View of the construction of the spires on the six towers of Temple on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. The granite temple designed by architect Truman O. Angell, was started in 1853 and completed in 1893 for members of the Church of the Latter...
"Aunt" Clara Brown 1800-1882
Former Slave
Settled in Denver or Auraria Cherry Creek in 1959; set up the first laundry in the "new country" at Central City, Colorado, amassed a fortune, bought mining claims, and used her money to help bring other...
Ulysses H. Baker 1869-1933
Became a policeman in 1898; first motorcycle patrolman in the City and County of Denver; created the first auto-theft department in the West. Was promoted to the rank of City Detective; held this position until...
Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: two African American men, in top hats and long double breasted coats, hold on to the bridle of a horse as it pulls a buggy covered with flowers and decorated with an American flag made...
View of a military encampment at Altman, Teller County, Colorado, during a mining labor strike; shows soldiers, tents, mine tailings, felled timber, businesses and houses. The Western Federation of Miners had their headquarters in Altman.
Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Militia--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
View west along Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows brick commercial buildings draped with bunting and United States flags. Signs read: "Livery," and "Ute Pass." The Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak are to the west.
Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
View of Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows automobiles, a Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway trolley car, Pikes Peak, The Antlers Hotel, and businesses with signs: "Drugs," "The Princess," "Merchant's Lunch,"...
Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado...
View of scattered rocks beside probably Chinle Wash in Canyon de Chelly, Apache County, Arizona. Steep sandstone towers are beside the stream.
Apache County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Apache County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Arizona--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
Apache Chief Geronimo poses for a half-length portrait. He is wearing a feather headdress and a buckskin shirt with tassles. He holds a pistol in his right hand. A pile of hay is directly behind where he sits. Geronimo appeared in Colonel Cummin's...
Apache Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
An outdoor portrait of a Native American Apache woman wrapped in a blanket with a baby on her back and a portrait of a squatting Apache scout holding a cigarette, wearing a head scarf, vest, trousers with ammunition belt and handgun holster.
Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Smoking--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
Men wear hats and sit, stand, and pose in front of a canvas covered tent near the Arizona Mine shaft at Belmont (Nye County), Nevada. A man sits in a wheelbarrow beside a log pile. Ore piles and rocks, a horse, wagon and a mine building with a...
Arizona Mine (Nye County, Nev.)--1870-1880.; Belmont (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Miners--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Mining--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Tents--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
View of the Aromor Apartments in Denver, Colorado, at 13th (Thirteenth) and Grant Streets; features include an arched entry and terra cotta tile roof. Signs read: "The Aromor - Arohoff and Morris - 72 Apartments Will be Completely Furnished [with]...
Aromor Apartment Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
A view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe power house and the apprentice building in Emporia (Lyon County), Kansas. The power house has smoke stacks. A metal frame is between the buildings.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Emporia (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Kansas--Emporia--1940-1950.; Power plants--Kansas--Emporia--1940-1950.
Panoramic view of a lake and snow on the Indian Peaks in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows Left Hand Park Reservoir and Pawnee Peak, Little Pawnee Peak, Mount Toll, Paiute Peak, Mount Audubon and probably Sawtooth Mountain.
Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Indian Peaks (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Little Pawnee Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pawnee Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sawtooth Mountain (Boulder County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
View of frame and brick houses, buildings, and mines on hillsides in Austin (Lander County), Nevada. A small creek bed is near a corral and a wagon is beside a building that reads "stables". Metal pipes and mining supplies are on the ground, and...
Austin (Nev.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nevada--Austin--1860-1870.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Austin--1860-1870.; Mining--Nevada--Austin--1860-1870.; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)
A decaying structure is on an overgrown residential street in the former town of Bachelor, Colorado. The roof is gone and the wood walls are collapsing on one another. A log structure with gables and no roof is upslope from the building in the...
Panoramic view of sedimentary rock formations identified as "Badlands", probably in Fremont County, Wyoming. Shows layered strata on steep rock hillsides. Sagebrush and grass are on sandy, barren ground.
Badlands--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.; Fremont County (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.
A man on horseback leads a horses around a bend on Bear Creek trail south of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado; Potosi Peak is to the west. Stone retaining walls support the trail that is cut into the side of a cliff. Bear Creek is below the cliff.
Bear Creek (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.
Cowboys on horseback rope a steer, and two men brand the steer, in a corral in probably Wyoming. One man restrains the steer's head on the ground. Men in cowboy hats sit on the fence.
View of water and steam above Beehive and other geysers at Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Grass and reeds are by a lake and trees are on a hillside.
Beehive Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
Miners pose in front of a log building, the office of the newspaper La Belle Cresset, in the mining camp of La Belle (Taos County), New Mexico. Men wear sack suits and hats and sit and stand near a log fence. An African American (Black) man leans...
Belle Cresset (Firm)--Buildings--1890-1900.; African Americans--New Mexico--La Belle--1890-1900.; La Belle (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--New Mexico--La Belle--1890-1900.; Men--New Mexico--La Belle--1890-1900.; Miners--New Mexico--La...
