Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Uintah railway pile driver
- A railroad work crew pose with a Uintah Railway pile driver in Colorado or Utah. The pile driver, pushed by a steam locomotive, is on a wooden trestle that crosses a stream or river. Shows a flat car with logs.
- Uintah Railway--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Pile drivers.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad locomotives.; Trestles.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Pile Hill
- View of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado; ruins of cabins are among rock and sparse trees. Cumulo nimbus thunderhead clouds fill the sky.
- Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Santa Clara Indian.
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) sits on a pile of timber near an adobe horno (beehive oven) at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The horno stands near a wood pole roof. Pueblo buildings stand in the distance.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Ovens--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Men--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- [1910]
- Fire, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a fire near Georgetown, Colorado. A long one-story wood construction building is engulfed in flames, with smoke billowing into the air, and is seen from a distance from behind a large pile of mine tailings. A series of telephone poles cut...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1970.
- [between 1940-1970?]
- Stout Fellah [graphic]
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground near the summit of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional tree stumps are on the hill behind the tree. Photographer titled the image "Stout...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Colorado Central Railroad at Lawson
- the far side of the pile. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.; Two sets of railroad tracks of the Colorado Central Railroad run through the foreground past a large wood building in the left midground in Lawson, a mining community in Clear...
- Lawson (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Lawson--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Lawson--1870-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Lawson--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Logging. The log pile
- A man stands on a pile of logs in Michigan.
- Logs--Michigan--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Iron Bound, At a deserted mine above Mammoth Gulch
- An early-day mine bucket made from an old whiskey barrel leans on one edge in front of a log cabin near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. The bucket is from an old mine above Pile Hill near Apex. Photographer titled the image "Iron Bound."
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pile Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Pails--1940-1950.; Prospecting equipment & supplies--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Jolly Jane on Beacon Hill
- View shows a large tailings pile and mining buildings, tentatively identified as belonging to the Jolly Jane mine on Beacon Hill, Teller County, Colorado. Two miners dump an ore car atop the pile.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin [sic] over her lap
- Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman who sits in a brush shelter, and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; above the woman's head is a...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Heap of papers
- Office interior with a woman on the floor covered from her neck down in a large pile of magazines and papers; her high heeled shoes poke up from the pile. Shows file cabinets and drawers in background, Denver, Colorado.
- Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Navaho girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin over her lap
- Interior view shows a Native American (Navajo) woman, shew sits in a brush shelter and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; a metal pan filled with...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Hopi Indians
- View of Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) women who carry water containers in cloth slings and a pail near the Snake Shrine at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake Shrine is a large pile of stones in which the jars for the snake washing...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- The old crier Supela, at his home in the interior court of Walpi
- A Native American (Hopi) man poses outdoors at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Supela stands near an adobe pueblo home with wooden vigas. Nearby are a metal pail and a pile of large rocks. A pile of wood stands on the roof of the pueblo home. He...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheepskin over her lap
- Native American (Navajo) woman sits in a brush shelter and prepares ground cornmeal. A pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman. Above the woman's head is a coffee can which reads...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Corn--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Breckenridge, Colorado banks and banking
- Exterior view of the original bank of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southwest. This white, two story frame building has a double door flanked by sash windows with cement steps on the ground floor. Three sash windows with arched heads are on the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Fire, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a fire near Georgetown, Colorado. A long one-story wood construction building is engulfed in flames, with smoke billowing into the air, and is seen from a distance from behind a large pile of mine tailings. A series of telephone poles cut...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1970.
- [between 1940-1970?]
- Fire, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a fire near Georgetown, Colorado. A long one-story wood construction building is engulfed in flames, with smoke billowing into the air, and is seen from a distance from behind a large pile of mine tailings. A series of telephone poles cut...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1970.
- [between 1940-1970?]
- Reduction plant of Golden Cycle mining and milling corporation at west Colorado Springs known as "Golden Cycle Mill."
- Golden Cycle Mine and mill complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado shows: houses, reduction plant with smokestacks and tailings, Rampart Range.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Golden Cycle Mine (El Paso County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1930?]
- Original tunnel of the Doric stored dynamite
- View of the entrance to the abandoned Doric Mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A pile of rocks and boulders is nearby.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Doric Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Sunset Consolidated Mining Co.
- Miners pose under a "Sunset Consolidated Mining Co." sign at the Sunset Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado. The sign and an ore bucket hang on a large timber tripod built on a level pile of rock. A well dressed man and woman sit in a horse drawn...
- Sunset Consolidated Mining Co. (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Sunset Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Gunnison County--1870-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- We-got-em mine
- An unidentified man poses next to a large pile of discarded lumber and mining equipment at the We-Got-Em mine, (Gilpin County Gold Mining Corp.), Gilpin County, Colorado. The tunnel entrance and mine office building are in the distance near the...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; We-Got-Em Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Machinery--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Four Mile Canyon
- A lattice of pine boughs and grasses lies on a pile of mine tailings in order to prevent its erosion. The pile is in Fourmile Canyon in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Four Mile Canyon
- A lattice of boughs and grasses lies on a pile of mine tailings in order to prevent its erosion. The pile is in Fourmile Canyon in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of signs stuck in a snow pile from the 1913 blizzard in Denver, Colorado. Signs read, "This pile of snow free to day help yourself plenty in stock," "Keep Off the Grass," "It's a Privilige [sic] To Live in Colorado."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Signs (Notices)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Civic Center, Denver, Colo. in big snow, early Dec. 1913
- A man walks near a large pile of snow in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado; the snow was removed from the streets after the snow storm of 1913. Shows men and horse-drawn wagons used for snow removal on top of the pile of snow. The Arapahoe...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm
- A woman walks along a shoveled sidewalk near a large snow pile in Denver, Colorado. The snow pile almost hides a line of people in front of the Majestic Hotel.
