Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- San Isidro Catholic Church, La Mesitas
- View of the ruins of San Isidro (San Isadore) Catholic Church on Highway 17 in Las Mesitas, Colorado. The Mission style church was gutted by a fire in 1975 and the structure has no glass in the windows and no roof. The adobe walls have curvilinear...
- Las Mesitas (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ruins.; Churches.; Ruins, Modern--Colorado--Las Mesitas--Pictorial works.; Church buildings--Colorado--Las Mesitas--Pictorial works.; Las Mesitas (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1967
- Group portrait with José J. Córdova and Casimiro Barela
- A group of men and women stand on the steps and the porch of a house in probably Mexico City, Mexico. Standing bottom left is José Jesús Córdova, County Commissioner for Las Animas County Colorado, he wears a suit, vest and tie and has his...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexico City (Mexico)--1890-1900.; Córdova, José Jesús--Pictorial works.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; State governments--Colorado--Officials and...
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Headframe and shaft house at Boncarbo mine
- A man identified as George Hughes poses near a headframe and shaft house at the Boncarbo mine in Sarcillo Canyon (Las Animas County), Colorado. The shaft house is constructed from corrugated tin. The headframe is made of iron beams. Hughes wears a...
- Boncarbo Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Sarcillo Canyon (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Headframe and shaft house at Boncarbo mine
- View of a head frame and shaft house at Boncarbo mine in Sarcillo Canyon (Las Animas County), Colorado. The shaft house is constructed from corrugated tin. The headframe is made from iron beams.
- Boncarbo Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Sarcillo Canyon (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Coal cars
- Two young miners ride in an electrified or motorized coal car probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Large lumps of coal are loaded into the coal carts that follow the engine.
- Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Miners at Boncarbo mine
- A miner operates a narrow gauge railroad engine that pulls coal cars from the entrance of the Boncarbo mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. A young boy stands on the back of the engine. Other miners stand nearby.
- Boncarbo Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Prospect Mine, showing superior grade of coal
- A burro pulls two large ore carts filled with boulders of coal at the Prospect Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Mining machinery sits on a set of narrow gauge tracks nearby. Logs and iron rails are stacked near the tracks. Fisher's Peak is in...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Stonewall, Duling cave
- View of a dirt road and hill near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rock formations on the hill.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Hills--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Las Animas County Court House and Jail, Trinidad, Colo.
- Men stand and pose on a staircase at the Las Animas County Court House and Jail complex in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Adjoined, classical-style buildings have columns with ionic capitals or pilasters, plaster friezes, dentils, and a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.; Jails--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Coal mine
- View of mine buildings and elevators at an unidentified coal mine in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame processing plant, railroad tracks, holding tanks, a brick building and a horse-drawn ore cart.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a coal elevator at an unidentified coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows mine buildings, timber scaffolding under an elevator, horse drawn coal cars and smoke above stone coke ovens. Buildings in a town are in...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Coal mine
- View of buildings at a coal processing plant at an unidentified mine in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on railroad tracks, an elevator and a tipple.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal camp
- View of railroad tracks and frame buildings in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows probably a covered tipple and coal cars on railroad tracks, and a pile of I beams on the ground nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Men and a coal tram
- Men wear hats and work clothes and sit on a coal tram in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows cable above tram cars filled with coal.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a coal mine processing building in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a coal tram on a tipple and a coal car on train tracks. Shows water tanks, lumber piles and barrels beside the mine building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal tram
- Men sit and pose on a coal tram near a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailings piles, a power house with smokestacks and a washer building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Coal mine
