Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

Jim Town
View of one-story log cabins with low-pitched roofs in Jimtown (later Creede) in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows children and a horse near laundry on a clothesline and a canvas tent with a metal chimney. Some crudely constructed cabins are...
Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
[between 1888 and 1890?]

Warden Roy Best
Roy Best, Warden of the State Penitentiary, sits at his desk, wearing a tie and sweater, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. Smoking, he holds weapons crudely fashioned by inmates. The mess on his desk includes a letter opener, a matchbook, packs...
Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Best, Roy.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
[between 1945 and 1950?]

Plains Indians
A group of Native American (Plains) men, women, and children pose near a crudely built tepee made of timbers and brush. Eating utensils are on a table under the shelter, and a dog stands in its shadow.
Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Children--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
[between 1880 and 1900?]

First building in Gunnison it was erected and used by Mr. Hartman as a Post Office in the late 70's.
Exterior of a dilapidated log cabin, Gunnison, Colorado, known as Sylvester Richardson cabin built in 1877, first building in town; crudely built with large logs an sod chinking.
Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1910.
[between 1890 and 1910]

Gunnison, first house on Gunnison townsite located on west side of railroad track of Crested Butte branch, and slightly east (?) of Tomichi Avenue
A miner sits outside a crudely built log cabin, Gunnison, Colorado, with his pick ax and shovel. The shack is known as the Sylvester Richardson cabin and the first one in town. The structure has logs of varying sizes chinked with mud, a low sagging...
Gunnison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1880.
1876