Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Arizona, the Grand Canon, the walls from Bissell's Point
- Panoramic view of eroded sandstone mesas, steep canyon walls, and The Alligator cliff from what is identified as Bissell's Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows sedimentary rock layers, trees, and shrubs.
- Alligator, The (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand Canyon...
- 1900
- Placer mining Alma Placer Park Co, Colo
- View of the Alma Placer, a hydraulic gold mine in Park County, Colorado; shows eroded embankments, a crane, and miners using monitors to aim jets of water.
- Alma Placer (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Park County (Colo.); Hoisting machinery--Park County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Miners--Park County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.
- 1887
- Ouray
- View southeast over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. The Beaumont Hotel on the corner of Main (Third, 3rd) Street and 5th Avenue is under construction. Several teams of...
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- Ouray & Amphitheater
- Aerial view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows The Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. View of residences, the Ouray County Courthouse, Beaumont Hotel and the public school.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Ouray Col.
- Aerial view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado, shows The Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. View of residences, the Ouray County Courthouse, Beaumont Hotel, the public school and a flagpole at the intersection of Main...
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ouray and Amphitheater
- Aerial view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes, Cascade Falls, residences, the Ouray County Courthouse, Beaumont Hotel, the public school and a flagpole at the intersection of Main (Third, 3rd)...
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ouray
- A man stands overlooking a panoramic view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes, residences, the Ouray County Courthouse, Beaumont Hotel and the public school.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Ouray and the Amphitheater
- View east along 4th (Fourth) and 5th (Fifth) Avenues in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with vegetated eroded slopes directly above town. The Beamont Hotel and Elks Club show on Main Street.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Moonlight on Lake Alice [sic]
- The Amphitheatre, an eroded butte, is reflected in Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness of Garfield County, Colorado.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Buttes--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Trappers Lake
- View of Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness of Garfield County, Colorado. The Amphitheatre, and eroded butte, is reflected in the lake.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Buttes--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Trappers Lake
- View of Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness of Garfield County, Colorado. The Amphitheatre, an eroded butte is reflected in the lake.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Lake Alice [sic]
- The Amphitheatre, an eroded butte, is reflected in Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness of Garfield County, Colorado.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Reflections--Colorado--Garfield...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Almont [sic]
- Men fish in Trappers Lake in Garfield County, Colorado. The Amphitheatre, an eroded butte, is in the distance.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fishing--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Trappers Lake and Amphitheatre
- The Amphitheatre, an eroded butte, part of The Flat Tops in the Flat Top Wilderness, is reflected in Trappers Lake in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows clouds, brush, and forest. Hills and mountains are in the distance.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Buttes--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1940.; Lakes & Ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- Anaconda
- View the Ananconda schoolhouse, Teller County, Colorado, features the one-story wood frame structure with a hipped roof, rectangular front gable louver belltower, wrap around deck, and pediment drip molds. Scene also includes a small boy and a...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Baker's Park from Howardsville
- View of Bakers Park (Silverton), the Animas River and the San Juan Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1870-1880.; Bakers Park (Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bakers Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Bakers Park--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Bakers...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Animas River, taken under Baker's Bridge
- The Animas River falls over a spillway in San Juan County, Colorado; eroded rock formations are at the water's edge.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Spillways--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Lake Santa Maria, Antelope Park
- View of Lake Santa Maria (Santa Maria Reservoir) and islands in Antelope Park, Mineral County, Colorado.
- Antelope Park (Mineral County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Santa Maria Reservoir (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Islands--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Natural Arch near Moab, Utah
- Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah; a man, possibly a park ranger, stands under eroded sandstone formation, shows snow covered mountains.
- Arches National Park (Utah)--1910-1940.; Delicate Arch (Utah)--1910-1940.; Rock formations--Utah--1910-1940.
- [194-?]
- The Grand Canyon of the Arkansas
- Aerial view of the Royal Gorge on the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado shows the massive rock formations eroded by the river.
- Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Punch Bowl trip
- View of one man holding a stick and three women sitting on a rock ledge above a waterfall, Aspen, Colorado; features women dressed in dresses, hats, and capes; waterfall surrounded by large rocks eroded with crevices and lines; logs, sticks, and...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Las Vegas N.M. from the E.
- View of Las Vegas (San Miguel County), New Mexico. Shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops, round house, trains, and yards. Houses and buildings are in the distance. Shows the eroded edges of the Gallinas River.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Gallinas River--1870-1880.; Las Vegas (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1880.; Railroad facilities--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1870-1880.; Railroad shops &...
- [ca. 1879?]
- Pike's Peak
- View of foothills and snow on Pikes Peak Austin Bluffs in El Paso County, Colorado. Trees and an eroded wash are on a hillside. A house is in a meadow beside possibly a windmill.
- Austin Bluffs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bad Lands, S.D., view over the hills
- View of probably the White River in the Badlands in South Dakota. Shows eroded hills and mesas, trees, and shrubs beside the river.
- Badlands (S.D. and Neb.)--1880-1910.; White River (Neb. and S.D.)--1880-1910.; Hills--South Dakota--1880-1910.; Rivers--South Dakota--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Pajarito Park Cliff & canon
- View of tuff cliffs near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Trees stand near the eroded cliffs.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cliffs--New Mexico--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Pajarito Park
- A Native American man stands next to a tuff cliffside with eroded holes enlarged by ancestral Pueblo Indians for dwellings and ceremonial spaces, Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico; became Bandelier National Monument in 1916.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Pajarito Plateau (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Pueblo...
