Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fort Massachusetts
- View of the site of Fort Massachusetts located six miles north of Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows a grassy field, shrubs, fir trees and a wood shack.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fort Massachusetts (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Loveland bank
- A group of men pose on the sidewalk in front of the Bank of Loveland, established in 1882, Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. One man holds a bicycle.
- Bank of Loveland--1900-1910.; Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Santa Fe Gold's Curio Store
- Native American (tribe unknown) men and a white man stand near the entrance to Gold's Old Curiosity Shop on Burro Alley in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A wooden cart is on the roof of the building. Burros are nearby. Signs read: "Old Curiosity Shop...
- Gold's Old Curiosity Shop (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Donkeys--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Stores...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Wolpi, Mokitown [sic], Ariz.
- View of Walpi, a Native American (Hopi) pueblo established on a narrow mesa in Navajo County, Arizona. The settlement has multi-level dwellings atop a narrow mesa and terraced pens with stone masonry fences.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Mesas--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Court house Julesburg, Colo.
- View of the Sedgwick County Court House in Julesburg, Colorado. Architectural features include a hipped roof, a pediment, a large cupola with a clock, quoins, lintels, and a bracketed cornice. Two boys with bicycles in foreground. Water tower in...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Julesburg, Colorado
- View of a monument in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County, shows a bronze plaque set into a river rock and concrete base. This first plaque of a Pony Express Rider has "Pony Express" written under it and reads "This memorial is the property of...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Julesburg--1970-1980.
- June, 1972
- Meeker, Colorado
- Copy image of a 1887 H. A. Wildhack original of the first quarters of the J. W. Hugus and Company general merchandisers and bankers, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, with three men standing on the boardwalk and another on horseback. The wood...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1900.
- 1887
- Conejos County, Manassa, Mormon Church
- Exterior of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Conejos County, Colorado; features modern construction, decorative stone trim on facade, front gable with flat roofed side wings. The Mormons settled in the area in 1879 and established...
- Manassa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mormon churches--Colorado--Manassa--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Meeker, Colorado
- Looking south on the easterly part of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows buildings built by the army garrison under the command of General Wesley Merritt. He established his 'Camp on White River' to enforce the banishment of the Northern...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Meeker, Colorado
- The second J. W. Hugus and Company Building, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, (originally built in the 1890s, destroyed by fire in the 1910 or 1911, then rebuilt.) Several men and a boy pose on boardwalk in front of the Meeker Bank and Hugus...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Meeker, Colorado
- A group of men gather on the boardwalk and on horses in front of the first building of the J. W. Hugus and Company general merchandisers and bankers, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The wood false front building once was an army barracks...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Elbert County Courthouse
- This municipal building in Kiowa, Colorado, is a three-story brick structure with a cottage roof, stone trim, quoins, a chimney, and a pedimented entry. Incised letters over the door read: "Elbert County Courthouse."
- Elbert County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Kiowa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Kiowa--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Elks convention held in Walsenburg
- Fisheye view of Main Street in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, shows stone commercial buildings draped in bunting and United States flags. Pedestrians, bicycles, a barber pole, and an oversized pocketwatch advertisement are on the sidewalk....
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 1086 (Walsenburg, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Fraternal...
- 1913
- Cripple Creek
- One and two-story commercial brick flat-roof buildings line the west side of South Second (2d) Street prior to 1896 fires, between Bennett and Myers Avenues, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes horse-drawn wagon filled with gunney sacks, men...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Waldorf, Colo. altitude: 11,666 feet at Post Office
- View of Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows buildings including (l to r): power house, stable, Post Office, and cables of the bucket line from Santiago to Waldorf.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- The Van Briggle Art Pottery
- Interior display features ceramic vases with carved, bas-relief vegetal and floral designs; one piece depicts a flamingo, Van Briggle Art Pottery in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Van Briggle Pottery Company--1900-1910.; Art pottery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pottery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Van Briggle Art Pottery
- A man poses in front of the Van Briggle Art Pottery building, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The factory has paired gables round and square chimneys, window bay displaying ceramics; sign reads: "Van Briggle Art Pottery established...
