Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Looking south eastward over the Shale Cliffs toward Colorado River and North Mams [sic] Peak
- Panoramic, aerial view of layered oil shale rock formations of the Roan Cliffs in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows Logan Wash in a valley near Mount Logan, the Colorado River, an extinct volcanic crater, and North Mamm Peak in the distance.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1930-1960.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1930-1960.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Logan Wash (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Logan, Mount (Garfield County, Colo.)--1930-1960.; North Mamm Peak...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Green Mountain Dam - Grizzly
- View of construction at Green Mountain Dam in Summit County, Colorado; shows graded earth, scaffolding, and power lines. Cirrus and cumulus clouds span the sky.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- EPCD camp from above portal
- View of construction at the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Larimer County, Colorado.; shows tracks, sheds, pipes, pipe sections, tailings, rocky crags, cirrus and cumulus...
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mountain lake
- View of a reservoir, dirt road, pine forest, cumulus thunderhead clouds, and cars, in (probably) Colorado.
- Reservoirs--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- White Mountains, New Hampshire
- View of the White Mountains from Sugar Hill, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Shows rock walls, fields, trees, and cumulus clouds.
- Grafton County (N.H.)--1880-1900.; White Mountains (N.H. and Me.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--New Hampshire--Grafton County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, clouds
- View of residences on a hillside in probably Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows strato cumulus clouds.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clouds--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Sunrise on Pikes Peak
- View of low stratus cloud tops at sunrise, from Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado; cumulus formations fill the sky. Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company tracks are in the foreground.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Sunrises & sunsets--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Arizona, the Grand Canon, looking down from Rowe's Point
- Panoramic view of eroded sandstone canyon walls and steep cliffs from Hopi Point (Rowe's Point) near West Rim Drive at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows sedimentary rock layers, trees, shrubs, the Colorado River, cirrus and cumulus clouds.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hopi Point (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; National...
- 1900
- Arizona, the Grand Canon, looking up from Bissell's Point
- Panoramic view of eroded sandstone mesas and steep canyon walls near what is identified as Bissell's Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows sedimentary rock layers, the Colorado River, and cumulus clouds.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand...
- [1899 or 1900?]
- Grand Canyon from O'Neill Point
- View of the Grand Canyon from Yavapai Point (O'Neill Point) on the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows stratified rock formations, cliffs, and cumulus clouds.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Yavapai Point (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1910.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Rowe [sic] Point
- View of the Grand Canyon from Hopi Point (Rowe's Point) on the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows stratified rock formations, cliffs, the Colorado River, stratus and cumulus clouds.
- Colorado River (Colo.- Mexico)--1890-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1910.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1910.; Rivers--Arizona--Grand Canyon National...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Grand Canyon from O'Neill Point
- View from Yavapai Point (O'Neill Point) of rock formations in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona; stratus and cumulus clouds span the sky.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Grand Imperial Hotel
- Exterior view of the Grand Imperial Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking west; shows storefronts with inset doors, pilasters with acanthus capitals, stepped semicircular arches over the second floor sash windows, mansard roof, chimneys and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Silverton and Grand Turk Mountain
- View of Silverton (San Juan County) Colorado; shows the Silverton reservoir, sheds and tracks of the Silverton Gladstone and Northern Railroad, Reese and Greene Streets, and the school. A wagon and team approach the Cement Creek bridge; the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Silverton and Storm Peak
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking east towards the Animas River valley; strato cumulus clouds top Storm Peak and Kendall Mountain.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sand Dunes, near Alamosa, Colo.
- View of the sand dunes and Sangre de Cristo mountains in the Great Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Cumulus and nimbus thunderhead clouds top the peaks.
- Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dunes--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- View taken from road leading to Mesa Verde
- View along road leading to Mesa Verde National Park, across broad expanse of Montezuma Valley, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado, with strato cumulus clouds.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Montezuma Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Salt Lake
- View of Great Salt Lake, Utah, with strato cumulus clouds and snow-capped mountains.
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Home of the River Crows
- View of Crow (Native American) tepees along the banks of the Little Bighorn River in the Blacklodge district of the Crow Reservation, Montana. Cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--1910-1920.; Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Montana--1910-1920.; Indian reservations--Montana--1910-1920.;...
- 1911
- Unknown lake
- Aspen, pines, stumps, and dead timber surround (possibly) Molas Lake, in San Juan County, Colorado. Cumulus clouds are in the background.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Red rock country
- View of desert in (probably) Utah; shows sheer buttes, alluvial fans, and distant mesas. A man stands to one side; cumulus, stratus, nimbus, and cirrus clouds fill the sky.
- Buttes--Utah--1920-1940.; Desert--Utah--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Desert country, Utah?
- View of wide fields and distant hills in (probably) Colorado or Utah; cholla cactus and scrub cedar are in the foreground. Clouds include thunderheads, cumulus, nimbus, and cirrus formations.
- Deserts--1920-1940.; Meadows--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Gregory Street, Central City streets
- View of Gregory Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Frame houses are by mine tailings; the U. P. R. Mill is in the distance. Stratus, cumulus, and cirrus clouds fill the sky over the hills.
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]]
- Sitting Bull Crystal Cave and Sioux Indian Pageant
- View of signs and a wooden pole tepee near Sitting Bull Crystal Cave, Rapid City, South Dakota. Signs (one arrow shaped), depict a Sioux shield and the profile of a Native American man, and read: "Sitting Bull Crystal Cave and Sioux Indian Pageant...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--1940-1950.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--1940-1950.; Billboards--South Dakota--1940-1950.; Tipis--South Dakota--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Loveland, Colorado
- People ride horses under shady trees near lake in Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado. Plains, hills, and strato cumulus clouds are in the distance.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Loveland--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Loveland--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Entrance to Denver's leading City Park
- View of the Sullivan Memorial Gateway at the Colfax Avenue entrance to the City Park Esplanade in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The terra-cotta fountain has statuary that includes dolphins, lizards, and frogs. The statue 'Mining'...