- Majestic Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Sugar beet dump
- An enormous pile (50,000 tons) of sugar beets is near the Great Western Sugar Co. plant in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. A portable piler works in a clearing between piles.
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Beets--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Animal pelts
- Men stand in a room near a tall pile of animal pelts. Two men hold a piece of paper, possibly a check, over the pile of pelts.
- Predatory animals--Control--1910-1930.; Hides & skins--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1925?]
- Flood scene, First Street, looking west, Pueblo
- People pose on a freight car and on a pile of debris beside flood water from the Arkansas River on 1st (First) Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a pile of lumber, a wagon wheel, and flood water on First Street. Brick buildings read:...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 6
- Pecos Pueblo Mission
- A large wooden cross stands in front of the remains of the Pecos Pueblo Mission on top of a small hill in the valley of the Pecos River in New Mexico. The cross is supported by a pile of rocks at its base, from which a large cactus also protrudes....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Crosses--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Pithouse A of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, stands in the foreground. A small pile of sandstone slabs forms a wall on the near edge of the pithouse. Additional slabs line the sides of the pithouse. Two men kneel working...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Tree Tangle
- The bare branches of a tree are tangled together at timberline near Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "Tree Tangle."
- Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tree limbs--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Victory Sign
- The trunk of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, splits in two to form a V-shape on a ridge at timberline near Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the foreground and background. Large clouds are in the sky....
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Tree trunks--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clouds--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Timberline trees
- Several pine trees with bare branches, possibly Limber Pines, lean downhill on the James Creek Wagon Road on the south side of Pile Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. New pine trees grow in the background. Photographer titled the image "Old and New."
- Limber pine--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Timberline "Ancient of Days" 1939
- Several large pine trees, including one with bare branches, stand on a ridge near Pile Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several pieces of wood lie on the ground in the foreground. Photographer titled the image "Ancient of Days."
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline "Ancient of Days" 1939
- Several large pine trees, including one with bare branches, stand on a ridge near Pile Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several pieces of wood lie on the ground in the foreground. Photographer titled the image "Ancient of Days."
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline tree "Stout Fellah" 1939
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground near the summit of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional tree stumps are on the hill behind the tree. Photographer titled the image "Stout...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline tree "Stout Fellah" 1939
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, stands in the foreground near the summit of Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional tree stumps are on the hill behind the tree. Photographer titled the image "Stout...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.; Apex (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Timberline trees
- The trunk of a pine tree curves in the foreground on a ridge at timberline near Pile Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. Tall, thin trees with bare branches stand in the background.
- Timberline--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Tree trunks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Ashley Drew & Northern eng. #115 (2-8-0) on string of cars, Crossett, Ark.
- An Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway Company freight train travels past railroad ties and a pile of pallets in Crossett (Ashley County), Arkansas. Steam locomotive #115 leads a consist of boxcars. Sheds, a pile of gravel and a rail fence are in the...
- Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway Company--1940-1950.; Crossett (Ark.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- 1946 June 1
- Frisco, Colo.
- A huge pile of snow blocks the entrance to a two-story gable- roofed building with a sign that reads "Groceries" in Frisco, Colorado. A tall pole protrudes from the pile and a road, plowed but still snow- covered.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Snow--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Central City Brewery
- The dilapidated Central City Brewery in Central City, Colorado, is a two story, stone structure with rectangular windows and a gabled roof. Half of the roof is collapsed, and the windows are boarded up. Rocks and debris are on the roof, and there...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Construction scene pile driver
- Workmen stand near a pile driver at a construction site near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The Alameda Avenue bridge is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pile drivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Arkansas Valley flood view looking east showing washed-out double track main at bridge 130c, pile driver in distance for bridge repair
- View of repair work after the Arkansas River flood (Pueblo County), Colorado; shows men working on the washed-out main, double-tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at bridge 130c. A pile driver and sandstone bluffs are in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disasters--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Pile drivers--Colorado--Pueblo...
- 1921
- D. & R.G. pile driver, driving temporary bridge across river, A.T. & S.F. bridge on right, wrecked D. & R.G. bridge on left
- Men pose with a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad pile driver on a temporary wooden bridge beside an intact Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad bridge over the Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Men use a hoist to lift a wrecked D....
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Pile driver on bridge near Amargo
- A man stands near a Denver and Rio Grande Western OB pile driver on a bridge at Amargo (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. Shows locomotive 481 and a caboose.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Amargo (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Pile drivers--New Mexico--Amargo--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--New Mexico--Amargo--1940-1960.; Railroad locomotives--New...
- 1949 November 18
- Union Pacific eng. 5034 with pile driver on bridge over Sand Creek just west of Roydale about noon
- View of Union Pacific steam locomotive 5034 with a pile driver stopped on a wooden railroad bridge on Sand Creek in Denver, Colorado.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pile drivers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1954 August 2
- Construction scene
- View of cement mixing plant, pile driver, and crane near the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Construction workers are in the area.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Concrete construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pile...
- [1909]
- Female sitting outside curio shop on pile of (snow?)
- A woman and boy pose on a pile of flood debris in (possibly) Morrison (Jefferson County) Colorado; business signs read: "Candy, Magazines, Cards."
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938?