Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Two Buttes Library Museum
- View of the Two Buttes Library & Museum at 440 Main Street in Two Buttes (Baca County), Colorado. The one-story white frame building has wood siding and a shingled gable roof. The front of the building is a window enclosed porch. A sign over the...
- Two Buttes Library Museum (Two Buttes, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Two Buttes (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Galleries & museums.; Two Buttes Library Museum (Two Buttes, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Two Buttes--Pictorial...
- 1988
- Bank of Baca County
- View of the abandoned Bank of Baca County at 500 Main Street in Two Buttes (Baca County), Colorado. The one story stucco building has a parapet over the entrance. The building's windows are missing and some openings are boarded up. Faded letters...
- Bank of Baca County (Two Buttes, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Two Buttes (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Banks.; Bank of Baca County (Two Buttes, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Two Buttes--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Crow Buttes, Nebr. fr. east
- View of possibly Squaw Creek and Crow Butte near Crawford (Dawes County), Nebraska. Shows eroded creek walls, grass, sparse trees, and eroded rock buttes.
- Crow Butte (Neb.)--1900-1910.; Dawes County (Neb.)--1900-1910.; Buttes--Nebraska--Dawes County--1900-1910.; Streams--Nebraska--Dawes County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Sioux captured at the battle of Slim Buttes
- Outdoor view of Native American Sioux including Charging Bear, women and children wrapped in blankets; captured during the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Capture & imprisonment--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Capture & imprisonment--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of,...
- 1876
- Bridge over Fountain at Buttes looking north
- View of a railroad bridge over Fountain Creek in Buttes (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows an eroded creek bed and a concrete bridge washed out by the flood.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Buttes (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Buttes--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921 June
- View near Steamboat Buttes
- View of hogbacks on sagebrush covered hills near what is identified as "Steamboat Buttes," probably Steamboat Rock in Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Cuestas--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Pony Express and stage station, Red Buttes, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider and a stagecoach leave the Red Buttes station in Natrona County, Wyoming. A lineman works on a telegraph line as a crew, with a mule-drawn wagon, secures the pole in the ground. The station consists of two log buildings with...
- Stagecoach stations--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1879.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Linemen--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1933
- Pony rider leaving Red Buttes, Wyo.
- Men, one with a bullwhip, wave to a Pony Express rider as he races away from Red Buttes Station in Natrona County, Wyoming. The station is a log building with a stone chimney and a sod roof. Covered wagons are camped near the North Platte River on...
- Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1879.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Pony Express--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1937
- Steamboat Buttes between Denver and Cheyenne
- View of a treeless valley, mesas, buttes, and probably Steamboat Rock in Larimer County, Colorado. Shows a small log building beside probably the Overland Trail wagon grade near Ten Mile Creek or Lone Tree Creek.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Picnic Rock near Black Buttes, Wyo. Terr.
- Men and a woman pose near a rock butte identified as "Picnic Rock" near Black Buttes and Black Buttes Stage Station on the Overland Trail (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Men in sack coats include an African American (Black) man. A woman wears a skirt...
- African Americans--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; People--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Trails &...
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Lava buttes at Hot Sulphur Spgs.
- A fence borders the sides of a wide, grassy path leading toward the Lava Buttes at Hot Sulphur Springs in Colorado. The fence has log posts and log rails lining its top. Wire also connects the posts.
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Looking across a portion of the Slim Buttes battlefield
- View across the Slim Buttes battlefield, near Buffalo, South Dakota; conflict between Native American Sioux and United States Army on September 9th 1876.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Battlefield--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--South...
- June 1931
- Looking across the battleground of "Slim Buttes" toward Steamboat Rock
- View across the Slim Buttes battlefield, near Buffalo, South Dakota; conflict occured on September 9th 1876, between Native American Sioux and United States Army.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Battlefield--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--South...
- June 1931
- The battlefield of Slim Buttes So Dakota with the monument at left and the hollow where the Indians took refuge at right the caves a General King called it
- View across the Slim Buttes battlefield and monument, near Buffalo, South Dakota; conflict occured on September 9th 1876, between Native American Sioux and United States Army.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Battlefield--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--South...
- 1931 June 24
- Looking across the battlefield of Slim Buttes near Buffalo South Dakota where on Sept 9th 1876 occured the battle of that name
- View across a ranch house to the Slim Buttes battlefield, near Buffalo, South Dakota; conflict occured on September 9th 1876, between Native American Sioux and United States Army.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Battlefields--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Battlefield--1930-1940.; Slim Buttes (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--South...
