Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- In Cottonwood Canon, Utah
- Passengers sit in covered carts in Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County), Utah. The carts are mounted on railroad tracks and are pulled by teams of horses. Shows steep slopes, boulders, and brush.
- Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Coal trips, C. F. & I., Rouse, Colo.
- A team of six mules pull coal carts out of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Rouse Mine at Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. The animals are harnessed single-file and pull the carts down a narrow gauge track. A few miners are on the tracks in the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1880-1910.; Rouse (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Rouse Mine (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rouse--1880-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Rouse--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1888 and 1910?]
- Rocky Mt. News
- Typesetters work at tables and at roll carts in the composing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A row of carts and a long work table are in the center of the room and along one wall. Light fixtures hang from the ceiling.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Globe Smelter
- View of Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan, and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. Men work in the yard. Shows brick masonry buildings, furnaces, tall smelter chimneys, ladders, tailing piles, and carts. Several large ore crucibles...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1920.; Globe Smelter--1880-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.
- [between 1889 and 1920?]
- Silvercliffe
- View of miners working the Geyser mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. Some of the men shovel ore into carts at the bottom of the pit as others push full carts up gradually ascending, circular tracks.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.; Custer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Geyser Mine (Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Geyser cut
- View of miners working the Geyser mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. Some of the men shovel ore into carts at the bottom of the pit as others push full carts up gradually ascending, circular tracks.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.; Custer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Geyser Mine (Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Geyser cut, showing part of Silvercliffe
- View of miners working the Geyser mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. Some of the men shovel ore into carts at the bottom of the pit as others push full carts up gradually ascending, circular tracks. Buildings and the Sangre De Cristo...
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.; Custer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Geyser Mine (Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Custer County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Adams County Golf Clubhouse, Henderson, Colorado
- View of the newly-constructed Adams County Golf Clubhouse in Henderson, Colorado. Architectural features: steeply-pitched roof with shingles, a glass facade, a concrete foundation, and glass, globe light fixtures. Three golf carts are parked...
- Henderson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Golf--Colorado--Henderson--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Union Station, Denver
- Union Station with southbound Colorado and Southern Railway passenger train and Rio Grande double header passenger train loading; station tracks laid with three rails to accomodate narrow gauge and standard gauge trains; numerous baggage and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- 4th of July
- Firemen ride in horse-drawn carts down an unpaved street in La Junta, Colorado in Otero County. They wear their uniforms and hats. American flags decorate the carts. A wood-frame building with a belltower is in the background.
- Fourth of July--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.; La Junta (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Miners and ore carts
- View of men in chain of ore carts being pulled by General Electric engine with frame building, a man stands beside the door, Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Coke Ovens at Cardiff, Colorado, Colorado Midland Railroad
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows rakes, wheelbarrows, a hose, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Industries construction equipment scene at Alameda subway
- A man stands on concrete pipe near a mule train with wooden carts at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Cities streets construction near Alameda in S. Denver
- Workmen pour cement gutters at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Other men use horse-drawn carts to carry the mixed concrete. Houses line a nearby street.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Concrete--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Coke ovens Red Stone, Colo.
- Men shovel wood into a coke oven near Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Other men push large carts on tracks on the top of the oven.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Redstone--1890-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Redstone--1890-1910.; Furnaces--Colorado--Redstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Industries construction scene at Alameda subway
- Workmen use horse drawn graders to level the ground at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons and carts are nearby. A sign on a building in the distance reads: "The Call Automatic Switch Co."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Graders (Earthmoving...
- [1909]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff, Colo.
- Men stand by horse-drawn ore carts atop coke ovens in Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado; shows laborers, wheelbarrows, and wood piles.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Main Street, Palmer Lake
- View of Main Street in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado, shows horse-drawn carts, an automobile, and pedestrians. Signs read: "Grocery," "Post Office," and "Life."
- Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Baldy, Colo., with wagons and people
- One-story, wood-frame storefronts are in front of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in the prairie town of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County. Women wearing dresses and aprons stand in front of the buildings. Bundles are piled next to the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows wheelbarrows, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- First train in Craig on Railroad Day from Yampa, Steamboat, and Hayden
- Groups of people and horse-drawn carts move toward the railroad tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad. Snow dusts the ground.
- Craig (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Craig--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- A line of carts and mules on the street of town
- Oval framed view of a line of oxen and mule carts on an unpaved street with boardwalk and business buildings; Lagerbeer Saloon, third brick building from right.
- Boardwalks--1880-1900.; Ox teams--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Grading on Big Bluff, three miles above Heron's Rapids, Clark's Fork
- View of Northern Pacific Railroad Company construction by the Clark Fork River in Sanders County, Montana. Chinese, in coolie hats, and white construction workers pose beside horse-drawn carts and tree stumps. Work crews clear a new railroad grade...
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Chinese--Employment--Montana--Sanders County--1880-1890.; Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho)--1880-1890.; Sanders County (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Montana--Sanders County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [1882 or 1883]
- Arriving by N. Pac. Ry. at Gardiner, Mont. for visit to Yellowstone Park - W. to Gallatin Range
- A Northern Pacific Railroad locomotive vents smoke at Gardiner (Park County), Montana; men wait on the dock by baggage carts and the log depot.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Gardiner (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Montana--Gardiner--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Montana--Gardiner--1900-1910.; Railroads--Montana--Gardiner--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Sells Floto Circus parade in Denver
- Elephants and carts pass on 16th (Sixteenth) Street during a parade for the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Denver, Colorado; people watch from the sides. Business sign reads: "A. T. Lewis & Sons Dry Goods."