- View of freight train coal cars and a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. A man stands beside the tram. Shows a tipple, houses and snow in a valley.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- People pose on a dirt road beside a coal processing plant probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A group of women and girls wear white dresses and veils or dark dresses and hats, probably dressed for a first communion. Men are on a...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- Men pose beside a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a coal processing building, cables and coal piled in coal cars. Tailings piles, railroad tracks, houses and snow are in a valley.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- Men stand on a tipple and pose at a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame house, a coal chute beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight cars and probably a coal tram.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of buildings at probably a coal processing plant near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a tipple, an elevator, and probably a washer building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Chuck wagon & cowboys
- Cowboys sit and stand by a chuck wagon probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A stereographic camera on a tripod is in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miners
- Miners pose on a portable rail hopper at a mine probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The men wear jackets and hats.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Men & coal breaker Las Animas County, CO
- Miners pose by railroad tracks at a coal processing plant in Las Animas County, Colorado. They wear boots, jackets, and hats. One man wears a suit and tie.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mine after fire or explosion
- View of a demolished mine possibly near Hastings (Las Animas County), Colorado. Men stand near the remnants of the shaft house. Mine ore cars are on tracks nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Disasters--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mine after explosion or fire
- View of a demolished mine possibly in Hastings (Las Animas County), Colorado. Scraps of metal and the remnants of a building are near the metal smokestack. Houses and other buildings are in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Disasters--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bridge across the Rio Las Animas
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad trestle over the Las Animas River near Tacoma (La Plata County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Canon of the Rio Las Animas
- A narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande Railroad excursion train stops by Rio de las Animas River (Animas River) in La Plata County Colorado. The Needle Mountains are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Needle Mountains (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--La Plata...
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Montezuma Hotel, Las Vegas Hot Springs, N.M.
- View of the Queen Anne style Montezuma Hotel near Las Vegas in Montezuma (San Miguel County), New Mexico. The rusticated stone and frame four-story building has turrets, finials, dormer windows, and a wrap-around porch. Manicured fields are below...
- Montezuma Hotel (Montezuma, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Montezuma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--New Mexico--Montezuma--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Montezuma Hotel and bath house, Las Vergas [sic] Hot Springs, N.M.
- View of the Montezuma Hotel bath house and the Gallinas River near Las Vegas in Montezuma (San Miguel County), New Mexico. The stone and frame bath house has a porch with square columns and attached footbridges over the river. Timber fences, frame...
- Montezuma Hotel (Montezuma, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Gallinas River (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Montezuma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Bathhouses--New Mexico--Montezuma--1900-1910.; Hotels--New Mexico--Montezuma--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--New...
- [1902?]
- Berwin [sic]
- View of an area that may be Berwind (Road Canyon), or the coking works at El Moro in Las Animas County, Colorado. A row of coke ovens line railroad tracks (probably the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad). Shows industrial buildings, commercial...
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1910.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Tipple in a coal camp
- View of a tipple and coal processing buildings in an unidentified coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. A pipe leads into one of the large buildings. Men stand on the raised narrow gauge tracks.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- The coal mining camp Primero, Colo., looking south
- View looking south from a coal tipple shows residences in the town of Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado, and full coal cars on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Primero (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1920.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Pueblo Indians in Las Vegas, N. M.
- Portrait of two Native American Pueblo women, a man and a child, Las Vegas, New Mexico. The women wear dresses, moccasins, leggings, and shawls over their heads, the man wears a hat, pants and a shirt with a sash.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1910-1920.; Las Vegas (N.M.)--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- W. A. Colts six yoke of oxen re-enacting early day scene
- A team of oxen pull three covered wagons on East 6th Street in probably Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. A house is nearby.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Ox teams--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Transportation--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Colt, W. A.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1908 and 1921]
- Hotel Castañeda, Las Vegas, N.M., Harvey System
- Exterior view of Fred Harvey's Hotel Castañeda, Las Vegas, New Mexico; Mission style brick two-story building has U-shaped plan with central bell tower, sign on tower, arches on wraparound porch. Signs include "18 Hotel Castañeda 98," "Hotel...
