Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- William F. Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group portrait in a studio. Sitting in front of Cody is Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, who toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885. The others in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Crow Eagle.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Halsey, William.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Bull Head, Dakota warrior, seated holding peace pipe, 3/4 length
- Bull Head, Dakota, 3/4 length seated studio portrait; wearing two feathers in hair, braids wrapped in fur, scarf tied at neck, breastplate, blanket wrapped around waist, holding pipe and weaving attached to pipe, and ring on finger; in charge of...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Bull Head.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- White Bull and family
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) man, identified as White Bull, and his son Young White Bull. The boy wears a traditional costume including moccasins, breech cloth, hair pipe breastplate, face paint, and plumage. White Bull...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Fathers & children--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.; White Bull, Joseph, 1849-1947.
- [1913?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War pose for a group portrait in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- One of Sitting Bull's trials, Standing Rock Agency
- between Sitting Bull, Gall and others to lessen Sitting Bull's influence with Dakota Native Americans.; Sitting Bull's trial at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, for allegedly instigating the Crow to go to war; large group of Dakota Native...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Trials, litigations, etc.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- 1886
- One of Sitting Bull's trials, Standing Rock Agency
- between Sitting Bull, Gall and others to lessen Sitting Bull's influence with Dakota Native Americans.; Sitting Bull's trial at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, for allegedly instigating the Crow to go to war; large group of Dakota Native...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Trials, litigations, etc.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- 1886
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry. Sitting Bull wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill
- Hand-colored postcard of full-length studio portrait of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry....
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Nebraska Civil War Veterans' Data A-F
- Index of names of Civil War Veterans from Nebraska
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Veterans--Nebraska.; Grand Army of the Republic--Indexes.
- 1995
- Poncha Pass
- Right side of panorama view from Bull Hill shows slopes with mine tailings, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Emma White Bull No. 2, and Young White Bull
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) woman, identified as Emma White Bull and her baby, Young White Bull. She wears a blanket around her shoulders over a print dress and bead necklaces. She carries her baby on her back.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Infants--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.; Young White Bull.; White Bull, Emma.
- [ca. 1906?]
- Sitting Bull Crystal Cave and Sioux Indian Pageant
- View of signs and a wooden pole tepee near Sitting Bull Crystal Cave, Rapid City, South Dakota. Signs (one arrow shaped), depict a Sioux shield and the profile of a Native American man, and read: "Sitting Bull Crystal Cave and Sioux Indian Pageant...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--1940-1950.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--1940-1950.; Billboards--South Dakota--1940-1950.; Tipis--South Dakota--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- View down the street from our house, Bull Hill, Altman, Colorado
- View down a main street in Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, shows the wide muddy street with a horse-drawn "Gillett Dairy" wagon, and townspeople in front of wood...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1896]
- Wax figures
- Three men, including Reverend Jim Airey, Houston City Councilman Phil Hamburger and Houston Mayor Oscar Holcomb, pose with five life-sized, wax figures depicting, from left: Judge Roy Bean "Law West of the Pecos"; Jefferson Davis, President of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Statues.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Statues.; Airey, Jim.; Bean, Roy, d. 1903--Statues.; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Statues.; Hamburger, Phil.; Holcomb, Oscar.; Williamson, Willie--Statues.;...
- [1940?]
- Mexican Bull Fight ticket
- A ticket for the Mexican Bull Fight held August 24, 25, and 26, 1895, in Gillett, Colorado, has a picture of a bull, a matador, a banderillero, and a picador in a bullring filled with people. Written around the edges is: "Mexican Bull Fight,...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Tickets.
- [between 1942 and 1960?]
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- Sitting Bull, two wives and three papooses
- Sitting Bull, his two wives, and three children, Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, women, and children, pose near a group of tepees. Sitting Bull sits on a wooden chair and holds a beaded tobacco bag and a wooden pipe. His wives are wrapped in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- 1882
- Sitting Bull, his wife, and twins
- Sitting Bull and his family, Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, woman, and children, pose with a white woman and girl near a tepee. A white man on horseback stands nearby. The Native Americans are wrapped in blankets. The white woman wears a hat...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Military officers--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull,...
