Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Zigzag trail to Marshall Basin
- View of mountain valley with zigzag dirt trail near large frame hillside buildings of the Pandora Mill of the Smuggler-Union Mine, near Pandora, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Pandora Mill (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Zerbe's Ranch composite
- Photomontage of scenes in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado area; shows the Falls, the waterfalls in ice, hunters with deer carcasses, Rifle Gap cliffs, a log bridge, a lynx, people, and the Zerbe Ranch Hotel. Labels read: "Open June 1. Good...
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Zephyr View Cabin
- The Zephyr View Cabin was built by William Pitts in the Lincoln Hills County Club area in Pinecliffe, Colo. Lincoln Hills was the the only African-American mountain resorts in the western United States during the early and middle 20th century....
- circa 1950's
- Yule quarry - crane and power house facilities of the Yule Marble Co. near the head of Yule Creek, south of Marble, Colorado
- View of the Yule Marble quarry, in Marble, Colorado; shows a crane, buildings, cable and pulleys, a suspended block of stone, a gondola, and men working.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Ypsilon Peak from Sprague's Ranch, Estes Park
- Two men sit in a horse-drawn stagecoach at Sprague's Ranch (Larimer County), Colorado. Ypsilon Mountain is in the distance. Shows a creek, brush and trees.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ypsilon Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Yount mill at mouth of Boulder [canyon], operated by water power
- Built on the sloping bank of Boulder Creek, this gambrel-roofed frame flour mill, operated by water power, in Boulder, Colorado, is supported at the end by piers. A horse and wagon are in the foreground, and a frame residence with an open porch is...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Young woman at doorway, Georgetown residence
- A young woman in a dress stands at the doorway to a house identified as the Thomas Woodley home in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story frame house has a bay window, lace curtains and a fenced yard. Shows a log building nearby,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- ca. 1889
- Yosemite-South Dome and Tenaya Canon
- Panoramic view of Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite National Park, California. Shows the granodiorite rock formation Half Dome (South Dome), a lake probably near Tenaya Creek, trees on mountains and in the valley, and snow on peaks in the distance.
- Half Dome (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Tenaya Canyon (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Canyons--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Lakes & ponds--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Rock...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Yosemite, panorama of Wawona Point
- Panoramic view of Wawona Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Shows tree-covered mountains with snow, a creek, and buildings in the distant valley.
- Wawona Point (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Forests--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Streams--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1902?]
- Yosemite, panorama of Wawona Point
- Panoramic view of Wawona Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Shows tree-covered mountains with snow, a creek, and buildings in a distant meadow.
- Wawona Point (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Forests--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Streams--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1902?]
- Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, California
- A view of upper and lower Yosemite Falls on Yosemite Creek in Yosemite National Park, California shows granite cliffs and a pine forest below.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1900-1910.; National Parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--California--Yosemite National...
- c1901
- Yosemite Falls
- View of Yosemite Falls on Yosemite Creek at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows trees, granite cliffs, and falls in Yosemite Valley.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Yosemite Falls
- View of Yosemite Falls on Yosemite Creek and granite cliffs at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows trees and a dirt path below the falls in Yosemite Valley.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National...
- [between 1885 and 1910?]
- Yosemite Falls
- View of Yosemite Falls on Yosemite Creek and granite cliffs at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows trees and boulders in Yosemite Valley below the falls.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Yosemite Falls
- View of Yosemite Falls on Yosemite Creek and granite cliffs at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows trees and a dirt path below the falls in Yosemite Valley.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- York St. concrete bridge across Cherry Creek, carrying water mains
- View of a York Street bridge over Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete railings, water pipes, and a car.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920- 1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1923?]
- York St. bridge across Cherry Creek, showing concrete carrier for city ditch
- View of a York Street bridge over Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete railings, the City Ditch, and a car.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; City Ditch (Arapahoe County and Denver County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1922 and 1923?]
- Yep, this is 1935
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-125] The first week group ready to go home, [ARL-126] Just hold those poses a moment, please. My, my, such figures!, [ARl-127] 'Andy Family' First week, [ARL-128] A good old water fight. You get wet...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1935
- Yellowstone, Tower Falls
- View of Tower Fall, a waterfall on Tower Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows eroded rock towers and pillars near the waterfall.
- Tower Creek (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Tower Fall (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; National pars & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Waterfalls--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Yellowstone
- Tower Fall, (132 feet) in Tower Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; eroded towers and pinnacles surround the mouth of the waterfall.
- Tower Creek (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Tower Fall (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Streams--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Waterfalls--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yellow Gold of Cripple Creek. [art original].
- Original sketches and cover designed for author/artist's book titled: Yellow Gold of Cripple Creek.
- Graphic novels.; Pen drawing, American.; Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek Mining District.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sketches.; Pen-and-wash drawings.
- 1928
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose beside or on horses near Yellow Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A steer is on the ground, tied with ropes. A man holds a branding iron to the steer's flank, and another man leans over the steer. Kettles and an iron bar are over a...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys sit on horses and pose in a row near Yellow Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The men wear cowboy hats, vests, and boots and carry lariats. A herd of steer is on a hillside behind men on horses.
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose near a herd of horses on a hillside in Rio Blanco County, Colorado near Yellow Creek. The men are on horseback or stand nearby and wear cowboy hats, jackets, boots with spurs, chaps, gloves and carry lariats. Horses are in a temporary...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- 1911
- Yates House, Georgetown
- View of the two story Yates House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The clapboard sided building has a covered porch and a second story balcony, a false front and a widow's walk with a flagpole on the roof. Signs painted on the...
- Yates House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1873?
- Yarmony Creek Canon [sic], Moffat Road
- View of Denver & Salt Lake (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific) passenger train number one entering tunnel, Yarmony Creek Canyon, Colorado, Moffat Road; after trestle, standard gauge crosses over creek (not in view) the track rounds bend,...
