Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Mud Geyser
- View of a Geyser identified as Mud Geyser as it sprays steam, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Yellowstone Lake, landing at Stormy [sic] Point
- A group of passengers disembark from a steamboat to the wooden dock at Storm Point, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Men and women walk toward the shore. Railroad ties are stacked on the dock and rowboats rest on the shoreline....
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Boats--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Piers & wharves--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Fountain Geyser
- View of Fountain Geyser in eruption, near the east side of Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The geyser spews steam and water; a forest is in the distance.
- Fountain Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Fountain Geyser
- View of Fountain Geyser in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The geyser erupts and spews hot water and steam. Trees and mountains are in the distance.
- Fountain Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890.]
- Hot spring basin, thumb of lake
- View of West Thumb Geyser Basin at West Thumb bay, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows steam from springs in an area partly denuded by heat and minerals. Pine trees stand near the lake.
- West Thumb (Wyo. : Bay)--1870-1890.; West Thumb Geyser Basin (Wyo. : Basin)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Gentian Hot Spring
- View of Gentian Pool, a thermal spring in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows hills, forests, and mountains in the distance.
- Gentian Pool (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Crater of the Giant
- View of the crater of Giant Geyser, one of the Giant Group in Upper Geyser Basin near old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows the Firehole River.
- Firehole river (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Giant Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Crater of the Oblong Geyser
- View of Oblong Geyser in Upper Geyser Basin near the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows calecareous silica accreted in mounds around the geyser. Steam rises from the water. Brush, trees, and forests are in the distance.
- Firehole river (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Oblong Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Punch Bowl
- View of Punch Bowl Spring in Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows a crater of accreted calcareous silica and bubbling mineral springs. Trees are in the distance.
- Punch Bowl Spring (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Utah Lake
- A photographer stands with his camera on the shore of Utah Lake (Utah County), Utah. Shows marsh grasses, trees, and mountains in the distance.
- Utah County (Utah)--1880-1890.; Utah Lake (Utah)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--Utah County--1880-1890.; Photographers--Utah--Utah County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The post office and James Ranch, Estes Park
- View of the James Ranch and Elkhorn post office in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows frame buildings, livestock, corrals, and outbuildings at the intersection of two dirt roads near the Fall River.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fall River (Larimer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins with chinking, framed windows, doors, and chimneys; wood frame residences; and masonry commercial buildings. Mines and mining structures are on the hillside...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Cripple Creek, Col.
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins with chinking, framed windows, doors, and chimneys; one and two-story wood frame residences; and multi-story masonry commercial buildings. Mines and mining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Anaconda Col.
- View of a Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad locomotive and Denver & Rio Grande Railway cars at Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a railroad trestle, mine buildings, mine tailings, and the tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway on Gold Hill....
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.;...
- 1897
- Sinking shaft with windlass
- Well-dressed men stand on a wooden platform and operate a windlass to a mine shaft in Colorado. The shafthouse, a tailings dump, and a railroad to another mine are in the distance.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- The horse whim
- Well-dressed men stand near rail tracks and push ore crucibles on carts from a hewn log shafthouse in Colorado. A horse attached to a whim is behind the building, a smelter is in the distance. Shows frame mining structures, railroad tracks, a...
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Assaying
- View of a laboratory in an assay office, probably in Colorado. One man sits at a counter to measure ore samples, another man with a pipette and beaker stands near a wood stove. Shows various ore measuring equipment, including a button-balance...
- Assayers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Assaying--Colorado--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- The Blacksmith
- View of a blacksmith working in a lean-to, probably in Colorado. Shows a smithy using a hammer and anvil set on a tree stump. A young man, a water barrel, large bellows, and a pickax are in the wooden structure.
- Blacksmithing--Colorado--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Palisades on Cedar River, bluff on west shore
- Men in a rowboat wear suits and caps; one man wears a straw hat and holds oars, on the Cedar River at Palisades-Kepler State Park (Linn County), Iowa. A rowboat with oars is on the shore. Trees and rock bluffs are across the Cedar River.
- Cedar River (Minn. and Iowa)--1890-1900.; Linn County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Palisades-Kepler State Park (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rowboats--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.
