Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of Moon Anchor Gold Mining Company buildings in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a wooden headframe, tailings, a water tank, and outhouse. The town of Cripple Creek is in the distance. Workmen and wagons are on an embankment. A...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Moon Anchor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of Moon Anchor Gold Mining Company buildings in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a wooden headframe, tailings, a water tank, and outhouse. The town of Cripple Creek is in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Moon Anchor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek labor strike
- Colorado National Guard camp during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Shows: horses, gazebo and tents in camp; houses and two large buildings, possibly hotels, on hill and the remains of a stone...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- John A. Logan Mine C. C. Distric[t]. Colo
- View of the shafthouse and power house of the Logan Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Logan Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1926 and 1935]
- Scene at Mining Exchange building, Cripple Creek
- Crowd gathers around the Colorado National Guard and business buildings, Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Signs read: "Benedict's Assay Office", "Newport", "New York Life Ins....
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903 September 21
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the National Hotel and Gold Mining Stock Exchange, one and two-story wood frame residences, multi-story masonry commercial buildings, churches, and a school. A mining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins, wood frame residences, the National Hotel and Gold Mining Stock Exchange, the Catholic Church, masonry commercial buildings, and trestle bridges. Men lean on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows wood frame residences, farms, and mine buildings. The mountainside is dotted with mine tailings. Men and horses are near a railroad track.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Tailings...
- 1900
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men and a horse-drawn wagon stand near mine buildings, tailings, and a tipple. Shows the National Hotel and Gold Mining Stock Exchange, the Golden School building, the Catholic Church,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Cripple Creek
- View of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men work near horse-drawn wagons, mine tailings, and railroad tracks. Shows one and two-story residences and commercial buildings. The mountainside is spotted with mine tailings in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Cripple Creek miners' strike
- Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during a mining labor dispute; shows Colorado National Guard on horses; stone foundations, and houses on the hillside.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- A large crowd watches the armed Colorado National Guard escort striking members of the Western Federation of Miners from the depot to the court house, Cripple Creek, Colorado. Sign on the National Hotel, corner of 4th and Bennett, reads: "National...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- September 6, 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- One of the camps in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado set up by the Colorado National Guard to combat a labor strike by the Western Federation of Miners. Shows men in uniform among several tents.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- September 6, 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- Cripple Creek District courtroom before opening of court during the labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners, with Lieutenant T. E. McClelland and attorneys Eugene Engley and Murphy.
- McClelland, T. E.--Trials, litigation, etc.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courtrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Judicial proceedings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- September 6, 1903
- Camp El Paso
- Colorado National Guard, including one African-American, posted at Camp El Paso during the labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners, Cripple Creek District, Colorado. They stand in front of tents with swords, pistols, bugles, and an...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; African Americans--Military service--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military...
- 1903
- Hoisting ore, Shurtloff mine.
- Colorado National Guard is posted at the Shurtloff Mine during the labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners, Cripple Creek District, Colorado. A miner stands on a platform attending a bucket of ore on a hoist.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- September 24, 1903
- Cripple Creek
- View of Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows stacks of lumber, railroad tracks, houses, mining buildings, and tailings.
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Lumber--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Cripple Creek labor strike
- Colorado National Guard on horseback ride through town in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows houses and mining structures.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple...
- [1903?]
- Troop D
- Colorado National Guard Troop D on horseback in front of a railroad cars in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado to combat the labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners. Painted on freight car: "D. & R. G. 1446."
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- A crowd gathers around the Colorado National Guard on Bennett Avenue, Teller County, Cripple Creek, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Signs on business buildings read: "Benedict's Assay Office", "Newport", "New York Life...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903 September 6
- Gatling gun in front of court house trained to cover approach from depot
- Colorado National Guard is posted with a shielded Gatling gun in front of the Goldmining Exchange building on Bennett Street, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Storefront signs read: "Newport",...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gatling guns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- Company G, First Regiment of Fort Collins, pose with rifles, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. The uniformed militia used the Midland Sampler building "12" as a barracks during the Western Federation of Miners strike.
