Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver City Home Guard
- Men, members of the Denver City Home Guard organized to fight in the Civil War, pose in front of the Rocky Mountain House, a bar and restaurant in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Rocky Mountain House," "Lager Beer Saloon and Restaurant," "Storage &...
- Denver City Home Guards (Colo.)--Facilities--1860-1870.; Rocky Mountain House (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1861 and 1862]
- Clark, Gruber & Co. Bank & Mint, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Clark, Gruber & Co. building, ca. 1860-1863. On January 18, 1860, the Denver Town Company deeded three lots in Denver City to Clark, Gruber & Company for $600. The company built a two-story brick bank and mint on the corner of McGaa...
- Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Financial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver,...
- [between 1860 and 1863]
- Clark, Gruber & Co. Bank & Mint, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Clark, Gruber & Co. building, ca. 1860-1863. On January 18, 1860, the Denver Town Company deeded three lots in Denver City to Clark, Gruber & Company for $600. The company built a two-story brick bank and mint on the corner of McGaa...
- Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Financial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Clark, Gruber & Co. (Denver,...
- [between 1860 and 1863]
- Cherry Creek at time of flood Blake St. Denver
- A man stands on the edge of Cherry Creek as it floods Blake Street in Denver, Colorado. A building is nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver flood
- View of brick and frame houses and commercial buildings in Denver and Auraria during a Cherry Creek and South Platte River flood. A brick house near the standing water of Cherry Creek has a gabled rood and gingerbread details. Signs on flooded...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Denver flood
- View, of Cherry Creek as it floods Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Tremont House" and "Groceries".
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- May 19, 1864
- Denver flood
- Men and women stand near Cherry Creek as it floods areas of Denver, Colorado. A sign on a building reads: "Commonwealth".
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- May 19, 1894
- Lawrence St. Church
- View of the Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church at 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. The building is has a square entry tower and spires.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870]
- Denver
- View of a Cherry Creek flood, Denver, Colorado. A sign on a building reads: "Commonwealth".
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- Roof-top view of Denver, Colorado. Cherry Creek is near business buildings and homes. Signs read: "Gazette", "Commonwealth", "J. G. Vawter & Co.", and "De Vor's Corner".
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- McClelland Bldg & Holliday
- View of the McClelland Building on Holliday (Market) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The brick building has arched windows and signs that read: "Flour & Feed," "Storage Commission," and "Whittemore & Co."
- Whittemore & Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Feed stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1866
- West Denver during the flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streets, and water. People watch from the water's edge; signs read: "Commonwealth," "J. G. Vawter & Co," "J. B. Doyle & Co," "Keller House," "American House," and "Bell's Boarding...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Denver C.T.
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, a corral, horse, and sheds. The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint is to the side; signs read: "Ladies Emporium," "Metropolitan Billiard Hall," and "F. A. Brocker Groceries."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 13
- Denver City
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows houses and businesses with signs: "Livery Stable" and "Commonwealth." People watch from sandbars.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1864]
- Denver flood
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and houses. Storefront signs read: "Tremont House" and "Groceries."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 19
- Wolf [sic] Hall, Denver, Colo.
- The three-story Wolfe Hall school building, an Episcopal school for girls at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. Boys stand in front of a picket fence. The brick building has windows with hood molding, sills and tracery,...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Denver flood
- View of flooded Cherry Creek and buildings in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. People stand at the edge of the creek. Damaged frame buildings include false front buildings that read: "Wines & Liquors" and "Groceries." Shows the Tremont...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- [1864 May 19]
- Great flood in Denver, May 19th, 1864
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings and houses near downtown Denver, Colorado and the flooded South Platte River and Cherry Creek. People stand beside Cherry Creek near a brick building with a sign that reads: "Drugs, Chemicals, Paints,...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Great flood in Denver, May 19th, 1864
- People and horses stand beside an eroded Larimer street during a flood of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings in Auraria and the flooded South Platte River. Piles of probably people's belongings are beside a...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Denver - early days flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows torrents of water and a frame building.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver - early days flood
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood. Storefront signs read: "Ladies Emporium" and "Denver Meat Market." The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint has a tower with battlements; a horse is in the foreground.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- View, facing east, of Saint John's Church in the Wilderness ( Episcopal), at 14th (Fourteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, and homes in Denver, Colorado.
- Saint John's Church in the Wilderness (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- View of Denver, Colorado. Saint John's Church in the Wilderness (Episcopal) at 14th (Fourteenth) and Arapahoe Streets is near houses in a residential area.
- Saint John's Church in the Wilderness (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- View, facing east, of Denver, Colorado. The Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church at 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets is near groups of houses in a residential area.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Lawrence Street Methodist Church
- View of the Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church on the corner of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1865]
- Downtown Denver
- View of downtown Denver, Colorado; shows log and frame buildings including the U.S. Mint (with tower and battlements) and "Saddlery Hardware.
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Sixteenth Street, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows construction, houses, and frame buildings with signs: "Pacific House," "Contractors and Builders," and "Denver Theater."
