Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- "Texas, owned By J. D. Brunton, Glendale Stock Farm, Colo. Midland Ry
- Close, side view of stallion with bit and bridle; boot and hands of person holding reins visible at right edge; fencing, telegraph pole, and hills visible in background; farm located near Aspen, Colorado.
- Horses--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- A bunch of elk on J.B. Dawson's Ranch, Routt Co., Colo.
- Herd of elk in corral, John Barkley Dawson's Ranch, near Hayden (Routt County), Colorado; log posts for corral railing.
- Dawson, John Barkley--Homes & haunts.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Elk--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- A bunch of grapes
- Close-up view of one bunch of grapes & stem, studio portrait with white background.
- Grapes--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A bunch of white face cattle on Williams Fork Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View from hillside above a herd of hereford cattle in the Williams Fork Mountain Range, which extends through Moffat and Routt Counties, Colorado.
- Hereford cattle--Colorado--1910-1920.; Moffat County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; White Fork Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- A busy day in the Glenwood pool, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Hot Springs Hotel, bathhouse and swimming pool, Glenwood Springs, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; primarily outdoor pool area with numerous swimmers, backside of bathhouse and hotel; valley ridge, background.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1893 and 1919]
- A coasting party on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Group view of a push car coasting party on the Cripple Creek Short Line; Summit, Colorado; shows well-dressed people ready to depart, cameras and seat cushions ready; depot "Lunch Room" and "Western Union Telegraph, A Cable Office," across from a...
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A coasting party on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Push car coasting party poses on the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad near Summit, Colorado. The depot lunch room and Western Union telegraph station is on right; a log cabin is on left. The party goers wear late 19th century finery and hold...
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colo. dairy
- View of a dairy farm, probably Hazelwood Dairy; shows wood-frame residence with brick foundation, a wood-frame dairy barn, and cows along dirt road; a women and dog sit on front porch, a man stands next to barbed wire fence and horse-drawn...
- Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colo. irrigation reservoir
- View of De Weese Reservoir in Custer County, Colorado; shows three people in foreground, dam at right, reservoir at mid-ground, and snowy peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Range in background.
- De Weese Reservoir (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Custer County--1900-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Custer County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A Colo. Midland fish story
- View of three men holding stringer of nine fish caught somewhere along the Colorado Midland Railway line in Colorado; three additional fish atop wicker creel, probably trout.
- Fishing--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- A Colo. oat field
- View of an oat field east of Golden, Colorado; shows stacks of harvested grain, farm buildings, North and South Table Mountains, and Mount Evans.
- Croplands--Colorado--Golden--1910-1930.; Oats--Colorado--Golden--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- A Colo. Potatoe [sic] cellar, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of potato cellar (probably somewhere in Roaring Fork River valley near Carbondale, Colorado), possibly Frank E. Sweet's farm; shows massive log posts supporting wooden beams and frame; small cart (similar to a child's wagon), and...
- Root cellars--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Potatoes--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A Colo. sugar beet field
- Two men standing in large sugar beet field near Denver, Colorado; Denver Reservoir Irrigation Company.
- Beets--Colorado--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver Reservoir Irrigation Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A Colorado barley field, Carbondale Dist., Colo. Midland Ry.
- View across large barley field near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; distant view of Roaring Fork River and valley.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.); Barley--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- A Colorado chicken yard
- View of chickens in a wire-fenced yard and chicken coops; probably in Colorado.
- Chickens--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- A Colorado irrigation ditch
- View of an irrigation ditch on farmland near the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado; two men stand on cement embankment next to sluice; mountains in distance.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colorado irrigation ditch
- View, from downstream, of an irrigation ditch on the eastern plains of Colorado; water foams as it tumbles through wood-slatted sluice; cows graze on banks of ditch; fenced farmland in background; flat horizon with windmill and trees.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colorado potatoe [sic] cellar
- Interior view of potato cellar in Colorado; shows stacks of burlap gunny sacks tied with cord, root cellar supported by massive logs, and cribbed roof with posts.
- Basements--Colorado--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Potatoes--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colorado potatoe [sic] field, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Large field of potato plants in Roaring Fork River valley near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows horse- drawn wagon parked near potato field, small irrigation ditch channeling water, and horseback rider in field.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A Colorado Potatoe [sic]
- Close view of a potato; white background.
- Farm produce--Colorado--1890-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- A Colorado poultry yard
- Poultry (chickens, hens and roosters) in fenced yard, somewhere in Colorado; pig and piglets, water trough and hand pump for water; McClure's shadow, center foreground; wooden frame farm outbuildings, background.
- Chickens--Colorado--1890-1910.; Farms--Colorado--1890-1910.; Poultry--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roosters--Colorado--1890-1910.; Swine--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A Colorado poultry yard
- View of four chicken pens, somewhere in Colorado; shows flock of chickens in distant pen, wooden frames with chicken wire forming enclosed pens on ground attached to exterior side of wooden frame building, open gates leading into each pen, ceramic...
- Chickens--Colorado--1900-1910.; Livestock--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- A Colorado ranch
- View of Roaring Fork River Valley ranch land and structures, Garfield County, between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado; shows a gambrel roof house with sheds, a house with laundry on the line, a schoolhouse, river and...