- [1882]
- Goldfield, Independence & Altman
- View northwest towards Goldfield, Independence and Altman, in Teller County, Colorado, shows Goldfield at the bottom with Bull Hill far left and Bull Cliff on right. Independence is on the slope between the two hills and Altman is high on the...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Sitting Bull's son, a Dakota, and David F. Barry Sitting Bull's son in Indian clothing with elaborate headdress, full length.
- Sitting Bull's son Louie and David Frances Barry, full length studio portraits; Sitting Bull's son seated with four feathers in hair, hair ornamentation, fur vest with shiny metal adorments, seashells, and sheriff badge attached, loin cloth over...
- Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- 1926
- William F. Cody with Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, standing, Sitting Bull in Indian clothing with elaborate headdress, full length
- William Frederick Cody "Buffalo Bill" and Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; Cody wears hat, scarf tied at neck, embroidered shirt, pants tucked in thigh high boots and holds a rifle; Sitting...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Entertainers--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188-?]
- Louie, Sitting Bull's son, & unidentified Indian, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Louie, Sitting Bull's son and Dakota (on the right), and unidentified Dakota male, both wearing feather headdresses and holding feathered shield-like object, standing in front of painted backdrop. Louie is also...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Sitting Bull, Louie.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1926?]
- View from Bull Hill, richest gulch in the world
- Bird's eye view northwest from Bull Hill, Colorado, with mines, head frames, mine dumps or tailings, processing mills and smelters on Bull Hill (Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County); includes distant view of Goldfield, Independence Mine...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Golden Circle Railroad Company.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Black Hawk, buildings
- Exterior view of the Fick's carriage shop in Blackhawk, Colorado. It is a single, two story, rectangular structure with three bays on the ground floor and three on the second floor. On the first floor, two windows flank the main loading door,...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Chief Sitting Bull
- An oil portrait of Chief Sitting Bull by Charles S. Stobie. Chief Sitting Bull wears a headdress with feathers, necklace, sash, fringed tunic and hold a smoking pipe in his hands. The painting has a rectangular varnished wood frame.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The center of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- A fancy Colorado bull
- Close view of a bull in an empty field at the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado; shows inmate next to bull holding rope and water tower in background.
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Bulls--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Bull Goes Hunting
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Crow) medicine man, identified as Bull Goes Hunting. He was also known to tribesmen of the Whistling Waters clan as Sees the Living Bull and Goes Around All the Time. He has a bird painted on his hide shirt,...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Bull Goes Hunting, Crow medicine man.
- 1906
- Stab, Bob Tail Bull, Yellow Wolf, Little Brave
- Portrait of Native American men (Arikara or Ricaree): (left to right) Stab, Bob Tail Bull, Yellow Wolf, and Little Brave (Little Soldier); costume includes a feather headdress, a fur hat, a uniform jacket with epaulets, leggings, moccasins, a...
- Arikara Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Bob Tail Bull.; Little Brave.; Stab.; Yellow Wolf.
- 1876
- Sitting Bull
- Seated portrait of Native American, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Chief Sitting Bull wearing a single feather, braids wrapped in fur, and skin shirt with fur and leggings, holding a tobacco pipe (calumet.)
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Teton Indians--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Chief Painted Horse, Chief Little Bull
- Studio portrait of two Native American (Dakota) men, identified as Chief Painted Horse and Chief Little Bull. Painted Horse is sitting and wears moccasins, a blanket around his waist, a vest over a long sleeved shirt, and a kerchief. Little Bull is...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Little Bull.; Painted Horse.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- One Bull and Black Prairie Chicken
- Two Native Americans (Dakota), identified as One Bull and Black Prairie Chicken, pose among tepees with a white man, woman, and child. One Bull and Black Prairie Chicken are wrapped in blankets and hides, the young white girl wears a long, heavy...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Girls--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Military officers--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Black Prairie Chicken.; One Bull.