- June 1931
- Black Buttes on Bitter Creek
- View of rocks and sparse bushes in a valley and on Black Buttes in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- Black Buttes (Sweetwater County, Wyo.); Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Valleys--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Here this famous highland road meanders like a lowland river
- View of probably a stream and buttes in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Shows layered rock spires and buttes, saguaro cacti and brush in the Salt River Valley.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Salt River Valley (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Superstition Mountains (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Streams--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Church Buttes, Utah
- View of a large rock formation identified as Church Buttes in Utah.
- Buttes--Utah--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Crow Buttes, Neb. from west
- View of rock formations on Crow Butte near Crawford (Dawes County), Nebraska. Shows grass, trees, and eroded sandstone rocks on a hill.
- Crow Butte (Neb.)--1900-1910.; Dawes County (Neb.)--1900-1910.; Buttes--Nebraska--Dawes County--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Nebraska--Dawes County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Buckskin Lodge, Sioux prisoners, Gen. Custer's battle flag, captured at the Battle of Slim Buttes, and the Officers in command of the charge
- View of seven Native American Sioux captured during the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory. General Crook's head scout, Frank Grouard is on their left and Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, Third Cavalry is on the...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.),...
- 1876 October 24
- Buttes on Bitter Creek, Wyo. Terr.
- View of rocky buttes and the mostly dry Bitter Creek in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- Bitter Creek (Sweetwater County, Wyo. : River)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Streams--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Fantastic buttes rise dark against the sky, high above the Apache Trail
- View of wagons, one with a covered wagon frame, pulled by teams of six horses on a dirt road in Arizona. Shows men and supplies in the wagons, rocky buttes, brush and saguaro cacti near the road on the Apache Trail in probably the Superstition...
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Superstition Mountains (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Buttes--Arizona--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Arizona--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Arizona--1910-1920.; Horse...
- [1916]
- Red Buttes, Wyo.
- A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches Red Buttes on Bessemer Bend beside the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyoming. The Conestoga wagons are drawn by oxen. Wagons circle beside the river in the distance.
- Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1840-1850.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1840-1850.; North Platte River--1840-1850.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1930?
- Pony rider crossing N. Platte at Red Buttes, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider and his horse ford the North Platte River in a snowstorm, near Bessemer Bend, in Natrona County, Wyoming. Red Buttes is in the distance.
- Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Horseback...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hotel El Tovar
- Panoramic view from the south rim of the Grand Canyon, near the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a view across the canyon to the north rim. Buttes and rock formations are in the canyon.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Buttes.; Canyons.; National parks & reserves.; Rock formations.
- c1905
- Grand Canyon from Hotel El Tovar
- Panoramic view from the south rim of the Grand Canyon, near the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a view across the canyon to the north rim. Buttes and rock formations are in the canyon. Yavapai Point is in the distance.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Yavapai Point (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Buttes.; Canyons.; National parks & reserves.; Rock formations.
- [1905]
- Colonel Stobie
- An oil painting of Colonel Stobie. Colonel Stobie is on horseback, a Native American on horseback is behind him. Buttes are in the background, desert vegetation is on the ground below and the sky is blue with white clouds. The frame is rectangular...
- Buttes--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Colorado scenery
- View of rocky buttes and a river somewhere in Colorado.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; Buttes--Colorado--1930-1970.; Rivers--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Slim Buttes coal mine, Harding County, S. Dak.
- Two women pose near a wooden wagon full of coal at the Slim Buttes coal mine, Harding County, South Dakota. They appear to be loading the wagon from the mine behind them, as one of the women holds a wheelbarrow, the other a shovel.
- Harding County (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Coal mining--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Mining--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Women--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Ruby Canyon
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Ruby Canyon in Utah or Colorado, shows towering sandstone buttes.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Buttes--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1925?]
- Col. Mills, and officers of his Battallion, 3rd Cavalry
- Captain Anson Mills poses in front of a trophy tepee from the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory, with Lieutenant Colonel William B. Royall, Captain William H. Andrews, First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson, scout Frank...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.),...
- 1876
- Red rock country
- View of desert in (probably) Utah; shows sheer buttes, alluvial fans, and distant mesas. A man stands to one side; cumulus, stratus, nimbus, and cirrus clouds fill the sky.
- Buttes--Utah--1920-1940.; Desert--Utah--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Desert valley
- View of desert scenery in (probably) Utah; shows rocky buttes, alluvial fans, and distant mountains.