- Sullivan, Dennis, 1837-1915--Monuments.; City Park Esplanade (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sullivan Memorial Gateway
- View of the dolphin fountain at the Sullivan Memorial Gateway at the Colfax Avenue entrance to the City Park Esplanade in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The gateway has ornate pylons with columns; cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Sullivan, Dennis, 1837-1915--Monuments.; City Park Esplanade (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clouds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Monuments &...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Sunrise from Pike's Peak
- View of a sunrise from atop Pike's Peak in El Paso County, Colorado; shows stratus and cumulus clouds, and rippled cloud tops.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sunrises & sunsets--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- 1899
- Uncompagre [sic] Mtns. from Rigway [sic], Colo.
- View of Cimarron Ridge, Uncompahgre National Forest near Owl Creek Pass from Ridgway, Colorado; agricultural field of possibly alfalfa or barley bordered by barbed wire fence; stratus and cumulus clouds top jagged peaks.
- Cimarron Ridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Owl Creek Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Uncompahgre National Forest (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Ridgway--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Ridgway--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bowman, Colorado
- View of a hewn log cabin in Bowman (Gunnison County), Colorado; it has a tin roof. Hills, pines, scrub, and cumulus clouds are in the background.
- Bowman (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bowman--1950-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Bowman--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Looking east to R. R. station, Blanca, Colo.
- A stream flows under a wooden bridge in the town of Blanca, Colorado (Costilla County). The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad surround the depot, a one-story, wood-frame with a gable. Train cars are on the tracks in front of the...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- The chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, a flagstone building with sloped roof and tower with speakers, was dedicated to T. Chase McPherson, a president of the State Board of Agriculture, designed by James M. Hunter...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Gothic, view from Carol Spring's cabin
- A snowy mountain range is visible behind a valley with a rocky slope on one side and a small hill on the other, in Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado. Evergreens and wildflowers grow in the valley meadow, cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Gothic (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Valleys--Colorado--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Clouds above Cheesman Memorial
- Cumulus clouds float over the Doric colonnade of Cheesman Memorial in Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado. The pavilion is a neo-classical style structure designed by Willis Adams Marean.
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clouds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1922, January, February
- Grand Lake
- View of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. Mount Craig and cumulus clouds are in the distance.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1920-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Moffat Filter Plant
- View of the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building is a three story Art Deco Style structure embellished with decorative terra cotta tiles. Cars are parked nearby; strato cumulus clouds span the sky.
- Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1940?]
- Durango Railroad yard
- Freight cars, gondolas, coal cars, and a passenger train sit in the rail yard by a Denver and Rio Grande Western water tank, a coaling tower, and houses, in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Perins Peak, Barnroof Point, mountains, and cumulus...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.;...
- [1946?]
- New Mexico, views
- A small river is forked in the foreground of this landscape featuring scattered cumulus clouds in the sky and tree-lined hills.
- Rivers--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- New Mexico, views
- View of the Pecos Pueblo Mission in San Miguel County, New Mexico; adobe bricks are piled to the side. Cumulus and nimbus clouds fill the sky.
- Pecos National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Churches--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo...
- [1915?]
- New Mexico, views
- View of the Pecos Pueblo Mission ruins, cholla cactus, desert mesas, and strato cumulus storm clouds in San Miguel County, New Mexico.
- Pecos National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Mesas--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Indians of North America New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo...
- [1915?]
- New Mexico, views
- View of Pecos Pueblo Mission ruins in San Miguel County, New Mexico. A wood cross is mounted in rocks; cumulus and nimbus clouds fill the sky.
- Crosses--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- View of (possibly) Colorado plains; an encampment of tents is among scrub trees, and strato cumulus clouds progress across the sky.
- Plains--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Diamond Lake 1952
- Arapaho Peak on the border of Boulder and Grand Counties in Colorado is reflected on the surface of Diamond Lake in Boulder County. Cumulus and nimbus rain clouds top the peaks.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Grand County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.; Mountains--Colorado--1950-1960.
- [1952?]
- Timberline - Jones Pass 1945
- View of log cabins, a valley, forest, and dirt road near Jones Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand Counties in Colorado. Cumulus clouds top a mountain peak.
- Timberline--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--1940-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Arapaho Peak from Black Hills near Lake Eldora
- A saddled horse eats grass in a meadow by pine forest and wildflowers in Boulder County; strato cumulus clouds top Arapaho Peak in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Arapaho Peak looking North from Tip Top
- Arapaho Peak is in the distance on the border of Grand and Boulder counties in Colorado in this view from the Tip Top Mine near Perigo in Gilpin County. Patches of snow dot the peaks; strato cumulus and cirrus clouds dot the sky.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Perigo (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Perigo--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Avenue of Trees, Caribou Flats
- People stand among timberline pine trees at Caribou Flat near Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado; cumulus and nimbus rain clouds fill the sky.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- The Banner, Caribou Flats
- A windblown (possibly) Bristlecone Pine, grows near Caribou Flats in Boulder County, Colorado; cumulus thunderheads are in the background.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Caribou Flat (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Caribou
- View of mining machinery near the Caribou Mine in Boulder County, Colorado; cumulus clouds dot the sky.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1940.; Prospecting equipment & supplies--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline - Jones Pass 1945
- View of forest and snow capped peaks near Jones Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand Counties in Colorado. Felled timber and road grade is on a hillside; stratus, cumulus, and cirrus clouds fill the sky.
- Timberline--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clouds--Colorado--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--1940-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]