Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Flagstaff, San Francisco Mtns.
- A view of the San Francisco Peaks (San Francisco Mountain) from near Flagstaff (Coconino County), Arizona shows pine trees and snowy peaks in the distance. A man wearing a hat sits on a fallen log.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Peaks (Ariz.)--1870-1900.; Mountains--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Golconda extension placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine in Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Shows wood plank building, log cabin, and tent. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men are in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Golconda placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine near Summitville in Rio Grand County, Colorado. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men work near the trench. Mount Hesperus (Hesperus Mountain) is in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hesperus Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Two men and two women look down at a farm house and outbuilding in a valley in Grafton County near Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Shows Mt. Agassiz in the White Mountains range.
- Agassiz, Mount (N.H.)--1900-1910.; Grafton County (N.H.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--New Hampshire--Grafton County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Uncompagre [sic] Mountains
- View of probably Cimarron Ridge from a valley near Ridgway (Ouray County) Colorado. Shows a wood frame ranch with outbuildings, log structures, and split rail corrals. Frame buildings and snow-covered mountains are in the distance.
- Cimarron Ridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ridgway--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Ridgway--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Ridgway--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- San Francisco Mts. from the north
- People in wagons sit on a path on a plain in Coconino County, Arizona. The snow-covered San Francisco Peaks (San Francisco Mountains) are in the distance.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; San Francisco Peaks (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Plains--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- San Francisco Mts. from the north, Arizona
- A group of men in a horse-drawn carriage sit on a path on a plain in Coconino County, Arizona. The snow-covered San Francisco Peaks (San Francisco Mountains) are in the distance. Shows low scrub growth.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; San Francisco Peaks (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Plains--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Snowshoe Peak, Cabinet Mountains, Montana
- View of Snowshoe Peak in the Cabinet Mountains (Lincoln County and Sanders County), Montana. Shows trees and snow-covered mountains in the distance.
- Snowshoe Peak (Mont.)--1870-1890.; Mountains--Montana--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Nevada Gulch, "Elk Horn" Narrow Guage [sic] Ry., S.D.
- Men pose beside the passenger car of a Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad train and narrow gauge tracks at Nevada Gulch in Lawrence County, South Dakota. A man poses at the window of locomotive number 209. F.E. & M.V.R.R. or Deadwood...
- Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad--1900-1910.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Nevada Gulch (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.; Passengers--South Dakota--Lawrence...
- [1900?]
- San Francisco Mountains, Arizona
- View of snow on the San Francisco Peaks (San Francisco Mountain) near Flagstaff (Coconino County), Arizona. A man in a hat sits on a log near a stand of pine trees.
- Coconino County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Francisco Peaks (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Pines--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Deweese Reservoir
- Pine trees, rocks and wide fields edge De Weese Reservoir, Custer County, Colorado. Houses are on the far shore; the Sangre De Cristo Range is in the distance.
- Custer County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; De Weese Reservoir (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Custer County--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Near Villa Grove
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge train pulled by locomotive 480 heads northwest and vents smoke near Villa Grove (Saguache County), Colorado. Clouds and snow top the Sangre De Cristo range.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1950-1960.; Villa Grove (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Villa Grove.
- 1950 November 26
- Gap Country
- View of log cabins, Tremont Mountain and Mount Thorodin in northeastern Gilpin County, Colorado. Strato cumulus clouds form thunderheads in the sky.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Thorodin Mountain (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tremont Mountain (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Catholic cemetery at La Garita, Colo.
- View of the Catholic cemetery in La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado, includes an expanse of the San Luis Valley with gravestones and markers clustered together. Gravestones are wood, stone or cast cement, some broken and in disrepair. The snowy...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 18, 1974
- Catholic cemetery, La Garita, Colorado
- View of the Catholic cemetery, in La Garita, Saguache county, Colorado, shows gravestones and markers clustered together. Markers are wood, stone, or cast cement; some broken or in disrepair. The snowy Sangre de Cristos and the San Luis Valley are...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 19, 1974
- Greenhorn Mtns. from Sky Line Drive, Canon City Colo.
