Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The U. S. Mint Denver, Colorado
- View of the United States Mint at 16th (Sixteenth) and Market Streets in Denver, Colorado. The brick masonry building has a a tower with battlements.
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1898]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 52, 1911 December 23
- Ware house [sic] & Post Office, Mt. Sneffles [sic], Colo.
- Mule teams are hitched to wagons on a dirt road in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The Porter store, barns or warehouses, and the Sneffels Post office are among frame and false-front buildings. A bridge is over Sneffels Creek, and the craggy...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stony Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Victor riot scene
- A crowd of people in Victor watch uniformed National Guardsman and striking miners in the street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men point rifles toward people on 4th (Fourth) Street and Victor Avenue. Shows brick commercial buildings, the...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militias--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 June 6
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Denver, 1864
- Panoramic view of brick and frame commercial buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado and the flooded South Platte River nearby. Shows the brick Denver Mint building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Market Street and businesses on probably Larimer...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 19
- Denver flood
- View of brick and frame houses and commercial buildings in Denver and Auraria during a Cherry Creek and South Platte River flood. A brick house near the standing water of Cherry Creek has a gabled rood and gingerbread details. Signs on flooded...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Texas Club House
- People pose outside a log and frame building identified as the "Texas Club House" near Slumgullion Pass in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Men, women, and children stand near a stone fence and a false-front structure with an attached, hewn log two-story...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.
- 1894 August
- Georgetown, Colo.
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame and brick buildings in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the frame Hammil House on Argentine Street with adjacent stone carriage houses and the brick Fish Block and Masonic building downtown. Densely...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892]
- Manitou Springs, Colo. and Pike's Peak
- Panoramic view of buildings in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a circular drive and laundry house beside the three-story Manitou House Hotel with a second story balcony and dormer windows. The stone Denver and Rio Grande Railway...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- Upper tunnel of Urado Oil Co.
- View of a tunnel entrance of a Urado Mining Corporation mine in probably Garfield County, Colorado. A frame door is supported by stone walls and a slope of a hillside. A wooden box and wooden poles are by the door.
- Urado Mining Corporation--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Oil shale deposits near Rifle, Colo.
- A man wears a tie and stands near sagebrush in a valley below the Roan Cliffs near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows trees, scree, and layered shale on steep cliffs in the distance.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Valleys--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- View of the site of "Old Oro"
- View of frame houses or barns and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in a field at the site of Oro City, a mining camp absorbed by Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. Shows utility poles and possibly tailings piles.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
- 1929 August 22
- First track laying to the Chautauqua, Boulder, Colo.
- View of street car track construction near Chautauqua Park on University Hill in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Men stand near tracks and railroad ties. Shows the stone Catholic girls' school Mount St. Gertrude Academy and the Chautauqua...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Stage between Rifle and Meeker
- Men sit and pose on the Rifle-Meeker stage coach in Garfield or Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Men wear suspenders or jackets and hats and sit inside or on top of the stage coach. Identified men include: Leo Welch, Floyd Austin, Roy Marker (the...
- Horse teams--Colorado--1900-1920.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Austin, Floyd.; Marker, Roy.; Welch, Leo.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Jimmy Neal lived here
- View of a one-story clapboard house, former home of Jimmy Neal, with a hipped roof and dormer windows in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a barn and a wooden fence.
- Neal, Jimmy--Homes & haunts.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Irwin school house
- Men, women and children pose on the stairs of the Irwin school house building in Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Men, teachers, and probably students wear fitted dresses or pinafores. Children and a dog sit on a step. William S. Hinkley stands...
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Hinkley, William S.; Shaw, Charles N.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Bullard and Rough Bill[i]ard Parlor, Greeley
- Men pose behind a glass counter that displays cigars at the Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor on 9th (Ninth) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Cigar boxes read: "Fatima, A Sensible Cigarette," "Harvester," "Meditation," "Galdos" and...
- Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor (Greeley, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Cigars--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.;...
- 1920?
- Colonel Francisco's Plaza, La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a "U" shaped, one-story adobe brick building with a shingled and wooden slat roof, a timber fence and a dirt field in front of...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Plaza today, rear
- View of one-story adobe buildings at Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows trees, a lawn and a wooden fence in front of buildings.
