Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library 1918 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1918.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1994
- Westside Neighborhood Plan
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 F
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Denver Public Library 1936 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1936. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Black Hawk, Colo. Flood
- View west on Gregory Street in Black Hawk, Colorado, after the flood of 1895; shows flood debris such as planks, posts, rocks, dirt and silt. Three men are holding shovels and working on clearing the street as water continues to pour past them in a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Pueblo flood
- View of flood damaged houses in a residential area, probably along West Sixth Street, in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows debris, a fence, trees, damaged roofs and gutted porches.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Flood in lower downtown Denver
- Shows flood waters near the 23rd Street viaduct in lower downtown Denver, Colorado, after the Castlewood Dam destruction and subsequent Cherry Creek flood in 1933.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Looking east at Main St. and Union Avenue
- View of Arkansas River flood water at the intersection of Main Street and Union Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Flood water is half way up the first story of stone commercial buildings with arched doorways and windows, and flat roofs....
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1921 June
- Cornet Creek flood
- View southeast down Cornet Creek after the flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Jack Hawkins' two-story wood frame Victorian with front porch and second story bay window tilts on side from flood waters in centerground; smaller destroyed...
- Hawkins, Jack--Homes & haunts--1910-1920.; Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Black Hawk, after the flood, Aug. 2, 1914
- View west on Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Six men stand in a group observing flood damage in front of what was the old Post Office building. Two women look out their window above the men; another group of three people watch the flood from...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1920.
- 1914
- The Flood Blackhawk, Aug. 10, '87
- View of Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado, during the flood of August 1887. "The Cheap Cash Store" is on the left along with the many stores that lined Gregory Street. A man in trenchcoat and bowler hat stands on the right of the photo. Three...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- 1887 Aug. 10
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- Railroad tracks under water, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Rail tracks in the foreground end abruptly where the flood washed out the ground, and a harp switch stand sits at the edge of the new precipice. The Purgatoire River curves outside of the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Flood scene, First Street, looking west, Pueblo
- People pose on a freight car and on a pile of debris beside flood water from the Arkansas River on 1st (First) Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a pile of lumber, a wagon wheel, and flood water on First Street. Brick buildings read:...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 6
- Knuckolz [sic] Packing Co., great flood, Pueblo, Colo., showing new channel of Arkansas River
- View of railroad bridges washed out by the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows flood water in an eroded stream bed, debris and mud, and the Nuckolls Packing Company plant beside the river.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Packing-houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Dreadful flood of Pueblo, Colo., looking the east [sic] from W. 4th St's. bridge
- Panoramic view of flood damage from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows washed out Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and the rail yard near the Union Depot, mud and debris on the ground and smokestacks in...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Cities &...
- 1921 June 3
- Dreadful flood of the [sic] Pueblo, Colo., looking east from the hill front of the Union Depot
- Panoramic view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado after the Arkansas River flood. Shows flood water and debris on tracks, overturned D. & R.G. and A.T. & S.F. freight cars, piles of...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- A part of the flood devestation [sic] in Pueblo, Colo. June 3, 1921
- Panoramic view of Arkansas River flood water around buildings and railroad tracks after the flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows wrecked frame buildings and standing water beside railroad tracks. Features identified in the photograph...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities &...
- 1921 June 3
- WPA workers in Coal Creek Canyon
- Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers in overalls or jeans, gloves, and hats hold shovels and walk in the flood damaged creek bed in Coal Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows flood debris, sand and the eroded edges of Coal Creek.
- United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado--1930-1940.; Coal Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Laborers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 Sept. 6
- Looking east from power house showing Victoria St. bridge, Vail Hotel, and R.R. Y.M.C.A.
- Men work to remove mud from an Arkansas River flood on Victoria Avenue near the Victoria Avenue bridge in Pueblo, Colorado. A man on a tractor pulls a shovel; a man on foot assists. Men stand near railroad tracks near uprooted trees, rubble, parts...
- Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Organizations'...
