Panoramic view of layered rock formations, towers, talus slopes and a valley at Kaibab Plateau, Coconino County, Arizona. Shows possibly Jumpup Canyon and layered, eroded cliff walls.
Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky...
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 &...
View of the summit of The Watchman, a sandstone rock formation, and trees beside the Virgen River in Zion National Park, Utah.
Virgin River--1870-1880.; Watchman, The (Utah)--1870-1880.; Zion National Park (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Utah--Zion National...
"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...
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.
Seated outdoor portrait of Dutchy, a Native American Chiricahua Apache scout for the U.S. Army during the Crook campaigns; posed with a rifle and ammunition belt.
Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indian scouts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Military scouts--1880-1890.; Dutchy Chiricahua Indian.
Aerial view of summits and high mountain lakes, identified as "Lost Lakes" near "Meigs Peak", probably near Stunner Pass in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows dense forest, boulders and snow above timberline in the San Juan Mountains.
Conejos County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
View of rock formations, boulders. and dead, fallen trees in an unidentified valley in Eagle County, Colorado. The Mount of the Holy Cross and the Sawatch Range are in the distance.
Eagle County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Holy Cross, Mount of (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulders--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Logs--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Geological and...
A white man, married to a Native American, looks on as his wife's relatives sit around a cooking fire. The guests have set up four tepees adjacent to the man's cabin.
Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.
Men sit, stand or lie on a hillside near a valley of dense trees probably in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The Teton Range and snowy Grand Teton are in the distance.
Grand Teton (Wyo. : Mountain)--1870-1880.; Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--Grand Teton National Park--1870-1880.; Mountains--Wyoming--Grand Teton National...
View of Native American (Hopi) stone and adobe, multi-story dwellings at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Sheep pens beside a steep slope have low stone walls. Ladders lean against buildings on the mesa.
Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
Native American (Navajo) men and women sit or stand beside a loom near old Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico. A man wears a woven shirt, leather leggings and moccasins and holds a bow and arrow. A man wears a loin cloth and leans against...
Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Fort Defiance (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Fort Defiance--1870-1880.; Looms--New Mexico--Fort...
Water covers Pikes Peak Avenue, a dirt street in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Houses and trees flank the thorougfare; the Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak are to the west.
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.)
View of frame buildings, houses and log cabins in Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County), Utah. A partly legible sign on a commercial building roof reads: "Alta Brewery." Mine buildings, ore piles and a tipple, probably the Emma Silver...
Emma Silver Mines Company--1870-1880.; Alta (Utah)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Utah--Alta--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Alta--1870-1880.; Mining--Utah--Alta--1870-1880.; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel...
A head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, identified as American Horse. He wears a hair pipe breastplate and choker, fur-bound braids, and a feather in his hair.
Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Oglala Indians--1880-1890.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
View of the White House, Ancestral Puebloan Native American (Anasazi) ruins at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Men stand and pose on cliff dwellings in a cliff wall niche and on ruins on the canyon floor. Climbing ropes connect the...
Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Canyon de Chelly...
A man wears a hat, holds a rifle and stands near what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Navajo County or Apache County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Shows steep basalt bluffs and trees on a hillside.
White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
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.
View north over Main Street to the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Littleton, Colorado, shows the two-story with basement brick administration building featuring a hipped tile roof with four-sided domed cupola, central attic dormers with curvilinear...
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.
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...
View of a wooden balanced incline used for gold mining at the Illinois Mine in the Pahranagat Mining District, (Lincoln County) Nevada. An ore car is on parallel tracks connected to a pulley wheel at the top of tracks. Rocks, trees and ore piles...
Illinois Mine (Lincoln County, Nev.)--1870-1880.; Lincoln County (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Pahranagat Mining District (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Lincoln County--1870-1880.; Gold mining--Nevada--Lincoln County--1870-1880.; Inclined...
Photograph of the Beierle Farm, or the Knapff farm barn and orchard located near Denver, Colorado. The farm complex consisted of a number of structures that represent late 19th and early 20th century American architectural movements. The circa...
Photograph of the Beierle Farm, or the Knapff farm newer buildings located near Denver, Colorado. The farm complex consisted of a number of structures that represent late 19th and early 20th century American architectural movements. The circa...
Photograph of the Beierle Farm, or the Knapff farm main house located near Denver, Colorado. The farm complex consisted of a number of structures that represent late 19th and early 20th century American architectural movements. The circa 1890...
Photograph of the Beierle Farm, or the Knapff farm scale house located near Denver, Colorado. The farm complex consisted of a number of structures that represent late 19th and early 20th century American architectural movements. The circa 1890...
Billie Bulluck and Jim Mitchell, both cowboys in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose on horses in the foreground in front of a cluster of rocks and trees. Mitchell wears leather chaps and holds a coiled rope in his left hand. Bullock wears...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Bulluck, Billie.; Mitchell, Jim.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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 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...
View of a steep rock cliff and the Colorado River in Black Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. A wooden boat with a mast is on a sandbar and men stand beside gear and supplies at what is identified as "big horn camp".
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Arizona--Grand...
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...
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 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...
This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southwest, shows the frame, gable roofed, one story Saint Mary's Catholic Church with a cross on its gable peak and a ladder on its snow dusted roof. It has a gothic door and windows, and a round window...
St. Mary's Catholic Church (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
"Buckskin Jim", possibly John W. Russell, and Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Lillie pose for a full-length, studio portrait, possibly while touring with "Pawnee Bill's Wild West." Both men wear buckskin coats and pants with tassles and cowboy hats. Buckskin...
Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buckskin Jim.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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 Colorado & Southern train no. 73 pulled by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy steam locomotive no. 6143 in the yards in Denver, Colorado. The tender has lettering that reads: "Burlington Route." A railroad box car has lettering that reads:...