- La Veta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Plaza today, front
- View of a one-story adobe building at Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a timber sidewalk in front of a building with a screened porch.
- La Veta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--La Veta--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Plaza, La Veta, Colo. Beatty Mt. in background
- People and a horse-drawn carriage are in front of the one-story adobe brick Francisco Plaza fort buildings in La Veta (Spanish Peaks, Huerfano County), Colorado (later the Francisco Fort Museum), this served as the commercial center of the town and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; La Veta (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Greeley, Fort Latham, site of Latham Station at junction of Denver & California Overland Stage Route
- Girls pose beside a picket fence near a carved stone marker in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado that reads: "Site of Latham Station at junction of Denver & California Overland Stage Routes, 1859 to 1870. Refuge from warring Indians. Camp of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Historical markers--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.
- 1955 June 13
- Gregory Gulch
- View of dilapidated head frames, frame buildings and snow on tailings piles in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. A historical marker sign reads: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Cowboy band, Idaho Springs
- Men and a woman pose with musical instruments in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men wear wide-brimmed hats, scarves, jackets and fur woollies (chaps). A woman wears probably a buckskin skirt with fringe, a neck scarf, and a cowboy...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1910.; Cowgirls--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910?]
- Businesses in Las Animas
- Men stand outside businesses on a street in probably Las Animas (later covered by John Martin Reservoir) near the present day Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows false front frame buildings and signs that read: "G.M. Woodworth's Livery...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1883?]
- Laporte
- A man sits on the porch of a hewn log and clapboard-sided store and house, a former Overland Trail stage station, in Laporte (Larimer County), Colorado. The one-story building has a gabled roof and a bay window. Shows cottonwood trees, a utility...
- Laporte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Houses in Lake City
- A woman, in a leather coat with fringe and possibly quill or bead work, poses in a yard at a house in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A man, possibly Mr. Haugh, sits on the front porch of a frame house. Shows a garden, a picket fence and...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Yards--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Plant of the Northern Colorado Power Co. at Lafayette
- View of the construction of the three-story, brick Northern Colorado Power Company plant in Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. The power plant has stone quoins and lintels. Piles of lumber and metal parts, probably for steam generators, are at...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- Kremmling, Colorado
- View of a frame storage shed, houses and a business with a sign that reads: "Blacksmith & Auto Repair Shop, Oils, Supplies" in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado. Shows a sign for the "Gore View Hotel," wooden sidewalks and snow on the ground. Snow...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.; Sheds--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.
- 1920?
- Recen
- A teenager a hat poses in a dry creek bed near Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, a schoolhouse and mine buildings in Kokomo and probably Recen, shows patches of snow on a hillside.
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1901?]
- Georgetown, looking south, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings, houses and dirt streets in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A railroad trestle is over Clear Creek near tailings piles in the canyon. Shows the rounded spire of Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hole in the Wall drawn by Merritt D. Houghton, Laramie Wyo.
- Reproduction shows Hole in the Wall, Johnson County, Wyoming, or Brown's Park, Moffat County, Colorado. Log cabins, stock pens, and grazing cattle comprise this valley settlement. A wagon and team are on the road.
- Hole in the Wall Valley (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Valleys--Wyoming--1930-1940.
- 1937 June 3
- Yuma, Colorado!
- Reproduction of a broadside advertising Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado; descriptive text surrounds printed lithographs of the Yuma School House and Weld Avenue.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Advertisements--Colorado--Yuma--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- National Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado, on the Gold Belt Line
- View of National Hotel built in 1896, corner 4th (fourth) and East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the five-story stone and brick commercial building has a hip roof, 150 rooms, quoins, double-wide recessed arch entryways with radiating...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Largest nugget of native silver ever mined, wt. 1840 lbs., Smuggler mine, Aspen, Colo.
