Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 3, 1919 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Numbers 9 and 10, 1919 September-October
- Safeway Distribution Center Historic District Eligibility Form
- Commission on Community Relations "The Summer of 1967-Northeast Park Hill"
- Chavez Plaza Cemetery, Huerfano County, Colo.
- View of the Chavez Plaza Cemetery, known also as the San Jose Canon Cemetery, the San Jose de Los Chavez Cemetery, or the Los Chavez Cemetery located near the town of Gardner in Huerfano County, Colo. The earliest gravestone dates to 1877 with the...
- Chavez Plaza Cemetery (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Huerfano County--1970-1980.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Chavez Plaza Cemetery (Huerfano County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Huerfano...
- 1977
- Reed family mausoleum, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
- View of the Reed family mausoleum located in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, 12801 West 44th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colo. Carved of Carrara marble by Raffaello Romanelli in Florence, Italy, the mausoleum is a small scale, late Gothic style interpretation...
- Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--2000-2010.; (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--2000-2010; Reed, Verner Z. (Verner Zevola), 1863-1919--Tomb.; Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- c.2000
- Bill Coors, Golden, Colo.
- View of William K. "Bill" Coors standing on the porch of the Coors Mansion. The mansion is hidden in the middle of the giant Adolph Coors Company plant in Golden, Colo. The structure originally housed the beer garden pavilion, but was later...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Coors, William K., 1916--Pictorial works.; Adolph Coors Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Golden--Pictorial works.; Golden (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Climax Mine
- View of the Climax Mine and Bartlett Mountain located approximately 13 miles northeast of Leadville in Climax, Colo. The mine began shipping ore in ca.1915 and at its highest output was the largest molybdenum mine in the world. For many years it...
- Molybdenum mines and mining--Colorado--Climax--2000-2010.; Climax (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Climax Molybdenum Co. (Climax, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Climax Molybdenum Co. (Climax, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Molybdenum mines and...
- 2006
- Rivera School
- Hispanic American students and their male teacher, who holds books and a ruler, pose in front of their school in Rivera (San Francisco Plaza, Glenham), Las Animas County Colorado. The brick school house has a wooden belfry. A plaque over the door...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Rivera (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children.; Students.; Teachers.; Teenagers.; Córdova, Juan R.--Pictorial works.; Rivera, Adelina A.--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The Cordova house
- Hispanic American José Benito Córdova and his wife Marina Rivera de Córdova pose with their families at their two story, Territorial style, adobe house in Las Córdovas, near El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The house has a balcony and...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings.; Families.; Houses.; Women.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- ca. 1895
- Los Cordovas Church
- View of Los Cordovas Catholic Church in Los Cordovas, a settlement located along the Purgatory River, approximately two miles east of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The adobe building has a gable roof, wooden, shingled bell tower with a...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches.; Older people.; People.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Catholic...
- ca. 1895
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 45, 1911 November 4
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 13, 1914 April 11
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1918 May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 9, 1920 September
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 5 and 6, 1930 May-June
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 20, 1913 July 26
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 4, 1910 January 22
- Sand Creek massacre
- Painting depicts the Sand Creek Massacre, Kiowa County, Colorado in which United States troops murdered approximately two hundred Native Americans (Cheyenne and Arapahoe) on November 29 and 30th, 1864. Shows horses, tepees, and rifles.
- Arapahoe Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.
- 1936
- Irwin
- A monument in the Irwin, Gunnison County, Colorado, cemetery reads: "The bright promise of Ruby Silver drew 5000 people to this area in 1879, from as far as England and Scotland. Irwin became a ghost town when silver was demonetized in 1884. This...
- Irwin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Cliff Palace, along Cliff Canyon
- Men and women pose on reconstructed walls and ladders at Cliff Palace, Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado. The 13th century Pueblo culture's masonry dwellings are under a sandstone cliff overhang on...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites-- Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Kivas--Colorado--1920-1930.;...
- 1920 or 1921
- Skitroops on parade at Paradise Lodge, Washington
- Approximately one hundred men of the 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced) in white camouflage suits, carrying knapsacks and rifles and wearing skis stand in columns in the middle of a snow covered field with Paradise Lodge, Washington, and...
- Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1941 or 1942]
- Loading a 37mm pack gun to a pack mule
- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division ties the ropes fastening a part of 37-mm pack gun onto an American pack mule during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the piece weighs 22 pounds...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 16, 1945
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Evacuation of student to medic van near Paradise, Washington
- An injured student lashed to a stretcher is lowered off a snowbank approximately six feet deep by a team of ten 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) soldiers into an ambulance. At the top of the image one soldier on skis stands in a deep...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Front of Tatoosh Lodge, Paradise, Washington
- A partial view of Tatoosh Lodge on Mount Rainier. The roof is covered with snow. One group of four 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) skitroops stand near the door of the lodge holding skis. Another group of four men carry their skis....
