Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Canon City
- View of the Colorado State Penitentiary and City Ditch in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado.
- Colorado State Penitentiary--1870-1880.; Ditches--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1873]
- Mack's lumber yard N W corner Main & Sixth St.
- The office of this lumberyard in Canon City, Colorado, is a frame saltbox structure with a false front. Curving lines of letters on it read: "Easte(?), Chic(?), Wholesale, mouldings, lath, shingles, hardwood, picket fence, glass, cement, plaster,...
- Lumberyards--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Albert Walters 1870-1874
- Albert Walters, first Warden at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a double breasted coat, bow tie, and conductor's cap reading: "Cellhouse." He has a "walrus" moustache.
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Walters, Albert.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1870 and 1874?]
- Warden A. Rudd
- Bearded Warden A. Rudd at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a suit and tie and wears a beard.
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Rudd, A.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1874
- View of our store - Canon City Colo.
- On Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, Texas wagons with teams of horses in harness and uncovered bows are loaded with full gunny sacks and hay. Men pose among them and under the covered stoop of a brick store with a sign reading: "McGee & Mack."...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Between Second & Third St's.
- Covered and freight wagons are parked on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows wood and brick false front commercial buildings, and one and two story buildings. Signs read: "Boot Maker," "Hardware," "Baldwin House," "C. Makley...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Sterographs.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Industry in Canon City, Colorado
- Gable roofed buildings in Canon City, Colorado, emit smoke from stacks; wood piles, rail fences, and a stream are in the foreground, and mountains are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Canon City, Colorado
- Looking east at Canon City, Colorado, the Territorial Prison is in the foreground. The two-story stone building has a mansard roof and dormers, and was completed in 1870. The City Ditch is next to it; the Arkansas River and the town of Canon City...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1869?
- 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
- Corral in Canon City, Colorado
- A corral on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, holds men, horses (some blanketed), and covered and uncovered Texas wagons. A hewn log cabin has a sign over the door: "Camp House;" men pose in front. Snow covered scene features the first...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Corrals--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Corral on Main Street between 5th and 6th, north side
- This corral on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, holds men, horses (some blanketed), and covered and uncovered Texas wagons. Brick, two-story residences around 6th (Sixth) and Macon Streets are in back of the corrals. Snow covered mountains are...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Corrals--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- The McClure House, northwest corner 4th and Main
- The McClure House, in Canon City, Colorado, is a three-story brick building with a flat roof, bracketed cornice, and stone sills and keystones. Men pose on the boardwalk that is lined with a rail fence; women look out the windows. A corner...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Methodist church
- A brick Methodist church in Canon City, Colorado, has an angular, gambrel line, with crossed gables, finials, arched windows with stone sills and voussoirs, half-timbering on the doors, and a stone foundation. The transom and stained glass have...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Methodist church, Canon City
- This brick Methodist church in Canon City, Colorado, has an angular, gambrel line, finials, arched windows with stone sills and voussoirs, half-timbering on the doors, and a stone foundation. The transom and stained glass have rosettes, and an...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880?]
- The return of the hunters
- Hunters in Canon City, Colorado, pose by a horse-drawn wagon loaded with antlered deer carcasses. They wear ammunition belts and hold their rifles by the barrel, butts to the ground. A two-story, frame building in the background has signs:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hunting--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- The Wet Mountain Valley hay store on the northeast corner of 6th and Main Street in 1872
- The Wet Mountain Valley hay store in Canon City, Colorado, is a two-story frame building with a gable roof and posters on it reading: "Pearline for Easy Washing," "Coming Soon Gentry Bro's Famous Shows," "War Malone wedding is co(?)," "Coming the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Hay--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1872
- Canon City, Colorado early days
- Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a forty cell stone building with a Mansard roof and a frame outbuilding. The City Ditch winds past it, and the town lies beyond, followed by low hills.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1870 and 1873?]