- View shows the largest nugget of "native silver" ever mined, Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. It weighed 1840 pounds and, selling at seventy-one cents an ounce, netted nearly $21,000 for the Smuggler mine.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Silver--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- 1894
- A visit to Los Cerrillos mining district, Ruelina camp and shaft
- View shows men among tents and tailings at the Ruelina camp and mine shaft in the Los Cerrillos mining district, near Cerrillos, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
- Mining camps--New Mexico--Santa Fe County--1880-1890.; Santa Fe County (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Mining--New Mexico--Santa Fe County--1880-1890.; Tents--New Mexico--Santa Fe County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Home life of Sac and Fox Indians, with sleeping papoose, S. & F. reservation, Okla.
- Portrait of a Native American (Sac and Fox) family in front of a canvas backdrop. The man stands looking down on his wife and baby, and wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a woven blanket, necklace, and head wrap with feather. The woman is sitting on...
- Fox Indians--Women--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Sauk Indians--Children--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Sac and Fox Indian Reservation (Okla.)--1900-1910.; Families--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Sac and Fox Nation.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska
- View of miners making the infamous trek over Chilkoot Pass (the "Golden Stair" trail), Alaska, and the staging area at the bottom of the pass. Signs read: "Gasoline Tramway," and, "Restaurant."
- Chilkoot Pass--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Alaska--1890-1900.; Hiking--Alaska--1890-1900.; Miners--Alaska--1890-1900.; Mining--Alaska--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Our party en route to the Klondike, Sheep Camp, Alaska
- View of a pack train entering Sheep Camp, Alaska, heavily laden with supplies. Miners stand in the muddy street near the "Grand Pacific Hotel."
- Sheep Camp (Alaska)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Alaska--Sheep Camp--1890-1900.; Miners--Alaska--Sheep Camp--1890-1900.; Mining--Alaska--Sheep Camp--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Alaska--Sheep Camp--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Miners and packers climbing the "Golden Stair" trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska
- View from the top of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, shows a long line of miners climbing the "Golden Stair" trail and the staging area at the bottom of the pass.
- Chilkoot Pass--1890-1900.; Hiking--Alaska--1890-1900.; Miners--Alaska--1890-1900.; Mining--Alaska--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Idaho Springs
- The view looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek, Colorado Central Railroad tracks, Alvord house, Humeston house, and brewery; newly planted trees, a road, and horizontal log...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1868 and 1877]
- Larimer Street Denver, Colorado
- Rooftop view of probably 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn streetcar makes its way past a building. Signs read: "The Office Eugene Croft," "A. Jacobs & Co. Boys Clothing," and "Clothing and Furnishing...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clothing stores streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Horse railroads streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, bath house
- View of the Ocean Bath house next to Soda Creek near Idaho Springs, Colorado; features a tall sign atop two wooden posts with an assortment of support devices advertising the name of the establishment; a small bridge spans the creek; a man works on...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.
- [between 1863 and 1877]
- Swimming baths at Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The Mammoth Swimming Bath house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, features vertical board siding and a front gable roof with an open porch at the entrance. A horizontal log fence and a false front structure are on either side of a dirt road. The fence...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- Indians, Denver
- Three Native American men stand in a circle and beat a drum on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. They are protesting a bill which would allow only resident Indians free tuition at Fort Lewis College. Supporters...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Fort Lewis College--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- April 24, 1971
- Indian reception to the President
- View of a long line of Native Americans (Plains), some with umbrellas, on horseback and on foot, await the arrival of President Chester A. Arthur on a vast grassy plain.
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886.--Journeys--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Great Plains--1880-1890.; Visits of state--Great Plains--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885]
- Ponca Indians
- Standing studio portrait of an unidentified Native American (Ponca) woman. She is next to a wooden chair which is covered with a woven blanket; she wears moccasins, a decoratively stitched and beaded dress, necklaces, scarves, and earrings.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Ponca Indians--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Indian pottery, Santa Fe and vicinity
- View of a display of southwestern Native American (Pueblo and other) pottery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, shows three tiers of various types of figurines and pottery on a cloth covered table.
- Indian pottery--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Pottery--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1880 and 1883]
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash presents a Presidential Citation to Darrell Fleming, a [Native American] Cherokee Indian and an Assistant Director of the Bureau, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Fleming is Assistant Area Director in Gallup, New...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs--People--1960-1970.; Cherokee Indians--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Awards--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Government...
- 1964 December 4