Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mount Evans
- View of the mountainside of Mount Evans from the Goliath Trail in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows large rocks, and bristlecone pines. Mountains and the plains are in the distance.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Boulders.; Pines.; Boulders--Colorado--Evans, Mount--Pictorial works.; Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine--Colorado--Evans, Mount--Pictorial works.; Evans, Mount...
- ca. 2009
- Kokomo
- Panoramic view of buildings and roads in Kokomo, and trees on a mountainside in probably the Gore or Tenmile Range in Summit County, Colorado. Shows the two-story frame Kokomo school with a bell tower, log buildings, dirt roads, cars, and a brick...
- Climax Mine (Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Kokomo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Yankee Girl Mines, Red Mountain, Colorado, U.S.A.
- View of the Yankee Girl Mine near Red Mountain, Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows a shaft house, standard gauge railroad tracks, tailings, wood frame buildings and a mountainside clear cut of trees.
- Guston (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Yankee Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Group of four people seated on the side of a mountain
- A group of men and women pose on a mountainside in Colorado.
- Men--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Pack train in the San Juan Mountains
- Men and a pack train of burros gather around a wood frame mine building, probably in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. The burros have pack saddles. Shows a pile of chopped wood, an outhouse and the snow covered mountainside.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Ophir loop
- A view of the Ophir loop on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad near Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado. A group of men sit and stand on a mountainside overlooking a valley. A wooden railroad trestle with an engine and passenger car is in the...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910?]
- Yankee Girl Mine
- View of the Yankee Girl Mine in Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows mills with smokestacks, one has a log retaining wall, a headframe, shaft house, sheds, frame houses, a tipple, tailings and a building under construction. Most of the...
- Guston (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Mountains
- View of a mountainside in Colorado.
- Mountains--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Mountain road
- View of a dirt road and mountainside in Colorado.
- Mountains--Colorado--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Summer ski sports Estes Park
- A man with skis stands on a mountainside near a ski jump in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Spectators stand near parked automobiles below the snow-covered landing.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Ski jumping--Colorado--Estes Park--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Estes Park--1930-1940.; Summer--Colorado--Estes Park--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Keyhole Longs Peak Colo.
- Enos Mills and another man stand in the Keyhole Rock formation on Longs Peak in Boulder County, Colorado. Boulders litter the mountainside.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Mills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922.
- [1904 August]
- Along the Gold Belt Trail
- View of a path identified as the Gold Belt Trail on a mountainside, probably in Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- M. & P.P. Ry crossing timberline
- View of Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway track on Pike's Peak mountainside, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- 10 Mile Canon below Wheeler's
- View of a snow-covered mountainside and plowed railroad tracks in Tenmile Canyon, Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak with tree covered mountainside, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak with tree-covered mountainside, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Turntable in switch back, Silverton Railway
- View of a mountainside turntable on the Silverton Northern Railroad with two locomotives, a boxcar, and frame snow shed in San Juan County or La Plata County, Colorado.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 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
- 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
- View from Wild Cat Point, Lookout Mtn. Auto Road
- Eastward view of North and South Table Mountains and town of Golden from Wild Cat Point on the Lookout Mountain Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado (Denver Mountain Park system); road winds down mountainside.
- Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Tolland, Colorado Mountain Laboratory for Biology/ Botany Tolland Laboratory Class
- Ten biology and botany students, five men and five women, from the University of Colorado pose on a snowy mountainside near Jenny Lake above Tolland, Colorado in Gilpin County. One man holds a butterfly net; another holds a snowball. Denver & Salt...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Laboratory schools--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Lookout Mtn. Auto Road
- View of a switchback on the Lookout Mountain Automobile Road west of Golden, Colorado; a fence lines the dirt road as it winds down the mountainside; North and South Table Mountains flank the town of Golden in the distance.
- Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Lookout Mountain--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Bear Creek Canon
- View of Bear Creek Canyon in Denver Mountain Park west of Denver, Colorado; shows creek, dirt road up the canyon-side, and pine trees on mountainside at horizon.
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- Chair Mtn. from Redstone Colo.
- View of Chair Mountain from mountainside above Redstone, Colorado; shows Crystal River, dirt road next to river, and residences at among pine trees.
- Chair Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1902.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Seven Falls. South Cheyenne Canon [sic]
- View of Seven Falls and a wooden staircase, South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A seven tiered waterfall is flanked by a wooden staircase that is anchored to the mountainside and reaches the top of the falls. Foot bridges cross South...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Georgetown from Heights on road up to Green Lake
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, from the road on Levenworth Mountain leading to Green Lake; shows steep and rough mountainside in deep shadow, a small portion of the town visible below, Republican and Democrat Mountains in the distance.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875?]
