Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Charles S. Stobie and friends
- Studio portrait of Luther S. Kelly (Yellowstone Kelly), Indian scout, Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist and John Howard, Indian scout for the district of the Yellowstone. The men pose in front of a painted backdrop near a prop...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Military scouts.; Howard, John, army scout.; Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1869?]
- Chs .S. Stobie, scout and "Mountain Charlie" - guide Colorado
- Profile (head and shoulders) studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full gray beard and curly hair. He wears a large brimmed cowboy hat and a fringed buckskin jacket decorated with cowry shells and panels...
- Artists--American--1900-1910.; Beards.; Leather garments.; Military scouts.; Quillwork.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Exhibits of work done by the various boy scout troops at Granada.
- Boy scout troop exhibits at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A "Boy Scouts of America, Amache District" banner hangs above the exhibit, with a wooden sign "Troop 162" in front of it. A scout crest...
- World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Relocation camps--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.
- 1943 May 10
- McCleary mayor of Colorado Springs and Reich send off Scouts to the International Jamboree in Japan
- Mayor Eugene MacCleary hands a uniformed Boy Scout a piece of paper as another Scout and Joseph A. Reich look on, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Outfits include suit jackets, ties, horn rimmed glasses and Scout uniforms with medals,...
- Boy Scouts of America. Pikes Peak Council--People--1970- 1980.; Boy scouts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1970-1980.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1970-1980.; Mayors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1970-1980.;...
- [1975.]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A seated, bespectacled elderly man wearing a Homburg hat gestures with one hand and holds a cane with the other. A seated Boy Scout pays close attention. A steamer type suitcase sits behind a metal cot...
- Boy Scouts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Reminiscing.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado, with a Boy Scout holding a Confederate flag and uniformed men on horses riding on the brick street. Onlookers stand on the sidewalk in the background. A lightpole with four crossed cast iron brackets holding...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Beauchamp, E. L.; Harris, John W., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Camp Roosevelt - Boy Scout Overnight Cabin - Located in S.W. Corner, Pueblo, City Park. Used for overnight and week-end camp for Scout Troops of Pueblo District.
- Boy Scout overnight cabin in Pueblo, Colorado, is a one-story, random ashlar stone building. Vigas follow the walls which are sloped and narrower at the top. A ladder and sawhorse are in the dirt yard, and bare trees are in the foreground. Sign...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boy scouts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camping--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Beautiful, beautiful, zion! : the majesty of God's power and grace, First Chronicles-Chapter 20, Verse 11.
- Booklet created detailing the clerical and building history of the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included are several photographs of different pastors and their families, changes to different church buildings to the year 2003.
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver--History.; Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2003
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Curley, Crow Scout, and Comanche, (horse), full length, (separate pictures made into one plate)
- Curley, Crow Scout, full length standing studio portrait, and Comanche, a horse, two separate portraits combined to make one image side by side; Curley, Crow Scout with General George Custer at Little Bighorn was believed by many to be only known...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Horses--1880-1890.; Curly.; Crow Indians--1880-1890.
- [188?]
- Camp Roosevelt - Boy Scout Overnight Cabin - City Park Pueblo, Colorado
- Boy Scout overnight cabin in Pueblo, Colorado, is a one-story, random ashlar stone building. Vigas follow the walls which are sloped and narrower at the top. The projecting fireplace and chimney follow the same angles. Windows flank the fireplace,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boy scouts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camping--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Col. Cody's Ranch at North Platte, Neb.
- People pose on horseback or beside horse-drawn carriages at Buffalo Bill (W.F. Cody's) Scout's Rest Ranch (later Buffalo Bill Ranch State Park) in North Platte, Nebraska. The roof of a large barn is painted to read: "Scout's Rest Ranch." Three...
- Scout's Rest Ranch (North Platte, Neb.)--1880-1900.; North Platte (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Nebraska--North Platte--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--North Platte--1880-1890.; Ranches--Nebraska--North Platte--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Indian Scout (Civic Center)
- Night view of Indian Scout (On the War Trail), an A. Phimister Proctor bronze sculpture, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; sunset highlights clouds directly behind the silhouette of the indian scout with spear mounted on horseback; A. Phimister...
- Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1922 and 1935]
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait (profile) of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full beard and curly hair. He wears a round brimmed hat, a striped shirt and has a bandanna around his neck. He wears herring-bone pants and has a wide belt...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Beards.; Handguns.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- 1869
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait (profile) of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop near an artificial tree. He has a full beard and curly hair. He holds a rifle and wears a round brimmed hat with a tassel, a...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Beards.; Handguns.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- 1869
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait (profile) of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He stands, with one foot on a stump, in front of a painted backdrop near an artificial tree. He has a full beard and curly hair. He holds a rifle and wears a round...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Beards.; Handguns.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S.
- 1869
- Lester Griswold and Ray Ryerson
- Lester Griswold, on left, developed many of the facilities at Camp Alexander, poses in a vest and felt hat in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Ray Ryerson, in a buttoned sweater, was the Scout Executive of the Pikes Peak Council, 1943 to...
- Griswold, Lester.; Ryerson, Ray.; Boy Scouts of America. Pikes Peak Council--People.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1980.
- [between 1943 and 1973?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A Boy Scout looks on as an elderly gentleman with a striped tie shakes the hand of a seated woman. Other persons are seated in the room.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Burrough, Margaret.; Nash, Burrell.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. An elderly man in confederate uniform holding a Stars and Bars flag emerges from the elevator cage in the Columbian Hotel with a Boy Scout. Other persons are in the elevator in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Guides & scouts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Harris, John W., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Little Chief
- Little Chief, Native American Northern Cheyenne man, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a large cross, hands his rifle over to James H. Cook and a scout at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Two armed men look on from beyond a barb wire fence.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Cheyenne Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Military scouts--South...
- 1891
- Red Blanket
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Red Blanket, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He holds a metal blade tomahawk. He wears a blanket over his lap, metal armbands, fur pelts over his braids, hair pipe breast plate and earrings, and a metal bead hair...
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1900.; Indian scouts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Tomahawks--1880-1900.; Red Blanket.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Luther S. Kelly, long loose hair & wearing buckskins, bust
- Luther Sage Kelly, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing scarf tied at neck, buckskin leather shirt with fringe; also called "Yellowstone Kelly", born 1849 and died 1928; scout and frontiersman.
- Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928.
- [188-?]
- Buffalo Bill's residence, North Platte
- A large group of people, including William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody in the center, stands in front of Cody's home at the Scout's Rest Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska. A man in the right foreground stands near a large rack of antlers against...
- Antlers--1880-1920.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Ranches--Nebraska--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1887 and 1912?]
- Scene on the Scouts Rest Ranch, North Platte, Nebraska
- A pond is in the foreground of a view looking toward a large barn in the background at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Scout's Rest Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska. Numerous trees stand on the far shore of the pond. A wood fence borders the...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1880-1920.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Barns--Nebraska--1880-1920.; Ranches--Nebraska--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1887 and 1912?]
- Buffalo Bill's Scouts' Rest Ranch, North Platte, Nebraska
- A group of people, possibly including William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, sits on the Tally-Ho-Wagon at Cody's Scout's Rest Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska. A picket fence borders the property around the ranch. Two men stand on the front porch...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Ranches--Nebraska--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Nebraska--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Buffalo Bill's grave on Lookout Mountain, Colo.
- Color postcard of a soldier standing at attention at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's grave on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, Colorado. A metal fence surrounds the gravesite. Cody died Jan. 10, 1917, in Denver. The inscription on the grave...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Graves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)
- [1928?]
- Statue of William F. Cody
- A statue of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody on horseback and holding his rifle in the air with his right hand stands on a stone wall in Cody, Wyoming, named for the famous scout and wild west show performer. The statue, named "The Scout," was...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sculpture--Wyoming--Cody--1880-1920.; Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880-1920]
- Fort Robinson, Nebraska
- United States Army officers and a Native American scout pose in front of a wooden building at Fort Robinson (Dawes County), Nebraska. The scout holds a rifle, has earrings, and wears a blanket. One of the officers holds a pool cue and a bottle,...
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1870-1880.; Indian scouts--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1870-1880.; Fort Robinson (Neb.)--1870-1880.; Military officers--Nebraska--Fort...
- [1877]
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 24, 1911 June 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 35, 1911 August 26
- Scout Chas. S. Stobie "Mountain Charlie" 1st scout White River Ute Agency
- Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist, poses in a high back saddle on his paint horse by probably a river in Colorado. He wears a hat, a leather shirt with fringe and a decorated bib, a gun belt with cartridges, and leather boots.
