Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Broadwell Hotel, Alamosa
- The Broadwell House on the corner of Hunt and 6th (Sixth) streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is one of the buildings moved into Alamosa from old Garland City. Men pose on the boardwalk on the corner in front of the two-story clapboard building. One man...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Water pumps--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- 1933
- Off for the mines
- Two miners pose with five loaded burros, Huerfano County, Colorado. Burros carry planks, barrels, stovepipes, wheelbarrow, shovels, pickaxes, and boxes of goods.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Pack...
- 1899
- Crags of Creede
- The town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is built in a narrow valley beneath steep, jagged mountains. Several shacks and wood- frame houses are nestled in the valley among evergreen trees.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- Sept., 1896
- Creede, Colo.
- View of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, shacks, a fence, Mammoth Mountain, and the steep Willow Creek Canyon walls.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Soldiers Graves, Old Ft. Garland
- View of adobe ruins and grave markers at the military cemetery in old Fort Garland in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Houses, barns, railroad tracks and a church are in the distance.
- Fort Garland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fort Garland (Fort Garland, Colo. : Fort)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Fort...
- 1908 Aug. 6
- King Solomon Mills, Creede, Colo.
- Two women pose along a dirt road situated next to Willow Creek, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows the forested Willow Creek Canyon, log building, men, a frame ore processing facility, identified as King Solomon Mills, with a...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 Sept
- Bolder [sic] bridge, Holy Moses Trail, Creed [sic], Colo.
- View of Willow Creek near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado; a natural bridge formed by boulders overhangs the water.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1896 September
- Alamosa Colo.
- View of the Alamosa passenger station of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (Alamosa County), Colorado, a two-story brick structure with overhanging hipped roof. A suspended decorative iron awning is over the entry. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- An Alamosa business block
- View of a commercial buildings on Main street (formerly "Fifth Street") in the business section of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, men in horse-drawn wagons, a horse tied to a post, utility poles and electric street lights....
- American National Bank (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- High-school twelve grades Mosca, Colo.
- In Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado, the school is a two-story frame building (with belfry) at the end of a dirt road. A cross-gabled home with a covered porch and white picket fence is to one side; the church (with steeple) is to the other. Power...
- Mosca (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.
- 1912
- High-school twelve grades Mosca, Colo.
- The school in Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado, is a two-story frame building with a belfry and shingle imbrication. Boys in dusters, bib overalls, kneepants and slouch hats sport a baseball bat, mitts, and balls. Girls in the fenced yard wear wide...
- Mosca (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.
- 1912
- R. G. M. & M. Co., Jasper, Colo., view no. 6
- View shows two ore carts traveling in opposite directions on a track terminating at the Rio Grande Mining and Milling Company's facilities along the Alamosa River, Jasper (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Jasper--1900-1910.; Jasper (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Jasper--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Curtis Ranch 3 miles SE of Saguache
- Children and a man stand near a brick house with a white picket fence on the Curtis Ranch in the San Luis Valley in Saguache County, Colorado. A man stands and talks to people in an automobile. A barn and a wood pile are in the distance.
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Rouse tipple
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tipple in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows freight cars on tracks, coal mine buildings, smoke, and smokestacks. Probably company houses are near the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Company towns--Colorado--Rouse--1890-1910.; Rouse (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rouse--1890-1910.; Coal...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Grain elevator and storage, Mosca, Colorado
- Frame grain elevator in Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado, is five- stories high with stepped gables and double hung sash windows. A man stands on the dock by the projecting office; an engine, coal and freight cars of the Denver and Rio Grande...
- Mosca (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.; Grain industry--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Broadway, Blanca City
- The snow-capped Sangre de Cristo mountains loom over the town of Blanca, Colorado, in Costilla County. Men in suits stand in front of two tents and a lightpost. Wood-frame structures, including one with a gable, are across grassy Broadway, which...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- September 28, 1908
- Placer gold fields, Russell, Colo.
- View of Russell, Costilla County, Colorado, includes dwellings, outbuildings, mining sheds, Sangre de Cristo Creek and Denver and Rio Grande railroad engine, freight cars and passenger coach. Identified locations are: "1. Spanish Basin Placers, 2....
