Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Anvil, Monument Park
- Close view of the Anvil sandstone rock formation in Monument Park, north of Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- 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]
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 March 26
- Hallat [sic] Mtn. and Flat Top, Bierstadt Lake
- Partial view of Bierstadt Lake (elevation 9416 feet), Larimer County, Colorado towards Hallett Peak (elevation 12,725 feet) and Flattop Mountain (elevation 12,324 feet); Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park; heavily timbered shoreline of...
- Bierstadt Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flattop Mountain (Grand County and Larimer County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hallett Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Looking down Four Mile Cañon, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Looking down Fourmile Canyon, Colorado, from Colorado and Northwestern Railway narrow gauge track; Fourmile Creek parallels train on track in canyon below; some snow on surrounding mountains.
- Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fourmile Creek (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- View from Inspiration Point, Denver
- Left side of panorama view from Denver Mountain Park "Inspiration Point" west, just beyond Lakeside Park, across Clear Creek Valley farmlands to Golden, Colorado and the Front Range. North and South Table Mountain divide entrance to valley. Street...
- Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Sioux women receiving their rations from comm P.R. Agency
- Native American Lakota Sioux women and children receive rations from issue agents at the Pine Ridge Agency commissary, South Dakota. Rations include loaves of bread, sacks of flour, sugar and cornmeal, labeled with: "U. S. Indian...? Pine Ridge...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Children--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Government...
- 1891
- aaaaa CONTENTdm test record, title : used to produce test digital collection services integrated with Connexion DO NOT DELETE
- Local subj.; Pers. name subj. Title.; Corp. name subj. Title.; Conf. name subj. Title.; L.C. subj--Gen. subdiv--Form subdiv.; Geog. subj.; NLM subj.
- 1977
- Seven Castles, Colo. Midland
- Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon depicting rock formation Seven Castles near Basalt, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; passenger train is paralleled by Fryingpan River in valley.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [1907?]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows large hay stacks in field of cut alfalfa in piles and frame gable house with tree windbreak.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Boating on Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of over ten row boats on Woods Lake and Woods Lake Resort, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men, women, and children are in boats with oars; three women stand on shore; log cabins and denuded or...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Main St., Woods Lake Resort, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Woods Lake Resort, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows eight log cabins with men, women, and children posed holding fishing poles and oars. One cabin is named "Cosy Cottage;" a wooden sign...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Upper Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Woods Lake, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway, with boats in pristine mountain lake.
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Partial view of Woods Lake and Woods Lake Resort (a summer fishing resort), eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows boats on pristine mountain lake, over twelve log cabins, a split rail fence, stack of...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Title Guaranty Company
- View of the Title Guaranty Company building at 1544 Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs read: "Title Guaranty Co." and "5% On Savings."
- Title Guaranty Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Title companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Financial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 February 9
- Mushrooms, Garden of the Gods
- Close view of the Mushrooms sandstone rock formation in Garden of the Gods, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- The Hound's Head, Monument Park
- Close view of the Hound's Head sandstone rock formation in Monument Park, north of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- The Colorado, Glenwood
- Northward frontal view of Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; man standing on lawn in foreground; dirt road at left foreground.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1891 and 1901]
- Siamese Twins
- Siamese Twins (aka The Twins) sandstone rock formation in Garden of the Gods, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado; scrub brush in foreground.
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Lovers Leap, Colo. & Northwestern Ry.
- Lover's Leap, rock formation, Boulder Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track center foreground paralleling creek, wooden flume of Silver Lake irrigation ditch center left, and dirt road rounding Lover's Leap...
- Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Boulder Canyon--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Boulder Canyon--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Bridge above Deansbury, Platte Cañon
- View of Platte Canyon and rushing waters of South Platte River along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track above Deansbury, Colorado; shows metal railroad bridge spanning river and narrow vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Parting of the ways, Ward and Eldora Grades from Sunset, Colo., Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Sunset, Colorado, with Colorado and Northwestern Railway depot; train crossing over Eldora trestle; Eldora branch climbs mountain on right; mixed train on left descending grade from Ward; wooden frame residences, buildings and structures; five...
- Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Wheat field on the C.& S. Ry.
- View of a wheat field near the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows sheaves of wheat in a Colorado field; sun filters through clouds onto distant mountains.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Adams Falls, Grand Lake
- Adams Falls (or possibly Ouzel Falls named by Enos Mills after Ouzel bird or "water dipper"), Grand Lake, Colorado; shows rocky and narrow cascading waterfall. The Falls was reached via Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later...
- Adams Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Vista of Pike's Peak from Monument Valley Park, Colo. Springs
- Massive logs forming handrail of wooden footbridge crossing Monument Creek in Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; distant view of snow covered Pikes Peak and water tower on hill in background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Mr and Mrs Charles S Turner in their plumbing store at 1125 Pearl
- Wallpaper and wainscoting finish the interior of this business in Boulder, Colorado. Charles Turner leans on a roll-top desk where Mrs. Turner sits, in a puff sleeved dress with a bow at the waist. An Italian revival chair is by the hardwood and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Offices--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Plumbing fixtures--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Bailiey's [sic], Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. Shows general store; wooden frame building and residence; Kiowa Lodge nestled among trees on hillside; group of men, women and children following...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Meroon [sic] Peaks
- View of Maroon Bells near Aspen, Colorado; Maroon Lake, light snow on sedimentary layers; North Maroon Peak (elevation 14,014 feet) and Maroon Peak (elevation 14,156 feet), Rocky Mountains.
