Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 P
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Commemorative medal
- A commemorative bronze medal with an image of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, an army officer and explorer, on one side and Pikes Peak, in Colorado Springs, Colorado which bears his name, on the other side. This coin was struck in 1906 to celebrate the...
- Medals--1770-1910.; Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.--Commemoration.
- [between 1779 and 1906]
- Pike's stockade
- View of Pike's Stockade and cottonwood trees near Sanford (Conejos County), Colorado. This replica, a thirty-six square-foot log stockade, was reconstructed in 1952 by the Colorado Historical Society. The original stockade was built in 1807 by...
- Conejos County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Forts & fortifications.; Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813--Homes & haunts--2000-2010.; Fortification--Colorado--Conejos...
- 2006
- Pike Monument, Antlers Park, Colo. Springs
- Granite rock monument with bronze plaque dedicated to Zebulon Pike during Pike Centennial Celebration, Antlers Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Shows two men and two women in period dress viewing monument; a plaque inscribed with "the people of...
- Celebrations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Historical markers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.
- [1906?]
- Ascending Pike's Peak via cog road
- Bird's eye view of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway engine number four climbing Pike's Peak, Colorado; also called "Pike's Peak Cog Road." The nine-mile rack rail and pinion cog line was completed in October, 1890; first passenger train ran June 30,...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hiking--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1892 and 1910]
- The Antlers and Pike's Peak
- View of the Antlers Hotel and Pike's Peak from Pike's Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The Antlers Hotel is wood and rusticated stone construction with parapet, bell roofed turret, chimneys, and dormer windows. A Colorado...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- Climbing Pike's Peak along cog road
- Men and women with parasols walk up nine-mile Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway track (also called "Pike's Peak Cog Road") leading to top of Pike's Peak, Colorado; shows several women resting alongside cog line.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hiking--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colorado Spr's and Pike's Peak
- View of Pike's Peak and Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A footbridge, a bridge, and a dirt road are beside a railroad bridge and tracks. A Pullman passenger car and a streetcar are at a stone depot. Signs read "Pike's Peak Lunch House....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- Midland Band in their Indian costumes
- The Midland Band poses outdoors near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The band members wear fringed uniforms with feathers attached to their hats and hold various musical instruments that include: trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and drums. The bass...
- Colorado Midland Band (Colorado City, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Band uniforms--Colorado--1890-1920.; Bands--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- We helped to build Pike's Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with words written "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- We helped to build Pike's Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with words written "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- We helped to build Pike's Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with words written "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Summit Pike's Peak. M. & P.P. Ry.
- View of the summit of Pike's Peak with a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive and passenger car, a boulder field, the stone Army Signal Station, men and women, and a stone outhouse, El Paso County, Colorado.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Pike's Peak from the line of the M.& P.P. RY
- View of the cog railroad tracks of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway near Pike's Peak El Paso County, Colorado. A train is in the distance.
- 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.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Summit of Pike's Peak
- Summit of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet), Colorado, reached via Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (also called "Pike's Peak Cog Road"); shows cog engine number six, passenger car near Summit House, look-out tower atop Pikes Peak, cog track...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--Pikes Peak--1900-1920.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1915]
- Nebraska Civil War Veterans' Data M-Q
- Index of names of Civil War Veterans from Nebraska
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Veterans--Nebraska.; Grand Army of the Republic--Indexes.
- 1995
- The Summit of Pike's Peak
- View of Summit House and the lookout tower atop Pikes Peak, Colorado; shows a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway engine, passenger car, and men standing near the stone government signal station building.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Watch...
- 1901
- Pike's Peak from near timberline
- View of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway track near timberline, Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Pike's Peak from Colorado City, Col.
- Photomontage of Pike's Peak from Colorado City (El Paso County), Colorado. Probably Fountain Creek is nearby. The photomontage also includes a portrait of Zebulon Pike.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.