- 1882
- Black Bull Sioux Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of Black Bull, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears moccasins and a scarf around his neck, and rests his hand on the back of a chair.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Black Bull.
- 1900 July 13
- Sitting Bull medicine man and Council Chief of the Uncapapa Sioux
- Studio portrait of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man. He wears a feather in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Sitting Bull (Ta-Ton-ka-I-yo-ton-ka) The Sioux Chief in command at the Custer Massacre.
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man. He wears a blanket on his lap, a metal bead bandolier, fur pelts that cover his braids, and a feather in his hair. He holds a wooden pipe decorated with feathers.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1890]
- Sitting Bull's grave
- View of the Sitting Bull memorial, a concrete slab with corner posts and center rock stack at one end, on the plains of South Dakota, erected in honor of Sitting Bull, a Native American Hunkpapa Sioux Chief.
- Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Monuments.; Dakota Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--South Dakota--1930-1940.
- [1936]
- One Bull, nephew of Sitting Bull, dancing Sun Dance at Little Eagle South Dakota One Bull was 81 years of age, his brother White Bull, gave sunrise prayer for dance on this first morning.
- One Bull, a Native American Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux man, dances inside a round brush arbor shelter, spectators look on, Little Eagle, South Dakota. He has long gray hair and is bare-chested, he wears loose white leggings and a head wreath with...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Hunkpapa Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Little Eagle--1930-1940.; Little Eagle (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Ceremonial dancers--South...
- August 1936
- Supt. Norton and Ruth R. Buffalo Bull, oldest living Ponca Indian
- A white man, identified as Superintendent Norton, poses next to a Native American (Ponca) woman, identified as Ruth R. Buffalo Bull on an open plain. Norton wears shoes, pants, an overcoat, and a hat. Ruth Buffalo Bull, described as the oldest...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Ponca Indians--1910-1920.; Aged persons--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.; Norton, Superintendent.; Buffalo Bull, Ruth R.
- 1917?
- The capture and killing of Sitting Bull
- Shows the arrest attempt of Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890 and the fight that broke out between Native American Sioux and U.S. Army soldiers wearing uniforms. Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader was killed by Agency police.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fighting--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.
- 1890
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing elaborate necklace, bust
- Studio portrait of head and shoulders of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing necklace and fringed shirt.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1888.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [1888?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota, and William Cody, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull wears long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag over shoulder. William Cody is pointing. Both have a hand on the...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rifles--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1897?]
- Standing Rock council, Sitting Bull speaking to group in angle of building
- Group of Dakota and white men and women, sitting and standing in circle, near brick building. Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, stands in center and addresses the crowd. Sitting Bull is on trial for instigating the Crows to go to war. Colonel...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--Dakota Territory.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.; Dakota Indians.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
- [1886?]
- Midland Terminal station
- The Bull Hill Midland Terminal Railway station is near the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, behind tracks. Features include gables, tin roof, fish scale decoration, and sloped eaves. Patches of snow are on the ground and...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Bull Hill--1940-1950.; Midland Terminal Railway.
- February, 1949
- Snow peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada
- View of snow covered mountains with sparse trees in the Aura Mining District in the Bull Run Mountains, Elko County, Nevada. A trail in the snow traverses the hillside.
- Bull Run Mountains (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Elko County (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Elko County--1870-1880.; Mountains--Nevada--Elko County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1871
- Chief Bull Snake
- Portrait of Old Bull Snake or Snake Bull's (Ear Ous Sah Chee Dups) a Native American (Crow); he wears a loincloth, braids, and body paint. He holds a rifle.
- Crow Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Men--1900-1920.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1900-1920.; Bull Snake, Crow chief.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Short Bull, Dakota, wearing vest, bust
- Short Bull, Dakota, head and shoulders studio portrait; one feather in hair, scarf tied at neck, breastplate, fringed leather shirt.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Short Bull.
- [188-?]