Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown City Park
- A view of the metal and wire gate of Georgetown Park, Colorado, with the park grounds beyond. Outside the fence a sidewalk recedes to the right; beyond the gate a tree-lined path recedes through the trees, and another path goes off to the left...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Restoration in Georgetown, April 1946
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north on Taos Street. The building in the center is being renovated; a man is reroofing; a ladder leans against the side. Further down the street is the two-story wood St. James Hotel, and beyond is a brick building...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Arrow, Colorado
- A woman in a dark dress with light lace collar and cuffs and a hat stands on platform of log depot at Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. Two other male passengers stand beyond her. The station features horizontal logs with chinking and a front gable...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Arrow about 1939
- Harold Schiecker of Davenport, Iowa holds the pole of the track sign on the track beyond the station depot site in Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. Arrow was the first incorporated town in Grand County in 1904.
- Arrow (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schiecker, Harold.
- [1939]
- Empire
- The porch of the Hotel Splendide in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has four posts with decorative woodwork; two posts have horseshoes fastened to them. A decorative carved railing runs between the posts. Signs on the building wall...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Farncomb Hill from the north
- View of mine buildings and tailing sites on Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Mines and workings are identified as Dogtown on Dry Gulch, the Wapiti group, the Boss and Key West workings, the Ontario. Shows Georgia Gulch,...
- Farncomb Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; French Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Georgia Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Guyot, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- John Adams Church House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a house in Georgetown, Colorado, built on Rose Street in 1877 by John Adams Church, a speculator in ore processing. It was sold to Professor Albert E. Chase in 1881, who was the master of the Georgetown school until 1895. The building was...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Chase, Albert E.--Homes & haunts.; Church, John A. (John Adams), 1843-1917--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the porch of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his daughter,...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
- [between 1892 and 1974?]
- Favorite Quotations form the Cameron Methodist's Women's Foreign Missionary Society and Friends
- Book of quotations complied by the Cameron Methodist's Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Denver, Colorado.
- Cameron Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1901
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Numbers 9 and 10, 1919 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 3 and 4, 1927 March-April
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- The Church Record: Vol. 1 No. 2
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 March
- Cactus motel
- View of the Cactus Motel at 10574 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The building has an office near the street and a single row of rooms that extends towards the back with the car port adjacent to the office. The building is...
- Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Motels.; Electric signs.; Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motels--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Neon signs--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora...
- 1993
- Crystal River Ranch, Garfield County, Colo.
- View of the entrance to Crystal River Ranch located near Carbondale, Colorado, with an entry sign reading "Crystal River Ranch." Beyond the wooden gate and metal cattle guard, is a white two-story clapboard house surrounded by large trees and...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crystal River Ranch (Garfield County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--Pictorial works.; Garfield County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2004
- Guggenheim Hall, Colorado State University
- View of Guggenheim Hall located on the Colorado State University campus at 291 West Laurel Street, Fort Collins, Colo. The two-story, buff brick Neoclassical facade is highlighted by a full-height pedimented entry portico with Corinthian columns...
- College buildings--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado State University--Buildings--Pictorial works.; College buildings--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 1 and 2, 1921 January-February
- Breaking camp
- A survey team breaks camp near Fourmile Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. Burros are loaded with equipment, bedrolls, and a table. A team of railroad surveyors stand interspersed with the burros. One man holds a stadia rod in his hand. A canvas...
- Fourmile Creek (Fremont County and Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- A portion of Silverton, Colo.
- View down 12th (Twelfth) Street of Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado. Wood frame houses line the streets. Shows City Hall, the Grand Hotel (Imperial Grand), and the two story public school building with bell tower. Kendall Mountain is in the...
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1930.
- [between 1907 and 1930?]
- Independence
- View of mine buildings, tailings piles, houses, and probably Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad or Midland Terminal Railway tracks in Independence (Teller County), Colorado. Shows smokestacks and ore car tracks of the Hull City Mine, and...
- Hull City Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vindicator Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Yellowstone, Old Faithful Inn
- View of the Old Faithful Inn designed by Robert C. Reamer at Yellowstone National Park. The log and wood frame structure is seven stories high. The porte-cochere is recessed under the large gable roof of the central section of the building along...
- Old Faithful Inn (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- [1905]
- Mining Building, Omaha
- View of the Mining Building during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The structure has a wooden frame with plaster of Paris and staff overlay. Shows a neo-classical Ionic style building with a...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Harvesting on the Benton farm, Brookings, S.D.
- Men wear suspenders and pose on or near horse-drawn harvesting machines in a wheat field in Brookings (Brookings County), South Dakota. One man wears a suit and straw hat. A clapboard farm house and trees are beyond wheat bundles in the field.
- Brookings (S.D.)--1880-1900.; Agricultural laborers--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.; Croplands--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.; Harvesting machinery--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.; Harvesting--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Antero Reservoir and Dam
- View of the Antero Reservoir and Dam near Antero Junction, Colorado (built in 1910 by Antero & Lost Park Reservoir Company; acquired by City of Denver in 1924); waves lap shore in foreground; dam at right extends to horizon; Rocky Mountains in...
