Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western History Subject Index
- Mountain bell. Rates
- East end
- Mine tunnel entrances and ore car tracks are in a mountain valley near frame buildings. Houses have gabled roofs and brick chimneys. A building has a square stone cupola with a finial. Timber fences, laundry on a clothesline, and tree stumps are...
- Houses--1860-1870.; Mine railroads--1860-1870.; Mining--1860-1870.
- 1866
- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Castle Rock, Golden Colo. from the north
- View southwest over Golden, Colorado, includes the Colorado Central Railroad roundhouse and freight depot with Union Pacific Denver Gulf box cars, Adolph Coors Brewery and residence, old 1878 Jefferson County Courthouse with the Castle Rock, South...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Camp Modoc, Indian Territory
- Group portrait of Native American (Modoc or Ottawa) young women and children with missionaries at the Quapaw Mission, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). In the top row stands four white women, and a white man, possibly A. C. Tuttle, who holds a small...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Missionaries--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; School children--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Tuttle, A. C.
- 1888 or 1890 March 6
- Castle Rock, Col., natural formation of rocks, Jan. 1894
- View north beside the standard and narrow gauge railroad tracks of Denver and Rio Grande Western and Colorado and Southern towards Castle Rock, a rhyolite lava rock formation, in Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, includes gabled wood frame...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Castle Rock (Douglas County, Colo. : Rock Formation)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Castle Rock--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1894
- Bicycle club float
- Men in white jackets, kneepants, and dusters pose with their Sunflower Carnival Parade float and bicycles, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The float is decorated with a patterned, tasseled, paper parasol, bunting, flowers, potted palms...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1897
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Two women ride in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Spectators line the street; houses in background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1898
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a man, in a tutu standing on a wooden horse, and a clown ride on top of a small cart pulled by a group of Black men in hooded, striped gowns. A man and woman ride bicycles behind the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Cycling--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Thomas American Horse, Sioux
- Standing portrait of Thomas American Horse, Native American Sioux, holding a blanket and wearing a cotton tunic, quilled vest, animal fur bandolier, leggings, moccasins, and feathers and bead string in his hair. A headdress prop is on the floor in...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- 1899
- History of Denver
- Date Mason Saloon, Pitkin, Colo.
- One Black man poses with a group of men who raise a toast, in front on D. C. Mason's saloon, Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado. The men are identified as: 1. Joe McWilliams, bartender wearing apron, 2. Bill Miller, 3. Jim Stewart, 4. Bert Kanoble,...
- Mason, D. C.--Homes & haunts.; Pitkin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Pitkin--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Cow boys, Trinchera Estate
- Four cowboys pose on horseback inside a large pen filled with horses on the Trinchera Ranch in Costilla County, Colorado. The men are equipped with ropes, one wears woolies (chaps).
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Indians, Dakota
- Two white women wearing long skirts and necklaces with crosses pose outside a tepee with a Native American Sioux man with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he wears a hair pipe breastplate, vest with quillwork and leggings.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Ramah, Colorado
- Kenneth Gammon, Clifford and Charlie Grosso play stickball, Ramah, El Paso County, Colorado; one wears a baseball cap, one holds a stick, and one has a face mask and mitt. Dwellings, powerpoles, and a windmill are in the background.
- Ramah (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stickball--Colorado--Ramah--1910-1920.; Gammon, Kenneth.; Grosso, Charlie.; Grosso, Clifford.
- 1912
- Ruins of Ludlow Tent Colony
- UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado, after a fire set by the Colorado National Guard; shows a stove, cookware, a cellar entrance, and charred wood.
- 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.; Arson--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Indian School, Flandreau, S. Dak.
- View of the Native American (Sioux Santee) Flandreau Indian School, Flandreau, South Dakota, includes a buggy on the road leading across a river with a iron bridge to the multi-story school buildings.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.; Santee Indians--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.; Flandreau (S.D.)--1910-1920.; Rivers--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.;...
- 1918?
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1919 December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 11 and 12, 1920 November-December
- Denver Public Library exterior of Main Library
- Automobiles line the curb in front of the Greek revival style Denver Public Library, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Carnegie building features fluted columns with Corinthian capitols, inscription along frieze reads: "Erected in the year of our...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver Public Library.
- 1927
- Citizenship picnic at Collier Park Gertude Fonda, teacher
- A group of "new" Longmont citizens pose under a shade tree, during their Citizenship Picnic, Collyer Park, Colorado. They form four rows; children sit on grass, next row sits in chairs with end kneeling and back rows stand.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Immigrants--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Picnics--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.