- Buttes--Utah--1920-1940.; Desert--Utah--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- C&S train, engine number 804, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight. Photographed: Near Buttes, Colo., April 17, 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Buttes.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1919
- AT&SF train, engine number 131 + additional diesel unit, engine type EMD FT
- Freight. Photographed: near Buttes, Colo., ca. 1960.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Buttes.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1960
- UP train, engine number 3613, engine type 2-8-8-0
- Westbound freight train; 53 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: near Red Buttes, Wyo., May 5, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Red Buttes.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1929
- UP train, engine number 5005, engine type 2-10-2 and engine number 4001, engine type 4-8-8-4
- Westbound freight train; 54 cars. Photographed: near Red Buttes, Wyo., June 21, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Red Buttes.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1953
- UP train, engine number 7022, engine type 4-8-2
- Continental Ltd., twilight scene; 12 cars, 50 MPH. Photographed: at Red Buttes, Wyo., July 29, 1928.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1928.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Red Buttes.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1928
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3826, engine type 2-10-2
- Stock train, northbound; 47 cars, 25 MPH. Photographed: near Buttes, Colo., May 13, 1928.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1928.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Buttes.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1928
- Moab and Grand Valley looking from summit of Mineral Mt.
- Partial view of the talus-covered summit of a mountain identified as Mineral Mountain in Grand County, Utah. Shows buttes in Moab Valley and Grand Valley.
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; Grand Valley (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.; Moab Valley (Utah)--1890-1900.; Buttes--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.
- 1897 Aug. 13
- Red Rock Pass
- A horse-drawn covered wagon stops on a dirt road between buttes on a wide open prairie in either Fremont County, Idaho, or Beaverhead County, Montana. Gear sits on the ground by the wagon; riders stand near their horses, mountains are in the far...
- Red Rock Pass (Mont. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Buttes--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Idaho--Idaho County--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1871.]
- Survey members at work
- Members of the Hayden Expedition team work on a rocky slope in probably Wyoming. One man sits with surveying equipment, or drawing tools on his lap. Another man stands with his arms folded and looks over the shoulder of the surveyor. An umbrella...
- Buttes--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Surveying--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Surveyors--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Delaneys outfit, Laramie, Wy.
- A view of a Union Pacific Railroad engine and cars near Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming shows a group of men on top of car 4992 with hills and buttes in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1880.; Albany County (Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Buttes--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.; Railroads--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- Hog backs near Steamboat Buttes
- View of trees and grass in a valley probably beside the Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County, Colorado. Eroded rock walls are near a hogback near probably Steamboat Rock.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cuestas--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Valleys--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- View near Steamboat Buttes
- View of a hogback and grass covered, rounded hills probably near Steamboat Rock in Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cuestas--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Colorado--Larimer County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- In the clear air of Arizona every line of the landscape is distinct
- View of rocky buttes, spires and probably the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Shows layered rock formations, saguaro cacti, brush, and the Apache Trail roadbed.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Saguaro--Arizona--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Superstition Mountains (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Buttes--Arizona--1910-1920.; Cactus--Arizona--1910-1920.; Dirt...
- [1916]
- The weird play of light and shadow on the ridged mountain-slopes
- View of brush and cactus-covered ridges and buttes in probably the Superstition Mountains in the Salt River Valley in Arizona.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Salt River Valley (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Superstition Mountains (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Buttes--Arizona--1910-1920.; Mountains--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- The Fish Creek grade leads along the face of a gigantic precipice
- A man sits in a convertible car parked on a dirt road, the Apache Trail, in a valley beside Fish Creek in Maricopa County, Arizona. Shows layered, rocky buttes and spires, brush and loose rock near the creek.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Fish Creek (Maricopa County, Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Maricopa County (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Automobile travel--Arizona--Maricopa County--1910-1920.;...
- [1916]
- Shoshone Falls, Idaho
- View of Shoshone Falls, a waterfall on the Snake River in Twin Falls County, Idaho. Shows eroded rock canyon walls and treeless buttes.
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)--1880-1900.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1880-1900.; Twin Falls County (Idaho)--1880-1900.; Buttes--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Idaho--Twin Falls...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Union Pacific RR. 4-8-8-4 #4004, Red Buttes, Wyo.
- Union Pacific locomotive #4004, with a consist of freight cars, is stopped beside a water tank near Red Buttes (Albany County), Wyoming. A railroad worker lowers the water column onto the locomotive. Shows a railroad signal, power lines beside a...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Albany County (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Albany County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Wyoming--Albany County--1950-1960.; Water tanks--Wyoming--Albany County--1950-1960.
- 1958 August 30