Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rollinsville, Colorado
- A wire fence and telegraph poles stand along a railroad track outside of Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. The Rollinsville Hotel stands with several other buildings along a dirt road in town. A creek winds through a field in...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fences--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- A truck and car are parked on a dirt road in Rollinsville, Colorado. Two people, one behind the sign, stand on the porch of the Conoco Gasoline station. Next to the station is the Cash Grocer and Meat Market building, where a sign above the grocer...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; General stores--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Grocery...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- The Rare Metals Ore Company stands in the left midground in this view of Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. The long, white building in the right midground was the Rollinsville Hotel. A railroad line, possibly part of the Moffat...
- Aspen--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- The Rare Metals Ore Company stands in the left midground on a dirt road in Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. A portion of the Rollinsville Hotel protrudes from behind another building on the road in the right midground. A...
- Aspen--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Pines--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Stage Stop, Rollinsville, Colo.
- View of the Rollinsville Stage Stop located at 30 Main Street and the Moffat Tunnel railroad line. This two story board-and-batten restaurant has sheet metal pressed and painted to look like brick on the second story under a metal roof. On the...
- Stage Stop (Rollinsville, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Rollinsville--2000-2010; Stagecoach stations--Colorado--Rollinsville--2000-2010.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Stage Stop (Rollinsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2008
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- A cargo train stops along a track in the midground in Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. A building with signs on it advertising lumber and building materials stands in the right midground. A dirt road leads into the town. The...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- A creek winds through the foreground of this view of a train in the field at the bottom of the small hill below the town of Rollinsville, Colorado. The Rollinsville Hotel stands among other buildings on a dirt road in town in the right midground. A...
- Rollinsville (Colo)--1910-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Station at Rollinsville, Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of the brick depot at Rollinsville, Colorado, reached via the Moffat Road; shows two standard-gauge tracks in foreground, signal light, boxcar on siding behind station, train passenger car with passengers on balcony, two horse-drawn wagons...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Rollinsville, Colo.
- Two large trees stand in the foreground of this view of Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. The two-story, white house with two chimneys was the Rollins' residence. The large, long structure was the Rollinsville Hotel. Across the...
- Rollins, John. Q. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Rollinsville, Colo.
- Two large trees and several shrubs stand in the foreground of this view of Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. The two- story, white house with two chimneys was the Rollins' residence. The long, two-story building was the...
- Rollins, John. Q. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City. Pactolve Placer 1890's
- A long, wooden platform, possibly a water flume or a walkway, is suspended by log poles in the midground at a mine below Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. A dirt road winds through the background up a hill. Several trees stand on the ridge...
- Flumes--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Mountain roads--Colorado--1890-1900.; Walkways--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Central City. Pactolve Placer 1890's
- A long, wood platform, possibly a water flume or a walkway, is suspended by log poles in the midground at a mine below Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. A dirt road winds through the background up a hill. Several trees stand on the ridge of...
- Flumes--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rollinsville--1930-1950.; Walkways--Colorado--Rollinsville--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- Rollinsville, in Gilpin County, Colorado, consists of a quartz stamp mill, outbuildings and dwellings along a dirt road; Boulder Creek meanders through the adjacent meadow.
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1865?]
- Ah! destination in sight-Rollinsville, at the end of the bend of the road It's only 8 o'clock!
- African American teenage campers and their counselor from Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills hike along Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Rollinsville (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings of the town are in the distance. The hikers...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African...
- 1932
- Thus endeth the camping adventures of the season of 1932
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-103] Rollinsville, a typical Colorado mountain town, [ARL-104] What happened to those wraps, girls? A pause to rest at the entrance of Tunnel 30 on the return to camp. Boy, were we hungry!." The...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Gilpin...
- 1932
- Carriages - Surreys
- A man, possibly H.H. Lake, stands in front of two horses taking a break from pulling a large carriage in which two women and two children sit. The group, including Lake's wife, Theodora, and possibly their son and daughter, is in Rollinsville,...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Lake, Harry H. 1860-1952--Family.
- [1899?]
- Road to Rollinsville
- Two mine shafthouses stand in the midground with piles of tailings next to them near Rollinsville, a mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado. A portion of another building stands in the left midground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Mining districts--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- An unidentified man walks between two women on a dirt road in Rollinsville, Colorado. Another man walks next to a parked car farther down the road. People sit on the front porch of a building in the left midground, holding newspapers, and another...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- Telegraph poles stand next to a railroad track outside of Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. Buildings stand along a main dirt road in the town. Several mountain ridges stand in the distance.
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Telegraph lines--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Utility poles--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Gold Dirt Mine crew
- Two rows of miners sit on logs, with one man sitting on a stump slightly in front of the posed group, probably near Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. The group is probably the crew of the Gold Dirt Mine. All of the men wear hats, some with...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Rollinsville--1860-1900.
- [between 1860 and 1899?]
- Rollinsville; a typical Colorado mountain town
- View of the town of Rollinsville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings and cars on street. Signs read: "Grocery - Fresh Meat," "Eat - Fountain Drinks," "Garage - How is your oil?" and "Repairs - Service."
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rollinsville--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Rollinsville--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- A dirt road leads toward Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. Large piles of lumber are stacked in the foreground. A wagon is parked near the stacks. The top of the Rare Metals Ore Company building stands in the background....
