Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Stage depot at Reynolds, N. Mex.
- View of a stage depot at Reynolds Windmill (Torrance County) New Mexico; shows horse drawn buggies, a frame building, and a windmill.
- Reynolds Windmill (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--New Mexico--Reynolds Windmill--1900-1910.; Transportation facilities--New Mexico--Reynolds Windmill--1900-1910.; Transportation--New Mexico--Reynolds Windmill--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Dutch Mill Cottage Court
- View of the Dutch Mill Cottage Court, a mobile home park at 11973 East Colfax in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. Shows two buildings and a mobile home. One building is a windmill with a white stucco exterior with blue trim. The roof is hexagonal...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Windmills.; Dutch Mill Cottage Court (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dutch Mill Cottage Court (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Windmills--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Mobile home parks--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- City waterworks, Akron, Colo.
- View of two-story native stone structure with a windmill on its hipped roof and a tall cylindrical water tank (standpipe) in Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Building once housed city offices, jail, and the water well. Windmill and watertank no...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.; Windmills--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Windmill across from Baca County Court House
- View of a wooden windmill across the street from the Baca County Court House at 741 Main Street in Springfield, Colorado. A wooden bench is beside the windmill. A sign on the rotor of the mill reads: "The Aermotor Chicago." A water barrel is under...
- Baca County Court House (Springfield, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Courthouses.; Windmills.; Baca County Court House (Springfield, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Springfield--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Large windmill
- Workmen pose on and near a partially constructed windmill in Colorado. A wooden framework is nearby. The rudder of the windmill reads: "Dempster Steel".
- Laborers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Windmill and pigeon house at the entrance to the forecourt of the W. R. Owen estate in Cherry Hills
- View of a windmill at the entrance to the William Roland Owen estate in Cherry Hills Village (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The brick entryway has a Mansard roof, arched section over the road, and towers. Lettering on the windmill reads: "Dempster."
- Owen, William Roland--Homes & haunts.; Cherry Hills Village (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Estates--Colorado--Cherry Hills Village--1920-1930.; Windmills--Colorado--Cherry Hills Village--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Windmill on Pawnee National Grassland
- View of a windmill on the Pawnee National Grassland in Colorado. The windmill is surrounded by a log fence.
- Pawnee National Grassland (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Fences--Colorado--Pawnee National Grassland--1970-1990.; Prairies--Colorado--Pawnee National Grassland--1970-1990.; Windmills--Colorado--Pawnee National Grassland--1970-1990.
- [between 1975 and 1981?]
- Castle Rock cemetery, poor condition, Jan. 31, 35
- View of two family plots and a windmill in the unkept Castle Rock cemetery, Douglas County, Colorado, includes concrete baluster and pipe rail fences. One plot has three tall stone gravestones that read: "Seidensticker, Julius, 1847-1922, Kate,...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Castle Rock--1930-1940.
- January 31, 1935
- Windmill at North Platte station
- Men, women and children stand next to railroad tracks and a large windmill at the Union Pacific station in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. Railroad cars labeled "U.P.R.R., 1418" and "U.P.R.R. 1976" stand on tracks nearby. Brick buildings...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Expeditions & surveys--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.;...
- [1869]
- Farm and windmill
- Panoramic view of a brick masonry farmhouse, barn, and windmill probably near Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado.
- Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Windmills--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Keota rails show in places shoveling remains to be done, best picture of the new depot built in 1912 & of the Burlington water tank & windmill
- The Burlington depot in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, is a two- story frame building with a gable roof and double hung sash windows. A semaphore signal is by the door, and a water tower and windmill are in the background. People shovel snow, and a...
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1913 December 7
- Coal Creek School
- View of the Coal Creek School House at 800 Telluride Street, Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The one room school has white wood-siding building with a gray slate roof. The entrance is protected by a portico. A post-and-rail wood fence surrounds...
- Coal Creek School (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; One-room schools.; Windmills.; Coal Creek School (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Windmills--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial...
- 1994
- MacLean soddy, Plains Conservation Center
- View of the MacLean soddy at the Plains Conservation Center (21901 East Hampden Ave) in Aurora (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The replica soddy is made of sod bricks, with a smooth layer of mud on the exterior, it has windows, a slightly pitched roof...
- Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Aurora (Colo.)--2010-2020. .; Sod buildings.; Windmills.; Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sod houses--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Dutch Boy Donuts
- View of Dutch Boy Donuts at 6640 East Colfax Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This one-story brick commercial building has a corner entrance. The entrance has a transom window. A neon-on-metal sign on the side of the...