- 1907
- Pike's Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue towards Antlers Hotel with Pike's Peak in background, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway tracks and trolleys, horse-drawn wagons and carriages; Elk Hotel, an unidentified restaurant.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Pike's Peak Ave. Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue, a commercial street in Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows streetcar rail, a pedestrian, automobile, horse- drawn carriage, bicycle, and horseback traffic, andt the Antlers Hotel at end of street (built in 1901), with...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Summit of Pike's Peak
- Summit of Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, with train tracks, rail car "1", government signal station building, and observation tower.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1930.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1930.; Observation towers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Lillian L. Pike
- Studio bust portrait of Lillian Lucretia Pike, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Pike has curled bangs and she wears spectacles. She wears a rounded lace or embroidery collar affixed with a bar pin, over a brocade dress.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Pike, Lillian L. (Lillian Lucretia); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- Western History Subject Index
- to all the savage nations for hundreds of miles around, to be spoken of with
- Denver Public Library 1993 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1993.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1994
- 1885 Colorado State Census : Arapahoe County : Including the City of Denver and Portions of Present Day Adams and Arapahoe Counties
- Comprehensive index created of the 1885 Arapahoe County, Colorado State Census created by The Colorado Genealogical Society. Geographically included in the index is: present Denver, Arapahoe and Adams counties. Information included in the index...
- Colorado--Census--19th century.; Denver (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Arapahoe County (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Census records.
- 2002
- Pikes Peak
- Men and women walk by the cog railroad tracks of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company near the Summit House on Pike's Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. An observation deck is on top of the stone masonry terminal building.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Pikes Peak summit snow shoveling
- Men shovel snow in front of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company engine near the summit of Pike's Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Snow--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pike's Peak Ave. Colorado Spg's
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The Antlers Hotel and Pike's Peak are in the distance.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- We helped to build Pikes Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with lettering that reads: "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak
- View of Pikes Peak from Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows houses, churches, and a railroad bridge over the road. Signs read "Pike's Peak Lunch House Meals", Take Hood", "C. Fletcher, Grocer". A carriage, horse...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1882?]
- Colorado Spr's and Pike's Peak
- View of Pike's Peak and Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company train cars and a passenger car are at a stone depot. Railroad cars read: "Santa Fe Route, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 18440" and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- The Antlers and Pike's Peak
- View of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado from Pike's Peak Avenue. The hotel is of rusticated stone and wood construction with a turret and finial, half-timbered dormers, corbiestep parapet, and wrap around porch....
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- Pike's Peak from Austin's bluff
- View of Pike's Peak and the Monument Creek valley from Austin Bluffs in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Austin Bluffs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1800 and 1900?]
- Pike's Peak, Col.
- View of Pikes Peak from Austin Bluffs, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a gulch and creek. A frame farmhouse is in the distance.
- Austin Bluffs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pike's Peak from Colorado City
- View of Pikes Peak from near Colorado City (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows Fountain Creek.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- We helped to build Pikes Peak R.R.
- View of an adult and baby burro at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. The adult burro has pack of tools with words written "Helped Build Pike's Peak Ry," "Explosives."
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- We helped build Pikes Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has tools and a box labeled: "Helped Build Pike's Peak Ry" Explos[ives]."
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Gateway and Pike's Peak
- This photograph of a photograph shows a panoramic view of sandstone rock formations and Gate Rock (North Gateway Rock) at Garden of the Gods (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows dirt wagon roads and bushes near rock formations, and snow on Pikes Peak...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cog train near summit of Pikes Peak
- View of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Cog Railway near the summit of Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Men stand outside a passenger car, two push, while steam rises from the locomotive engine which faces the car. The side of the car reads...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1915]
- Altman, 10,650 ft. alt. highest inc. city in the world Pike's Peak
- View of the northwest side of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor in Teller County, includes small wood frame residences, sheds, outhouses, false front businesses, smelters, mines, and tailing dumps. Business signs include: "Geo...
- Murphy, James G.--Homes & haunts.; Taylor, Nellie--Homes & haunts.; Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1898]
- 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]
- Summit Pikes Peak M. & P.P. Ry.
- View of the summit of Pike's Peak, the stone Army Signal Station, and a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive and passenger car, El Paso County, Colorado. Men and women pose for a photographer near the train; shows an outhouse, cairn, and a...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- M&PP locomotive, engine number 3, engine type 0-4- 2
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Pike's Peak, Colo., August 30, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Pike's Peak (Colo.); Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- 1939
- M&PP locomotive, engine number 5, engine type 0-4-2
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Pike's Peak, Colo., August 17, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Railroad locomotives--Pike's Peak (Colo.); Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- 1941
- M&PP locomotive, engine number 8, engine type G.E.
- Photographed: at top of Pike's Peak, Colo., August 27, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Pike's Peak (Colo.); Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- 1939
- M&PP locomotive, engine number 2, engine type 0-4-2
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Pike's Peak, Colo., August 31, 1919.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1919.; Railroad locomotives--Pike's Peak (Colo.); Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- 1919