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Loading ramp at Rollinsvill [i.e. Rollinsville] Colo. Moffit [i.e.Moffat] Railroad
- Rollinsville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is built at the edge of meadows flanking Boulder Creek. Dwellings and businesses line dirt road; a trestle loading ramp adjoins tracks of the Denver & Salt Lake Railway (Moffat Road.)
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Rollinsville--1920-1930.
- [between 1926 and 1930?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- Image of a lithograph of Rollinsville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the Rollins stamp mill, tilled fields, and Denver & Salt Lake Railway, (Moffat Road) railroad tracks.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Rollinsville--1880-1890.
- 1880
- The same 1932 "crew"
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-99] Five o'clock (A.M.) hike to Rollinsville. (Note the wraps.), [ARL-100] Ah! destination in sight-Rollinsville, at the bend of the road. It's only 8 o'clock!, [ARL-101] Don't eat the cup, Ethel,...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1932
- Arapahoe Peak
- Arapaho Peak stands with small patches of snow on it in the distance in this view from Rollinsville Road in Gilpin County, Colorado. Tracks have formed in the dirt road.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- So. Boulder Creek near Rollinsville, Colo.
- South Boulder Creek near Rollinsville, Colorado; Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's standard gauge track extending down canyon; clouds dot the sky.
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Rollinsville eastern slope
- View of snowy dirt road into Rollinsville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows buildings in distance with letters on a gable roof: "Meadowd[?] Wine & Liquors Beer;" signs read: "Hamms Beer;" "Coca Cola."
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- February 19, 1936
- Rollinsville, Colo.
- View of Rollinsville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows soft top automobiles and pedestrians on the dirt main street, false front business with sign: "Redman's General Store," with Conoco gas pump. A crude sign to the side reads: "Good - Se[?] Roo[ms]...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- South Boulder Rollinsville, Colorado
- View of Rollinsville, in Gilpin County, Colorado, includes mining facilities, outbuildings, dwellings flanking a dirt road in a meadow; felled timber and Boulder Creek valley are to the east.
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1865?]
- D&SL locomotive, engine number 111, engine type 2- 8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Rollinsville, Colo., November 6, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1935
- D&SL train, engine number 119, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #10, passenger; snowing, 3 cars, includes Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. Photographed: Rollinsville, Colo., April 25, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1948
- Denver & Salt Lake wreck
- Wreckage of cars; after runaway on 2% grade, behind Denver & Sale Lake 215. Photographed: Near Rollinsville, Colo., November 6, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad accidents.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Rollinsville.
- 1935
- Denver & Salt Lake wreck, engine number 215, engine type 2-6-6-0
- Ran away, near Tolland, Colo., and overturned. Photographed: Near Rollinsville, Colo., November 6, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad accidents.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Rollinsville.
- 1935
- D&RGW train, engine number 800, engine type 4-6-2 and engine number 1711, engine type 4-8-4
- Westward Troop Train; both engines smoking. Photographed: near Rollinsville, Colo., July 22, 1945.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1945.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1945
- D&RGW train, engine number 1200, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 18 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: near Rollinsville, Colo., October 20, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1935
- D&RGW train, engine number 1203, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #6, The Panoramic; 6 cars, 38 MPH. Photographed: near Rollinsville, Colo., May 17, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1936
- GWR train, engine number 51, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 3 cars. Photographed: near Rollinsville, Colo., May 2, 1965.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1965.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Great Western Railway Company (Colo.)
- 1965
- D&RGW train, engine number 3601, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 27 cars. Photographed: near Rollinsville, Colo., December 1, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1940
- D&RGW train, engine number 4003, engine type K-M Diesel and engine number 4002, engine type Hydraulic and engine and number 4001
- Freight, eastbound; 96 cars. Photographed: Rollinsville, Colo., June 26, 1962.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1962.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1962
- CB&Q train, engine number 977, engine type EMD GP30 and engine number 998, engine type EMD GP35
- Freight, westbound, on Denver & Rio Grande Western. Photographed: Rollinsville, Colo., 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- [196-]
- Rollinsville area
- View of a ranch near Rollinsville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a barn, stable and corrals. Horses, a car and jeep are near the stable. Horses, probably from the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, and a truck are in the corral. A man is in the back...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barns--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Gilpin...
- 1949 July
- Western History Subject Index
- Rollinsville. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- Denver Tramway Company Streetcar #.04 in Rollinsville
- Denver Tramway Company Streetcar #.04 stopped near Rollinsville, Colorado. Streetcar #.04 operated for 39 years, first on the Denver & Intermountain Railroad (D&IM) and finally on the Denver Tramway Company (DTC) electric streetcar system. The...
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1960
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 7 and 8, 1925 September-October
- Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado
- People are on sidewalks or near cars on Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the Teller House Hotel building, the stone Central City Opera House, and businesses with signs that read: "Teller House Book Shop," "St. Mary's...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [1951?]
- The same 1932 "crew"
- A group of campers and their counselor from Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado stand near Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on their morning hike to Rollinsville. They wear hats, sweaters or coats, pants, and boots;...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Gilpin...
- 1932
- Don't eat the cup, Ethel, we'll have breakfast eventually, we hope!
- Five African American teenage girls and their counselor from Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills cook breakfast near Rollinsville (Gilpin County), Colorado. They hold sticks with food on them over a fire and one holds a cup. They wear overalls, pants,...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1932
- Moffat Tunnel. East Portal 1951
- A railroad track for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad runs from the foreground back to the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel on Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of tents is in the foreground. Pine trees stand along the...
- Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [1951?]