View of low foothills, a portion of snow-covered Mount Shasta and Black Butte, in the Cascade Mountains (Siskiyou County), California. Shows buildings, possibly ranches, probably the Shasta River and an irrigation ditch in Shasta Valley.
Black Butte (Siskiyou County, Calif.)--1870-1880.; Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)--1870-1880.; Siskiyou County (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Buttes--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.;...
A man sits on a boulder beside the Colorado River in the Black Canyon in Mohave County, Arizona. A wooden boat with a mast is beside camping provisions, wooden boxes, oars, a canvas bag, bedrolls, ropes, and a hat. Sand and rocks are next to the...
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Mohave County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boats--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Mohave...
View of the Colorado River and steep rock walls and cliffs in Black Canyon, probably in Mohave County, Arizona.
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Mohave County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Mojave County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Arizona--Mohave...
A man sits in a wooden boat with a mast on the edge of the Colorado River in the Black Canyon, Mojave County, Arizona. Shows rocks on a shore beside the river, and steep cliff walls of the Black Canyon near what is identified as "camp 8".
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Mojave County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boats--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
A man sits in a boat on the Colorado River near what is identified as "Mirror Bar" in the Black Canyon on the Arizona - Nevada border. A canvas bag is beside the boat on a sandbar. Shows steep rock canyon walls.
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rowboats--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Sandbars--Colorado...
The Bonanza Mill in upper Chase Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado, has two, tall smokestacks protruding from its roof. Tailings from the mine are in the foreground in front of the mill, located near Blackhawk. Additional mines dot the hills...
View of waterfalls on Mount Blackmore, Gallatin County, Montana. Shows a narrow creek (possibly Blackmore Creek) on a steep slope beside boulders and trees.
Blackmore, Mount (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Gallatin County (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Montana--Gallatin County--1870-1880.; Streams--Montana--Gallatin County--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Montana--Gallatin County--1870-1880.; Geological and...
Panoramic view of a high mountain lake, sparse trees, the Sierra Blanca ridge (Cerro Blanco), and Blanca Peak in probably Costilla County or Alamosa County, Colorado. Shows a rocky ridge and possibly Lake Como.
Blanca Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Square lookout towers ornament the three-story, frame, gable- roofed Chautauqua auditorium in Boulder, Colorado. The Academic Hall, a two-story, cottage roofed structure, houses, and young trees extend to the west. The town is beyond fields and...
A creek runs through the left foreground near Mount Neva on the border of Boulder and Grand Counties in Colorado. A cabin is in the right midground partially blocked by tall pine trees. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Grand County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mountains--Colorado--1950-1960.; Pines--Colorado--1950-1960.; Streams--Colorado--1950-1960.
A woman and a man (probably the Buckwalters) pose by a marker at the Colorado / Wyoming state line. Mileage is given for Laramie and Fort Collins; letters on a stone slab include: "This Stone Marks The Place Where The Overland Stage Line Made Its...
View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west. Shows frame or log dwellings and commercial buildings, including the schoolhouse, a white, two story, gable roofed building with a projecting entry on the right. False fronted buildings are along Ridge...
A man wears a suit and hat and sits on a rock ledge beside Bridal Veil Fall on the Provo River in Provo Canyon (Utah County), Utah. Shows a waterfall and steep rock cliffs.
Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) rides at the head of a group of Native American (Sioux) men on horseback as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The Sioux men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, and feather...
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
View of snow covered mountains with sparse trees in the Aura Mining District in the Bull Run Mountains, Elko County, Nevada. A trail in the snow traverses the hillside.
Bull Run Mountains (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Elko County (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Elko County--1870-1880.; Mountains--Nevada--Elko County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
View of a waterfall and steep rock walls in Bullion Canyon on probably Pine Creek, in the Tushar Mountains near Marysvale (Paiute County), Utah. Trees and fallen timber are in the canyon.
Bullion Canon (Paiute County, Utah)--1870-1880.; Paiute County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Utah--Paiute...
View of Liberty Cap, a calcium carbonate cone near Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows trees and mountains.
Calcium carbonate--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Liberty Cap (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
Cowboys brand calves in a corral in probably Wyoming. A cowboy on a horse ropes a calf, and men in hats, boots and gloves restrain calves on the ground. Cowboys sit nearby on a fence.
Close-up view of a U.S. Army fort at Camp Halleck (Elko County), Nevada. Shows a horse-drawn wagon beside a building constructed with vertical logs and a pitched roof. Wooden barrels are on platforms on a roof apex.
This two-story brick livery in Canon City, Colorado, has stone window heads and corbeling atop the false front. A projecting sign reads: "Canon City Livery Feed Sale Stables." Men and horses stand by the open door, which has a carriage in it; a...
Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stables--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
Panoramic view of tents and a camp identified as "Camp Beauty", rock towers and canyon walls in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Tents and possibly a lean-two shelter are on the canyon floor near trees and talus.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Camping--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National...
A horse drawn-carriage, men and horses are in a canyon at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Shows eroded sandstone walls, boulders and grass in the valley and possibly Chinle Wash in a sandy draw.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Channels--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National...
View of sandstone towers, steep cliff walls and talus slopes in Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The sandy creek bed of Chinle Wash and trees are in the valley.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Channels--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National...