- [1921 June]
- Denver Public Library 1919 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1919. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- Pueblo's flood control project
- View of rebuilt viaduct over reinforced channel walls for the Arkansas River, Pueblo, Colorado, shows automobiles and street railway cars leading to downtown. The viaduct was rebuilt after the devastating 1921 flood. The Holmes Hardware Company...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Flood control--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- Trinidad flood across from Cardenas Hotel
- View of flood damage on the banks of the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a residence with collapsed exterior walls and damaged wooden fence. Flood waters rise to the front door of the house.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Pueblo flood
- People walk along Union Avenue in mud and debris from the Arkansas River flood, Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows multi-story commercial buildings, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot, the Leach building, the tracks of either...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the damage and debris caused by the Arkansas River flood probably near Second and Third Streets in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows an overturned freight car, a corrugated roof, train tracks and multi-story commercial buildings. The...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the aftermath of the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. People walk along Main Street among the silt, mud and debris after the water had receded. Shows the bodies of dead animals, the Western National Bank, the Grand...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Dead animals--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- A view of the aftermath of the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows water, debris, electricity poles, a damaged brick building, a two-story wood frame building, overturned Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway freight...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- Men stand in the street after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The debris consists of overturned freight cars, twisted tracks, damaged buildings, scattered bricks and bent electricity poles. Letters on the side of a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Ruins--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- A view of the debris and damage left by the Arkansas River flood, probably near Union Avenue and Santa Fe Street, in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a damaged brick building, piles of debris and a building with adjacent cement silos...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Silos--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- People stand in mud and debris from the Arkansas River Flood, beside railroad tracks near South Main Street and Union Avenue, in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot, overturned freight cars and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; People--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- A view of the Arkansas River after flood stage, destroyed houses, and debris in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the smoke stacks from the Eiler Smelter in the distance.
- Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- A view of damaged wood frame houses after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows trees, a fence and debris.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of a refugee camp near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado erected after the Arkansas River flood. Shows tents, a water bag, trees and wooden signs that read: "Post Office" and "Head Quarters."
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Refugee camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of a tent behind a wire fence at the refugee compound near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The camp was erected after the Arkansas River flood. Shows additional tents and trees in the distance.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Refugee camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the buildings at the state fair grounds near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado after the Arkansas River flood. Shows refugee tents, gable roofed buildings, trees and a muddy road.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Refugee camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the inside of an army tent erected near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Tents were erected to house residents who lost their homes to the Arkansas River flood. Shows a baby in the middle of the tent, a book, a chair, clothes, a bench and...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the debris and damage caused by the Arkansas River flood near Second and Santa Fe Streets in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Central Block and McCarthy buildings, gutted storefronts, broken windows, an automobile and people.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- Interior view of men, women and children and wooden tables in a canteen near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The building, identified as the state fair building, served as a mess hall for refugees after the Arkansas River flooded. Table cloths...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.)--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; People--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Decoration Day flood havoc in south Longmont
- Looking south from the Colorado Central Railroad crossing at Main Street of the Decoration Day Flood of 1894 over the river bottom, south of Longmont, Colorado. A man in a horse-drawn carriage and another mounted on horseback make their way...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Flood of 1919
- A mother and three childern watch the water rush down the flume after the 1919 flood, Ouray, Colorado. The area is covered with rocks, branches and other debris brought down with the flood waters.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Ouray flood
- View of the 1909 flood debris brought down by Portland Creek flood, along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows men digging through the rocks, timber, lumber and silt to clear the creek. Buildings include the Elk Boarding House, Doran...
- Portland Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Flood waters at 8th and Broadway
- Flood water rushes under a bridge at 8th (Eighth) and Broadway in Denver, Colorado, following the Castlewood Dam collapse. Signs in the background read: "American Beauty Spaghetti and Macaroni" and "Denver Buick". Shows trolley cars and automobiles.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Kids playing in flood water
- Children ride makeshift rafts down flooded West 29th Avenue and Huron Streets following the Cherry Creek / Castlewood Canyon flood, Denver, Colorado.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rafts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Flood in downtown Denver
- View of the intersection of 16th and Cleveland Streets after a flood, caused by the break of a water main, in Denver, Colorado. Cars, pedestrians, and a streetcar are in or near the flooded street. Businesses include the "The Automobile Club, Rocky...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Flood debris @ Cherry Creek
- Men remove flood debris from sidewalks by storefronts in Denver, Colorado, after a flood; sign reads: "Coca Cola."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Storefronts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Flood in Central City, Colorado
- View of a flood in Central City, Colorado, at the turn of the century that shows water rushing down the intersection of Spring and Gregory streets. Wooden stairs leading into a building (with illegible lettering) and a telephone post are in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]