- Dutch Boy Donuts (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bakeries.; Electric signs.; Dutch Boy Donuts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bakeries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Neon...
- ca. 1980
- Seventeen Mile House
- View of Seventeen-Mile house, a Smoky Hill South Trail stage depot at Cummings Ranch in Douglas County, Colorado. Women sit and pose under the shade of a tree near a windmill. Shows a frame house, probably a barn in a field, and fences near a dirt...
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.
- View of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California. Shows a three-story brick building, several frame clapboard buildings, a brick observatory tower, a brick Italianate building with brick band work, a windmill, and an...
- Lick Observatory--1880-1910.; Hamilton, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Astronomical observatories--California--Santa Clara County--1880-1910.
- [between 1888and 1910?]
- Long's Peak from Estes Park Hotel
- View of part of the Estes Park Hotel, a valley, pine trees, and boulders in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows a frame building with wrap-around porches, a horse-drawn wagon, a windmill and foothills. Longs Peak is in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Children of the Cherry Tree Home, working on irrigation project
- Boys in overalls and straw hats use hoes to enlarge an irrigation ditch near the Cherry Tree Home (Amity Colony Children's Home) in Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. The home sits behind the boys. Shows a two-story structure with mansard roof, a...
- Cherry Tree Home (Amity, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Orphanages--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1905?]
- Railroad stop
- Panoramic view of a post office and railroad water tank and station at a stop on the Colorado and Southern Railway probably near Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado. Signs on the post office read: "Post Office," "Flour," and "Feed." A...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Buildings--1890-1900.; Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Men and women on porch
- Men and women pose on the porch of a house in Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado. The two story brick masonry house has a chimney and covered porch. A windmill is nearby.
- Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Porches--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Buildings residences one-story frame home
- A man poses outdoors near his house probably in Denver, Colorado. The one-story wood frame house has a chimney and a windmill is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Industries construction equipment steam tractor on a road
- A group of workmen pose near an M. Rumley & Company tractor at a construction site in Denver, Colorado. A pipeline and a windmill are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- The "Castle" at Montclair
- View of the residence of Baron Walter von Richthofen at 7012 East 12th (Twelfth) Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a limestone castle with crenellated towers, tall arched gateway, and windmill.
- Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Homes & haunts.; Richthofen Castle (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1888]
- The barracks, Santa Catalinia Island
- View of a Union Army barracks on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. The building is a T-shaped, one-story, wood frame structure with a front porch. A windmill stands nearby.
- United States. Army--1890-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Barracks--California--Santa Catalina Island--1890-1910.; Windmills--California--Santa Catalina Island--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Calif.
- View of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California. Shows a three-story brick building, several frame clapboard buildings, a brick observatory tower, a brick Italianate building with brick bandwork, a windmill, and an...
- Lick Observatory--Buildings--1880-1900.; Hamilton, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Astronomical observatories--California--Santa Clara County--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Pike's Peak
- View of foothills and snow on Pikes Peak Austin Bluffs in El Paso County, Colorado. Trees and an eroded wash are on a hillside. A house is in a meadow beside possibly a windmill.
- Austin Bluffs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cary Ranch bldgs., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of Two Circle Bar Ranch buildings, west of Hayden, Colorado, owned by brothers John, Robert and Sam Cary; shows windmill, water tower, fenced fields, and rolling hills in background.
- Hayden (Colo.); Ranches--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- A Colorado irrigation ditch
- View, from downstream, of an irrigation ditch on the eastern plains of Colorado; water foams as it tumbles through wood-slatted sluice; cows graze on banks of ditch; fenced farmland in background; flat horizon with windmill and trees.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Melvin, Colorado
- Melvin, Arapahoe County, Colorado, consists of one-story frame buildings, including a house whose porch is being used as a store; shows sign "Flour Feed," a parlor stove, barrel, a boy posing, windmill, wooden water tank, shed, and freight car.
- Melvin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Melvin--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Melvin--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Ranch of Mr Henry Gilbert at Melvin, Colo
- This ranch in Melvin, Arapahoe County, Colorado, consists of a one-story frame house, outbuilding, and trees. A windmill is in the background, and a man poses by a white picket fence in the foreground.
- Gilbert, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Melvin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Melvin--1890-1900.
- 1895
- View near Maybell, Colo
- Farm near Maybell, in Moffat County, Colorado, has a frame barn and outbuilding; shows a windmill, stables and a large pile of gravel [?].