- Arend, Nicholas van den--Homes & haunts.; Palmer, William Jackson 1836-1909--Homes & haunts.; Van Briggle Pottery Company--Buildings--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Potteries--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Alamosa, 1891
- Dark smoke pours from the Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co. in Alamosa County, Colorado. Several men in suits and hats, and two in white work clothes, pose on a platform with a cart loaded with white sacks of flour. Another man in a suit stands alone...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.
- [1891]
- Alice post office
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, was a Clear Creek County, Colorado. The largest mining camp settled in the early 1880s in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier. The cabin features a side gable,...
- Alice (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1904]
- Alamosa, Colo., S.E.Cor. 6th & Hunt
- The first general store and outfit station along the new Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at South 6th (Sixth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Two false fronts have large painted block letter signs: "Field & Hill, Schuttler Wagons" and "Field &...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1950.; General stores--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.
- [between 1907 and 1941]
- Ft. Lupton
- View of a stone and cement tapered rectangular monument near Fort Lupton, Weld County, Colorado. A metal plaque on the monument reads: "This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado Due west 1/4 mile is the site of Fort Lupton established...
- Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1930-1940.
- June 23, 1931
- Day nursery neighborhood house assn.
- A view of the Day Nursery in Denver (Globeville), Colorado located at 4414 Logan Street. The nursery was first established in 1906 to care for children of working parents. Sign on the building reads: "Day Nursery Neighborhood Association an Agency...
- Day care centers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Denver
- President Theodore Roosevelt sits in a horse-drawn buggy as part of a parade on Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Members of the Rough Riders, an automobile, and other horse-drawn buggies follow in the distance. Signs on buildings read: "Cottrell...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- 1910, August 29
- Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Denver
- President Theodore Roosevelt sits in a horse-drawn buggy as part of a parade on Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Members of the Rough Riders, an automobile, and other horse-drawn buggies are also in the procession. Signs on buildings read: "Cottrell...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- 1910, August 29
- St. Mary's Academy
- A view of Saint Mary's Academy located on California Street between 14th and 15th Streets in Denver, Colorado. The school was established in 1864 by Bishop Joseph Machebeuf. Shows trees, a dirt road, brick fence, and two brick buildings, one with a...
- Saint Mary's Academy (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- Moving time in Denver
- View of a house moving operation in Denver, Colorado; shows a frame house and men working. Children watch; an automobile is in the background, and the truck has lettering: "Kennicott Patterson Transfer Hauling Placing of Machinery Boilers Safes...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trailers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 April 1
- Arapahoe St. between 15th & 16th
- Firemen and spectators stand on Arapahoe Street after a fire at the Post Office building in Denver, Colorado. Fire trucks and hoses are also in the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Established 1889 Hoeckels Office Supplies Lithographing...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Rocky Bear, Chief
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man, identified as Chief Rocky Bear. He wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket around his waist, a fringed shirt, a hair pipe breastplate, a medal, a kerchief, and a headdress. He holds a spear...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Rocky Bear.
- [between 1884 and 1910?]
- Lone Dog
- Studio portrait (standing) of Lone Dog, a Native American (Dakota Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, fringed leggings, breechcloth, a fur pelt, a feather armband, a hair pipe breast plate and a feather in his hair. He poses near a fur pelt.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Lone Dog.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- American Horse
- Studio portrait (sitting) of American Horse (younger), a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man. He wears a blanket over his legs, a shirt, metal armbands, a fringed hair pipe breast plate with a star-shaped badge that reads: "Police", a fur pelt over...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; American Horse, Son of Dakota Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- High Bear, Chief
- Studio portrait (sitting) of High Bear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a blanket around his legs, metal armbands, a hair pipe breastplate, and a beaded feather headdress from which fur pelts hang. He holds a staff decorated with beads.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Headdresses--1880-1890.; High Bear.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Brave
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a blanket over his lap, a hair pipe breast plate, and a scarf around his neck.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.
- [between 1884 and 1910]
- John M. Deutsch
- View of a barber shop on 15th (Fifteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing by storefronts and a barber pole with lettering: "Shave 10 cents Haircut 25 cents."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Hubbard Mountain home, Colorado
- View of "Ten-Sleep Ranch," (Boy Scout ranch established by Ralph Hubbard) Black Forest area (El Paso County) Colorado; also shows a stream.