- Russell (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Francisco Plaza La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza in La Veta (formerly known as Francisco Plaza), Colorado in Huerfano County. Horizontal adobe building with a gable, shingles, and a tin roof is built in a "U" configuration.
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Dwellings - San Luis Valley
- View of a two-story brick house with wooden columns and a lattice work balcony probably in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. Shows a white picket fence and trees.
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Mexican settlement, near Walsenburg
- View of adobe houses in a Mexican settlement near Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a man by a horse, beehive ovens (hornos), a wooden fence, a wagon with a barrel on it and a cedar tree.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Settlements--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Club house, Russell Spgs Lakes
- View of three men and three hunting dogs by a wooden cabin near Russell Springs Lakes in Saguache County, Colorado. Shows a hay stack and a horse drawn wagon (with a farm implement on it) in the distance.
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.
- 1909 February 5
- Alamosa Hospital, Dr. E.L. Freiberger
- View of the Alamosa Hospital at 503 Main Street (the corner of Hunt and Main) in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado). A sign reads: "C.I. Stephenson, Osteopath."
- Osteopathic hospitals--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1915?]
- Snyder Hotel, Moffat
- View of a wood frame building identified as the Snyder Hotel in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. The building has a recessed porch, single roof, and dormers. Lace curtains hang in the bay window. Laundry hangs on the line in the...
- Moffat (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Moffat, P.O.
- A man and a child sit in an automobile parked near the post office building in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. The building is a false front structure with a brick facade. The side of the building is covered with corrugated tin....
- Coleman & Albert General Store (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-192.; General stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- C. E. Logan, foot on post
- A group of men stand on the porch of the Bank of Moffat, in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. A man identified C. E. Logan leans with his foot on a post. Signs in the windows of the bank building read: "Bank of Moffat, Capital Stock...
- Bank of Moffat (Moffat, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Moffat (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1930.; Men--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1930.; Logan, C. E.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Moffat
- View of houses, barns, and sheds in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. The town is located on a broad, flat plain. Hills are in the distance.
- Moffat (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Moffat
- A man, woman, and children stand on the porch of the J. W. Hockaday Hardware store in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. Wagons, wheels, gears, and cans are displayed in the shop window. A large sign on the false front of the building...
- J.W. Hockaday Hardware (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Colonel Francisco's Plaza, La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a "U" shaped, one-story adobe brick building with a shingled and wooden slat roof, a timber fence and a dirt field in front of...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Bridge- West Wilow [sic] Canon, Creed [sic], Colo.
- View of a bridge made of interwoven logs in Willow Creek Canyon, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a person on the bridge, Mammoth Mountain, tilted pine trees and rocks. The bridge's support piers are also made of cribbed logs.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mammoth Mountain (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1896 Sept
- Old Ft. Garland as seen today
- View of wood frame and adobe buildings in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a building with a sign that reads: "General Store," a church, covered wagon, cattle and train tracks.
- Fort Garland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.
- 1908 Aug. 6
- Fort Garland, Colo.
- View of wood frame, gabled warehouses and wooden crates in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a dirt road and the Sierra Blanca Mountains. A sign hangs from a building and reads: "San Luis Produce Co."
- San Luis Produce Co. (Fort Garland, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Fort Garland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agricultural facilities--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Crates--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Fort...
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Fort Massachusetts
- View of the site of Fort Massachusetts located six miles north of Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows a grassy field, shrubs, fir trees and a wood shack.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fort Massachusetts (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Wood frame buildings
- View of wood frame buildings, barns, a church and fences along an unidentified dirt road, probably in Colorado. Buildings have false-front facades and signs read: "[Po]st Office" and "Grain."
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Placer Gold Fields, Russell, Colo.
- View of Russell (Costilla County), Colorado, includes dwellings, church, outbuildings, mining sheds, Sangre de Cristo Creek and a Denver and Rio Grande railroad engine, freight cars and passenger coach.
- Russell (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sangre de Cristo Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Henderson & Hankins Park, Sierra Blanco, Colo.
