Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Five Points Neighborhood Plan
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 1 and 2, 1923 January-February
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 6
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) barn
- Exterior photograph of a barn at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. When...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park)
- Photograph looking to the south west of the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Mill Site Inn
- View of the front and sign of the Mill Site Inn at 44365 Colorado 72 in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. The building has dark shake shingle siding a gabled roof and a window dormer. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Mill Site Inn Fine...
- Mill Site Inn (Ward, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ward (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Mill Site Inn (Ward, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Ward--Pictorial works.; Ward (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1995
- Old Town Museum, Burlington, Colo.
- View of the Old Town Museum located on a 15-acre site near I-70 and 14th Street in Burlington, Colo. The site opened in 1988 during the town's centennial and includes several false-fronted buildings moved to the site from other locations.
- Old Town Museum (Burlington, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historical museums--Colorado--Burlington--2000-2010.; Burlington (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Old Town Museum (Burlington, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historical museums--Colorado--Burlington--Pictorial...
- 2004
- Augusta and Horace Tabor's house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, on East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1931
- Colorado City, 1860
- View of Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows wood frame and stone false fronts and a two- story hotel (known as the El Paso House, Holmes House, Baird & Smith Hotel) with hip roof and dormer; Pikes...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson, stands underneath the huge rock overhang at the site of Step House, a cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park. He holds his left arm straight up to touch the rock overhang. The site has not been excavated. A man...
- 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.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [1926?]
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 11
- Ruins of the old church at Jemez
- View of a Native American multi-story structures of the Towa pueblo and Spanish mission ruins of San Jose de los Jemez church at the historic Giusewa Pueblo, near Jemez, New Mexico. Men and women stand and pose on ruins or sit on boulders near a...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--Giusewa Historic Site--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--Giusewa Historic Site--1910-1920.; Jemez Indians--Antiquities &...
- [1879]
- Denver General Hospital master site plan
- This item (1 of 123) is from the Eugene Sternberg Architectural Records (C MSS WH1003). This drawing shows the site plan for Denver General Hospital, commissioned possibly in the 1950s.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver.; Denver General Hospital.
- [195-?]
- History, heritage, and homes on the hill: 6th annual League of Women Voters of Denver tour, Sunday, June 1, 1980
- Citizens for Auraria: Vote 4 Auraria Nov. 4 Pamphlet
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 11 and 12, 1924 November-December
- View of the site of "Old Oro"
- View of frame houses or barns and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in a field at the site of Oro City, a mining camp absorbed by Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. Shows utility poles and possibly tailings piles.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
- 1929 August 22
- Vine still grows at site of Campion home E. 8th Ave & Logan St. New skyscraper rises in background
- View of the Campion home site at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; an apartment building has a Moderne style mosaic finish.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1965 May 19
- Construction site, Swedish Hospital
- Workers stand near construction equipment at the building site of Swedish Hospital (Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. A bucket loader, tractor, and truck with equipment are on the site. Snow covers the ground.
- Swedish Hospital (Englewood, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building sites--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building construction--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Snow--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Tracklaying...
- [between 1960 and 1963?]
- Site of Bailey Mill Dam, Eldora 1900
- began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Site of Crooke's Mill
- View of Crooke's Mill site southeast of Lake City, Colorado; shows rocky river cut down Lake Fork River valley.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Courtyard of Bent's Old Fort
- View of the reconstructed courtyard at Bent's Fort at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta in Otero County, Colorado. Shows an adobe structure with vigas, a gate and a guard tower with a door and rooftop ventilator, an American...
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Courtyards--Colorado--Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site--1970-1990.; Flags--American--1970-1990.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site--1970-1990.;...
- [between 1977 and 1981?]
- San Juan Hill battle site
- Two men, one rowing, sit in a sailboat with its sail tied up in the right foreground in the harbor of Santiago, Cuba. Two hills converge in the background. The hill on the left is the site of the Morro Castle. Several sailboats are moored in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Castles & palaces--Cuba--Santiago--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- [1899?]
- Site of camp of Russell party on Dry Creek near Englewood, Colorado in 1858
- Five men in suits pose in a grassy area in front of a large tree in Englewood, Colorado. They stand at the site on Little Dry Creek where gold was discovered by the party led by William Green Russell in 1858, the beginning of the gold rush of 1859....