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Firearms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners' strike--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- 1903 September 5
- Cripple Creek strike
- Uniformed militia in Camp Goldfield, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows: horses, tents, mining structures, buildings and flume.
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- 1903 September 5
- Guards at Stratton's Independence mine in sluice way
- Colorado National Guard is posted in front of Winfield Scott Stratton's Independence Mine during the Western Federation of Miners strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. One man sits with his feet in the sluice; tailings in background.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Sluices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek...
- 1903
- Co. H, 1st Colorado infantry, Camp Elkton
- Company H, First Colorado Infantry, pose with rifles at Camp Elkton, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows buildings with signs: "Hen[ry] George, Cigar" and circus advertisements for "Tuesday...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Camp Hull city placer at Independence.
- Colorado National Guard at Camp Hull, Independence Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows log cabins and dirt road.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Detail from Co. D. leaving Camp Libby for Independence
- Uniformed militia Company D waits for Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway from Camp Libby to the Independence Mine camp, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Federation of Miners strike. The men carry rifles and bedrolls...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Camp Goldfield
- Snow covered Camp Goldfield, near Stratton's Independence Mine, headquarters of the Colorado National Guard, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows: mining structures, buildings, and smokestacks.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1904 March 31
- Camp Bull Hill
- Colorado National Guard in Camp Bull Hill during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Shows tents, tailings, houses, and mining buildings.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Labor strike
- The Colorado National Guard in camp during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. The troop carries pistols and swords and poses in front of a tent.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners' strike--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Camp Goldfield, N.G.C. Cripple Creek Dist.
- Camp Goldfield, near Stratton's Independence Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows: tents, mining structures, railroad cars and trestle,...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903 September 6
- Camp Goldfield
- Camp Goldfield, near Stratton's Independence Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado, headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows: tents, mining buildings, and smokestacks.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903 October 6
- Labor strike
- African-American men prepare and serve food in a Colorado National Guard camp during the Westerner Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Shows camp stoves, pans, and vent pipes.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; African Americans--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cookery--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Troop D state militia from Meeker, Colorado at Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Troop D of the Colorado National Guard pose with Gatling guns during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Shows the Cripple Creek Sampling & Ore Company building painted with signs: "The C. C., S. &...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gatling guns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1904
- Troop D
- Colorado National Guard Troop D, with pistols and swords, pose in front of and in the "Cripple Creek" railroad car, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Ed Arnold is second from right.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- 1904
- Troop D recruits from Meeker
- Militia Troop D, from Meeker, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Colorado. Ed Arnold is first on right.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Arnold, Ed.
- 1903
- Labor strike
- Colorado National Guard Troop D, during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike, pose on horseback in front of railroad train cars in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Painted on freight car: "D. & R. G. 1446."
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Military camp near Stratton's Independence mine
- Camp Goldfield, Cripple Creek, Colorado, headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows: tents, mining buildings, and smokestacks.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Labor strike
- Colorado National Guard, with rifles and bayonets, muster at a mine in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows large mine shaft structure.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Arms & armament--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Panoramic view of brick and frame commercial buildings and houses in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, tailings piles and utility poles. Mount Pisgah is in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Miners with candles
- Men stand and pose inside a mine tunnel in the Anchoria Leland Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The miners wear work clothes and caps or hats and hold candles and sledgehammers. Probably Earl (or Charles W.) Howbert, the mine...
- Anchoria Leland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- One of the great mines in Cripple Creek district, Colo.
- View of dirt street with business and commercial buildings, possibly Victor or Cripple Creek, Colorado; large mine and tailings are in background on hillside (possibly Independence Mine); men and women stroll along boardwalk; signs painted on side...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek
- Two little girls wearing bonnets are seated near railroad tracks with view towards major mines on Bull Cliff, Cripple Creek district Teller County, Colorado; scene includes standard and narrow gauge railroad tracks, surface mine buildings, and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- View in Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek District, looking toward the Anchoria-Leland on hilltop and the Gold King and C. O. D. mines in valley
- View of the C. O. D., Gold King, and Anchoria-Leland Mines near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (C. S. & C. C.) train is nearby.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Anchoria Leland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; C O D Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1901 and 1910]