- Maroon Bells (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; North Maroon Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Pitkin County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Meroon [sic] Peaks
- View of Maroon Bells from near Aspen, Colorado; light snow on sedimentary layers, Maroon Lake; North Maroon Peak (elevation 14,014 feet) and Maroon Peak (elevation 14,156 feet).
- Maroon Bells (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; North Maroon Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Pitkin County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colo. & N.W. Ry. from above Sunset
- View of Sunset, Colorado, in valley; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track to Ward on slopes to right; L.R. Ford identified as man sitting on rocky ledge in right foreground
- Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ford, L. R.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Four Mile Cañon on the Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Three elevations of Colorado and Northwestern Railway narrow gauge track on both sides of Fourmile Canyon, Colorado, and along Fourmile creek (main line to Sunset, Colorado, marked by three trestles); train on right bound for Ward and train on left...
- Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- So. Boulder near Pine Cliff, Moffat Road
- South Boulder Creek and Canyon near Pine Cliff (formerly Gato), Colorado, reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway standard gauge track; includes small bridge and narrow rock walls; Moffat Road.
- Pinecliffe (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Pine Cliff--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Buena Vista and Mt. Princeton, Collegiate Range, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colorado and Mount Princeton (elevation 14,197) in Collegiate Range of Rocky Mountains; Chaffee County Courthouse, center right.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Beauna[sic] Vista and Mt. Princeton
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colorado and Mount Princeton (elevation 14,197) of Collegiate Range of Rocky Mountains reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Chaffee County Courthouse behind Colorado Midland Railway station, foreground; church;...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Chaffee...
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Wood's Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Wood's Lake, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; summer resort with lodge and cabins on opposite shore; lake surrounded by snow covered mountains; eight miles from Thomasville.
- Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- North side Torry's [sic] Peak, Argentine Central Ry.
- North side of Torreys Peak, Colorado (elevation 14,264 feet) viewed from Argentine Central Railway; snow covered 14-er Rocky Mountain peak.
- Torreys Peak (Colo.); Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Entrance to Granite Cañon, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track rounding bend and entering Granite Canyon (later named Eleven Mile Canyon), Colorado; South Platte River paralleling track, Granite Canon[sic] sign on rock wall.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Granite Cañon, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track by South Platte River rounding bend in Granite Canyon (later renamed Eleven Mile Canyon), Colorado; clouds fill the sky.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Glenwood Spgs., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Glenwood Springs, Colorado looking west; Grand Avenue bridge, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge crossing Colorado River northwest to railroad yards; Rio Grande depot or train station, center and south of river, at edge of...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1990-1920.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.; Denver...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- So. Utes women & children
- A group of Native American (Southern Ute) women and children are seated together next to tents, probably at a fair in New Mexico. Beside them are several woven water baskets with straps.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo baskets--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- So. Ute sub-chief Nanise, with wives and children
- Native American (Southern Ute) Sub-chief Nanise sits in front of a tepee with a group of women and children at a fair in New Mexico. He wears a feather headdress, fur covered braids, a fringed buckskin shirt, hairpipe necklace, a George Washington...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Children--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Nanise.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Clear Creek Valley
- Right side of panorama west from Inspiration Point, Denver, over Clear Creek Valley, near Arvada, Colorado; shows Flatirons, Longs Peak, snowy Front Range foothills, pasture, frame residences, Denver and Interurban Railroad, and trolley tracks.
- Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver & Interurban Railroad.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]
- Aspen Colo. Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view from Smuggler Mountain south of Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado, includes agricultural fields, a few wood frame houses and Mount (Mt.) Sopris (12,953 feet) in background.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Jasper City, Colorado, first mining log cabin in camp
- Three miners pose with a dog outside what is reputed to be the first miner's cabin in Jasper City (Park or Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Jasper City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Jasper City--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Jasper City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Jasper City--1890-1900.
- January, 1897
- Indians skinning a beef
- Three Native American Lakota Sioux men skin and dress an animal rationed by the United States government at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Distribution of meat rations imitated a buffalo hunt in which a herd of beef cattle was released in a...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Beef cattle--South...
- 1891 June 18?
- An Omaha Dance P.R. Agency, S.D.
- View of Native American Lakota Sioux dancers at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, performing the Omaha Dance, wearing headdresses, roaches, feathers in their hair, bustles, moccasins, breechcloths and some shirts. The Agency boarding school...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891 September 2
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D.
- Bird's eye view west over the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows people on main street, agency buildings including the boarding school on the far end, water tank, and United States Army wall tents.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- 1891
- Omaha Dance P.R. Agency S.D.
- Native American Sioux men and boys perform the Omaha Dance, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota; spectators including whites look on. The dancers wear headdresses, roaches, breechcloths, kilts, legbands and belts with bells. A United States flag shows...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.--1890-1900.; Boys--South...
- 1891 July 18
- An incident in Rocky Mountain sheep-hunting
- Image on Harper's weekly title page shows three bighorn sheep on a steep, rock ledge in the Rocky Mountains. Shows the silhouette of two hunters and a rifle in the distance.
- Mountain sheep hunting--1890-1900.
- 1899 April 15