- 1898
- C. & N.W. Railway station from the park, Cedar Rapids, Ia
- View of a water fountain in a park in front of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company station in Cedar Rapids (Linn County), Iowa. Shows a brick and stone building with half-timbered dormer windows, a center clock tower with corner turrets, a...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Cedar Rapids (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1890-1900.; Parks--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Pueblo Indians, Jose Jesus and wife
- A Native American (Pueblo) man and woman pose for a studio portrait. The woman wears a manta (shawl) with fabric rosettes, a wool skirt over a petticoat, wrapped boots, and a ring. The man, identified as Jose Jesus, wears a long sleeved shirt, a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--1880-1900.; Spouses--1880-1900.; Jose Jesus.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Apaches, Chief Garfield, Pouche Fe [sic] Foya and Sanches
- Studio portrait of Native American (Apache) men identified as Chief Garfield, Pouche de Foya, and Sanches. Men stand and wear feather headdresses, cotton shirts, leather breechcloths decorated with beads or quills and fringe, beaded moccasins,...
- Apache Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Men--1880-1900.; James A. Garfield, Apache Chief.; Pouche de Foya.; Sanches.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Utes, group of chil[dren]
- Studio portrait of Native American (Ute) children, probably near Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. Boys wear wrapped braids, earrings, leather pants, beaded moccasins, and chokers or necklaces with medallions. A boy wears a bone breastplate, a...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1900.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boys--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1900.; Girls--Colorado--La Plata...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Court House, Marshall, Mo.
- View of the brick Marshall courthouse building in Marshall (Saline County), Missouri. The multi-story building has rusticated stone quoins, stone arches and arched windows, a central clock tower with round windows, a dome and finial, pediments,...
- Marshall (Mo.)--1890-1910.; Courthouses--Missouri--Marshall--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Red Narrows, looking up canon
- View of The Red Narrows near Soldier Creek in Spanish Fork Canyon (Utah County), Utah. Shows Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge tracks, a fence, a telegraph pole, trees, and rocky canyon walls.
- Red Narrows, The (Utah)--1880-1900.; Spanish Fork Canyon (Utah)--1880-1900.; Utah County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Utah County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Arizona Garden
- View of what is known as the Arizona Garden on the grounds of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Desert plants include agave, yucca, palms, trees, shrubs, and flowers. Benches and paths are in the garden.
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Agaves--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Palms--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- Des Moines River below Moingona
- View of the Des Moines River near Moingona (Boone County), Iowa. Trees and shrubs are beside the river.
- Boone County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Des Moines River--1890-1900.; Rivers--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Tacoma, Wash. and Mt. Tacoma
- Panoramic view of Tacoma (Pierce County), Washington. Shows the coastline, pilings in the bay, wooden sidewalks and a railing along the shoreline, and residential and commercial buildings. Mount Rainier (Mount Tacoma) is in the distance.
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1890-1910.; Tacoma (Wash.)--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--Washington (State)--Tacoma--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Washington (State)--Tacoma--1890-1910.; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Tacoma--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mission of Santa Ynez
- A sheep grazes outside the walls of Santa Ines Mission in Solvang (Santa Barbara County), California. The adobe building features an arcade, tower, arched windows, and tile roof.
- Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.)--1880-1890.; Solvang (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--Solvang--1880-1890.; Missions--California--Solvang--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Santa Barbara, south from corridor
- View of an ornate fountain from the covered arcade at Santa Barbara Mission in Santa Barbara, California. Shows a plaster-covered arch, driveway, fence lines, fields, and buildings in the distance.
- Santa Barbara Mission--1870-1880.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Arches--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1880.; Croplands--California--Santa Barbara--1880-1890.; Fountains--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1880.; Missions--California--Santa...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Chinese fishing village, Monterey
- View of a Chinese American fishing village near the Pacific Ocean in Monterey County, California. One and two story buildings and houses are surrounded by bamboo shoot fences. Children stand in the door of a building with a balcony. Horses stand...
- Monterey County (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Fishing--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Houses--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Villages--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Oak Grove, Glen Annie
- View of a grove of oak trees at Glen Annie Ranch in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows wood frames at the base of some trees. Rope ladders hang from branches.
- Glen Annie Ranch (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Oaks--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Custer battlefield, Crow Agency, Mont.
- Panoramic view of prairie and hills at Little Bighorn Battlefield near Crow Agency Montana. Trees are in the distance near the Little Bighorn River and buildings.
- Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Battlefields--Montana--1880-1900.; Prairies--Montana--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Sylvan Lake
- View of rock formations and Sylvan Lake in Custer County, South Dakota. Shows trees and sheer granite rock walls at the edge of the lake in the Black Hills.
- Custer County (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Sylvan Lake (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Reservoirs--South Dakota--Custer County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--South Dakota--Custer County--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Buffalo
- Studio photograph of a taxidermic bull American buffalo head.
- Bison--1880-1900.; Taxidermy--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Garden of the Gods
- Panoramic view of snow on Pike's Peak, trees on foothills, and sandstone rock formations at Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows horse drawn carriages on dirt roads near Gate Rock, and a cow beside the road.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Yosemite-South Dome and Tenaya Canon
- Panoramic view of Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite National Park, California. Shows the granodiorite rock formation Half Dome (South Dome), a lake probably near Tenaya Creek, trees on mountains and in the valley, and snow on peaks in the distance.
- Half Dome (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Tenaya Canyon (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Canyons--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Lakes & ponds--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Rock...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Yellowstone, Morning Glory Pool
- View of the Morning Glory Pool Spring, a hot springs pool in the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows a crater of accreted calcareous silica and trees nearby.
- Morning Glory Pool Spring (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Packing cantaloupe in the Grand Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of men & women at fruit packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; one man loading wooden crates of cantaloupe on horse-drawn sled or sleigh with wooden runners, women holding cantaloupes, high stack of...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Empire, Colo Summer 1861
- Men sit on the stoop of a false front building watching a group of volunteer soldiers perform drills in Empire, Colorado. Commercial buildings, covered wagons, and tree covered mountains are in the background.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Soldiers--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.
- [1862?]
- [The] three Tetons
- Panoramic view of the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Shows steep rocky slopes and cliffs, and snow on Mount Owen, Grand Teton, Middle Teton and South Teton.
- Grand Teton (Wyo. : Mountain)--1870-1880.; Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Middle Teton (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Owen, Mount (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; South Teton (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
- [1872]
- Texas Cowboys, in camp
- Texas Rangers sit or stand and pose near horses and a campfire in a meadow in Texas. Men wear shirts and vests or ties, cowboy hats and cowboy boots. Saddled horses are nearby, and people on horseback are in the distance.
- Texas Rangers--People--1890-1900.; Horses--Texas--1890-1900.; Law enforcement officers--Texas--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gall's tepee with several others
- Dakota Chief Gall's camp at Fort Buford, Dakota Territory; twenty tepees grouped together with firewood, kindling, wooden barrel and crates stacked outside on open plains or prairie.
- Fort Buford (Fort Buford, N.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory.; Prairies--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- 1881
- Cathedral Spires, Garden of Gods
- View of Cathedral Spires sandstone rock formation in Garden of the Gods, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado; buggy with driver and two horses in left foreground.
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Industries construction steam engine at work
- A group of men stand near a vertical tubular boiler and a steam engine at a construction site in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Coke ovens at Gray Creek
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Gray Creek, a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and railroad cars.
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Gray Creek (Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Manitou and vicinity, just from the mountains
- A group of miners stand with their burros on a dirt road near Manitou, El Paso County, Colorado. One man is mounted on a horse, the others stand nearby. One man holds a gun. The burros are loaded with gear.
- Manitou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.; Packtrains--Colorado--Manitou--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Hastings Colo., Victor Fuel Co. camp looking east
- Aerial view of Hastings a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows tipple, washer, and screening plant. Company houses line the road that cuts through the canyon. Possibly a school or church is on a hill....
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1910.; Hastings (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.; Company towns--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Colorado National Guard soldiers lynch labor sympathizer
- Colorado National Guard soldiers prepare to lynch a man during a labor strike in Cripple Creek, Colorado. The soldiers are positioned throughout the room and many hold rifles with bayonets. One National Guardsman holds the end of a rope that is...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1893.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lynchings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1904]
- Actual photographs taken at Goldfield during bloody strike of 1904
- A crowd of striking miners, temporarily deputized by City Marshall Michael O'Connell, stand at the corner of Victor Avenue and Fourth Street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The men are members of the Western Federation of Miners labor union....
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6]