- 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
- Soda and Iron Springs, Canon
- These rustic, faceted pavilions at the Soda Springs in Canon City, Colorado, are flanked by rock retaining walls and have rail hitching racks in front of them. The crag in the background has a rubble wall built along its base, with a door opening.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- First hot springs bath house
- This frame, gable roofed one-story building has an open porch and houses the Soda Spring at Canon City, Colorado. Men, women, horses, a dog and a buggy are in the area, rocky crags are in the background. A ditch runs in the foreground.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- The first pavilion erected over the Soda Springs 1877
- This eight-sided gazebo in Canon City, Colorado, is made of branches, some twisted into flourishes. Deer antlers top the plank roof, and a man in a derby stands by the entry. Rocks and foothills are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gazebos--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1877?
- First penitentiary opened June 13, 1871
- The Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a three-story stone structure with a mansard roof, dormers, and chimneys. Frame, saltbox outbuildings adjoin, with stovepipes, an awning, and piled firewood. Others are in the area, and a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1872 and 1873?]
- Stagecoach
- Men, women, and children ride a stagecoach with a four horse team in Canon City, Colorado. Stagecoach features ornate flourishes, lamps, and a roof rail; boy with a baby donkey stands by the wheel. Brick Methodist Church has stone, angular...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880?]
- Kid Wallace
- Anton Wood, a.k.a. Kid Wallace, an inmate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has close cropped hair in this mug shot; a number card on his jacket reads: 3855.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Identification photographs--Colorado--Canon City--1870- 1880.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Wood, Anton.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Anton Wood : 11 years old youngest prisoner
- Anton Wood, a.k.a. "Kid Wallace," inmate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in pinstriped shirt, suspenders, checked tie, and number card:"3199."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Wood, Anton.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Cowboys preparing for a roundup : taken on the corner of 5th and Main Street
- Horses crowd the dirt street in Canon City, Colorado; some have men riding them. Frame and brick commercial buildings behind them have gabled metal roofs, false fronts, arched windows, and signs. Signs read: "Lathop [?]," "A.W. Dennis...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cowboys--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.; Horses--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.
- 1879
- Main Street between 2nd and 3rd on the south side
- Broadwalk and ditch are in front of brick and frame commercial buildings in Canon City, Colorado. Men sit in front of store windows; signs read: "Hardware," "Baldwin House," and "Boot maker." Buggies are in a fenced yard by a gable roofed livery...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- 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
- Main Street between 3rd and 4th, showing oxen teams and covered wagons
- Covered wagons and teams of oxen crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in vests pose on the dirt; two-story brick and stone commercial buildings have chimneys and arched windows. The 1872 Clelland block has an open porch and a bracketed...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Main Street between third and fourth north side
- Commercial buildings on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, have striped, canvas awnings, bracketed cornices, open porches, arched windows, balconies, and are fronted by boardwalk, crates, a barber pole, bare trees, and horse drawn wagons,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Main Street between 4th and 5th showing covered wagons and ox teams
- Covered wagons, ox and horse teams, people, buckboards, and a boy on a tricycle crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Oxen eat from a line of hay crossing the dirt thoroughfare; men and barrels are on the tree lined boardwalk. Frame and brick...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Main Street north side, looking east from the corner of third
- Commercial buildings on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, have striped, canvas awnings, bracketed cornices, open porches, arched windows, and balconies. Boardwalk with crates, a barber pole, bare trees, and power poles edge the dirt street, busy...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Prospectors ready for a trip : taken on north 5th Street near the intersection of 5th and Macon
- Loaded burros are on the dirt street in Canon City, Colorado. Men standing with them wear hats, dark clothes with suspenders, and carry rifles. Gable roofed, frame houses are behind them, with chimneys, fences, and young trees. The hogback is in...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Prospecting--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- 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?]
- The west end of River Street
- Men in topcoats, ties, hats, and a gold chain are with their saddled horses in Canon City, Colorado. A lariat hangs from each saddlehorn. One man's stirrups have covers. A ditch, rail fences, trees and low hills are behind them.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1878