Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- View of Sleeping Ute Mountain from Yucca House National Monument
- View of Sleeping Ute Mountain from Yucca House National Monument on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation in southwestern Colorado. Shows sagebrush and a meadow in Montezuma Valley.
- Montezuma Valley (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Ute Mountain Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Yucca House National Monument (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Meadows--Colorado--Yucca House National Monument--1970-1990.;...
- [between 1975 and 1981?]
- Yucca
- Close view of a blooming yucca plant, probably in Colorado; dirt road and mountains in background.
- Yucca--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Unidentified plant - (yucca)
- View of a yucca plant in bloom, Colorado.
- Yucca--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Yucca or Spanish Bayonet
- Close up of a large yucca plant in bloom, Colorado. A man sits on a low hill behind the plant.
- Yucca--Colorado--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Glen Isle
- View of three houses in Glen Isle (Park County), Colorado. The closest house has a sign on the facing wall: "Garden spot." Two wagon wheels lean against a fence outside of it. The two other houses are identified by the artist as the Kiva house and...
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Glenisle--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Yucca plant
- Close-up view of a yucca plant in Denver, Colorado.
- Yucca--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Agaves--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Yucca or Spanish Bayonet
- Close-up of a large yucca plant in bloom, Colorado. A man sits on a low hill nearby.
- Yucca--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Monterey - Hotel del Monte, Arizona Garden -
- A view of what is known as the Arizona Garden on the grounds of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. The gardens designed by landscape architect, Rudolph Ulrich, include agave, yucca, cacti, palms, shrubs and flowers.
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Yucca--California--Monterey--1890-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Agaves--California--Monterey--1890-1900.; Cactus--California--Monterey--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890-1900?]
- Spanish Bayonet
- View of a Spanish Bayonet yucca plant in bloom. This plant has narrow pointed stiff leaves and a tall stalk with flowers.
- Yucca--1890-1900.; Agaves--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Juniper trees?
- View of juniper or pinon pines and a yucca.
- Yucca--1920-1940.; Trees--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Yucca
- Western History Subject Index
- Yucca
- Pablo C. de Baca age 16 and a cousin.
- Studio portrait of Pablo C. de Baca and his cousin, possibly Hilario Delgado. Both teenage men wear flat brimmed hats. Hilario wears a plaid wool suit, tie, vest and watch fob. Pablo wears a plaid jacket with a vest, pin striped slacks and a watch...
- Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Teenagers.; C. de Baca, Pablo, 1874-1940.; Delgado, Hilario.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American teenage...
- 1890
- Hot Springs, S.D. from Lookout Point
- A view of a shelter with a rustic conical roof and a flagpole on Lookout Point in Hot Springs (Fall River County), South Dakota. A man in open carriage drawn by horses is near the building. Rock outcrops, pines, yucca plants and houses dot the...
- Hot Springs (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--South Dakota--Hot Springs--1900-1910.; Shelters--South Dakota--Hot Springs--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Monterey - Hotel del Monte, Arizona Garden
- A view of what is known as the Arizona Garden on the grounds of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Desert plants include agave, yucca, palms, trees, shrubs, and flowers. Benches and paths are in the garden.
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Yuccas--California--Monterey--1890-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Agaves--California--Monterey--1890-1900.; Cactus--California--Monterey--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Francisco, Union Square and St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square near the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Construction materials for the St. Francis Hotel are in the street. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men and boys lounge on the...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities.; Parks.
- [1903?]
- Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
- View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- San Francisco - Union Square & St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square and the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument, a 79 foot...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.;...
- c1905
- Burden basket
- Native American (Mescalero Apache) twined burden basket with red, brown and yucca natural dye; leather fringe.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Baskets--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Kachina
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) kachina doll of Zuni warrior Salimbiya. The doll has a case mask, yellow feather, flower ears, tube mouth, feather ruff; black, red and green cotton ceremonial kilt, purple legs and body, articulated arms, yucca whip,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Kachina dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (Mescalero Apache) coiled basket used as a bowl. The basket has a single rod foundation, brown and red beadwork and stacked rods from milled lumber bound together with yucca.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Baskets--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Basket
- Shows Native American (White Mountain Apache) coiled basket. The materials used to make it include devil's claw, willow, red stitch and red yucca. Zig-zag lines, an eight point star and hanging triangles are painted on with brown natural dye. The...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Baskets--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Arizona Garden
- View of what is known as the Arizona Garden on the grounds of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Desert plants include agave, yucca, palms, trees, shrubs, and flowers. Benches and paths are in the garden.
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Agaves--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Palms--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- Monterey, Hotel Del Monte, Arizona Garden
- View of what is known as the Arizona Garden on the grounds of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Desert plants include agave, yucca, cacti, palms, shrubs and flowers. Trees, benches, and paths surround the gardens. A...
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Agaves--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Cactus--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Palms--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- Joshua Trees
- Joshua Trees grow along Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway tracks in the Mojave (Mohave) Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1910.; Mojave Desert (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Bernardino County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Deserts--California--San Bernardino County--1890-1910.; Joshua trees--California--San Bernardino...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Joshua Trees
- Joshua Trees grow near the side of a dirt road in the Mojave (Mohave) Desert in San Bernardino County, California.
- Mojave Desert (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Bernardino County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Deserts--California--San Bernardino County--1890-1910.; Dirt roads--California--San Bernardino County--1890-1910.; Joshua trees--California--San Bernardino...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Indian girls weaving baskets, village of Shipaulovi, Hopi Reservation, Arizona
- Native American Hopi Pueblo girls weave baskets from grass and split yucca leaves, Sipaulovi, Second Mesa, Arizona. They wear mantas, shawls, and side-whorled hair styles.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Sipaulovi...