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Circus...
- [between 1913 and 1916?]
- Silver Plume
- A burro lies on the ground on a dirt road on the outskirts of Silver Plume, a mining town west of Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Large rocks stand in the foreground. Two wagon carts are on the dirt road in the midground. Houses line...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Stapleton International Airport
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Coal cars
- Two young miners ride in an electrified or motorized coal car probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Large lumps of coal are loaded into the coal carts that follow the engine.
- Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Prospect Mine, showing superior grade of coal
- A burro pulls two large ore carts filled with boulders of coal at the Prospect Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Mining machinery sits on a set of narrow gauge tracks nearby. Logs and iron rails are stacked near the tracks. Fisher's Peak is in...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Miners and train
- A miner sits on the engine of a train pulling coal carts in a coal mining camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Another man dressed in work clothes stands on the railroad bed nearby. A label on the front of the train reads: "Vulcan Iron...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- North Star Mine, Sultan Mountain
- Men pose near mine buildings at the North Star Mine near Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and sit on a man-made embankment and lean on ore carts.
- North Star Mine (Silverton, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Sopris washery, the fire
- View of the ruins of the washer building at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rubble, coal carts, and a damaged building. A group of men stand on a narrow-gauge railroad bridge in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1928?]
- Passenger Depot, Greeley, Colo.
- View of a depot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The stone building has a gabled roof with wide, bracketed eaves and arched windows. A sign on the tile roof reads: "Union Pacific and Colorado Southern Passenger Station," and another sign reads:...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.
- 1924 January 27
- Rico Argentine, dump & ore train
- A row of ore carts sit on train tracks on a tailings embankment at the Rico Argentine Mining Company Mine near the town of Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground and the Dolores River flows under a bridge.
- Dolores River (Colo. and Utah)--1930-1940.; Rico (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Rico Argentine Mining Company Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Tailings...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Horseracing - cart races - (sulky) (harness racing)
- View of sulky races in (probably) Colorado; shows men in horse drawn carts, a judge's stand, and signs: "Toggles," and "St. Ambolet."
- Harness racing--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Ore cars
- Miners work with mule-drawn ore carts and a sluice at a placer mine probably in Colorado. A tent is nearby.
- Horse railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda subway
- Workmen stand near the edge of an excavation, where mixed concrete is delivered to other workmen with wheelbarrows, at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn carts and railroad tracks are nearby.
- Concrete construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Emporia depot
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, passengers wait near baggage carts next to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Emporia (Lyon County), Kansas. Shows a rusticated stone two-story building with decorative...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Emporia (Kan.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Kansas--Emporia--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Entrance Revenue Tunnel
- View of the entrance to Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Three men sit on ore carts drawn by a mule along on narrow gauge tracks. A man stands in a building doorway near the tunnel.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The horse whim
- Well-dressed men stand near rail tracks and push ore crucibles on carts from a hewn log shafthouse in Colorado. A horse attached to a whim is behind the building, a smelter is in the distance. Shows frame mining structures, railroad tracks, a...
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Street in Lower Creede
- Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts proceed down a busy street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings include clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- U.S. Post Office
- View of the United States Post Office at 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Second Empire style building has a central tower with a mansard roof, pediments, columns, and arched windows. People and horse drawn...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1905?]
- Cleveland Ave., looking north, Loveland, Colo.
- View north on Cleveland Avenue, Loveland, Colorado shows two story brick commercial buildings and street vendor carts with canopies on side of dirt street.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bartholf Hose Team with a new 4 wheeled cart.
- Loveland's first fire department poses in four rows with their new four wheeled fire cart in front of the firehouse, Loveland, Colorado. They wear straight and bow ties, caps and wide belts.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- In the workshop, Colorado-Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado
- Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, in the Colorado- Yule Marble Company's mill "B". Carts of stone are on central tracks, flanked by worktables. The workers have buckets of water and handtools; lightbulbs hang from interior overhead...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Find a book? there's nothing to it
- Interior view of Adams County Library, 8964 North Washington Street, Thornton, Colorado; shows card catalog drawers, a typewriter, Hoyt's volumes, book carts, bookshelves, and workers. Lettered card reads: "How To Find A Book."
- Thornton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Adams County Public Library (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- November 14, 1963
- Padroni, Colorado
- View of an abandoned building in Padroni, Logan County, Colorado, shows the two-story brick building with a stepped cornice and arched windows behind a grove of trees. Sign reads: "No Motor Bikes Or Go Carts Allowed."
- Padroni (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- November 15, 1977
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of George B. McAulay Hose Company carts in arched Town Hall doorways in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. United States flags and bunting drape buildings, men and women pose, sign reads: "H. W. Foss Groceries."
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890- 1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Hoses--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.;...
- 1890?
- Volunteer fire equipment at Silver Cliff
- Interior view of Custer County Museum (once the Town Hall), Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows hose and ladder carts with lantern, bell, and cobwebs.
- Custer County Museum (Silver Cliff, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1940- 1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1940-1960.; Hoses--Colorado--Silver...
- [between 1940 and 1960]