- 1939 July 2
- 10th Mountain Quartermaster Battalion, Officers
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Quartermaster Battalion, Officers. Left to right top row: 1) Fetzer, James B., 2) Unidentified, 3) Unidentified, 4) Unidentified, 5) Unidentified, 6) Unidentified, 7) Unidentified, 8) Unidentified, 9)...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Quartermaster Battalion.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1944
- Aspen, Colorado
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, from Smuggler Mountain, is visible in the foregound at the base of Aspen Mountain. The snow-covered town is in the valley below. Aspen Mountain is covered with snow and trees; ski runs cut between the trees. Highland...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Caribou cemetery, 1950
- Caribou Cemetery northwest of town, Boulder County, Colorado; few gravestone markers remain; one has a iron fence around the plot; evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Dog sledding near old ghost town of Ashcroft, Colorado
- A team of seven pairs of Toklat Husky dogs pull a sled with a male driver with two women skiers in tow near remains of the mining camp of Ashcroft (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. Valley and surrounding mountains are covered...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dogsledding--Colorado--Ashcroft--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Caribou cemetery fenced 1953
- A woman in a dress walks behind a barbwire fence around Caribou Cemetery northwest of town, Boulder County, Colorado. A few gravestone markers remain; one has a iron fence around the plot. Evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Remains of Caribou, 1953
- View of the remains of Caribou, a Boulder County mining town, Colorado, includes dilapidated log and wood frame structures. Some have sucken in gable roofs, one has a low arched roof. A two-door convertible automoble parks at the Y in a gravel road.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Todd Boarding House, north west over the hill from Caribou, 1953
- View of the remains of the Todd Boarding House near Caribou, a Boulder County mining town, Colorado, shows a sagging gabled structure with missing shingles, and much of the clapboard siding; evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Platte Canyon Community Church, gift to Bailey, Colo.
- A man and an elderly woman stand outside a building with a modified Dutch, gambrel roof with eaves that extend to the ground, large windows with square panes, and a large cross cut through the wall and filled with glass bricks in Bailey, Colorado....
- Bailey (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Bailey--1950-1960.; Failing, Grace.; Tripp, Gordon.
- 1958 December 15
- Predecessor to Virginia Village - 1950 S. Holly
- Interior view of the South Holly Neighborhood Library in the Virginia Village neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Children read and browse bookshelves and are identified as Martha Kaplan and Terri and Dave Holland.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Virginia Village (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bookcases--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1964 November 4
- Capitol Hill Review
- Golden, Colo. from the north
- View southwest over Golden, Colorado, includes the Colorado Central Railroad roundhouse and freight depot, irrigation ditch, wood frame residences, Bella Vista Hotel, South School, and the old 1878 Jefferson County Courthouse with foothills in the...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1883]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Cooks for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pour water into iron kettles over cooking fires using buckets at the ends of poles. Also shows a canvas tent and piled logs. The Wild West Show reportedly employed seven cooks, two pastry chefs and two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. Gaiters that lace up the side cover the lower part of his pant legs. He...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cowboy riding bucking horse
- A cowboy rides a bucking horse in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He holds his right arm in the air. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest and sheepskin chaps. Another cowboy rides in the right midground. A large tent and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Trick riding--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- A group of Arab members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show forms a pyramid in an arena during a performance of the show. One man stands on the top of the pyramid by balancing on the shoulders of another man. The pyramid is supported by one man...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cowgirls
- Four cowgirls in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show ride horses in an arena during a performance. Two of the women ride sidesaddle. A group of Native American riders is stopped in the right midground. A large tent canopy is in the background.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Ouray, Elks Club
- Two men and two small boys pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club (Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), designed by E. H. Powell and built in 1904, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Panoramic view of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody posing in the center of a large group of Native American members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Sioux leader Iron Tail stands at Cody's right. Many of the men in the group wear...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1908?]
- Loretto Heights, Service camp, World War I
- Female trainees pose with a United States flag outside a canvas tent at Loretto Heights service camp, Denver, Colorado. They wear military uniform skirts, belted jackets and wide brim hats with Montana creases. The sisters of the Academy used their...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Officers guide a troop of infantry men onto the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort...
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Uniformed troops of infantry men board a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars, about to depart Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many wear uniforms consisting of jackets, jodhpurs, gaiters, boots...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Officers guide a troop of infantry men onto the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A Denver and Rio Grande engine smokes, heading up a train of Pullman sleeping cars. Infantry men form line to the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. The soldiers wear uniforms...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Officers look on as infantry men board Pullman sleeping cars headed up by a Denver and Rio Grande 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589. The train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Officers look on as infantry men gather to board Pullman sleeping cars headed up by a Denver and Rio Grande 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589. The train readies to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan, World War I
- A group of infantry men are ready to depart on a Denver and Rio Grande train from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, southwest Denver, Colorado. They wear uniforms consisting of jackets with breast pockets, jodhpurs,...
- Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Loretto Heights service camp, World War I
- The bugler poses outside a Schaeffer tent in a uniform consisting of a jacket with two breast pockets with one bar above the right one, jodhpurs, boots, canvas gaiters and a wide brim hat with Montana creases, Loretto Heights service camp, Denver,...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Loretto Heights, service camp, World War I
- A military man holds a bugle and poses in uniform of jodhpurs, jacket, gaiters, boots and wide brim hat with Montana creases, Loretto Heights service camp, a WWI training center for women, Denver, Colorado. A canvas tent with wide open doors and...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]