Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Looking up the Purgatoire River from Simpsons Rest
- View of Trinidad, Colorado, from Simpson's Rest. A man stands on a ledge of a rock escarpment looking towards the northeast end of the town below. Several dwellings are visible, some have hipped or cross gabled roofs. The plains recede into the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Looking up the river from Lower Bridge South Arkansas
- View of the Purgatoire River, in early Trinidad, Colorado. A man standing in the foreground looks towards the wooden suspension bridge that crosses the river. The town scene in the background includes clapboard buildings, tents and covered wagons.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Trinidad.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Main Street South Arkansas, Colo
- View of Main Street, Trinidad, Colorado with false fronted buildings flanking the dirt street. A sign at the top of a clapboard front reads: "Restaurant." A projecting sign reads: "Harness Shop," where men stand in front of the door. Other signs...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Simpsons Rest & Mexican wood wagons or burrows
- Three burros heavily loaded with firewood stand on the street in Trinidad, Colorado. A gable roofed, false fronted clapboard building and a one story, gable roofed adobe with a chimney are behind; Simpson's Rest is in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Modocs killing cattle, Col. D. B. Dyre, Agent
- A group of Native American (Modoc) men, and Indian Agent Colonel D. B. Dyre on the right, pose next to slaughtered cows in front of a split rail fence. The men wear hats, coats, shirts, vests, and pants; one wears a badge. A man sits on a cow; he...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Cattle--1870-1880.; Indian agents--1870-1880.; Slaughtering--1870-1880.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Trinidad, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Trees are near the Purgatoire River. Shows the one-story adobe square enclosure of the Felipe Baca residence. The flat summit of Fishers...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Family
- Studio portrait of a family. The woman wears a dress with a high collar. The man wears a suit. The girl wears a dress and the baby boy wears a baptismal gown.
- Families--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Girls
- Studio portrait of a girl and a baby. They pose on a chair covered with a fur blanket and wear dresses.
- Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Col. Van Vliet and officers of his Battallion, 3rd Cavalry
- Colonel Frederick Van Vliet poses on a rock outcropping near Custer City, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, during the Native American Sioux campaigns with fellow Third Cavalry men: Second Lieutenant James F. Simpson, Second Lieutenant George F....
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota...
- 1876
- Mule Shoe Bend, Veta Pass
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway train, with a locomotive and mixed cars, at Mule Shoe Bend on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) in Costilla County, Colorado. The train approaches a rusticated stone trestle with a stone embankment. Lettering on...
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1880-1890.; Trestles--Colorado--Costilla County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881and 1889]
- Manitou Springs
- Fountain Creek is left of center. The D. & R. G. Depot, a rusticated stone building with high gabled roof, a dormer, and chimneys at the end is on the left. Rail ties and other construction materials are piled in the area. Pike's Peak, its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883?]
- Garland, Colorado
- Garland City, Colorado, includes a main street with businesses and large buildings which may be hotels, smaller wood buildings, and railroad track. Snow covers the town, the brush-covered hill behind, and the Sierra Blanco mountain range in the...
- Garland City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1878]
- Sigma Pi Phi
- Panoramic photomontage of African American members of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity who are identified as (left to right) V. B. Spratlin, A.B.A.M., C. F. (Clarence) Holmes, B.S.D., D.S., H. E. Rahmine, D. B. S. T. M., E. W. D. Abner, M.D., C. E. Terry,...
- Sigma Pi Phi--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Men--1920-1930.; Fraternities & sororities--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Main Street of the Town of Trinidad, Collorado [sic] Terr.
- Men stand and wear hats, jackets and boots, in a dirt road near parked covered wagons and horses in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man poses with a horse on a lead rope. A sign supported by a timber reads: "Lunch Hou[se] Meals at all...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Trinidad--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town; scene includes row of outhouses, vertical slat wooden frame outbuildings and residences, post corral, and stone root cellar with sod roof built into hillside; clothes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 7
- Strong mine shaft at Victor, view is southeast
- View of the Strong Mine with head frame and buildings, tailings at left from the Independence Mine, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.;...
- September 4, 1930
- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Ignacio, head chief of Utes
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Ignacio, leader of Native American Utes, and member of the Weeminuche Band. He wears a vest over a light colored shirt, a kerchief around his neck, a vest with cigars in breast pockets, hoop earrings, and a...
