Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Church Record: Vol. II No. 12
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1903 June
- Plant of the Northern Colorado Power Co. at Lafayette
- View of the construction of the three-story, brick Northern Colorado Power Company plant in Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. The power plant has stone quoins and lintels. Piles of lumber and metal parts, probably for steam generators, are at...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- Original power station at Ames, Colorado
- Exterior view of the L.L. Nunn power station, Ames, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a side gable structure with lean-to additions, board and batten construction and uneven board roofline. A large stack of lumber is piled in front of the power...
- Ames (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1906]
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Public Service power plant
- View of the Public Service Company main power plant at 6th (Sixth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows electricity poles and stacks of wood. The multi-story, brick building has smokestacks extended from the roof, arched windows and...
- Public Service Company of Colorado--Buildings--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Power plant in Clear Creek Cañon
- Hydroelectric power plant beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; shows wooden flume and metal pipes to small wooden frame power plant building, and electrical power lines and poles up the canyon to right of building.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- Ilium power station, Telluride, Colo.
- Men pose in front of the one-story stone power house at Ilium (San Miguel County), Colorado. The building has a gabled roof and windows. A wooden sidewalk and utility poles with power lines are nearby. Probably South Fork San Miguel River is beside...
- Ilium (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pipelines--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- So. Colo. Power Co. Pueblo, Colorado
- View of Southern Colorado Power Company street railway car number 73 in storage, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a street railway car stored behind a corrugated metal building. A glimpse of car number 74 is behind car number 73. In the background is...
- Southern Colorado Power Company--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1944
- 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
- Emporia, Kansas
- A view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe power house and the apprentice building in Emporia (Lyon County), Kansas. The power house has smoke stacks. A metal frame is between the buildings.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Emporia (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Kansas--Emporia--1940-1950.; Power plants--Kansas--Emporia--1940-1950.
- 1949 Apr. 30
- Powerhouse, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver
- Men stand near the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy power house near West 48th and Fox Streets in Denver, Colorado. The brick power house with a smokestack is flanked by a viaduct with utility pipes. Railroad tracks are seen alongside the power plant.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Boulder Power House
- View of the Boulder Power House above Boulder Creek canyon walls, Boulder County, Colorado, seventeen miles below Barker Dam; shows the brick rectangular hydroelectric plant with arched windows and letters painted on wall: "C.C.P.Co. 1909."...
- Central Colorado Power Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.
- August 4, 1910
- Boulder power house
- View of Central Colorado Power Company hydro-electric power house in Boulder Canyon (Boulder County) Colorado; shows a brick building with arched windows, Boulder Creek, and letters: "C. C. P. Co., 1909."
- Central Colorado Power Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Hydroelectric power--Coloardo--Boulder County--1910-1920.
- August 4, 1910
- Water power plant, Orchard Mesa ditch
- View of water power plant on Orchard Mesa Ditch, Mesa County, Colorado; shows holding tank above four large water intake pipes, pipes entering two-story brick building, additional pipe entering from side, large ditch with water underneath building,...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Northern Colorado Company Substation railroad tracks and power lines
- Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. It is closely linked to the...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Power lines--Colorado--Lafayette.;Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
- Undated
- Power House, Boulder, Colo.
- Men, women, and children pose in front of an electric street car on 12th (Twelfth) Street and Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. People stand on tracks beside a dog. Men wear suits and women wear dresses. An African American...
- Afro-Americans--Men--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Power plants--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1899 June 24
- Kern River power plant [graphic]
- A view of the Kern River Power Plant, probably near Bakersfield (Kern County), California, shows wood frame buildings in a boulder field with a penstock near the buildings and an aqueduct along a steep embankment. The power plant is on the shore of...
- Aqueducts--California--1890-1910.; Penstocks--California--1890-1910.; Power plants--California--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Interior of power plant Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.
- The interior of the power plant of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The room is filled with machinery, storage tanks and piping. A man stands next to what may possibly a power generator; another man is in the...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Interior of power plant Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.
- The interior of the power plant of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The room is filled with machinery, storage tanks and piping. A man stands next to what may possibly a power generator; another man is in the...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Interior of power plant Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.
- The interior of the power plant of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The room is filled with various power generating machinery, wood supports and platforms and tools. Two male workers stand on a platform;...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Power house and street car barns, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Trinidad Electric Light Company power house and Trinidad Electric Railroad Company street car barns in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The power house is a one story cut stone structure with fanlight windows over the doors. The...
- Trinidad Electric Light Company--1900-1910.; Trinidad Electric Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1908?]
- Pipe line of Ouray Electrical Power Co. at south edge of town
- View of the Ouray Electric Power and Light Company pipeline used to pump water to the power house, Ouray County, Colorado. The pipe is suspended with a metal framework and a board walkway over a ravine.
- Ouray Electric Power & Light Company--1890-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Pipelines--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1930.
- [between 1893 and 1930]
- Ironton, Utah
- View of Columbia power plant, Ironton, Emery County, Utah; shows power generation buildings, smokestacks, coal loading areas, cars and a parking area.
- Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Hydroelectric power--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Power plants--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.
- [1927?]
- Ironton, Utah - Columbia plant
- View of Columbia power plant, Ironton, Emery County, Utah; shows power generation buildings, smokestacks, coal loading areas, cars and a parking area.
- Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Hydroelectric power--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Power plants--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Power & heating plant
- Shows the power and heating plant and the nine story smoke stack located at the Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The power plant was built in 1892.
