Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Obituary Project 1969-1990, Revised
- The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
- Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
- Fifth and Main, looking northeast
- View of the three-story First National Bank building on the corner of Fifth and Main Streets in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The Victorian Romanesque, rusticated stone building has a corner tower with rounded buttresses, a square domed...
- First National Bank (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Veterans' Hospital, Grand Junction
- View of the multi-story Veterans' Hospital on North Avenue in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The moderne style building has squared towers, uniform windows and a broken cornice line. Shows cars in a parking lot and a flagpole in front of...
- Veterans Administration Hospital (Grand Junction, Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Grand Junction--1940-1950.
- 1949 August 21
- Aspen Junction, C.M.R.R., no. 1004
- A track of the Colorado and Midland Railway winds around the Fryingpan River in Aspen Junction, Colorado (later known as Basalt), in Eagle County. Buildings include a one-story with an irregular roofline, a gable and dormer windows; one and...
- Aspen Junction (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Aspen Junction--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen Junction--1890-1900.; Water tanks--Colorado--Aspen Junction--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- Christian Endeavor Society
- Native American Ute children pose with a banner: "American C. E., Grand Junction," Grand Junction Indian School, (Teller Institute,) Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. The boys wear military uniforms and the girls wear dresses.
- Teller Institute (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1920.; United Society of Christian Endeavor--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- 2d & 3d Town Co's. office, Grand Junction
- View of Grand Junction Town and Improvement Company's buildings, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two different views which include a one- story log cabin with sod roof and a two-story gable roof brick building with falsefront. Men and a woman...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Town Co's Office, Grand Junction
- View of Grand Junction Town & Development Company's first office, on 2nd (Second) and Ute Streets, in Grand Junction, Colorado, with R.D. Mobley and Mrs. Jackson posed in front of the small one-room log cabin with sod roof. A "dress making" sign is...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association
- Horse-drawn wagons are beside a Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A man stands and looks at wagons loaded with boxes of fruit near a covered loading dock. Boxes are stacked against a wall....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Grand Junction
- View of cars parked on a downtown street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Brick buildings at the intersection of 5th (Fifth) Street and Main Street are the two-story Fair Building with stone lintels and elaborate brick detail, the...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of a ramp, a Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows railroad cars and the Bookcliffs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Inclined planes--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Grand Junction Cornet Band
- Members of the Grand Junction Cornet Band hold brass instruments or drums and pose in a row on Main street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, they hold musical instruments and are identified left to right as:...
- Grand Junction Cornet Band--People--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Redlands Power & Irrigation Company, Grand Junction, Colorado
- Interior view of the Redlands Power and Irrigation Company office at number 19 Reed Building, Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A woman, Miss Larson, has short hair, sits at a table, and wears probably a silk blouse with a handkerchief, a...
- Redlands Power and Irrigation Company (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Office workers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Grand...
- 1921 June
- Grand Junction
- Aerial view of the Gamble hardware store building and businesses on Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The two-story brick hardware store building has signs that read: "Gamble Stores" and "Goodyear Tire Service, Tires,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Alma Junction
- Men and a child pose in front of a one-story frame depot building beside a Denver South Park and Pacific train at Alma Junction (Park County), Colorado. Steam rises from the locomotive near a water tower. Shows patches of snow on mountains in the...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Alma Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alma Junction--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Alma Junction--1880-1890.
- 1889
- 1st switchboard, Grand Junction
- Interior view of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph switchboard office area, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two female switchboard operators behind a wooden spindle balustrade with swinging door. A group of men, women and one boy pose...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.
- 1903
- Main St., Grand Junction, Colo.
- View east on Main Street, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a busy business district with one and two-story flat-roof brick buildings. The domed cupola of the Canon Block, on Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, shows. Grand Junction and Grand River...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 3 and 4, 1927 March-April
- Public School, 5th St. between Rood & White
- A class poses in front of a public school on 5th Street, between Rood and White, in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows boys and girls of various ages with their teachers. Some boys are barefoot, one holds a baseball bat, some hold hats.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1889]
- Main St. Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of trolley number "2" on probably Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the round dome, finial and American flag of the Canon Block at the corner of 4th (Fourth) and Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons, buggies and people...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
- 1910
- Football team
- Native American Ute men pose in uniform, on the school grounds, Grand Junction Indian School (Teller Institute,) Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado.
- Teller Institute (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boarding schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Football...
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- Grand Junction New Castle Stage
- Men pose on and near a horse-drawn stagecoach from the New Castle Stage line stopped near the Brunswick Hotel in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado.
