Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Central City, Colorado, built in 1873, overlooks the gable and shingles of a house. The granite, gothic revival structure, which is built into the side of a hill, has a tall steeple and side tower, a gabled roof, and...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1920 October
- Recen
- View of frame houses and road grades in the mountains above the mining town of Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with false fronts, mine buildings and tailings piles. Identification: "1. Stable owned by Prior...
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Wm. Sabine residence, Alamosa
- William Sabine's residence in Alamosa, Colorado was built in 1879 and is a one-story wood frame house with a low hipped roof with a widow's walk, clapboard siding, pedimented drip molds, and covered porch with double arch front. William, his wife,...
- Sabine, William--Homes & haunts--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- 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
- Eldora, Colorado water supply
- Court, four of the nine men were released for lack of evidence. The remaining men were found not guilty. The Bailey Mill was never operated for any extended periods of time after Bailey's death. Several different owners tried varying ore treatment...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Las Vegas Hot Springs & vicinity
- View of a wooden bathhouse built near Gallinas Creek in Montezuma (San Miguel County), New Mexico. The bathhouse has vertical log construction. A wooden footbridge is over the creek.
- Gallinas Creek (San Miguel County, N.M.)--1870-1880.; Montezuma (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Bathhouses--New Mexico--Montezuma--1870-1880.; Log buildings--New Mexico--Montezuma--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--New Mexico--Montezuma--1870-1880.; Springs--New...
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- University Park Octogenarian Memories booklet
- Court house Julesburg, Colo.
- View of the Sedgwick County Court House in Julesburg, Colorado. Architectural features include a hipped roof, a pediment, a large cupola with a clock, quoins, lintels, and a bracketed cornice. Two boys with bicycles in foreground. Water tower in...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Colorado Central Depot in Loveland
- View of the Colorado Central Depot in Loveland, Colorado, built in 1877, shows the rectangular side gable brick building with a water tank and the Loveland Elevator Company building in background.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Boston Mine Boarding House
- This shingle sided structure in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has one side of its gable roof built into the hillside. John Dumont built the structure, used as a dormitory for employees of the Boston Mine Company (active between 1872...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Dumont, John M.
- 1960
- Conqueror Boarding House at North Empire
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, dormer, covered porch, and stone foundation. Wooden steps lead up the slope; doors and windows are missing. The smaller...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Pryor, W. S.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- 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
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Log Cabin
- View of the Log Cabin, one of the first buildings built in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Governor Hunt built this cabin, when the Denver and Rio Grande railway arrived, in October 1871, it became the station restaurant. Identified...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; Log Cabin (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Governors--Colorado--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Grammar school at Adams City
- The four-room grammar school building in Adams City, Adams County, Colorado was built in 1907. The light colored brick building features a rambling floorplan with two stories. The two end sections have hipped roofs and open double-hung windows. A...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams City--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1910.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Monument Lake Lodge
- Exterior view of a Pueblo style guest lodge at Monument Lake, thirty eight miles west of Trinidad, Colorado. This split level structure is built on a hillside and has three floors built in steps with terraces on the lower roofs. Built of adobe,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lodges--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Pueblos--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1938?]
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northeast. The wood construction church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof and a small gabled entrance vestibule in which there is a double door set into a pointed arch,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1939
- 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
- Robert Miller home
- View of the Robert Miller home on East 8th (Eighth) Avenue and Fillmore Street, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Miller, Robert, resident, Denver, Colo.
- March 1, 1928
- D&RG NG open observation car #502, "Argus" and parlor car "Camp Bird" on eastbound train #316 at Lake Junction, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge train #316 stops with passenger cars "Argus" and "Camp Bird" at the Gunnison River and Lake Fork Junction (became Blue Mesa Reservoir), Gunnison County, Colorado. People wave from the coaches; a gazebo...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1912?
- Georgetown
- Southeast view of Georgetown, Colorado toward, the road to Green Lake, to the left of Leavenworth Mountain. Visible landmarks include the Clear Creek County Courthouse, a white wood construction building with a false front with "Clear Creek Court...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1980.
- [between 1930 and 1976?]
- Presbyterian Church
- Exterior view of the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1863 and located on Taos Street between Eighth (8th) and Ninth (9th) Streets; shows the front of the church with the south fork of Clear Creek in the foreground. The facade...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden
- View of Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado; campus buildings include (center, left to right) Samuel Guggenheim Hall (Administration building built in 1906), Gymnasium (built in 1908), Assaying Laboratory & Powerhouse plant, Stratton Hall...
