Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Descendants of Bartolome Romero and Maria de Adeva
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Bartolome Romero and Maria de Adeva .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Canon City Penitentia[ry]
- Aerial view of stone buildings and a stone wall with rounded, corner guard towers at Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows two and three-story brick buildings, the administration building with a smokestack, and...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--Buildings--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Colorado State Penitentiary Canon City 1893-94
- The State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a complex of three-story stone structures; the Administration Building is flanked by extensions; all are surrounded by a stone wall with faceted corner towers. A brick smokestack rises from the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- Macon Avenue Canon City. Colo
- Trees line this wide, shady, dirt street in Canon City, Colorado.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado Obituary Project 1969-1990, Revised
- The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
- Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Number 5, 1923 May
- Canon City, Colorado from Skyline Drive
- Aerial view of Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows churches, houses, and commercial buildings. Identifiable buildings include the Canon City high school.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Boulder City No-
- View of the town of Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Two- story, brick house with hipped roof in foreground.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Main Street between 3rd and 4th, showing oxen teams and covered wagons
- View of covered wagons and teams of oxen on Main Street, in Canon City (Fremont County) Colorado; businesses are in the background.
- Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Oxen--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Transportation--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Bird's eye view of Colorado State Penitentiary
- State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, consists of stone buildings and walls with faceted corner lookout towers. A spur of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad crosses the City Ditch in the foreground, which cuts through the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Descendants of Fernan Lainez and Jimena Nunez de Castro
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Fernan Lainez and Jimena Nunez de Castro.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Main St. looking East
- Boys wear knickers, jackets, ties and caps, and stand near a dog on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A boy holds a hoop and a stick. Brick and stone commercial buildings have flat roofs or decorative pediments with overhanging...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- 1896 April 3
- Canon City Livery cor. Main and Sixth Street, Canon City, Col., A. Sartor, prop'r.
- View of a brick livery stable in Canon City (Fremont County) Colorado, on Main and 6th (Sixth) Streets; shows men posing and a sign: "Canon City, Livery, Feed, Sales, Stable."
- Canon City Livery--1860-1880.; Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Stables--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Southeast corner of 4th and Main Streets
- At Fourth and Main Streets in Canon City, Colorado, uniformed cadets are in formation with bayoneted (fake?) rifles at the shoulder. Two have flags; one of the United States. A suited brass band of men and boys have cornets, a bass drum, and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Cadets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Strathmore Hotel (old McClure House) Canon City
- The brick Strathmore Hotel, in Canon City, Colorado, has a flat roof, dentiled cornice, and stone sills and keystones. A second floor balcony has wrought iron railing and filigree skirting. and wraps the corner over the mitred entry. Canvas...
- Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Canon city railroad stations
- The brick Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Canon City, Colorado, has a hipped gable terra cotta tile roof, bracketed, wide eaves, stone trim, and an open waiting area. A steam whistle is over the entry, fronting an incised panel reading:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Main Street Canon City, Colo.
- Commercial buildings line Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. The four-story brick structure on the corner has a balcony topped entry, a mansard roof, chimneys, and people sitting on the porch. Letters over the arched windows read: "St. Cloud...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Descendants of Luis Gallegos de Terraza and Pasquala de Rueda
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Luis Gallegos de Terraza and Pasquala de Rueda .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Thomas Goulet and Antoinette Feillard and Marie Chalumel
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Thomas Goulet and Antoinette Feillard and Marie Chalumel.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Diego Vasquez Borrego and Ysabel de Figueroa and Ynez Rodriguez Oliver
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Diego Vasquez Borrego and Ysabel de Figueroa and Ynez Rodriguez Oliver.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Juan del Castillo and Maria Diaz de Cuellar
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan del Castillo and Maria Diaz de Cuellar .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Pedro Cadimo
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Pedro Cadimo.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Pedro Martin Serrano and Catalina Fernandez
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Pedro Martin Serrano and Catalina Fernandez.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Blas Miranda and Juliana Perez de Bustillo
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Blas Miranda and Juliana Perez de Bustillo.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Lucas Montano and Sebastiana Lopez de Gracia
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Lucas Montano and Sebastiana Lopez de Gracia.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Simon Ortega and Maria Mares
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Simon Ortega and Maria Mares.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Juan Quintana and Maria Ana Peralta
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan Quintana and Maria Ana Peralta .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Juana Lopez
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juana Lopez.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Juan Lopez de Portugal
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan Lopez de Portugal.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Breaking camp
- A survey team breaks camp near Fourmile Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. Burros are loaded with equipment, bedrolls, and a table. A team of railroad surveyors stand interspersed with the burros. One man holds a stadia rod in his hand. A canvas...
- Fourmile Creek (Fremont County and Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Sky Line drive, Canon City, Colo.
- Skyline Drive near Canon City, Colorado; dirt road built by convict labor paralleling top of ridge; Canon City in valley below, left.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Skyline Drive (Canon City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Canon City - train time on the Denver & Rio Grande
- Shows well dressed men and women, and horses and buggies, at the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot in Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. Passenger coaches are in the background; sign reads: "Canon City."
