Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Descendants of Francisco Rodriguez
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Francisco Rodriguez.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Hernan Martin Zamorano and Maria de la Vega
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Hernan Martin Zamorano and Maria de la Vega.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Tome Dominguez and Leonor Gonzalez
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Alvaro Garcia Holgado and Juana delos Reyes
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Alvaro Garcia Holgado and Juana delos Reyes .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Diego Gonzalez
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Diego Gonzalez.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 O
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Descendants of Juan Gonzalez Vallejos and Ana Gonzalez
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan Gonzalez Vallejos and Ana Gonzalez.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Road crew, Costilla County
- Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dirt roads.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery); Laborers.; Road construction.; Tracklaying vehicles.; Gallegos, Diego Antonio--Pictorial works.; Blue...
- [1935?]
- Costilla County courtroom
- View of a trial in the Costilla County Court House in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Judge Jesse E. Wiley, seated at a table at the back of the room wears a suit and bow tie. Members of the court stand near the judge and the Hispanic...
- Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courtrooms.; Judges.; Juries.; Wiley, Jesse E.--Pictorial works.; Costilla County Courthouse...
- 1917
- Descendants of Cristobal Maria Laranaga and Maria Gertrudis Mestas and Ana Maria Apodaca
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Cristobal Maria Laranaga and Maria Gertrudis Mestas and Ana Maria Apodaca .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Artesian well near Costilla County Court House, San Luis
- Water flows from a pipe from an artesian well near the Costilla County Courthouse in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. A shingled roof supported by metal pipe is over the well. Lettering on the shelter reads: "San Luis Oldest Town in Colorado."...
- Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Artesian wells--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--San...
- [1970?]
- Costilla Co. Court House
- Hispanic American men pose in front of the first permanent Costilla County Courthouse built in 1884, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe building has a cross gable roof and a wooden cupola. The courthouse on the National Register of...
- Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses.; Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1910
- José Julián Lobato and touring car
- Hispanic American José Julián "J.J." Lobato poses beside his Ford Model T touring car near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a white shirt, tie and coveralls. He smokes a cigar. Jose Lobato served as Costilla County Treasurer and...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; San Luis (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Convertible automobiles.; Judges.; Lobato, José Julián--Pictorial works.; Automobiles, Convertible--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1927 and 1930?]
- Descendants of Juan Mestas and Juana de Mestas Peralta
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan Mestas and Juana de Mestas Peralta .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Costilla County Courthouse, San Luis, Colorado
- View of the adobe and stone Costilla County Courthouse (1883) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The building is plastered in concrete and painted gray, it has a cross gabled roof and a wooden cupola with columns and shingles. A silver...
- Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cupolas.; Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Domes--Colorado--San...
- [between 2007 and 2008?]
- 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 Cristobal Carvallo de Medina and Ana Romero
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Cristobal Carvallo de Medina and Ana Romero .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Good Friday pilgrimage, Costilla County
- Members of the Sangre de Cristo Parish in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado, walk in a Good Friday pilgrimage from San Francisco to San Luis with Father Pat Valdez "Father Pat" (second from left). A woman crucifer carries a processional cross...
- Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--People--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Pilgrimages.; Priests.; Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis,...
- [2005 March 25]
- Descendants of Alfonso Perez de Golfin and Maria Gomez Tello
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Alfonso Perez de Golfin and Maria Gomez Tello .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Francisco Lorenzo Casados and Ana Pacheco
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Francisco Lorenzo Casados and Ana Pacheco.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Salvador Silva
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Salvador Silva.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Juan Antonio Baca
- Portrait of Juan Antonio Baca of San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Mr. Baca was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as Senator for Costilla County. He wears a jacket and bow tie, and has gray hair and a chin beard.
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans y 1880-1890.; Legislators--Colorado.; Baca, Juan Antonio, 1821-1899--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Spanish Gulch Costilla County
- Spanish Gulch gold placer mine, in the Grayback District, Costilla County, Colorado, consists of a stream contained by a wood flume; miners work the area with shovels. A man in the foreground runs a hydraulic "monitor" nozzle with a rock...
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Spanish Gulch (Costilla County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Descendants of Jose Enriquez delos Reyes and Maria de Ynojos
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Jose Enriquez delos Reyes and Maria de Ynojos.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 A
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Adobe building and hay rack
- View of an abandoned, crumbling adobe building surrounded by a log corral and weeds near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. A wood hay rack leans against the fence. A haystack, field and mountains are in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Haystacks.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Haying equipment--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Stacks...
- [1950]
- Checking the mailbox
- A Hispanic American man and a teenage boy ride their horse toward a mailbox on a dirt road near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. A dog runs beside the horse. The metal mailbox is mounted on an upright logs. A wood and wire fence is along side...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding.; Teenagers.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American...