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Alpine Station
- Exterior view of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot and boarding house at Alpine Tunnel, (11,546 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes a group of five people by the dilapidated small front gable clapboard structure built in...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1960-1970.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Aspen, Colo.
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, is situated between Aspen Mountain, formerly known as Ajax, and Shadow Mountain. Railroad tracks wind through the sparsely built foreground into the town. The Roaring Fork River runs through the trees on the right. ...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Aspen, Colo. street scenes
- Seven men stand outside the Berg candy store in Aspen, Colorado, a two story, clapboard building with a bay window displaying merchandise. A man, probably the proprietor, stands in the doorway. The building next to the candy store is a...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885?]
- Skating rink, Ice Palace, Leadville Colo.
- Interior view of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace skating rink, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. Cobble & Kerr built the 80 x 190 foot rink which was designed by architect C.E. Joy. The trussed roof, ice arches along the edge and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice skating rinks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Marent's Trestle, 226 ft. high, near Missoula M.T.
- View of Northern Pacific Railroad tracks on the Marent Trestle built over Marent Gulch in Missoula County, Montana. A log building, a haystack and a wooden fence are in the gulch below the steel trestle.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marent Gulch (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Marent Trestle (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Missoula County (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Montana--Missoula...
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Leadville from Capitol Hill
- In this view of Leadville, Colorado, from Capitol Hill a small child sits on the edge of the (8) Stevens and Leiter Ditch (Oro Mining Ditch and Fluming Co.), built in 1874, in the left foreground, commencing fourteen miles above the city. The scene...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Kittredge Bldg., 1st Congregational Church, Denver Club
- View of the Denver Club building (built 1888), Kittredge Building (built 1889, architect A. M. Stuckert), and the First Congregational Church (built 1880), from corner of Glenarm and 17th Streets, Denver, Colorado, looking south down Glenarm...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; First Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1889 and 1901]
- Western State College
- Exterior of Taylor Hall, North, South and Central Halls, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. North, built in 1910, features a Classical facade with pediment and columns; Central, built 1929, has a long board apex gable; and South, built in...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Gunnison--1930-1940.; Western State College of Colorado.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- City Hall and Memorial Auditorium, Union Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado
- View of City Hall and Memorial Hall, Pueblo, Colorado, with glimpse of Riverside block building's corner turret; shows City Hall with domed and columned cupola atop hipped roof, built in 1917, designed by W. E. Stickney; Memorial Hall, adjacent...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City, Colorado people
- View of a dry-masonry wall built by Cornish craftsmen probably in the nineteenth century. The wall is built along a dirt road, and vegitation grows out ot the top and along the sides of the wall. Snow covers the top of the wall, which is built...
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Masonry--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Dibbon Smelter
- Exterior view of the Dibbon Smelter, near Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1868 in the Argentine District by Frank Dibbon, first police judge of Georgetown. The dilapidated building is made up of two connected gable roofed buildings, one smaller...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Chimneys--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.; Smelters--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1933?]
- South Main, showing some of the oldest houses
- View along South Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado includes three houses built by Herman Mauer for himself, his sisters and their families: 221 South Main Street house built in 1906 as residence of Herman Mauer; 217 South Main residence of Joseph and...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.; Mauer, Herman--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Francisco Plaza La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza in La Veta (formerly known as Francisco Plaza), Colorado in Huerfano County. Horizontal adobe building with a gable, shingles, and a tin roof is built in a "U" configuration.
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Homestead House
- Mrs. Mary Neosha Williams, who hired carpenter John Spence to built the building over ten years starting in 1886, called her seventeen room home in Evergreen, Colorado, Camp Neosha. When Mrs. Williams daughter Dr. Josepha Williams Douglas and her...
- Evergreen (Colo.)--1950-1975.; Houses--Colorado--Evergreen--1950-1975.
- [between 1950 and 1975?]
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples of work by...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the entrance to Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples of work by...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of decorated capitols on the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples of work by...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the entrance to the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building apartment interior
- Interior photograph of an apartment the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building apartment interior
- Interior photograph of and apartment in the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Built by Louis King, 7th Ave. bet. 3rd and 4th Street
- Possibly Mr. and Mrs. Louis King stand on the boardwalk in front of their home near another couple in a carriage drawn by a large white horse, at the 300 block of Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The Queen Anne style two story...
- King, Louis--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- John M Dumont built this house for the Boston Mine
- This shingle sided structure in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has one side of its gable roof built into the hillside; dormers are at ground level. John Dumont built the structure, used as a dormitory for employees of the Boston Mine...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Dumont, John M.
- June, 1960