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.;...
- 1910?
- Coal banks, here coal was first found & worked.
- View of miners at an unidentified coal mining operation in Fremont County, Colorado.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Coal mining--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1877]
- Canon City Baptist church
- This frame Baptist Church on the north side of Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, has tarpaper siding and a shingled portico topped by a columned, bracketed belfry with jigsaw work. A man stands on the roof. A boy in kneepants with a conductor's...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Old military band and cadets
- At Seventh and Macon Streets in Canon City, Colorado, uniformed cadets are in formation with bayoneted (fake?) rifles at the shoulder. One has a United States flag. A suited brass band leads with horns and drums. Brick, two story residences in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cadets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Military bands--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Orchard round Warden's Residence and no. from bell house and No 5 lower Colorado State Penitentiary, Canon City
- The Warden's residence at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a two-story stone building with a low-gabled roof and a faceted lookout tower and flagpole. Trees are behind a low stone wall lining the street in the foreground, and an...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Canon city and prison
- View of a commercial street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows stone buildings with false fronts, houses, possibly a church, and the Territorial Prison (later the Colorado State Penitentiary) in the distance. Signs read: "Hardware...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1874?]
- Denver & Rio Grande Depot, Canon City, Colo.
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot located at 401 Water Street, Canon City, Colorado. Constructed in 1913, the one-story ornate red brick structure has red tile roofs, rooflets, and a miniature roof tower. It has been restored as the...
- Canon City Railroad Station (Canon City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Canon City (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Canon City Railroad Station (Canon City, Colo.)--Pictorial works; Railroad...
- 2000
- New brick station building erected by D&RG at Canon City, Colorado, in 1911
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot at Canon City, Colorado, a brick building with terra cotta roof; also shows men, women, and children, a lawn sprinkler, and a water-wagon with lettered umbrella: "The Tyler Stockton Watson Mercantile...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- Vista in Big Thompson Cañon, Loveland-Estes Park Auto Road
- Dirt road in Big Thompson Canyon paralleled by Big Thompson River, Loveland to Estes Park, Colorado road.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- The old Livery barn on the southwest corner of 6th and Main Streets
- This two-story brick livery in Canon City, Colorado, has stone window heads and corbeling atop the false front. A projecting sign reads: "Canon City Livery Feed Sale Stables." Men and horses stand by the open door, which has a carriage in it; a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stables--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1871
- Skyline Drive, Canon City, Colorado
- Panoramic view of an automobile on Skyline Drive, a dirt road, near Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. The road, built by convict labor, crosses a ridge. Canon City is in the distance.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Main Street between 2nd and 4th, north side showing freighting wagons operating between Canon City and Leadville
- Covered wagons and teams of horses line Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in suits pose on the tire tracked dirt; two-story brick commercial buildings have cornices, chimneys, open porches, and a sign: "H. Sartor Saddles & Harness."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Horse teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Governor Hunt issuing flour rations to the Indians on west Main Street between 2nd and 3rd
- Horses, people, dogs, buggies, flour bags, and buckboards crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Frame, brick dwellings and commercial buildings flank the dirt thoroughfare; one has a sign reading: "D. G. Peabody." Wood corral and fences and a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Apple orchard and smudge pots, Cañon City, Colo.
- View of flowering apple trees with smudge pots lined up in rows underneath trees near Cañon City, Colorado.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Planting apple trees near Cañon City, Colo.
- View of two men planting apple trees near Cañon City, Colorado; one shovels dirt over apple sapling near irrigation ditch; stacks of saplings are behind the men.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Strathmore Hotel, Canon City, Colo.
- View of the facade of the Strathmore Hotel located at 323-331 Main Street, Canon City, Colorado. Built in 1874 by William H. McClure, the three-story, L-shaped, red brick structure is crowned with a garland frieze and has a detailed cornice with...
- Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--2010-2020.; Canon City (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--Pictorial works.; Canon City...
- 2011
- Hotel St. Cloud, Canyon City, Colo.
- View of the Hotel St. Cloud located at 627-631 Main Street, Canon City, Colorado. Originally built in Silver Cliff in 1879, the structure was later moved brick-by-brick and reassembled in Canon City in 1886. The three-story red brick structure is...
- Hotel St. Cloud (Canon City, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2010-2020.; Canon City (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotel St. Cloud (Canon City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Canon City...
- 2011
- Men with burros
- Three men stand with burros on Fifth Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. The men are dressed in work clothes and the burros are packed with equipment. One man kneels on the ground and holds a young burro in his arms. The brick...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Marsh Park - Grape Creek Canon
- Marsh (Park) in Fremont County, Colorado, a meadow beside Grape Creek, has a dwelling, outbuilding, and watertank. Dry, scrub dotted hills surround.
- Marsh (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]