- View of what are identified as the homesteads of Henderson and Hankins and snow covered Blanca Peak (Sierra Blanco, Sierra Blanca), possibly Costilla County, Colorado. Shows a creek, log cabins, a tent, an outhouse, and wagons.
- Blanca Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Homesteading--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1905?]
- Estralla [sic], Colo.
- A carriage and wagon are pulled up near a clapboard building in Estrella (Alamosa County), Colorado. A star and an American flag hang near the front door of the structure. An adobe barn and a privy are nearby.
- Estrella (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Estrella--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Estrella--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Estrella--1900-1910.
- 1909 March 29
- Residence of Capt. Chas. Deus Malachite, Colo.
- View of the Captain Charles Deus residence in Malachite, Huerfano County, Colorado, shows the captain sitting on the porch and children playing croquet in the yard. The two story house has a front gable, wraparound porch with upper wooden...
- Malachite (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Malachite--1890-1900.; Deus, Charles.
- 1897 July 16
- 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
- Home ranch of Gov W H Meyer San Acacio Colo [sic]
- The William H. Meyer ranch, San Acacio, Costilla County, Colorado, near the San Juan Mountains. View of a well, adobe house and shepherd's camp wagons; fence posts, barbed wire, a hayrake, and sheep pens; hay stacks, silos, a haywagon, dwellings,...
- Meyer, William H.--Homes & haunts.; San Acacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--San Acacio--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--San Acacio--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Russell old placer mining district
- View of Russell, Costilla County, Colorado, shows frame businesses, dwellings, a church with a belfry and a sign in foreground reads: "Grain." Russell was a placer mining district peaking in the 1890's.
- Russell (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Cha's Burton's cmmissary [sic], South Fork, Colo.
- View of Charles Burton's commissary in South Fork, (Baxterville), Rio Grande County, Colorado; shows men, log and sod cabins, a pick ax, shovel, saw, oil barrel, sharpening wheels, and a carpenter's square.
- South Fork (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Sod buildings--Colorado--South Fork--1910-1920.; Burton, Charles--Homes & haunts.
- 1896
- Commissary, Chas Burton's Tie Camp, South Fork, Colo.
- View of Charles Burton's commissary in South Fork, (Baxterville), Rio Grande County, Colorado; shows women, girls, men, log and sod cabins, tools, a corral, haystack, wagons, a buggy, and hay rake.
- South Fork (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Sod buildings--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--South...
- September 15, 1896
- Henderson and Hankin Park, Sierra Blanco, Colo.
- View of Henderson and Hankins Park, Sierra Blanco, probably, Costilla County, Colorado; shows a creek, log cabins, a tent, an outhouse, wagons, and snow covered peaks.
- Log buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1900.
- Decker Hotel, Siera [sic] Blanco, Colo. 1899
- A woman, men, and children pose by the Decker Hotel, Sierra Blanco, possibly Huerfano County, Colorado; one hoists a whiskey jug, others carry lunch buckets and drinking cups; hats include a bowler and a sombrero.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- Main St., Walsenburg, Colo.
- View south on Main Street, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado; shows Twin Lakes Hotel (built 1887 by Martin and Holmes in Garden City, later moved to this location). Sign reads "Railroad Crossing Look Out for Cars."
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Walsenburg--1890-1900.
- May 20, 1893
- Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, southwest towards Spanish Peaks; shows both of St. Mary's Catholic churches, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot, businesses and residences.
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- May 20, 1893
- Walsenburg, Main St. N. from 6th
- View north on Main Street from Sixth (6th) Street, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado; shows men, women, businesses, a barber pole, and signs: "Baths," "Drugs," and "Boots."
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Walsenburg--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Pueblo de Taos, New Mexico
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, ovens, and Native American John Montoya on horseback.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--1920-1930.;...
- 1926
- Alamosa High School, rebuilt and occupied in Aug 1932
- The side view the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is of the two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930 and was then rebuilt and occupied in August, 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Up a tree, side-walks of Alamosa, Colo. 1907, State Av.
- Humorous photomontage of pigs on a tree-lined sidewalk. The pigs step from behind trees and over a picket fence. Shows two cowboys up in the trees, another is on horseback in the distance.
- Pigs--1900-1910.
- [1907]