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Horseback riding.; Military scouts.; Rivers.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- 1869
- Philip Return From Scout
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Philip Return From Scout. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a beaded vest over a long sleeved shirt, wrist and arm bands, a kerchief, a hair pipe breast plate, and plumage...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Philip Return from Scout.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Joe Dekker wins the President's Trophy
- Joe Dekker, a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, sits on his horse "Scout" and holds a trophy in probably Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The trophy is a statue of a horse mounted in a wooden base. Dekker wears a western shirt with...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Estes Park--Colorado--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--Estes Park--Colorado--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress--Estes Park--Colorado--1950-1960.; Horseback...
- 1955 July
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 19, 1912 May 11
- War Bonnet
- Front view of a Native American Sioux war bonnet made by Scout Comes from Sky of Rosebud, South Dakota. The bonnet is made of chicken feathers dyed yellow, eagle feathers, white down, beadwork and red flannel.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- War Bonnet
- Back view of a Native American Sioux war bonnet made by Scout Comes from Sky of Rosebud, South Dakota. The bonnet is made of chicken feathers dyed yellow, eagle feathers, white down, beadwork and red flannel.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- U.S. Government Indian scout, Ariz.
- A Native American man, probably Apache, sits on his horse under a tree at Fort Apache (Navajo County), Arizona. He wears a cloth headband, cotton shirt and pants, and high-topped buckskin boots.
- Apache Indians--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Indian scouts--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Arizona--Fort...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bo-ni-to, Apache government scout
- Studio portrait of Bo-ni-to, a Native American (White Mountain Apache) man. He wears a flower print cloth headband, cotton shirt and pants, and high-topped buckskin boots.
- Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Men--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Bonito.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Al-Che-Say, Apache scout under Gen. Crook
- Al-Che-Say, a Native American (White Mountain Apache) government scout, poses in front of a canvas tent. He wears a cotton shirt, breechcloth and pants, and high-topped buckskin boots. He holds a Hardie hat.
- Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Men--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Alchesay.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Bo-ni-to, Apache government scout
- Profile studio portrait of Bo-ni-to, a Native American (White Mountain Apache) government scout. He wears a flowered cloth headband, cotton shirt and pants, and high-topped buckskin boots.
- Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Men--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Bonito.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Al-Che-Say, Apache scout under Gen. Crook
- Al-Che-Say, a Native American (White Mountain Apache) government scout, poses in profile in front of a tent. He wears a cotton shirt, pants and breechcloth.
- Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Men--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Alchesay.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Indian scout statue which once stood in city park
- Two men admire the Indian Scout statue in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The plaster statue shows a Native American man on horseback with two feathers, a loin cloth, and moccasins. A sign reads: "Danger Keep Off."
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1910?]
- Goes Ahead - Crow
- Native American (Crow) man, identified as Goes Ahead, tending a fire. He is sitting on the ground in front of a tepee and wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket around his shoulders, a multi-string necklace, braids, and face paint. Goes Ahead was a...
- Crow Indians--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Goes Ahead, Crow scout.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- White Man Runs Him, another typical Crow who has the distinction of having been Custer's scout
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Crow) man, identified as White Man Runs Him. He wears a hide shirt decorated with bead work, stitching and fringe, a necklace, braids, and an eagle feather headdress. This man served as a scout for...
- Crow Indians--1910-1920.; Indian scouts--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Military scouts--American--1910-1920.; White Man Runs Him, ca. 1855-1925.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876--Staff.
- 1913
- Yavapai, Yuma Apache scout
- Studio portrait of a Native American Yavapai scout seated at a side table, he wears a military uniform with a helmet and tassels, Arizona; he holds a sword.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1890.; Yavapai Indians--Arizona--1880-1890.; Guides & scouts--Arizona--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--Arizona--1880-1890.
- 1884 or 1885
- Smiley, T. E. 25, 28 years- a scout, 7 years police, his 28 years under Genls Crook and Miles.
- T. E. Smiley, a Native American Dakota Sioux scout and policeman poses with his horse loaded with supplies, outside a corral.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Pack animals--1900-1910.; Police--1900-1910.; Smiley, T. E.
- 1909?
- Sgt. I-See-O Indian scout
- I-See-O (Tahbone-mah), a Native American (Kiowa) scout poses outdoors, he holds a bow and arrows. He wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket, a fringed shirt, and a feather headdress.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Kiowa Indians--1890-1910.; Military scouts--1890-1910.; I-See-O.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- A scene from the Boy Scout Memorial Day Parade, which was held at this center on May 30
- Japanese boy scout troops stand in formation around a United States flag at half mast on the grounds of the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Most of the boys wear uniforms with scarves, some have hats,...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Political...
- 1943 May 30