- Englewood (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Little Dry Creek (Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) outhouse
- Exterior photograph of the outhouse at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1895 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1895 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1895 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1895 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1895 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1895 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) barn
- Exterior photograph of a barn at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. When...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1904 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1904 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1904 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1904 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) root cellar
- Exterior photograph of a root cellar at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Excavation for Writer's Square
- View of the construction site for Writer's Square on the 1500 block of Larimer street in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows an excavation site with pilings, a truck trailer. automobiles and heavy equipment.
- Writer's Square (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building construction.; Excavation.; Condominiums.; Writer's Square (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1979
- Prowers House, Boggsville
- View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style structure has peach colored stucco white trim and a porch extending the length of the building. This was the home of John W....
- Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Boggsville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Historic buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2009
- Osier depot
- View of the Osier Depot on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in Osier (Conejos County), Colorado. A yellow, wooden water tank with a metal spout is near the tracks and a small, one story train depot with a gable roof and a sign that reads:...
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad--Buildings--1970-1980.; Osier (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Water tanks.; Railroad stations.; Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Tanks--Colorado--Osier--Pictorial works.; Railroad...
- 1970?
- Tallman Ranch
- View of Tallman Ranch located at 3873 Colorado Road 46, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Gilpin County, Colorado. Constructed between 1876-1881 by Anders Tallman, the 400-acre dairy and farm lies in a meadow along a large pond. The site was listed on...
- Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--2000-2010.; Golden Gate State Park (Col0.)--2000-2010.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--Pictorial works.; Golden Gate State Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Gilpin County...
- 2002
- Gothic, Colo. sign
- View of the town sign at Gothic, Colo. The sign reads: "Gothic, site of The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, founded 1928." The town was established in the 1870s with the discovery of silver ore in the area, but was virtually abandoned by...
- Biological laboratories--Colorado--Gothic--2000-2010.; Gothic (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (Gothic, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Biological laboratories--Colorado--Gothic--Pictorial works.; Gothic (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Ramsey-Koenig Ranch, Larimer County, Colo.
- View of the Ramsey-Koenig Ranch located at 16321 Pingree Park Rd., Larimer County, Colo. The ranch was homesteaded by Hugh Ramsey in 1919 and is currently the site of Colorado State University's Pingree Park Campus. Several log and rough-cut board...
- Ranches--Colorado--Larimer County--2000-2010.; Larimer County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ramsey-Koenig Ranch (Larimer County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Colorado State University--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Ranches--Colorado--Larimer County--Pictorial...
- 2002
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 3 and 4, 1923 March-April
- American Shale Refining Co.
- View of the American Shale Refining Company plant site near De Beque on Conn Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows one-story houses with gabled roofs and tar paper siding. Identical buildings, possibly boarding houses or dormitories, an...
- American Shale Refining Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [1920 August]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pour cement at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Railroad bridges cross the construction site in the distance.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Concrete--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction equipment steam tractor and equipment
- Workmen pose in and near a ditch at a construction site in Denver, Colorado. An M. Rumley and Company steam tractor and a surveyor's transit are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Surveying equipment--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Industries construction overview of Alameda subway looking west
- View of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Workmen, horses, and a temporary railroad with side-dump cars are at the site.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Construction scenes
- View of two scenes of the Alameda underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden scaffolding is near the site.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Crippl [sic] Creek in 1876
- Exterior view of Welty log cabin and springhouse in 1876, Broken Box Ranch, future site of Cripple Creek, Colorado; log cabin has gable roof, wooden roof shingles, small windows boarded over, and native stone chimney on side; additional smaller log...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Springfield
- View of Main Street businesses, Springfield, Las Animas County (later Baca County), Colorado, includes Jett Hardware, Wagner Hotel, Main Cafe, Dr. Culp. Office, Kaiser General Store, and "Rock Island CTX Plows."
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Above Dyersville
- View of a tailings pile and the site of a mill at the abandoned Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- August 1978
- The town site of Abbeyville (Gunnison County), Colorado, is marked by a sign: "Historic Town Site, Abbeyville, 1880-1886." The Sawatch Range of the Continental Divide, forest, and stratus clouds are in the distance.
- Abbeyville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Gunnison County--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seveneenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. A crane with guy wires holds steel support scaffolding at the site. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, September 2
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site on 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials at the site. The Masonic Temple and the 1st (First) Congregational Church are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, August 9