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Don Goodman and Charlie McLane leading a ski-mountaineer class near Paradise, Washington
- Don Goodman from Idaho, second from the left, and Charlie McLane on the right lead one of the first ski-mountaineer classes in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) near Paradise Lodge, Washington. Behind them approximately fifteen...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- 1941 or 1942
- Ski training: about face on skis executed by all of L-87th with Lieutenant William J. Bourke in Command, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Approximately one-hundred soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L, execute an about face on skis under the command of Lieutenant William...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Bourke, William J.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Ski training: standing at attention, a platoon of "G" Company, 87th Regiment.
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." A Platoon of approximately fifty soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company G stand at attention with their skis balanced on their ski poles. All the men are...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- D&RGW tracks Dotsero Cutoff
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and track base, crossing the Colorado River, Eagle County, Colorado. Also shows ice and a felled tree.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- 1934
- Moving time in Denver
- View of a house moving operation in Denver, Colorado; shows a frame house and men working. Children watch; an automobile is in the background, and the truck has lettering: "Kennicott Patterson Transfer Hauling Placing of Machinery Boilers Safes...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trailers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 April 1
- Georgetown, Colo, 26
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school are partially visible at approximately...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Georgetown, Colo. the center of one of the richest mining [?] in the world in gold, silver, and lead
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the priest's residence, school, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1917?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, 1942
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, south from approximately Sixth (6th, Alpine) and Griffith Streets. Visible are Grace Episcopal Church, Snetzer's Tailor Shop, the new school, and the Tower of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse, among other...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 2401: Georgetown C. C. R. R. Spiral Loop in the Distance
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible; shows Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, school, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ennis Hotel, Georgetown
- Exterior view of the Ennis Hotel on Taos Street, built in 1867 by Thomas Ennis. The roof of the building has a large central dormer with a rounded window and smaller dormers on the side; on the front of the building the second floor has a balcony...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1970-1990.
- [DATE]
- Georgetown Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, school, priest's residence, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Insurance office
- A man and woman sit by a desk in an insurance office in Denver, Colorado. The woman takes dictation while the man holds an insurance policy that reads: "German Insurance Co" and "Fire Insurance Paul B. Gaylord & Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Insurance companies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Office workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Exhibit B
- Landscape with Capital Hill along the Ludlow to Trinidad road near the Hogback dike, Las Animas County, Colorado where coal miners marched during the UMW labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Irwin - 1964 cemetery
- View of a memorial stone in the cemetery in Irwin, Colorado. It is a rough cut stone with a rounded top, and an inscription that reads: "The bright promise of Ruby Silver drew 5000 people to this area in 1879, from as far as England and Scotland....
- Irwin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Colorado State Capitol Bldg.
- Exterior view of Colorado's State Capitol building located in Denver; completed in 1895, photograph taken from Broadway and Colfax approximately ten years later; includes street lamp, wrought iron fence and people sitting on park benches.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [1905?]
- Female wolf caught by J.A. Woodward near Gillham, Sevier Co., Ark.
- A wolf with its muzzle in a wire noose lies on the ground near Gillham in Sevier County, Arkansas.
- Wolves--Control--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.; Sevier County (Ark.)--1910-1930.; Animal traps--1910-1930.; Wolf hunting--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.; Wolves--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1921?]
- Shay no. 14 on the Colorado Central
- A view of Colorado Central Shay locomotive number 14 and open passenger cars near Central City (Teller County), Colorado. Signs on the side of the passenger cars read "narrow gauge steam railroad."
- Colorado Central Railroad (1974-)--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- 1974
- Chow line, Lizzano in Belvedere
- Shows approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers; some wait in a chow line holding mess kits, two serve food, others eat or stand around. Up a dirt road is a town, possibly Lizzano, Italy. Also visible are three jeeps and the edge of...
- Mess halls--Italy--1940-1950.; Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Building bypass road in mined farm field, near Rocca di Roffeno
- Approximately thirty men at work examining the ground for mines, or taping out a new road; bulldozer is in background; possibly the Tenth Mountain Division's 126th Engineers building a bypass road in an area believed to be heavily mined. According...
- Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- Troops move out from village, Italy
- Approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division troops wearing rucksacks and carrying rifles move out from an Italian village. The road leads toward mountains in the distance. Trees in the village have leaves.
- Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]