Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- We helped to build Pike's Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with words written "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- We helped to build Pike's Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with words written "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- We helped to build Pike's Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with words written "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Letter from William Pitts to the Lincoln Hills Company
- William Pitts (original contractor for Lincoln Hills houses) writes to the Lincoln Hills Company to describe his experience at Lincoln Hills. He also states that he is available to provide his services to others looking to build in the area.
- African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills. ; Lincoln Hills Company (Colo.) -- Archives.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- 1928 February 1
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1910 January 29
- We helped to build Pikes Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has pack of tools with lettering that reads: "helped build Pike's Peak Ry".
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- We helped to build Pikes Peak R.R.
- View of an adult and baby burro at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. The adult burro has pack of tools with words written "Helped Build Pike's Peak Ry," "Explosives."
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- We helped build Pikes Peak R.R.
- View of adult and baby burros at Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks, El Paso County, Colorado. Adult burro has tools and a box labeled: "Helped Build Pike's Peak Ry" Explos[ives]."
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- Trinity Methodist Pioneer Day
- Transcript of the proceedings for the Pioneer Day Celebration at Trinity Methodist Church in 1894.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1894 January 7
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Park Hill Methodist Church Twenty-fifth anniversary souvenir program
- Souvenir program for the Park Hill Methodist Church Twenty-fifth anniversary. Included in the program is a program for the worship service, a history of the church and a list of committees and trustees.
- Park Hill Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1949 December 18
- North Denver Villa Park Telephone
- Untitled Hotel Project Proposal
- Riverside Hotel, Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
- View of the Riverside Hotel located at 509 Grand Avenue, Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo. The simple two-story clapboard structure has "Riverside Hotel" and "Restaurant" painted on the facade. Build in 1903, the hotel was remodeled in 1983.
- Riverside Hotel (Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--2010-2020.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Riverside Hotel (Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Hot Sulphur...
- 2011
- Plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril
- View of a bronze plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril installed in Confluence Park, in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Plaque reads: "Two rivers that were here before there was a city still come together:...
- Confluence Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parks.; Plaques.; Ferril, Thomas Hornsby, 1896-1988. Two rivers.;...
- 1977
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 14, 1910 April 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 38, 1911 September 16
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 36, 1909 October 23
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 1 and 2, 1922 January-February
- Broadwell House, 16th & Larimer St.
- View of the three-story, frame Broadwell House hotel at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men on the hotel porch wear top hats and suits and stand below a banner that reads: "Bart Lomen's Show." Signs...
- Broadwell House (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1879]
- Fort Lupton State Bank
- Men stand and pose in front of the two-story brick Fort Lupton State Bank in Fort Lupton (Weld County), Colorado. The building has a corner entrance, decorative brick brackets, stone sills, an American flag on the roof, and engravings that read:...
- Fort Lupton State Bank (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- New arrivals in camp Platoro, Colorado
- Two men build a log structure at the town of Platoro (Conejos County), Colorado. Shaped logs, an iron stove, a milk jug, and a crate labeled "High Grade Tomato Catsup" are on the ground nearby. Log cabins and a tent are in the distance.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Platoro--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Platoro--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, steam plant under construction
- A crew of construction workers build the framework for the Steam Plant at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Three boilers and pipe systems are enclosed in...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- U.S. Vanadium, Sept.
- A man wears a button down shirt tucked into slacks and poses in front of a sign at the U.S. Vanadium plant in Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. The painted sign shows tanks, trucks and battleships, and reads: "Armam[ent F]or Victory, Planes,...
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1941 and 1945]
- Putting up a makeshift footbridge
- Workmen build a footbridge over the Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. They use a large mallet to secure a support post in the canal bed. A bridge on Alameda Avenue is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hammers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrian...
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Unidentified apartment house
- View of a newly constructed apartment building (later The Marquette) at 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue and Downing Street in Denver, Colorado. Workers use lumber to build a sidewalk frame.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda project
- Men look on as workmen build wooden supports for a canal near the Archer Canal at Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Surveyor's equipment is nearby. Horse-drawn buggies are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- San Diego, looking down 5th Street from "D" Street
- Pedestrians cross trolley tracks as a bicyclist passes them on 5th Street in San Diego (San Diego County), California. Other pedestrians wait at the corner of "D" and 5th Street. Shows Italianate style commercial buildings with awnings. Signs read:...
- San Diego (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--California--San Diego--1900-1920.; Pedestrians--California--San Diego--1900-1920.; Street railroad tracks--California--San Diego--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Antlers Hotel
- A man with two horses stands beside the Antlers Hotel, Meeker, Colorado. The two story wood frame building features a false front with apex gable, clapboard siding and a side stairway leading to second floor. Built in 1884-1885 by E. S. R....
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Antlers Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1884 and 1887]
- The old St. Louis Hotel
- The St. Louis Hotel, half mile east and half mile south of Loveland, Colorado was built in 1877 by Mrs. Sullivan, before the survey for the railroad was completed. The contractor or carpenter was Mr. H. C. Smoke, father of Mrs. Fryberger and Mrs....
- Loveland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Loveland--1920-1930.; St. Louis Hotel (Loveland, Colo.)
- August 1928
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Gold Mining Company build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine
- Miners at the Portland Gold Mining Company build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Gold Mining Company build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Gold Mining Company build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Gold Mining Company build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Mine build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Mine build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners with horses and a hoist build a railroad tunnel at the Portland Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1900?]
- Driving and cutting off cast for foundation of tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Mine build a tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners with a horse, a mule, and a hoist build a railroad tunnel at the Portland Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Animal teams--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- First days work erecting tunnel
- Miners at the Portland Gold Mining Co. mine build a steel framed railroad tunnel, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Teller...
- [1900?]
- Colorado coal mining
- Men build a bridge for use by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--1920-1940.; Construction--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Central City
- View of the north side of the Eureka Street buildings taken from behind a white, wood fence in Central City, Colorado. Washington Hall (one of the few buildings to survive the fire of 1874) is in foreground. The Cast Houses, which have trees...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Mrs. Ella Strong Denison
- A portrait of philanthropist Mrs. Ella Strong Denison. Mrs. Denison, Charles Denison's wife, donated funding to build the Denison Memorial Library and the Edith Swan Memorial Library in the Fairmount Elementary School in Denver.
- Women--1920-1930.; Denison, Ella Strong.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Firehouse, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse, Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast. The building, built in 1874, is of wood construction with a sloping roof, and has a false cornice on the front. "Alpine Hose No. 2" is painted on the front....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bell towers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- House construction
- View of a construction site in (probably) Colorado; men build a frame deck by a house.
- Building construction--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Library, East Denver High School
- Interior view of East High School library, 1545 Detroit Street,located along the Esplanade on the south side of City Park, Denver, Colorado; English Jacobean style designed by George H. Williamson, 1924; shows tiled floor, wooden tables, chairs,...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Libraries (Rooms)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1924 and 1926]
- Hopi
- Two Native American (Hopi) kachina dancers, wearing face masks and feathers, build a kisi of branches, Snake dance, Walpi pueblo, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Kachinas--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- St. James Organ, Central City
- View of pipe organ behind a wood railing in St. James Methodist Chruch in Central City, Colorado. A woman in a patterned dress poses on the bench; two wooden chairs are opposite. A sconce is attached to each side of panneling above the organ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Organs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; St. James Methodist Church (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1899 and 1910?]