- 1950 September
- El Heraldo
- View of the adobe newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle, a Spanish Language, Republican newspaper in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story adobe house next to El Heraldo belongs to José Ramos Valdéz, (8th from left), a school...
- Heraldo del Valle (San Luis, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; African Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Musicians.; Newspapers.; Heraldo del Valle...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ora Grand pit
- Ora Grand gold placer mine in winter shows a raised platform to support vertical pipes inside the pit, a crane, churn drill, and shed, Costilla County, Colorado.
- Ora Grand Mine (Costilla County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Costilla...
- [1900?]
- Descendants of Francisco Lopez and Maria de Villafuerte
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Francisco Lopez and Maria de Villafuerte.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Pedro Sedillo Rico de Rojas and Ysabel Lopez de Gracia
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Pedro Sedillo Rico de Rojas and Ysabel Lopez de Gracia .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Map of the Trenchara and Costilla Estates forming the Sangre De Christo Grant : situate in San Luis Valley, Colorado Territory
- Sangre De Christo Land Grant--Maps.; Land grants--Colorado--Costilla County--Maps.; Land grants--New Mexico--Costilla County--Maps.; Costilla County (Colo.)--History--Maps.;
- 1869]
- Acequia, Costilla County, Colorado
- View of an acequia (irrigation ditch), possibly part of the Vallejos Ditch system in the San Luis Valley in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows grass and weeds. A wooden headgate is in the ditch. Sagebrush and pinon covered hills and the Sangre de...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1990-2000.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County...
- [between 1990 and 2000?]
- Village near Chama Canyon
- Horses stand in a dirt road in a village near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows wood and log fences, a bridge over an arroyo, Adobe houses and a haystack. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Adobe buildings.; Horses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Wooden fences--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County...
- [1950]
- Bath time
- A young Hispanic American girls sits in a metal wash tub balanced on a chair and is bathed by her mother in Costilla County, Colorado. The girls has long dark hair. Her mother wears a dress. The room has wallpapered walls, a calendar hangs on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bathing.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Excelso Manzanares and his family
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Excelso Manzanares, his wife Senaida Roybal de Manzanares , his sons José Gaspar and Zacarías and his daughter, Aurelia. Excelso has a full mustache and wears a suit and tie. His wife, Senaida wears a long...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Families.; Manzanares, Excelso--Family--Pictorial works.; Manzanares, Senaida Roybal de--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1906
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- Placer mining near Russell, La Veta pass
- Hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Russell, La Veta Pass, Costilla County, Colorado.
- Dredges--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Junction of Gray Back Placer & Middle Creek Placer Colo.
- View of the Grayback Mining District, Costilla County, Colorado; shows meadows, forest, and hills. A covered wagon and a man on horseback are by the creek bottom; embankments in the background have erosion from hydraulic gold dredges.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Costilla...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Descendants of Pedro Varela
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Pedro Varela.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio No. 31, Chama, Colo.
- View of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (United Workers' Mutual Protection Society) Concilio No. 31 at the Southwest Corner of Costilla County L.7 and 22.3 in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story stuccoed adobe...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--1990-2000.; Chama (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Fraternal...
- 1992
- Boy and lamb
- A young Hispanic American by poses with his arm around a lamb probably near Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a soft brimmed hat, coveralls and a plaid shirt.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Hispanic American boys--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Lambs--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [1950]
- Dirt road near Chama Canyon
- View of a dirt road near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows telephone poles, post and wire fences, sagebrush, chamisa, adobe buildings, and a bridge. A mesa or plateau is in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [1950]
- Elderly woman in headscarf, San Luis, Colo.
- Portrait of an unidentified elderly Hispanic woman, probably of Native American descent from either San Luis or Chama in Costilla County, Colorado. She has a checkered headscarf over her gray hair.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- 1950 September
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- View of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story, adobe building is mud plastered, has a pitched tin roof, shuttered windows, a wooden belfry and a narrow porch that runs the length of the...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial...
- [2008 February 1]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The men carry booklets and one man carries a large, carved cross. Shows snow covered hills.
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The middle aged and old men carry booklets (probably alabados) and a young man carries a large,...
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Cow boys, Trinchera Estate
- Four cowboys pose on horseback inside a large pen filled with horses on the Trinchera Ranch in Costilla County, Colorado. The men are equipped with ropes, one wears woolies (chaps).
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- South Park ranch
- View of Judge Costilla's (?) log house on his ranch on the South Park Line of the Colorado and Southern Railroad, Colorado. The long rectangular structure has a wood plank roof and a display of antlers and bones along the front of it. Outside a log...
- Costilla, Judge--Homes & haunts.; Ranches--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1881]
- La Veta Pass, Colo. View east down mountain valley followed by D&RGW line
- View of La Veta Pass, Costilla County, Colorado; shows forest, Bald Mountain, and a man posing by a handcar on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Costilla County--1910-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Costilla County--1910-1920.;...
- 1910?