- Denver General Hospital--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Power house & smoke stack
- A view of the smoke stack and power house of Overland Cotton Mill built at Evans Avenue and South Mariposa Street in 1890 in Denver, Colorado. A train car is parked on track is behind the power house.
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Salt River Canyon below dam, showing spillways and electric power plants
- View of the masonry wall below the Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Gila County, Arizona. Water cascades from the spillways on either side of the dam wall, and masonry power plant buildings and power lines are beside the Salt River in Salt River Canyon....
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Gila County (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Salt River (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Arizona--Gila...
- [1916]
- Electric pump moving mud and water from basement of power house note water line 10 ft. above the motor.
- A man stands near an electric pump that spews water from the Arkansas River flood from the basement of a power house, into the street. The pump, with a long fabric belt, is near the brick Pueblo Street Railway Company power house building with...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pumps--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Southern Colorado Power Co. #80, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Southern Colorado Power Company's electric street railway car number 80, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows the car, not in use, parked between two others. The background view includes a brick commercial building with "Grocery Co." sign beneath its...
- Southern Colorado Power Company--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Southern Colorado Power Co., #90
- View of Southern Colorado Power Company's electric street railway car number 90 in service on the outskirts of Pueblo, Colorado includes a grassy slope in the background.
- Southern Colorado Power Company--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Southern Colorado Power Co., #119
- View of Southern Colorado Power Company street railway car number 119 at a busy intersection, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows the electric street railway car with "Fairmount Park" above the driver's window and a large "5" on the rooftop. The background...
- Southern Colorado Power Company--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Southern Colorado Power Co. #120, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Southern Colorado Power Company's electric street railway car number 120 in service on the outskirts of Pueblo, Colorado, includes a grassy slope in the background.
- Southern Colorado Power Company--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Power plant, Platte River
- View of a coal burning power plant, possibly the Zuni Power Plant, located on the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1960-1970.; Power plants.
- [between 1965 and 1970?]
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914
- Delta municipal power plant
- View of a section of the Delta Municipal Power Plant (1937) in Delta, Colorado. The complex consists of rectangular buildings. A mural by W. Richard Doherty, "Delta County Ark" (1987), is on one of the structures. The mural depicts the male and...
- Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta Municipal Plant (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Power plants.; Murals.; Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Forney Transportation Museum (constructed as the Denver Tramway Power Company Powerhouse) and Harry H. Post building
- View of the Forney Transportation Museum, constructed as the Denver Tramway Power Company Powerhouse (1901), at 1416 Platte Street, and the Harry H. Post Building near the South Platte River, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1970-1980.; Harry H. Post Company--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte...
- 1975
- Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the REI Building, located at 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the top portion of the southeast elevation of the red brick building with a parapet with a corbeled cornice, and three inset corbeled,...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sporting goods stores.;...
- 1999
- Forney Transportation Museum formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a red brick building and the South Platte River. A red caboose is next to the building. The southeast elevation,...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Platte River (Colo....
- 1999
- Forney Transportation Museum and South Platte River formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a refuse container with construction debris, fencing, and a sign in front of a red brick building. There are ladders...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Construction.; Sporting...
- 1999
- Forney Transportation Museum and South Platte River formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the red brick Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) building, located at 1416 Platte Street, and Confluence Park in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows concrete retaining walls on the South Platte River, a walkway, steps, low...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Platte River (Colo....
- 1999
- Thor Power Tool Co.
- View of the Thor Power Tool Company probably in Colorado. Shows a brick building, signs read: "Thor Portable Power Tools."
- Equipment industry--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Denver looking down 18th St.
- View of 18th (Eighteenth) and Arapahoe Streets with the Denver Cable Car power plant smoke stack in Denver, Colorado. Business signs read: "[Impe]rial Laundry, Shirts 3 Cents", "J. Fitzpatrick, Paperhanging & Painting", "California Wine Co." and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- The Western Light and Power Company, in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building with storefronts. Appliances are displayed in the windows; a streetlamp is on the sidewalk. Lettered and neon signs read: "The Public...
- Western Light and Power Company (Fort Collins, Colo.)--1910- 1950.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910- 1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- Transformer station at Clear Creek
- View of a Denver Tramway Corporation power station at Clear Creek Junction (Jefferson County), Colorado; shows a brick building with faceted bays. A man poses with a shovel by construction materials; men work on a utility pole by streetcar tracks.
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Nederland Dam 1938
- 133,000 cubic feet of reinforced concrete were reportedly used to build the 624-foot dam, which was about 120 feet thick at the base and about 16 feet at the top. The dam was opened 1910. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.; The branches of a...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dams--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.
- [1938?]
- Nederland Dam 1938
- cubic feet of reinforced concrete were reportedly used to build the 624-foot dam, which was about 120 feet thick at the base and about 16 feet at the top. The dam was opened 1910. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.; Tall pine trees jut into...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dams--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.
- [1938?]
- Arkansas Valley Rwy., L. & Power Co., car #68
- View of Arkansas Valley Railway Light and Power Company's electric street railway car number 68, parked in front of their car barn in Pueblo, Colorado.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- So. Colo. Power barn, ex-street car barns
- Exterior view of Southern Colorado Power Company's barn or garage, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a one-story brick building fronted by six open stalls or garages. The building has a parapet gable with decorative brick corbel and pilasters. The former...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1970-1980.
- September 20, 1978