Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Emigrant train
- Two men sit on the buckboard of a covered wagon leading a train of wagons during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. A man, woman and child sit on the buckboard of another wagon in the left midground. Two men...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons.; Wagon trains.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Man Poses in a buckboard
- A man sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit, gloves, and a hat. Another man stands in the distance near another buggy that drives by.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Depot at Greely [sic]
- View of the Union Pacific Railway depot in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The stone building has a gabled roof with wide, bracketed eaves and arched windows. A sign over an arched entry door reads: "Pacific Express Co." A man poses and sits on a...
- Union Pacific Railway Company--Buildings--1880-1890.; Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- San Francisco St. Santa Fe N.M. A.T.&S.F. R.R.
- Two men lean against a buckboard wagon in on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico in this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. The wagon sits in front of a two-story wooden commercial building with an...
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Bear Creek Avenue, Morrison, Colorado
- Frame and stone commercial buildings line Bear Creek Avenue in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lettering reads: "Restaurant, Cash Grocery." A power pole, a surrey, buggies, and a buckboard are in the street.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Blacksmith believed to be 1st blacksmith in Morrison Mt. Vernon Ave.
- Men, women, and children pose in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, in front of a frame blacksmith shop. A team of oxen, wagon wheels, and buckboard are in the area.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Morrison--1870-1880.; Forge shops--Colorado--Morrison--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Morrison, Colorado on wagon - Grandfather Joseph Warren lewis other man unidentified.
- Joseph Wareen Lewis and an unidentified man pose with a buckboard and horses in Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado. Trees, fences, and sheds are in the distance.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.; Lewis, Joseph Warren.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Louis Wyman pack outfit
- View of the Louis Wyman pack outfit, in Silverton, Colorado; shows men on horses, standing women and children, and men in surreys lined up in front of a two story, gable-roofed log cabin. Over its door, a sign reads: Store - Post Office. Wyman sits...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Wyman, Louis.
- 1880?
- Wild West Show parade
- Two teams of horses pull a wagon with a boat on it during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man in uniform sits on the buckboard of the wagon. Additional men in uniform sit inside the boat on top of the wagon. Several women on...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boats--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Rear Guard at Midland
- People pose in Midland, Teller County, Colorado; some are in uniform, others ride a stage coach or a buckboard. Passenger coaches of the Colorado Midland Railroad and frame depot are in the background.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Midland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Midland--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle right image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, Pozo Mill, tailings, a monitor roofed mining facility, square smokestacks and neat stacks of firewood. Men pose by a buckboard in the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville
- View of vacant buildings on Main Street, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes a buckboard and the City Hall - Fire Department.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1940?]
- Nevadaville house? torn down in 1939
- This square, cottage-roofed structure in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story frame building. The windows and doors have been removed; a buckboard and a 1930s sedan are in front by rock retaining wall.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Street scene Nevadaville Colo
- Main Street, looking east, is flanked by businesses and residences in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. Brick commercial buildings have arched windows; the City Hall/Fire Department has a frame bell tower. The cottage-roofed house is the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Old Olsen, Petersburg, Colo.
- Old Olsen, poses in Petersburg (later Englewood), Arapahoe County, Colorado, with trees, sheds, and a buckboard in the background.
- Petersburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Olsen, Old.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Old Olsen, Petersburg, Colo.
- Old Olsen, poses in Petersburg (later Englewood), Arapahoe County, Colorado, with trees, sheds, and a buckboard in the background.
- Petersburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Olsen, Old.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Huerfano Street, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View west along Huerfano Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows brick businesses obscured by trees, pedestrians, buggies, a buckboard and Pikes Peak in the background. Signs read: "O.K. Bakery," "C. A. Crane," and "P. Jones."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Entrance to Castle Park
- Men and women pose in a horse drawn buckboard in Castle Park (Chaffee County), Colorado. Lettering reads: "Baggage & Express."
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Cabin in Manitou
- View of a log cabin in Manitou Springs, Colorado, with a brick chimney, shingle roof, and an open porch. A buckboard with a canvas top, bundles and passengers is by horses. The pinto is saddled; the sorrel is blanketed, and a man picks up a saddle....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Horses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Iron Springs, 405
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Springs Chateau, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The lower level of the west end of this building has a stone arcaded patio, topped by an enclosed, frame second floor with hipped gable roof and a sign...
- Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Manitou Springs tour
- A tour party in Manitou Springs, Colorado, poses in front of the Cliff House Hotel. Sixteen bemused passengers sit in an open buckboard, while the driver holds the reins of the four horse team. The women are wearing puff shouldered blouses of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- July 13, 1895
- Iron Springs, Manitou 1822
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Springs Pavilion, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The lower level of the west end of this building has a stone arcaded patio, topped by an enclosed, frame second floor with hipped gable roof and a sign...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1899?]
- Wounded Knee store
- George Bartlett, Deputy U.S. Marshall for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, poses wearing heavy winter coats in front of the post office and store operated by Louis Mousseau, on the Native American Dakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South...
- Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Carts &...
- 1891
- Crossing the swamp, at the Ioways village
- A white couple in a horse-drawn buckboard and a Native American Iowa (Ioway) boy on a horse pose in swamp water near a Ioway village.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1890 May 1
- Breckenridge boys
- Six men of the Breckenridge Volunteer Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose with their safety bicycles in front of a false fronted store. Wearing soft hats and suspenders, they have bedrolls and boxes tied to their handlebars. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Mr. Beechers- trotting horse
- Mr. Beecher sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit and a bowler hat. Two men walk in the distance. Another buggy drives by.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Beecher, Mr.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mr. Beecher
- Mr. Beecher sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit, gloves, and a hat.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Beecher, Mr.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Famous Deadwood Coach of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, sits on top of the back of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. A man sits on the buckboard. Johnny Baker, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Baker & Biggs, Canon City
- This commercial building in Canon City, Colorado, is built of brick and rusticated stone, with corbeling and a pediment with incised letters: "1902" and "Baker & Biggs." Second floor windows are lettered: "Doctor Little," and "Dr. Twitchell...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Diamond Fire Brick Co.