- Yarmony Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- Yankee Hill, Village of Ninety Four
- Several log cabins stand among pine trees in the Village of Ninety-four on Yankee Hill on the border of Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties in Colorado. Large tree stumps stand in the foreground. A small building stands on the hillside in the...
- Mining camps--Colorado--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tree stumps--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Yankee Hill Monument 1941
- A pile of small, white rocks stands on top of a large boulder on Yankee Hill west of Central City on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. The branches of a pine tree protrude into the right foreground, and a large pine tree is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cairns--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Central City--1940- 1950.
- [1941?]
- Yankee Hill
- A large pine tree stands among rocks on Yankee Hill northwest of Central City on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Wreck of first passenger train in Anacond [sic] F & C C RY
- View of a Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad wreck near Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado; shows men, women and children looking at wrecked passenger cars. A photographer has a box camera on a tripod.
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.
- 1894, July 9
- WPA workers in Coal Creek Canyon
- Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers in overalls or jeans, gloves, and hats hold shovels and walk in the flood damaged creek bed in Coal Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows flood debris, sand and the eroded edges of Coal Creek.
- United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado--1930-1940.; Coal Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Laborers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 Sept. 6
- World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing ; State of Colorado
- Index to the World War II dead and missing from the State of Colorado prepared by the War Department in 1946. Index includes: statistics of each Colorado county and an alphabetical listing of the dead and missing by county,
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--United States--Colorado.
- 2006
- Workers return to the surface after a shift, one-half mile underground via a double-deck cage with 100 man capacity
- Miners exit a cage at the top of the shaft of the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear hard hats with miners' lights and carry lunch boxes.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.;...
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- Workers load powder into drilled holes via hose using compressed air
- Miners (a man and a woman) load explosives into the wall of a tunnel at the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear hard hats with miners' lights.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Explosives--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.;...
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- Workers close covers on a bulk railroad car full of moly.
- Workers prepare a railroad car for transporting molybdenum at the Henderson Mine and mill in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Molybdenum--Colorado--Empire--1980-1990.; Empire (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Interiors--Colorado--Empire--1980-1990.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1980-1990.; Railroad freight...
- September 6, 1980
- Workers at Henderson using a "jumbo" drill advance this drift by drilling a series of holes
- Miners use an LHD (load-haul-dump) and pneumatic drill in a tunnel of the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the LHD reads: "Ingersoll Rand".
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- Workers at Henderson mine prepare to go undergound
- Miners walk near rows of gagues enroute to the cage in the shaft of the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear hard hats and tool belts.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- Work of widening big cut of Union Pacific low grade line just east of Dale Wyo. 1:30 P.M.
- A Union Pacific construction crew works at widening a railroad cut near Dale Creek (Dale, Albany County), Wyoming. Shows a steam shovel, large dump truck, earth grader, and pile drivers.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Albany County (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Wyoming--Albany County--1950-1960.; Railroad cuts--Wyoming--Albany County--1950-1960.
- 1954 April 10
- Wood shed
- View of a pile of chopped timber and the wood storage building at Echo Lake Park, part of the Denver Mountain Parks System (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Echo Lake Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fuelwood--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Clear...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Women pose in creek bed beside bridge
- Women stand in a row on rocks in a creek bed and lean on a log bridge. They wear bonnets or straw hats with decorative flowers, long skirts with pleats. One woman wears a lacy apron over a dress, another poses with her fingers curled around her...
- Bridges--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Brown, Secil Taylor.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Women and girls on stagecoach
- Women and girls pose on a horse-drawn stagecoach in Colorado. A man in a top hat holds the reins. Signs on nearby windows read: "London Assurance Corporation Home New York Connecticut Hartford," "[B]enedict & Gil[?] Represent Fire Life Accident...
- Girls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Transportation--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Women and children in front of house, Georgetown
- A woman in a dress with skirt flounces poses on the porch of a frame house in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Two girls stand nearby in front of a frame outbuilding. The house has a cross gabled roof with gingerbread vergeboard. Shows...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Women and child on porch of Georgetown residence
- Two women and a girl stand on the porch of a two story frame house in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The house has dormer windows and decorative brackets on the porch. The house has a fenced yard, and a wooden plank sidewalk.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Woman miner, right, works along side male counterpart on "jumbo" drill sharing equally in work and pay
- Miners, a man and a woman, work with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear hard hats with miners' lights.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- Woman and man pose with an egg and Ovaltine
- An unidentified woman and man sit and pose with an egg and a can of Ovaltine.
- circa 1950's
- Woman and children in front of Georgetown residence
- A woman, a boy and a girl stand and pose outside the doorway of a frame house in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story, cross gable house has a yard and a picket fence. Shows a steep rocky slope behind the house.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Woman and children in front of Georgetown residence
- A woman and two young children pose on the porch of a two story frame house in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The house has two gables attached in the middle by a long cross gable with a long covered porch. The house has a yard with a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Wolf Creek Pass Ski Area
- Automobiles are parked along a narrow plowed road at Wolf Creek Pass in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows deep snow, the ski area beside highway US 160, skiers and a rope tow.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Wolf Creek Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ski resorts--Colorado--Wolf Creek Pass--1950-1960.; Skiing--Colorado--Wolf Creek Pass--1950-1960.
- 1950 February 17
- Wolf Creek Pass
- View of Wolf Creek Pass, Mineral County, Colorado, shows a dirt road flanked by rock and trees.
- Wolf Creek Pass (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Winter in Cripple Creek
- Rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (many with false fronts) on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon frame, possibly an ox wagon, loaded with timber, wooden and metal barrels is on dirt road;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 November 24