- Brunswick Hotel (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Junction of Grand and Gunneson [sic] Rivers
- Junction of Colorado (formerly Grand) and Gunnison Rivers near Grand Junction, Colorado.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- Electric bld., Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of intersection at Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, Grand Junction, Colorado, with Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway electric street car number 76 nearing intersection. The electric building, a two-story flat-roof rectangular brick...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Elks Club musicians, Grand Junction
- Men wear tuxedos and top hats, hold musical instruments, and stand beside a horse-drawn coach decorated with flowers, garlands, fabric bunting, and wheel covers in probably Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Horses have harnesses with attached...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--People--1880-1900.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.; Musicians--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- YMCA Grand Junction
- View of 5th (Fifth) Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), a stone building with a portico and rooftop terrace, is under construction. Wood scaffolding surrounds the front entrance. A sign...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Grand Jct. Colo. sugar factory
- View of the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company on 12th (Twelfth) Street, in Grand Junction (Mesa County) Colorado; also shows the Colorado River and sheep pens. Municipal building domes and a fuel tank are in the background.
- Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company--1900-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Main St. G.J.
- View of commercial buildings and cars parked on Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, an electric streetcar and tracks, stone and brick one and two-story buildings, and the five-story First National Bank building...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- Union Station, Grand Junction
- Passengers stand on the platform of Union Station, Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The building is a two-story hipped roof brick structure with a one-story hipped roof side wing and a tile roof. Tracks used by the Colorado Midland and...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Union Station (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- ca. 1910
- Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A streetcar is on tracks in the paved street and cars are parked in front of commercial buildings. Shows the brick Avalon Theater and American flags near street lights on sidewalks....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Indians, Ute, education, Grand Junction
- Native American Ute men [probably students from the Grand Junction Indian School - Teller Institute] gather ice with a wagon, drills and tongs, from the Colorado River at present day D Road in Grand Junction (Mesa County) Colorado. Grand Mesa is in...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- Colo. Midland Terminals, Grand Junction
- Bird's eye view west over Colorado Midland Railway rail and freight yards taken from roof of Union Station, Grand Junction, Colorado; including freight, box, hopper, and passenger railroad cars; shows standard and narrow gauge tracks, two railyard...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad dining cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.; Railroad shops &...
- 1907
- 1st street car
- View of horse-drawn street car, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a trolley operator holding reins, railway tracks, and timber stacked along the dirt street. Signs on the railway car include: "Cameron's R.R. ticket," "Take this car to the Grand...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- D&RGW
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive #499 (2-8-2) drives through a snow storm with a pilot mounted snowplow at Poncha Junction (Chaffee County), Colorado. The Poncha Junction depot has a gable roof. Shows a railroad crossing and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Poncha Junction (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blizzards--Colorado--Poncha Junction--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Junction--1950-1960.; Snow removal--Colorado--Poncha...
- 1950 April 8
- Mesa Lumber Company
- Men stand and pose outside a frame Mesa Lumber Co. building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Men wear suits with ties or cardigan sweaters. Signs near an awning read: "Mesa Lumber Co.," "61 Floor Varnish," and "JapaLac, a Household...
- Mesa Lumber Co. (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Union Depot, Grand Junction
- View of Union Station in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has a hipped, tile roof; arched windows and doorway; columns; monumental pilasters; and a one-story addition. Cars are parked on the sides of a street and...
- Union Station (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945?]
- Interurban car in Grand Junction
- Two men stand at the corner of Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway electric street car is at the intersection. The "Electric Building," a two-story, flat-roof, brick...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Elks Bldg.
- Two men stand on the steps of the Elks Lodge in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The building is a Georgian style structure with monumental columns, dentils, balustrade, stucco exterior, and a tile roof. Letters carved above the entry read:...
- Elks (Fraternal order). Lodge No. 575 (Grand Junction, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Post Office, Grand Junction [graphic]
- Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk near the Post Office at the corner of Rood Avenue and 4th St. (Fourth) in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The building is a three story stone structure with arched windows and a balustrade on the roof....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows brick buildings, a smokestack, and pigeons on the monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows brick buildings and Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad cars.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory, Grand Junction - end view of warehouse
- View of part of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; a railroad boxcar is by the brick warehouse.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack, and concrete buildings with a monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack and the brick power house.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack near the brick warehouse.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows sheds, a smokestack, and concrete buildings with a monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack and a brick building with a monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack, brick buildings, and catwalks.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- The devil's wing
- Two men with a convertible automobile are parked next to a rock formation called the Devil's Wing. The road passes through a canyon along the Grand River (Colorado River) in Grand Junction, Colorado.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Large boys dorm
- Native American Ute children pose outside the boy's two-story brick school dorm, Grand Junction Indian School (Teller Institute,) Mesa County, Colorado. The school features a U-shape plan with a central belfry.
- Teller Institute (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boarding schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Grand...
- [between 1900 and 1911]
- Dress parade
- Native American Ute children pose in formation with a band during the dress parade, Grand Junction Indian School (Teller Institute,) Mesa County, Colorado. The boys wear military uniforms; the girls wear long white dresses.
- Teller Institute (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boarding schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1911]