- Maybell (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Farms--Colorado--Maybell--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Parker, Colorado
- View looking through the town of Parker, Colorado in Douglas County. Frame, commercial structures along street. "The Rhode Island House Modern Parker, Colo." painted on one of the buildings. Wagons and windmill in front of buildings.
- Parker (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Parker--1920-1940.; Windmills--Colorado--Parker--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Ramah, Colorado
- Kenneth Gammon, Clifford and Charlie Grosso play stickball, Ramah, El Paso County, Colorado; one wears a baseball cap, one holds a stick, and one has a face mask and mitt. Dwellings, powerpoles, and a windmill are in the background.
- Ramah (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stickball--Colorado--Ramah--1910-1920.; Gammon, Kenneth.; Grosso, Charlie.; Grosso, Clifford.
- 1912
- Montrose, Colo
- People pose with a buggy and canvas covered merchant's wagon, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A frame barn has a false-front and lettering: "Studebaker Wagons," "Magnolia Livery Feed and Sale Stables," "Schuttler Wagons & Buggies," and...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 July 23
- Royal Hotel and Union Church, Yampa, Colo.
- View along Moffat Avenue, Yampa (Egeria,) Routt County, Colorado; shows the Royal Hotel with balcony, Congregational Church, Millinery, Yampa General Merchandise, and a windmill.
- Royal Hotel (Yampa, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Yampa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Yampa--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Yampa--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Tiny Town
- Jerald Lee Fitzmier poses next to the corner store in the business district of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Radio towers and a Dutch windmill show in background. The miniature village is built at one-sixth size scale...
- Turner, George 1859-1932--Homes & haunts.; Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Fitzmier, Jerald Lee.
- July 8, 1947
- Tiny Town
- Sunny Marie Francis and Jerald Lee Fitzmier stand on the arched bridge leading to the Dutch windmill in Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. It is one of many structures in a village built at one-sixth size scale.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Fitzmier, Jerald Lee.;...
- 1947 July 8
- Ernst Apel home, built 1904, 46th & Wadsworth
- Ernest Apel's farm in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, is a brick residence with frame outbuildings; one has a windmill. The house has a stone foundation and a porch with letters: "Lolita."
- Apel, Ernest--Homes & haunts.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Irrigating potatoes near Hayden, Colo.
- View of man irrigating potato field near Hayden, Colorado; large field of potato plants with blooms; wooden frame structures, farm & ranch buildings, & windmill, background; shovel.
- Hayden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- 6th grade at Boyd, 1941
- In this sixth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks. Two children stand and read at bookshelves built into the back of the room. A boy with a paintbrush works on a mural of the Nativity...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Colorado cattle
- View of hereford cattle in a corral in Colorado; corrals, shed, and windmill are behind herd.
- Cattle--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Woman on horseback
- A woman, in a riding outfit, poses outdoors on horseback, on an riding saddle, near her house in Colorado. An automobile and a windmill are nearby.
- Horseback riding--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Laying of corner stone of Washington County Court House at Akron, Colo.
- Townspeople gather for the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado. A large group of about 80 people are gathered around the upright wood framing. There is an outhouse in the foreground and one-story...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Washington County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Main street looking north from railroad yards, piles of coal in the foreground, about 1890.
- Looking north from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad tracks down Main Street in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, there is a wide street with a windmill well in the center. Wood frame false fronts line the street. "Chicago Lumber Yard"...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Akron--1880-1890.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- [1887]
- Female horse rider
- A woman sits astride a horse; a barn and windmill are in the background.
- Horseback riding--1920-1930.; Horses--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- U.S.R.S. Headquarters at St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A white man and a Native American Flathead (Salish) man stand on a dirt road in front of the headquarters buildings at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. A windmill, water tank, and flag pole tower over the...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; United States Reclamation Service--Buildings--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- 1909 August 15
- An old landmark, Newport, R.I.
- Shows a large wooden windmill in Newport, Rhode Island. Farm equipment is in the field below.
- Newport (R.I.)--1900-1910.; Windmills--Rhode Island--Newport--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Seventeen-Mile House on the Smoky Hill South Trail
- View of Seventeen-Mile house, a Smoky Hill South Trail stage depot at Cummings Ranch in Douglas County, Colorado; shows frame buildings, haystacks, and a windmill.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1890.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1890.
- 1889?
- Sioux women receiving rations from commissary
- Native American Lakota Sioux women and children receive government 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...?...
- 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--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891
- P.R. Ag...?
- View from the southwest over two arroyos to the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, includes tepees, U.S. Army wall tents, agency buildings, log cabins, boarding school, churches, water tank and windmill.
- 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--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine...
- 1891? April 28