Native American Sioux fight white settlers, during the Minnesota uprising.
Dakota Indians--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Minnesota--1860-1870.; Fighting--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Rebellions--Minnesota--1860-1870.
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.
A young George Custer and soldiers arrive on the scene of the Kidder massacre where Native Americans (Cheyenne and Sioux) slaughtered ten men carrying dispatches for Custer from Fort Sedgewick.
Cheyenne Indians--War--1880-1910.; Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Massacres--1880-1910.
View of Western Pacific Railroad tracks at Great Salt Lake, Utah; shows a wooden water pipe, Black Rock, and Antelope Island.
Western Pacific Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Antelope Island (Utah)--1910-1920.; Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Utah--1910-1920.
View in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado; shows the Arkansas River, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, a telltale, water pipe, and granite cliffs.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont...
View in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado; shows the Arkansas River, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, a water pipe, and granite cliffs.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Pipelines--Colorado--Fremont...
View in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, signals 1663, Hanging Bridge, the Arkansas River, and granite cliffs.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
View in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, signals 1663, a water pipe, power lines, the Arkansas River, and granite cliffs.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad signals--Colorado--Fremont...
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.
Native Americans (Sioux) ride horseback during a snow storm. They surround a temporary stone monument to General Custer at the site of his last battle, Little Big Horn, Montana.
Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Monuments & memorials--1880-1900.
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.
Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive number "1207" beside snow-covered Boulder Creek or Middle Boulder Creek in Boulder County, Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.
Book illustration of the completion of the trans-continental railroad at Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah. Men pose by Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad locomotives; some hold bottles.
Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1870.; Dedications--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.; Railroads--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.
"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...