardware store
- This hardware store interior in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, includes cooking stoves, nail kegs, kerosene lamps and rolls of paper. A case in the center displays scissors, and a framed poster above has an illustration of moose surrounded by a...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Western History Subject Index
- Brush, Colorado
- Denver Public Library 1918 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1918.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1994
- Brush school fire
- The two-story brick school of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, smokes after a fire. Debris lays next to the stone foundation.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- [between 1927 and 1928]
- The lily pond and chapel at Eben-Ezer
- At the Eben-Ezer nursing home in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, the lily pond has a potted agave on its central pedestal. An ivy covered chapel with gothic arched windows and a stepped pediment is in the background.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Churches--Colorado--Brush--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Brush--1920-1940.; Nursing homes--Colorado--Brush--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Ute horsemen, "monte game" at Towaoc western end of reservation
- View of a brush shelter and covered wagon at Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado; a group of unidentified Native American (Ute) men and (possibly) women sit in a circle near a brush shelter; men look on; two men on horseback stand away from group.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Towaoc--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Towaoc--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Towaoc--1890-1900.
- 1908
- Casa (house) wagon shed, tepee poles Towaoc, western end of reservation
- View near Towaoc, Ute Mountain Indian Reservation, Montezuma County, Colorado, of a wood (small log and slat) and mud house that stands next to a brush shelter; tepee poles lean against brush shelter, one lies on roof which connects to roof of the...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Shelters--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Women weaving near Butlers trading post
- View of 2 Native American (Navajo) women, a girl, and a baby sitting and standing outside of an adobe and wood building with a brush and wood porch, at Butlers trading post, possibly in New Mexico; one woman, who sits on a fringed blanket, weaves a...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Mtd. Navajo about to kill a steer
- View of Native American (Navajo) and white men in a Navajo camp, Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The camp consists of an adobe brick and wooden slat building, a brush shelter, a wooden rail fence, possibly a corral, and a pile of cut timber. One man...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Camps--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Interior of hogan
- Interior view of Native American (Navajo) men, women, and children sitting and standing in a hogan with a brush porch. A girl and woman sit and face one another under the brush covered porch, near a metal bucket. Two men stand near a high-backed...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Structures--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Hefferman's Trading Post - inside corral
- View of two white men standing outside of Hefferman's Trading Post, a brush and branch roofed porch surrounded by a wood and wire fence, possibly near Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. A one story adobe and stone building behind the porch has a gable...
- Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Dragging it into camp
- View of Native American (Navajo) men in a camp, Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The camp consists of a brush shelter, horses and wagons, and a wooden rail fence in the background. One man sits on the seat of a hitched wagon. A dead cow is tied to the...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indian...
- [1908?]
- Loom-child-blanket
- Interior shows a Native American (Navajo) girl sitting on a blanket, under a brush shelter porch, near a loom. Near the loom in use is another unused loom. A metal pail sits near a woven blanket, outside of the brush porch. A dark blanket,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Looms--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Weaving--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [September, 1908]
- Hefferman's Trading Post
- View of Hefferman's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. One white man, and three possibly Native American (Navajo) stand near a door to an L-shaped stone and adobe building with a gable roof, two stone chimneys, a belfry extension...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Navaho girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin over her lap
- Interior view shows a Native American (Navajo) woman, shew sits in a brush shelter and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; a metal pan filled with...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheepskin over her lap
- Native American (Navajo) woman sits in a brush shelter and prepares ground cornmeal. A pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman. Above the woman's head is a coffee can which reads...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Corn--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Sun Dance
- Native American (Shoshone) men participate in a Sun Dance in a brush enclosure. The men blow eagle bone whistles decorated with feathers as they dance near the center pole. A bundle of dried foliage, the Thunder's Nest, is tied to the center pole....
- Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1930.; Sun dance--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Shoshone Sun Dance
- Spectators stand near a brush wall that surrounds the center pole of a Shoshone Sun Dance. The Thunder's Nest consists of a bundle of brush tied near the top of the pole.
- Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1930.; Shelters--1900-1930.; Sun dance--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Shoshone Sun Dance
- Spectators stand near a brush shelter erected for a Shoshone Sun Dance. The spectators stand and are on horseback. The Thunder's Nest, a bundle of brush tied to the center pole, is visible above the crowd.
- Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1930.; Shelters--1900-1930.; Sun dance--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Shoshone Sun Dance
- Native American (Shoshone) men stand in a brush shelter and blow eagle bone whistles as part of a Sun Dance. The men stand near the edge of the shelter, around the center pole, the Thunder's Nest, a bundle of brush, is tied near the top.
- Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1930.; Shelters--1900-1930.; Sun dance--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Casa Blanca, old Pima home
- View of a Native American (Pima) home in Arizona. It is a dome structure with wood rods bent over rafters to form a frame, bundles of brush are tied to the frame to shed rain, the roof is covered with more brush and earth to provide weather...
- Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Pima Indians--1870-1900.; Houses--1870-1900.; Wickiups--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Shoshone Sun Dance
- Native American (Shoshone) men stand in a brush shelter and blow eagle bone whistles as part of a Sun Dance. The men stand near the edge of the shelter, around the center pole. The Thunder's Nest, a bundle of brush, is tied to the center pole near...
- Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1930.; Shelters--1900-1930.; Sun dance--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Broadway, Blanca City
- The snow-capped Sangre de Cristo mountains loom over the town of Blanca, Colorado, in Costilla County. Men in suits stand in front of two tents and a lightpost. Wood-frame structures, including one with a gable, are across grassy Broadway, which...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- September 28, 1908
- Stewart home at Brush about 1900
- This frame residence in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, has ridgecresting, a bay window, a chimney, and a stovepipe. The gable end has openworked bargeboard and shingle imbrication. A shed roofed extension has a covered porch; men, women, and a boy...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Brush Motor Sales Bldg
- A brick storefront in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, has plate glass windows with Chevrolet advertisments in them. A projecting electric sign in the shape of a chevron reads: Chevrolet. Evergreen garlands are on a power line and the cast iron...
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- 1928
- The crucifixion group at Eben-Ezer
- At the Eben-Ezer nursing home in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, a path leads to a crucifix on a pedestal, which is flanked by statues of robed people.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Nursing homes--Colorado--Brush--1920-1940.; Religious articles--Colorado--Brush--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Pharmacy in Brush
- This soda fountain interior in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, includes shelves filled with bottles, display cases, a cash register, a kerosene lamp, and two men posing behind the bar. The barstools are floor mounted on curved supports, with round...
- Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mr. & Mrs. F.A. Trimble in their car
- Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Trimble pose in a Brush Runabout roadster, in (probably) Colorado; she wears a large hat and scarf. Letters read: "This Car Climbed Pike's Peak," and "$550.00 Brush Runabout."
- Automobiles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trimble, F. A.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- A brush leans against one of the dirt and rock walls of Pithouse A in Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. Two slabs of rock stand above where the brush is propped. A small pile of rocks is on the dirt ground behind the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]