- Facilities of the Diamond Fire Brick Company, in Canon City, Colorado, consist of a brick, frame, and corrugated tin gable roofed shop with a metal stack and guywires. Men stand in the doorway; another stoops among piles of dirt. The kiln is a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Brick industry--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Livermore
- View of the town of Livermore (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows frame barns, residences, bare trees and tilled earth. Livestock are near outbuildings; a man walks towards a buckboard; a suspension bridge is over a stream and prairie is in the...
- Livermore (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Livermore--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Livermore--1910-1920.
- 1910
- A bit of Main St. Canon City looking east
- Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, bustles with pedestrians, buggies, wagons and horses. Stone and brick commercial buildings line both sides; many have canvas awnings or open porches. Signs read: "Real Estate," "W. H. Peabody & Co. Pure Drugs...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Original prairie schooner Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- A man, possibly William Levi "Buck" Taylor, and a woman sit on the buckboard of a covered wagon in the midground in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The wagon is pulled by two teams of horses. Several rocks and trees are in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons--1880-1890.; Horse teams--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Horse-drawn wagon
- Two men sit on the buckboard of a horse-drawn wagon on a dirt road, probably near San Francisco, California. The man wears a suit and hat. The young man wears a wide-brimmed hat and knickers. A thick grove of trees is in the background.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Ames
- Pack burros are gathered in front of the Sample Room and the Cabinet Saloon in Ames, a mining community near the Ophir Loop in San Miguel County, Colorado. Two men on horseback lead the group of burros. Men and a woman stand on the sidewalk in...
- Ames (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Orpheum Theatre, Denver
- Exterior view of first Orpheum Theater, 1537 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado; razed in 1930; Mabel McKinley ticket sales and Christmas week appearance advertised on billboard and sidewalk sandwich board; shows Mademoiselle Blanche Gomer (French...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- California Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view California Building, corner California and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets, Denver, Colorado, designed by Frank E. Edbrooke; street level businesses include James Whitmore, investment banker and real estate, G.A. Gilpatrick and P.A....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902 or 1903]
- Nevadaville about 1888
- View of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows log dwellings, Quartz Hill, Pozo Mill, a monitor roofed mining facility, firewood, a buckboard, smokestacks, and tailings piles.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Ore...
- 1888?
- William F. Cody
- A "Buffalo Bill" Cody lookalike sits on the buckboard of the Deadwood Stage pulled by two teams of mules. The man wears wears a buckskin coat with tassles, riding boots that reach his knees, and a hat with its brim curved slightly upward.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Impersonation--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill's Deadwood stage coach
- Color postcard depicting the Deadwood Stagecoach used in an act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. In the act, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a group of scouts rescue the coach after an attack. The stagecoach is pulled by three teams of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Mules--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1928?]
- John Y. Nelson on Deadwood Stagecoach
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, sits on the back of the coach holding his rifle. A driver sits on the buckboard and holds the reins for the three teams of mules. A young Native American, possibly one of Nelson's Sioux...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show covered wagon
- Two members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show sit on the buckboard of a covered wagon. A third man is stopped on a horse in the left midground near the back of the covered wagon. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop behind where...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Deadwood Stage Coach
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, sits on top of the famous stagecoach as it enters a dirt arena for a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Two men sit on the buckboard. The coach is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Mules.; Stagecoaches.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Stagecoach
- Two cowboys sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the men sits on the buckboard holding the reins to the teams of mules that pull the coach. The other sits on top of the back of the coach wearing leather...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Stagecoaches.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Stagecoach
- Two cowboys sit on the buckboard of the Deadwood Stagecoach used in performances of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The stagecoach is pulled by three teams of mules. A covered wagon is stopped in the left background. Several tents are set up in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons--1900-1910.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Greeley, Colo. "Oasis"
- An ornate porch and balcony wraps the corner of the Oasis Hotel, in Greeley, Colorado. The three-story brick building has gauge arched windows, chimneys, and corbeling in the cornice. Letters incised in the stone pediment topping the mitred corner...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Oasis Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)
- April 1902
- Greeley, early days railroad station.
- Wide, bracketed eaves shelter this stone railroad depot in Greeley, Colorado. Signs over the arched entry doors read: "Greeley," "Pacific Express;" a bay window is between them. A man drives a buckboard; another pulls a wagon loaded with steamer...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Oasis Hotel
- Guests pose on the ornate porch and balcony of the Oasis Hotel, in Greeley, Colorado. The three-story brick building has gauge arched windows, chimneys, and corbeling in the cornice. Letters incised in the stone pediment topping the mitred corner...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Oasis Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)
- 1883
- Kersey, Colorado
- Kersey, Weld County, Colorado, is a dirt street flanked by one and two-story frame and brick commercial buildings. Some have false fronts, and one has a cornice with finials. Signs read: "Hardware," "Dry Goods & Groceries," and "Poudre Valley...
- Kersey (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Montezuma and Teller Mountains
- Montezuma, in Summit County, Colorado, consists of a gable roofed log building and haystacks. Men, horses, and a buckboard pose by lumber and stumps; pines dot the area, and Glacier Mountain rises in the background.
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1875?]