- [between 1900 and 1916?]
- Bandelier National Monument
- Eroded windows and bird nest holes show in the soft volcanic rock of a verticle tuff cliffside, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- Volcanic tuff cliffside with eroded soft rock and natural caves enlarged by ancestral Pueblo Indians to create ceremonial and living spaces in Frijoles Canyon, below Pajarito Plateau, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier [?]
- A Native American pauses on an ancient eroded volcanic tuff foot trail on the way to Tsankawi ruins, Pajarito Plateau, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- View from Pajarito Plateau over Judge Abbott's Ranch and the Tyuonyi pueblo ruins Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Eroded volcanic tuff cliffs show on other side of canyon.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- View from Pajarito Plateau over Judge Abbott's Ranch and the Tyuonyi Pueblo ruins Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Eroded volcanic tuff cliffs show on other side of canyon.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- View from Pajarito Plateau over Judge Abbott's Ranch and the Tyuonyi pueblo ruins Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Eroded volcanic tuff cliffs show on other side of canyon.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- View of Bear Creek at side of livery stable
- View of rocks, sticks and debris in the dry Bear Creek creek bed near Morrison in Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows a frame barn, covered livestock stalls, and a broken fence washed out by the flood. A clapboard house and a frame building are...
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Debris--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 September 25
- The Book Cliffs near Green River, Utah
- View of Beckwith Plateau in Emery County, Utah. Shows a butte, eroded sandstone cliffs in the Book Cliffs, and a dry river bed.
- Beckwith Plateau (Utah)--1880-1900.; Book Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1880-1900.; Emery County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Buttes--Utah--Emery County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Beckwith Plateau, in the book cliffs northwest of Green River, Utah
- View of Beckwith Plateau, Emery County, Utah; shows a butte and eroded, sandstone cliffs.
- Beckwith Plateau (Utah)--1900-1910.; Buttes--Utah--Emery County--1900-1910.
- 1908?
- Matteo Teepee or Devil's Tower
- View of Devils Tower (Devils Tower National Monument) in Crook County, Wyoming. Shows the eroded cone of a volcano, the Belle Fourche River, and pine forests.
- Belle Fourche River (Wyo. and S.D.)--1890-1900.; Crook County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Devils Tower National Monument (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--Crook County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Crook County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Out by Bennett flood
- View of the flood damage from the Kiowa River, Bennett, Adams County, Colorado, shows a washed out road with broken pavement over an eroded embankment.
- Bennett (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kiowa Creek (Adams County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Rocks on Tongue River, Big Horn Mountains
- View of eroded rock formations near the Tongue River in the Bighorn Mountains, possibly in Custer County, Wyoming.
- Bighorn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.)--1890-1900.; Tongue River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Looking W. from top of flour mill. No. 125
- Freight cars and a frame railroad shed are surrounded by flood water in Boulder, Colorado. People stand on the washed out street ends at both sides of the floodplain. A frame dwelling among trees has been dislodged from its foundation, and a...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- R. R. Bridge at 6th St. No 121
- The timbers supporting the railroad bridge have been washed away by the flood of 1894 in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County at 6th (Sixth Street). The tracks sag above the swollen river. Men stand on either side of the bridge, as well as on the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Bryce Canyon, Utah
- View over Bryce Amphitheater shows eroded and weathered rock formations (hoodoos), pinnacles, spires and walls, Paunsaugunt Plateau, Bryce Canyon National Park, southern Utah.
- Bryce Amphitheater (Utah)--1920-1930.; Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1920-1930.; Paunsaugunt Plateau (Utah)--1920-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- Bryce National Park, Utah
- A man with a walking stick and a young boy stand on a ledge to view the eroded sandstone spires, pinnacles and fins known as hoodoos, Paunsaugunt Plateau, Bryce Canyon National Park (formerly Utah National Park) Utah. Both wear overalls and hats.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; Children & adults--Utah--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Bryce Canyon (?)
- Piles of eroded material have accumulated over eons at the bases of towering sandstone columns in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Bryce Canyon - men on trail
- Three people walk along a trail with eroded pillars of sandstone, possibly in Queen's Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Bryce Canyon, Utah
- View of eroded pillars of sandstone in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Bryce Canyon, Utah
- View of the eroded sandstone spires and pinnacles, known as hoodoos, Paunsaugunt Plateau, Bryce Canyon National Park (formerly Utah National Park) Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Bryce Canyon, Utah
- View of the eroded sandstone spires and pinnacles, known as hoodoos, Bryce Amphitheater, Paunsaugunt Plateau, Bryce Canyon National Park (formerly Utah National Park) Utah. Table Cliffs show in distance.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Bryce National Park, Utah
- View of the eroded sandstone spires, pinnacles and fins known as hoodos, Paunsaugunt Plateau, Bryce Canyon National Park (formerly Utah National Park) Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Bryce National Park, Utah
- View of the eroded sandstone spires, pinnacles and fins known as hoodoos, Paunsaugunt Plateau, Bryce Canyon National Park (formerly Utah National Park) Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]