- Crystal River Railway Company--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1898 and 1920]
- A Colorado sheep ranch
- View of sheep and lambs in timber corrals in Colorado; a sheepherder poses with a dog, and a cabin is among trees.
- Dogs--Colorado--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1910-1920.; Ranchers--Colorado--1910-1920.; Sheep ranches--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1910-1920?]
- A Colorado strawberry patch
- View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
- [1910.]
- A Colorado sunset
- View west from Colorado plains roadside to Rocky Mountain sunset, shows sun rays through clouds.
- Sunrises & sunsets--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1926 and 1927?]
- A Colorado wheat field
- Colorado wheat field, South Platte Valley; view across plains northwest to foothills and Longs Peak; shows sheaves of grain (shocked), threshing machine, and horse-drawn wagon loaded with sheaves.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- A cowboy camp
- Cowboy camp somewhere in Colorado; man standing by campfire with numerous cooking pots hanging over it and dutch ovens nearby; canvas tents, wagon and saddled horses in background; larger group of men standing around another campfire, center...
- Campfires--Colorado--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A drive in Estes Park
- View of an aspen tree-lined dirt road in Estes Park, Colorado.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- A fancy Colorado bull
- Close view of a bull in an empty field at the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado; shows inmate next to bull holding rope and water tower in background.
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Bulls--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- A fine days catch at Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- A wicker creel overflows with trout caught at Woods Lake, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; fishing poles and nets are on the ground.
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Trout--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- A glimpse of Colo. Springs from the Short Line Tracks
- Distant view of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Plains taken from Cripple Creek Short Line; standard gauge track and push car used by L.C. McClure in foreground; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Plains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A glimpse of Manitou from Ute Pass
- Distant view of Manitou Springs, Colorado, seen from Ute Pass; one lane dirt road with wooden barricades for railings on cliff edge.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1940.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- A glimpse of the Cliff House, Manitou, Colo.
- View of tree-lined dirt street with cement sidewalks bordered by rock walls leading to Cliff House Hotel, Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows early automobile and horse-drawn carriage parked in front of hotel and a group of people near steps of hotel.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A glimpse of the pavilion, City Park
- View of a man and horse-drawn carriage at the City Park Pavilion, Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A glimpse of the Pavilion, City Park, Denver
- Summer view of the Pavilion in City Park, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A glimpse of the Plains from above North Cheyenne Canon, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Looking east toward Lake Broadmoor and the Plains from Cripple Creek Short Line above North Cheyenne Canyon; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, Colorado.
- Broadmoor (Colo.)--1900-1920.; North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Plains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [betweem 1900 and 1920]
- A gold rush
- Reproduction of a William Henry Jackson (1892-93) image; view of loaded coaches on main street Dolores, headed for Rico, Montezuma County, Colorado; shows horseman with rifle, shovel, and gold pan; four horses lead each Ouray Stage & Bus Co. coach;...
- Dolores (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Montezuma County--1920-1930.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Dolores--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1928?]
- A Grand Valley apple orchard, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of apple orchard in Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man standing by two rows of apple trees, numerous apples on ground underneath tree.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Apples--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A Grand Valley orchard, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of one row of apple trees, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; fruit orchard, distant view of ridge.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; women with aprons individually wrapping & packing peaches & pears in crates; wooden crate with label "Superior quality peaches grown at Cross...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dozens of stacks of wooden crates packed with peaches & pears, one man pushing dolly loaded with crates of pears labeled "Grand Valley pears...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A Grand Valley truck garden, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of "truck garden" with cantaloupes & other vegetable plants, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man bending down in garden examining cantaloupe; distant view of Grand Mesa & roof top.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Truck farming--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A live bait for a big one
- Man fishing from boulder above South Platte River in Platte Canyon, possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; narrow gauge railroad tracks, center background; fisherman holding pole and net with creel on shoulder.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.); Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A long cast
- One man fishing in South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; fisherman casting into stream with wicker creel on shoulder.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A long riffle and a long fight
- One man fishing (reeling in a fish) in North Fork of South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado; summer cottages, cabins and residences on hillside in background; fisherman with pole, net and wicker creel around shoulder.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Miner's home
- Shows a miner sitting in doorway of his log cabin (lean-to) built into mountainside with glass window frame; includes two dogs, various tools around entrance, wood chopping area, and other mine buildings and structures in background.
- Mining camps--Colorado--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [ca.1900]
- A moon light scene on the Moffat Road
- Night photograph of Moffat Road from tunnel number thirty-two; includes standard gauge railroad track turning right, and stars and snow illuminating mountains. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, Colorado; McClure used 3 1/2 hour exposure.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- A mountain water cart
- Reproduction of a William Henry Jackson image shows "Whiskey Johnny", a mining camp dealer, he stands between two burros loaded with kegs on a trail near Creede, Colorado.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A pack outfit
- Pack outfit on mountain trail; a man with burros loaded with wooden boxes and bedrolls, the lead animal wears a saddle.
- Donkeys--1890-1930.; Packtrains--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930]