- View of the Greenhorn Mountains in distance from Skyline Drive west of Canon City, Colorado; farming valley visible at right, with water treatment plant or reservoir in foothills.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Greenhorn Mountains (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920]
- Trail in the San Juan Mtns.
- View of a narrow, muddy and rutted trail in the San Juan Mountains near Ouray, Colorado; four pack horses graze near roadside.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M)--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--San Juan Mountains--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Juan Mountains--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Trail in the San Juan Mtns.
- View of a narrow wagon trail in the San Juan Mountains near Ouray, Colorado.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Juan Mountains--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Mt. Hayden, San Juan Mtns.
- View of snow-covered Mount Hayden in the San Juan Mountains, near Ouray, Colorado; shows sloped roof of the Camp Bird mill building.
- Hayden Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of San Juans of the Rocky Mountains possibly near Red Mountain Mining District, Ironton Park, Colorado along Ouray-Silverton stage road; "Toll Road" originally built by Otto Mears in 1883, later became U.S. Highway 550 - "Million Dollar...
- Ironton Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Red Mountain Mining District (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Uncompagre [sic] Mtns. from Rigway [sic], Colo.
- View of Cimarron Ridge, Uncompahgre National Forest near Owl Creek Pass from Ridgway, Colorado; agricultural field of possibly alfalfa or barley bordered by barbed wire fence; stratus and cumulus clouds top jagged peaks.
- Cimarron Ridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Owl Creek Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Uncompahgre National Forest (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Ridgway--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Ridgway--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Outdoor life in the Rocky Mtns., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Men pose near Norrie (Pitkin County), Colorado (reached via Colorado Midland Railway) with game birds (pheasant or grouse?) and trout. Outfits include gaiters, rubber waders, and Montana peak hats. Gear includes fishing poles, a wicker creel, a...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Ragged Mtns., Elk Range
- View of the Raggeds, Gunnison County, Colorado; view of peaks, above timberline, Rocky Mountains.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Raggeds (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Ruby and Augusta Mtns., Elk Range
- View of Ruby Mountain (also called Ruby Peak, elevation 12,644 feet) & Augusta Mountain (elevation 12,559 feet), Ruby Range, Gunnison County, Colorado; three men (one with leg amputated below knee) and one woman with walking sticks, foreground;...
- Augusta Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ruby Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ruby Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- San Juan Mtns.
- View across valley & mountain ridges towards switchback road on Ingram Peak (elevation 12,552 feet) to Black Bear Mine (later called Black Bear jeep road) above Telluride, Colorado; San Juans, background; Rocky Mountains; glimpse of powerhouse &...
- Black Bear Mine (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridal veil Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- San Juan Mtns.
- View of switchback road on Ingram Peak (elevation 12,552 feet) leading to Black Bear Mine above Telluride, Colorado; road later called Black Bear jeep road; glimpse of Bridal Veil powerhouse & summer residence of Bulkeley Wells (Smuggler-Union...
- Black Bear Mine (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridal Veil Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Trail in the San Juan Mtns.
- View towards distant pack train descending road on Ingram Peak from Black Bear Mine (later called Black Bear jeep road) above Telluride, Colorado.
- Black Bear Mine (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Vista in the San Juan Mtns.
- View of dirt road through aspen & pine grove somewhere in the San Juan Mountains, possibly near Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado; San Juans, Rocky Mountains, background.
- Aspen--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Forests--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Pines--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of one-lane dirt road winding around mountain slope in San Juans, Rocky Mountains, probably near Telluride, Colorado; possibly road from Black Bear Mine & Mill, later called Black Bear jeep road.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of muddy dirt road descending San Juans probably near Telluride, Colorado; possibly road from Black Bear Mine & Mill, later called Black Bear jeep road; Rocky Mountains; muddy road with two paths of wagon ruts.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Mummy Mtns. and Mt. Fairchild from Estes Park
- Scenic view of Mummy Mountains center background with dirt tracks through the center of the valley. Photographed near Estes Park, Colorado.