- 1906
- Cattle herd
- A herd of cattle graze near a mountain. Rocks and yucca dot the landscape.
- Cattle--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Mountain cabins
- Resort cabins in sagebrush, yucca, and cedar trees, probably in Colorado in Utah. Number on the door reads: "9."
- Cabins--1920-1940.; Resorts--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Aurora
- Nighttime view of probably Colfax Avenue in Aurora (Adams and Arapahoe Counties), Colorado. Neon signs on buildings read: "Colo. Cafe," "Liquors," and "Yucca."
- Aurora (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Electric signs--Colorado--Aurora--1950-1960.; Night--Colorado--Aurora--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Aurora--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Near Colorado Springs, Colo., Pike's Peak
- View of two southbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenger trains, El Paso County, Colorado. Massive Pikes Pike towers over the area covered with snow patches; Ponderosa pines and yucca show in foreground.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1910-1930.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Pikes Peak
- View of railroad tracks and Pikes Pike towering over the area covered with snow patches, El Paso County, Colorado. Ponderosa Pines and yucca show in foreground.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Collection of Pima baskets
- A display of Native American (Pima) baskets. They are woven in different shapes and sizes, and all have a unique design. The colors are always black and white, with the white coming from either willow or yucca, and the black coming from the pods of...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Pima baskets--1880-1910.; Pima Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Baskets--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Apache scout
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American Apache man bare-chested, wearing a breechcloth with an ammunition belt, moccasins, headband and holding a rifle in a set of prop cactus, yucca and brush.
- Apache Indians--1870-1890.; Indian scouts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Military scouts--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Atta-kai-bi-tzu-ih & Charlie, Navajo Indians of Arizona
- Studio portrait of Charlie Mitchell and Atta-kai-bi-tzu-ih, Native American Navajo scouts, posed with rifles, prop rocks, yucca and brush, in front of a painted backdrop. They wear animal fur caps, bandoliers, ammunition and conchas belts, leather...
- Indian scouts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Military scouts--1880-1890.; Atta-kai-bi-tzu-ih.; Mitchell, Charlie.
- 1884?
- Daisy White Mountain Apache
- Standing studio portrait of Daisy, a Native American White Mountain Apache Indian woman, wearing a fringe buckskin with ti calico, full skirt; posed with baskets, blankets, yucca, and trees.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; White Mountain Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Daisy White Mountain Apache Indian.
- [between 1883 and 1885?]
- Group of Apache prisoners
- Two uniformed U.S. Army soldiers pose on a yucca covered slope with their Native American Chiricahua Apache women and children prisoners captured on Captain Crook's campaign, Arizona or Mexico.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Prisoners--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- [1884 or 1885]
- Cheyenne Mtn. from Palmer Park
- View towards Cheyenne Mountain (elevation 9565 feet) from Palmer Park, a municipal park northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado; farm or ranch house & agricultural field in valley, center; glimpse of distant Colorado Springs, center right; yucca...
- Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- Pikes Peak from Palmer Park
- Distant view of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet) from Palmer Park, a municipal park northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado; view of Yucca, Ponderosa Pines, & Scrub Oak over hillside towards cloudy Pikes Peak.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- Feather-grass goods, also stone implements, mesa dwellers
- View of objects found at Native American (Anasazi) dwelling ruins in Colorado or Utah. Woven rugs and looms with unfinished rugs are beside a shelf that displays pottery, stone axes, a mano and metate, woven fragments (possibly yucca or bark), and...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [1900?]
- Ute child in cradleboard
- Close-up view of a Native American (probably Ute) baby in a cradleboard. A person with a fringed woven shawl carries a cradleboard made with probably deerskin leather and yucca fibers and decorated with beadwork and fringe.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Three Utes and child
- Shows Native American (Ute) men and a woman with a baby. The men have braids and wear earrings, beaded or silver necklaces, fabric or beaded vests, beaded armbands, silver cuffs, pants, and moccasins. The woman wears a plaid, fringed shawl and...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Historic Spanish record of the conquest south side of Inscription Rock, N.M.
- Close-up view of a Spanish inscription carved in the sandstone at Inscription Rock (El Morro National Monument), New Mexico. The English translation reads: "By this place passed Ensign Don Joseph de Payba Basconzelos, in the year in which he held...
- El Morro National Monument (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Inscription Rock (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--El Morro National Monument--1870-1880.; Graffiti--New Mexico--El Morro National Monument--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West...
- 1873
- Denver in 1868
- View of a wooden bridge over the South Platte River, possibly at 15th (Fifteenth) Street, near the confluence with Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Horses drink from the river. Shows buildings and houses in Denver in the distance, wheel ruts in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Weathered cliffs whose colors glow in the sun with metallic brilliance
- A man in a jacket and tie sits in the front seat of a convertible car on the Apache Trail above a canyon in possibly the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Shows layered rock mesas and mountains in the distance. Yucca and ocotillo cacti are beside...
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Automobile travel--Arizona--1910-1920.; Canyons--Arizona--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Arizona--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Arizona--1910-1920.;...
- [1916]
- Golden City
- View north over Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the town of wood frame residences and brick buildings along Washington Avenue, with foothills and North Table Mountain. Yucca grows on the slope in the foreground.
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Wolhurst
- Half-timbering is in the gable end of this wing of Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado. The one-story brick structure has a gable roof and shed-roofed dormers, chimneys, and screened-in porches. An urn is in the lawn, planted with a yucca.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Western History Subject Index
- Yucca
- Western History Subject Index
- Yucca Flats, Nevada
- Western History Subject Index
- Yucca house national monument