- Hubbard, Ralph--Homes & haunts.; Ten Sleep Ranch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hubbard Mountain Home, Colorado
- View of covered walkway leading to "Ten-Sleep Agency," (Boy Scout ranch established by Ralph Hubbard) Black Forest area (El Paso County) Colorado; shows a man and girls in canvas chairs, and a saddle and lantern hanging from the rafters.
- Hubbard, Ralph--Homes & haunts.; Ranches--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hubbard Mountain home, Colorado
- View of people posed at "Ten-Sleep Agency," Black Forest area (El Paso County) Colorado (Boy Scout Ranch established by Ralph Hubbard); shows women on horses, girl on a pony, men, boys and girls in cowboy costume, and a log building with a rock...
- Hubbard, Ralph--Homes & haunts.; Ranches--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Michael Egan Clothing
- View of the Michael Egan clothing store at 1243 Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick storefront with window displays and lettering: "Michael Egan, Established 1883," "Hats, Shoes, Gloves, Shirts," and "Furnished Rooms."
- Michael Egan (Clothing store : Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Window displays--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Where the Cherokee trail crosses the Overland Trail
- View of a stone monument in southern Wyoming which commemorates the Cherokee Trail. The trail was established by Native Americans (Cherokee) and whites as a route west to the California gold fields. The monument stands at the intersection of the...
- Cherokee Indians--History--1910-1950.; Indians of North America--History--1910-1950.; Cherokee Trail--1910-1950.; Overland Trails--1910-1950.; Historical markers--1910-1950.; Trails & paths--1910-1950.
- [between 1914 and 1950?]
- Jack C. Miles fur factory and elkhorns
- Group portrait of men holding elk antlers in Denver, Colorado; the man on the right (Montana peak hat) is identified as Jack C. Miles. Snow covers the ground; lettering on a brick building reads: "Jack C. Miles Fur Factory, Established 1900 - 329...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Antlers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fur trade--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Taxidermists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Miles, Jack C.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of Fort Defiance, Arizona. An orchard is near the middle of the town. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress Native American Navajos.
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1900-1910.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Hollenbeck Home, Los Angeles
- View of the two story mission style Hollenbeck Home, established by Elizabeth Hollenbeck in 1890 as a retirement home. The stucco building has two conical shaped towers, arched colonnades, and is topped by a red tile roof; it has landscaping and a...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Rest homes--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.; Hollenbeck Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Showers behind the front
- During a lull in the fighting, the Tenth Mountain Division's 85th Regiment, second battalion, established this shower bath in a shell-torn building as part of a larger rest center close to the front lines. Shows naked men showering, their clothes...
- Ski troops--1940-1950.; Military camps--1940-1950.; Nudes--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Empire ice cream parlor, Hotel Splendide
- The Hotel Splendide in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, was originally called the Peck House but was renamed about 1950; the hotel was established in 1860 as a stage coach stop. The building's name was changed back to the Peck House in 1972....
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ice cream parlors--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Empire
- The porch of the Hotel Splendide in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has seven posts with decorative woodwork and a decorative carved railing between the posts. Chairs and rocking chairs are on the porch; the view beyond includes trees,...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Empire
- The porch of the Hotel Splendide in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has four posts with decorative woodwork; two posts have horseshoes fastened to them. A decorative carved railing runs between the posts. Signs on the building wall...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Empire
- The Hotel Splendide in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, was originally called the Peck House, but was renamed about 1950; the hotel was established in 1860 as a stage coach stop. The building's name was changed back to the Peck House in 1972....
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Empire
- The Hotel Splendide in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a two-story building with a gable roof on which "Hotel Splendide" is written in large letters. A porch runs around the building, and another smaller building is nearby. Two 1950s...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Empire, Colo., gift shop
- The interior of a gift shop at the Hotel Splendide in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, includes a round wood table with spiral- shaped legs and wood chairs, a Victorian sideboard with pottery on its shelves, an open door through which wire...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Empire, Colo., gift shop
- The interior of a gift shop at the Hotel Splendide in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, includes a round wood table with spiral- shaped legs and chairs, a Victorian sideboard with pottery on its shelves, an open door through which wire chairs...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Gift shops--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- 1967
- Harmony Ranch at Estes Park
- The two-story log dining room with awnings at the Harmony Guest Ranch, known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda, is screened by tall evergreens growing on the golf course in front of the building. The motel was was established by...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.; Golf--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967