- Dams--Colorado--Antero Junction--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Antero Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Corner Harrison & 9th showing 9th St. School (brick bldg)
- This view east from the corner of Harrison Avenue and 9th Ninth Street shows the 9th St. School with St. Mary's Catholic School beyond in Leadville, Colorado. The foreground includes snowcovered ground where a man walks up a hill, bare sidewalk,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Corner Harrison & 9th showing 9th St. School (brick bldg)
- View east from corner of Harrison Avenue and 9th (Ninth Street) showing 9th St. School with St. Mary's Catholic School beyond, Leadville, Colorado. Foreground includes snowcovered ground and streets, bare sidewalk, fire hydrant spigot, streetlight...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- John T. Barnett, President of Colorado State Planning Commission, deliver an address on the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Townspeople listen to the...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Barnett, John T.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- Regional Forester Allen S. Peck responds to address of welcome at the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Governor Ralph L. Carr sits on left with two other...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Courthouses--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Carr, Ralph L. (Ralph Lawrence), 1887-1950.; Peck, Allen S.
- 1941 October 11
- The old Tomlinson place
- Hiram Wesley ("Uncle Wes"), Clara, Ida, and Gertie Tomlinson and Elsie Metzger and John Kircher (with boys in wagon) pose outside a log house, outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The cabin is heavily chinked and has a shingle roof....
- Tomlinson, Hiram Wesley--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Meeker Colo. July 4th, 1913
- Cowboys herd calves to the gate of the parade grounds during the Range Call Rodeo in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A crowd of spectators watch from beyond the fence; some are on horses.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.; Rodeos--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Meeker rodeo
- A cowboy rides a bronco inside the picket fence of the old parade grounds, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Four men on horseback surround him; while large group of spectators watch from beyond the fence.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Meeker, Colo.
- View south over Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, after abandonment by General Merritt. The fenced parade grounds with flagpole show center with barracks, other buildings include the Meeker Herald, two story Antlers Hotel. Bluffs above the White...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Silverton and Mount Kendall
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast, along the line of 11th street. In the left, past the foreground of grass and rock dotted bluff, is the new three-story Silverton School. Beyond the school are the Grand Imperial Hotel, the San Juan...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Stockyards
- View over the Denver, Colorado, stockyards and pens, shows men inspecting the cattle. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the Colorado Packing and Provision Company in the background. The sheep market barn is beyond the rows of stock pens.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Silverton, Colo.
- View down 12th (Twelfth) Street of Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, ends at Silverton Northern Railroad line along Cement Street. Well maintained residences and walkways line the gridlines of the streets. The 1908 City Hall dome is far right,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Palmer Lake
- Pine Crest Hotel is on a hill above Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado. Several of the lodge buildings show beyond the entrance gate.
- Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1910-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Palmer Lake--191-1920.; Pine Crest Hotel (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Donkey Derby
- View of automobiles parked on hillside with a crowd watching the Donkey Derby held on outskirts of Cripple Creek, Colorado; people seated atop wooden post corral and on opposite side near covered podium; distant view beyond hillside of Cripple...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Festivals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Nevadaville, Colo - early days alt. 9,000 - Gilpin Co.
- A man in a horse-drawn wagon climbs Quartz Hill above Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. The town shows beyond in a shallow valley with dwellings, commercial buildings, The Christ Church, school belfry, Odd Fellow's Building and mining...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Nederland Park
- A horse and buggy makes its way along Middle Boulder Creek, Barker Meadows with Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado in the distance and mountains beyond.
- Barker Meadow (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Middle Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1892?]
- Nederland, Colorado
- View of Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, shows dwellings, commercial structures, the Hetzer Hotel, Fatty Mills Theater, Caribou Mill, nd the dam of Barker Reservoir (Barker Meadow Reservoir or Nederland Lake) shows beyond town.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Burro Train, Ouray, Colo., U. S. A.
- View of Cascade Trail above Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and a pack train. The Denver & Rio Grande Depot is beyond houses and businesses below.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Cascade Trail (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- The Row, Cripple Creek a part of town where everybody goes to see the elephant
- Row of one and two-story wooden frame "dance hall" or "saloon" buildings, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this scene of the red- light district includes, Lola Livingston's house, Pearl Sevan's "Old Faithful," Ella Holden's "The Library," and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Salida, Colorado
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad yards and roundhouse and the town beyond the Arkansas River. The Railroad Hospital with a terra cotta roof and a parterre garden, is among the residences,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Church Sunday School picnic at Sunset, Colo. Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific RR.
- People pose by the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific tracks and depot, Sunset, (originally Penn's Gluch) Boulder County, Colorado. They are dressed in their finest for the Sunday School picnic excursion. A residence, tent, lunch room and grocery store...
- Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Sunset (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Salida, Colorado
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the roundhouse, sheds, watertower, and cars of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Arkansas River. Houses, businesses, and Salida High School are beyond.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salida, Colorado
- View over Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows yards and passenger cars of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Arkansas River and the Monte Cristo Hotel. Houses, businesses, and mountains are beyond; signs read: "Mac Moran Hotel," "Stop at...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salida, Colorado
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the roundhouse, shops, water tower and cars of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Arkansas River. Houses and businesses of the town are beyond; mountains are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salida, Colorado
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad roundhouse, shop yards and water tower in the foreground with the town beyond. Sign reads: "St. Clair Hotel."
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salida, Colorado
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the roundhouse, sheds, depot, and cars of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, the Monte Cristo Hotel, bridges across the Arkansas River and the town is beyond, with mountains in the background. Trails...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]