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Wiminuche Indians--1870-1890.; Ignacio, Ute Chief.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Ute family
- Full-length studio portrait of a Native American Ute family in front of a painted backdrop; husband, Ne-Ge-Ri-Ta, stands next to wife, Ra-De-A, and baby, Rio Pinos in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Ne-Ge-Ri-Ta.; Ra-De-A.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ute family
- Full-length studio portrait of a Native American Ute family in front of a painted backdrop; the mother holds a baby; the father's dress includes a vest with painted American flags, bone pipe choker, armbands and moccasins; the young boy wears a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ute family
- Full-length studio portrait of a Native American Ute family in front of a painted backdrop with prop rug, headdress and bow and arrows; the mother and daughter wear buckskins dresses, wide leather belts and jewelry; the father and son wear cotton...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Severo's children
- Studio portrait of a Chief Severo's children, one Native American Ute girl and three boys sit in front of a painted backdrop; they wear fringed buckskin or cotton shirts; the boys have beaded strips, beads or feathers in their hair.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1880-1900.; Severo, Chief--Family.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Buckskin Charlie and To-Wee
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie and To-Wee, Native Americans (Ute), wearing feathers, beads, leggings, moccasins, conchos, hair pipe chokers, earrings, and printed fabrics. Buckskin Charlie holds a sword and a fan.
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Buckskin Charly
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute); dress includes a hair pipe breastplate, fur, he wears a moustache.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Indians, Ute - Ouray reburial
- John McCook, brother in law to Ouray, stands pointing skyward as another Native American Ute man stands solemnly nearby at the reburial ceremony of Chief Ouray near Montrose, Colorado. The casket is behind the men under a canvas cover decorated...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ouray--Death & burial--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.;...
- [1925]
- Col. Royal and officers of the Third Cavalry
- U. S. Army Cavalry officers pose on a rock outcropping during the Native American Sioux campaigns, along French Creek in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. Included are: First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson, Second Lieutenant James F. Simpson, Second...
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Cavalry--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Military...
- 1876
- Humprey Concentrator remains
- View of the remains of the Humphrey Concentrator near North Clear Creek, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Gravity concentrators--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1960.; North Clear Creek (Gilpin County-Jefferson County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1960.; Ruins--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960
- At Adamville [sic] near Sunset
- A view of a leased Denver South Park & Pacific locomotive (engine #160) with Colorado Central railroad cars on the Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific line near Adamsville (Boulder County), Colorado. The bridge is supported by wooden trusses and possibly,...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railway Company--1890-1900.; Adamsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1891?]
- Looking down Four Mile Cañon, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Looking down Fourmile Canyon, Colorado, from Colorado and Northwestern Railway narrow gauge track; Fourmile Creek parallels train on track in canyon below; some snow on surrounding mountains.
- Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fourmile Creek (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Mt. Audubon from Four Mile Cañon, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway (later became Denver, Boulder & Western) one-car passenger train going up Four Mile Canyon, Colorado; narrow gauge track cut in canyon wall; dirt road paralleling opposite side of Fourmile creek; snowy Mount...
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City, Colorado, taken from the west probably during the summer or early fall. The Opera House is in the lower right corner, and the Teller House is to its left. St. Mary's Church is in the center of the image. Tailings, which...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Western History Subject Index
- Newton, D.B
- Western History Subject Index
- Wilson, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- SWEENEY, D.B
- Western History Subject Index
- Seaver, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- Fotheringham, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- Graham, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- Myers, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- McKee, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- Rainy, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- Reynolds, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- Ward, D.B
- Western History Subject Index
- Stiles, D. B
- Western History Subject Index
- Stone, D.B
- Western History Subject Index
- Slayton, D.B
- Western History Subject Index
- Reed, D. B
- B. Ida Jones
- Studio portrait of Beryl Ida Jones, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado; she wears a topknot hairstyle, a corsage, and a lace trimmed dress with large puffed sleeves.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Jones, B. Ida (Beryl Ida); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Juana María Paiz
- Studio portrait of Juana María Paiz of Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. She poses between prop rocks covered in ivy. She wears a dark dress with a basque trimmed in satin and a dark lace collar. Her dark hair is pulled back and parted in...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1880-1890; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1880-1890.; Paiz, Juana Maria, 1844-1927.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Trinidad--Pictorial...
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Unidentified children
- Studio portrait of three unidentified children, a young boy and two girls. They pose in front of a painted backdrop beside a prop balustrade. The boy wears a loose, pleated shirt with an oversized collar and knickers. His dark hair is parted on the...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1880-1890; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Boulder, Colo.
- View of houses and downtown buildings in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the Boulder County Courthouse with a rounded dome and finial, the "American House" Hotel, the First Methodist Church with central and side spires, the flat-roofed...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1889?]