- Mountains--Colorado--1890-1940.; Valleys--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- White Mtns. from Petrified Forest, No. 3
- Petrified Forest, Arizona; view of open barren expanse (possibly part of Painted Desert) with White Mountains in distant background; shows pieces of petrified logs scattered over barren hills. The forest became a naational monument in 1906, a...
- Painted Desert (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Monuments & memorials--Arizona--Petrified Forest--1900- 1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1900-1910.; Petrified forests--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- West Lake Reservoir and the Rocky Mtns.
- Partial view of West Lake (or Westlake) Reservoir, Larimer County, Colorado, towards Rocky Mountains; shows boat docked on muddy shore, handmade gangplank, and clouds.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- A summer camp in the Rocky Mtns.
- View of a campsite in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado; large canvas tent is supported by wooden posts with awning extended over front door to make a "covered porch;" three women sit underneath awning (one weaves reed or cane, one reads, one...
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Camps--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- Blue Ridge Mtns. Mason Tunnel, C. & O.R.R.
- View of Chesapeake & Ohio railway tracks in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bath County, Virginia. Shows the Mason Tunnel.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company--1900-1910.; Bath County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A home in the Blue Ridge Mtns. of Virginia
- A wood plank house and barn sit near a dirt road in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. A woman and child stand in the doorway and on the porch; a duck sits in the yard.
- Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Barns--Virginia--1900-1910.; Houses--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Blue Ridge Mtns. Thorny Curve, C&ORR
- A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway locomotive and cars round a curve identified as Thorny Curve in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company--1900-1910.; Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Railroads--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Blue Ridge Mtns. C&O tunnel
- View of a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tunnel through the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. Shows brick tunnel facade and railroad tracks.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Virginia--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Blue Ridge Mtns. west from Millboro
- View of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway tracks in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bath County, Virginia. Shows wooded hillside.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company--1900-1910.; Bath County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Forests--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Hills--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Virginia--Bath...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Blue Ridge Mtns. Lick Run Mtn.
- View of the wooded hillside of Lick Run Ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Bath County, Virginia.
- Bath County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Forests--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Hills--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Pines--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- The eternal hills, Blue Ridge Mtns.
- A boy in a hat sits by a small pond in an unidentified area of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
- Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Elkhorn Mtns. [sic], Nevada Gulch, narrow gauge ry.
- Panoramic view of narrow gauge Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad tracks at Nevada Gulch, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Frame buildings are in the valley near a railroad trestle over Deadwood Central tracks. A freight car is on tracks...
- Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad--1900-1910.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Nevada Gulch (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--South Dakota--Lawrence...
- [1900?]
- Pasadena and the Sierra Madre Mtns.
- View of Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows orchards, houses, fence lines, and railroad tracks. The Hotel Green is on a hill overlooking the town. The San Gabriel Mountains are in the distance.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.; Orchards--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Pasadena, the Sierra Madre Mtns.
- View from a hillside of Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows orchards, fields, and houses. The San Gabriel Mountains are in the distance.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.; Hills--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Rocky Mtns. from Denver
- Panoramic view of farms and fenced fields west of Denver in probably Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows farm houses, telegraph poles, cultivated fields, sparse trees, and a square building beside a flag pole. Mesas are near foothills and snow is on...
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1880-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Croplands--Colorado--Jefferson County--1880-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Jefferson County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Jackson Lake and the Teton Mtns.
- View southwest across Jackson Lake to Grand Teton Mountain Group, Wyoming.
- Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Mtns., snow & sled above Leadville
- A driver in a horse-drawn sleigh is on a snowy path near Ledaville, Lake County, Colorado; evergreen forest and Mount Massive are in distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Plateau & mtns. (Burns, Colo.?)
- Panoramic view of the barren landscape near (possibly) Burns, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Burns (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]