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hotel Castaneda (Las Vegas, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Las Vegas (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Forbes tent colony demolished by militia
- Striking coal miners and family at Forbes Camp, Las Animas County, Colorado during the UMW labor strike against CF&I. Shows tents destroyed by the National Guard; man on left is Joe Zanatell.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- A.T. & S.F. "Super Chief" entering Raton Tunnel at Wootton, Colo.
- View of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway "Super Chief" as it enters Raton Tunnel on Raton Pass near the Wootton siding in (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows dual track and a double tunnel.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Raton Pass (Colo. and N.M.)--1930-1940.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--Las Animas...
- 1939 Apr. 9
- Raton Tunnel,
- View of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe locomotive as it exits Raton Tunnel, near Wootton siding in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a mountain landscape and cattle.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Raton Pass (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Passes--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Raton Tunnel
- A view of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe locomotive as it leaves the Raton Tunnel probably in Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a mountain landscape and a herd of cattle.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Raton Pass (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Passes--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.;...
- 1908
- Las Vegas station ; streetside
- View of the Union Pacific Railroad depot in Las Vegas (Clark County), Nevada. The two-story, stucco building has the Union Pacific shield and a sign that reads: "Road of the Streamliners and the Challengers." Shows landscaped grounds and cars in...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1950-1960.; Las Vegas (Nev.)--1950-1960.; Logos--Nevada--Las Vegas--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Nevada--Las Vegas--1950-1960.
- 1955 July 28
- Boys in Las Vegas, New Mexico
- A group of unidentified, young boys stands in a line in front of a stone building in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The boys all wear short coats and hats. Rocks are placed in two rows to form a makeshift path in front of the group.
- Las Vegas, (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Boys--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Coats--1900-1910.; Hats--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Herding cattle on Las Animas
- Three men in cowboy hats, vests and ties ride horses in front of a large herd of cattle, near the Las Animas River in San Juan County in southwestern Colorado. Another man leads a horse-drawn wagon; other cowboys ride among the cattle in the valley.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Cattle herding--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Profile Rock near Las Vegas Hot Springs
- A man sits on top of a free standing rock formation identified as "Profile Rock" near Las Vegas Hot Springs in San Miguel County, New Mexico. Letters painted on the rock read: "Somerville & Finone [?] Painters E. Las Vegas."
- San Miguel County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--New Mexico--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1884?]
- San José de Gracia de Las Trampas
- View of San José de Gracia de Las Trampas, an adobe church built in the Spanish Colonial Mission style. San José de Gracia Church has adobe towers topped with wooden gothic style belfries. An adobe wall surrounds the church, and the gate and...
- San José de Gracia Church (Trampas, N.M.)--1880-1890.; Trampas (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Trampas--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Trampas--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- St. Paul's, the first Episcopal Church in N.M.
- View of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, an un-plastered adobe church a stone foundation and Territorial style windows. The building has a pitched roof, a decorative gable bracket, a chimney and a cross.
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Las Vegas, N.M.)--Buildings--1870-1890.; Las Vegas (N.M.)--1870-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1890.; Episcopal churches--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Las Animas Sugar Factory grounds
- View of the Las Animas Sugar Factory, Bent County, Colorado, shows a brick building with decorative parapet and sign: "Simplot Soil Builders, Fertilizers, Chemicals," and a small building with a hipped roof and covered porch.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Factories--Colorado--Las Animas--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Las Animas--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Las Animas Sugar Factory
- View of the Las Animas Sugar Factory, Bent County, Colorado, shows the large multi-story brick building with curvelinear parapets and moniter roofs and a large smokestack with dark smoking pouring out. A two- story building with a hipped roof and...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Las Animas
- View of the Las Animas Sugar Factory, Bent County, Colorado, shows the multi-story brick building with curvelinear parapets and moniter roofs, a large smokestack and a two-story building with a hipped roof in front.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Descendants of Juan Archuleta
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan Archuleta who married an unknown woman around 1572 in Spain.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002