- The Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls and a wooden staircase, South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A seven tiered waterfall is flanked by a wooden staircase that is anchored to a mountainside and reaches the top of the falls.
- Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1910.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- View of Ward District
- View of a mountainside with stumps and cut timber near a wood building in the Ward District (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Deforestation--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Wooden Buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- View of the Ward District
- View of a mountainside and woods in the Ward District (Boulder County), Colorado. A wood home is nearby.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Manitou from the cog road
- View of Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and the tracks of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway. The town is partially obscured by a mountainside.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Manitou...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- CS & C.C.R.R. grade
- View of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek Railroad grade before the tracks have been laid. The flat dirt surface of the grade rounds a corner around a mountainside.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--Facilities--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892]
- C.S. & C.C. R.R. grade
- View of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek Railroad grade before the tracks have been laid. The flat dirt surface of the grade shows on the mountainside.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--Facilities--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892]
- Man and woman near a cliff
- A man and a woman stand on a mountainside above an unidentified mountain lake, probably in Colorado. The woman points into the distance. The man holds a hat and a rain coat. The woman wears a hat and holds a long coat.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Group poses on Pikes Peak
- A group of men, women, and children pose near a rocky cliff on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. The men and women wear hats. Some of the group members wear overcoats. A snowy mountainside is in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1920.
- July 8, [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Kokomo - 1941
- View of Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado; shows two blond girls in flower-printed dresses walking down a road with the town behind them, one girl holding a flat tire; town includes a gable roofed house partially constructed of logs, with a board...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- C. C. Depot, Georgetown
- Large crowd gathers along Clear Creek as a Colorado Central narrow gauge excursion train pauses in front of the depot, 1106 Rose Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear suits, some with top hats; women wear dresses and bonnets. Several men stand...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Hagerman Pass, C.M.RY.
- Hagerman Pass, Lake County, Colorado. Shows Colorado Midland Railway Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel under construction (1891); Midland trains climb mountainside, back and forth to Hagerman Tunnel far above, Douglas City is behind snow shed directly above...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Railroad construction &...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Georgetown, Colo. from N. W.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, across the valley towards Griffith Mountain from the mountain opposite. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is at the base of the mountain; the brick Gothic Revival Church has a spire on the front with pointed-arch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1917?]
- Elk
- A bull elk lays on a mountainside near a tree possibly in a Denver Mountain Park in Colorado.
- Elk--Colorado--1930-1940.; Trees--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1935]
- Silver Plume and Georgetow [sic] from Sunrise Peak
- Bird's eye view towards distant Silver Plume and Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado and across Rocky Mountains from Sunrise Peak; Silver Plume and Georgetown in canyon below; aerial mine tram with carts, foreground right; switchback road on...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Seven Lakes
- View of a lake near Seven Lakes in Teller County, Colorado. Shows a mountainside with forest fire damage.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forest Fires--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.; Lakes & Ponds--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Remains of a snow slide
- View of mountainside with scattered destroyed trees and a man, probably above the Uncompahgre River, Colorado.
- Avalanches--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Twin bridges Silverton Toll Road
- View of Silverton Toll Road cut into rocky mountainside with log and wood plank bridges, San Juan County or Ouray County, Colorado.
- Toll roads--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Battle ground of the gods
- View of mountainside with landscape of broken rocks and boulders, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boulders--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Uncompagre [sic] Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak with tree covered mountainside, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Along the Gold Belt Trail
- View of rock mountainside, possibly Ouray County, Colorado.
- Mountains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Turntable in switch back. Silverton Railway
- View of mountainside turntable on Silverton Northern railroad with two locomotives, tenders, boxcar and frame snow shed, San Juan County or La Plata County, Colorado.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Coal breaker & mine Anthracite Mesa
- View of frame coal breaker with mountainside loading chute and Denver and Rio Grande locomotive, tender and Caboose 0559, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Anthracite Mesa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- M. & P.P. Ry. crossing timber line
- View of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway track on Pike's Peak mountainside, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Quarries at Marble, Colo. The marble deposit is exposed for a distance of more than a mile
- View shows a mountainside of exposed marble at the quarries of the Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado. Mining equipment is aligned along the vein for extraction.
- Marble (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Yule Quarry (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]