- Pacific House (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Flood - Cherry Creek
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, streets, and water. Signs read: "J. G. Vawter & Co." and "Commonwealth."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May
- Flood - Cherry Creek 148 Larimer looking SW
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, people, streets, and water. Signs read: "Tremont House," "Groceries," "American House," and "Devor's Corner."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 19
- Flood - Cherry Creek
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and torrents of water.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May
- Flood of May 19, 1864
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and houses. Storefront signs read: "Tremont House" and "Groceries."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 19
- United States Branch Mint at Denver
- Men pose in front of the brick United States Mint at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Holladay Street (later Market Street) in Denver, Colorado. Men wear hats or caps and suits. The building has a central tower with battlements and a round window, a...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Arapahoe-Cheyenne encampment, Denver
- An oil painting of an Arapahoe-Cheyenne encampment in Denver, Colorado by Ester Yates Frazier. The painting is of a plains landscape with mountains in the background, native american figures, teepees and sky with clouds; the view is westward from...
- Arapaho Indians--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1861 April
- Lynching of Duggan in Denver fight of photographers for view of remains.
- Reproduction of an A. P. Proctor engraving of a scene after the lynching of Sanford C. Duggan, murderer and fugitive, Cherry Street, Denver. The dead man hangs from a rope noose thrown around a leaveless cottonwood tree. A policeman breaks up a...
- Murderers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fugitives from justice--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Lynchings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Duggan, Sanford C.
- [between 1868 and 1870]
- Rocky Mountain News
- View of the Rocky Mountain News and surrounding buildings in Denver, Colorado, in Arapahoe County (later the City and County of Denver). Signs on buildings read: "Rocky Mountain News," "Printing," "Rocky Mountain House," and "Tremont House."
- Rocky Mountain News--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1864?]
- Earliest Rocky Mountain News building
- A view of the earliest Rocky Mountain News building in Denver, Colorado. The building was built on stilts in the bed of Cherry Creek, it was washed away in the flood of 1864.
- Rocky Mountain News--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- 15th St. below Holiday St Denver
- Men stand on the sidewalk at the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is parked near the business district buildings. Signs read: "Printing Office", "Colorado National Bank", "United States...
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- [either 1866 or 1867]
- Cor Lawrence & 15th St
- Men stand on the sidewalk in the business district on the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is parked near the Hughes Block, a brick building with windows set in an arched facade, outside...
- Denver Book Store--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Holladay Overland Mail building
- Men pose near the Holladay Overland Mail & Express Co. building on the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) (F) and Holladay (Market) Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Postal service--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Shipping--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Forester Guard Hall 15th & Curtis
- View of the Independent Order of Foresters Guard Hall, at 15th (Fifteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with a mansard roof and arched windows. Plaque reads: "I.O.O.V. Guard Association."
- Independent Order of Foresters--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- Rocky Mountain News office - built in 1860, destroyed by the great Cherry Creek flood at 2 a. m., May 20, 1864
- Early view in Denver, Colorado, shows wooden commercial buildings, some with false fronts. Signs: "Rocky Mountain News, printing," and "Tremont House."
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1864]
- Denver, 15th Street below Larimer
- View of the Fillmore Block on 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows storefronts, men, boys, dogs, horses, a taxidermied bear, and signs: "D. G. Peabody," "Buckskin Gloves and Fur Store," "Heywood & Co." and "Hartford Fire Insurance."
- Bears--Collection and preservation--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Hunting trophies--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Fifteenth Street, Denver
- View of the intersection of 15th (Fifteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows a street lamp and the First National Bank, a brick structure with arched windows and a mansard roof.
- First National Bank of Denver--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869?]
- Life on the plains
- Views of men in the assay room at the U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado; an overturned covered wagon, wagon train and tents in a storm; women cooking out of doors near tents; Native Americans shoot at settlers and a wagon train; North American Indians...
- Mint of the United States--Buildings--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Massacres--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Outdoor...
- 1866 October 13
- Rocky Mountain News
- Photograph of a lithograph which depicts Rocky Mountain News newspaper offices in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Rocky Mountain News, News Block, Pioneer Newspaper of the Rocky Mountains, Byers & Daley Publishers, Blank Book Manufacturers...
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Lithographs--1860-1870.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Removal of the New York Store to their magnificent brick building, cor. of Larimer & F Sts.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; New York Store (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Dry-goods--Colorado--Denver.; Stores, Retail--Colorado--Denver--To 1876.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Richard E. Whitsett residence
- View of the Richard E. Whitsett house in Denver, Colorado. The two-story wood frame house has a hip roof, decorative trim, diamond-shaped window with tracery, balcony, and shutters. A wood picket fence surrounds the house.
- Whitsett, Richard E.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- Images left to right: top-Larimer Street; unidentified; bottom-Colorado Seminary; U.S. Denver Branch Mint.
- Photograph of four cartes de visites of Denver, Colorado, held together with paperclips, from top left: Larimer Street with horses, wagons, and businesses; two large, unidentified houses; Colorado Seminary; first U.S. Denver Branch Mint on Market...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Col Jas. A. Archer residence
- View of Colonel James A. Archer's house at D (13th, Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado. The home has a wrap-around porch and balustrade, decorative trim, and arched trimmed windows.
- Archer, James A.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1875]