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- Outlaws hanged at Laramie by vigilantes, Big Ned, Con Wagner, Ace [sic] Moore
- Three men, left to right: Big Ned [Wilson], Asa Moore and Con Wagner, hang from wooden beams beside a log wall in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows men in vests or jackets, slacks and boots and arms bound with rope.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Hangings--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Moore, Asa.; Wagner, Con.; Wilson, Ned, Big Ned.
- 1868 October 18
- Steve Young, hanged at Laramie by vigilantes
- A man identified as Steve Young and known as "Long" Steve Young, hangs from a telegraph pole on a dirt road in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. "Long" Steve Young wears a vest, a jacket, boots and has his legs bound with rope. Shows a hat on the...
- Thornburgh (Hotel : Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868 October 19
- Freund's Gun Store at Laramie, Wyo. Terr.
- Men wear suits and hats and pose with guns in front of the "Freund & Bro" gun store in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The hewn log building has a false front and painted signs that read: "Guns, Pistols, Ammunition & c.," "Rifles and Shot Guns...
- Freund & Bro. (Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Hunting--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Rifles--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Hen's nest
- Round boulders identified as the "hen's nest" probably at Sherman (Albany County), Wyoming.
- Sherman (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Sherman--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Promontory, Utah
- View of Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad tracks, a switch and railroad signal at Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah. A man stands beside the tracks. Shows a railroad car on a Shoo-Fly (temporary track), telegraph poles, a United...
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Railroad cars--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.; Railroad signals--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.;...
- 1869
- Omaha, Nebraska
- View of houses, fenced lots and commercial buildings in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows a garden, brick and frame buildings, a church with a central steeple, trees and dirt streets, and the Missouri River in the distance.
- Missouri River--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1868
- U.P.R.R. Station, Willow Island, Nebr. in 1867
- View of Union Pacific Railroad car roofs and tracks in Willow Island (Dawson County), Nebraska. Shows a windmill and frame railroad buildings. People stand on the depot platform.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Willow Island (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.; Windmills--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Sidney, Wyoming Terr. [sic]
- View of buildings, Union Pacific Railroad flatbed cars, tracks and a roundhouse in Sidney (Cheyenne County), Nebraska. Shows oxen, frame buildings and canvas tents. A sign reads "Saloon" near probably the depot.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Sidney (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Sidney--1860-1870.; Railroad roundhouses--Nebraska--Sidney--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Mud house at Ogalalla, Nebraska
- Two women and a child sit on the ground beside a frame house with a shingle roof and sod siding in Ogallala (Keith County), Nebraska. The women wear dresses with full skirts. The house has a wooden lintel above a window, and a bench, a barrel and a...
- Ogallala (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Sod buildings--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Women--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Plum Creek with soldiers encamped
- Soldiers sit or stand outside canvas tents in Plum Creek (Lexington) in Dawson County, Nebraska. Rows of tents are near a windmill and probably a water tank. Shows Union Pacific Railroad passenger cars, a frame depot and false front commercial...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Plum Creek (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Military camps--American--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.; Tents--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.;...
- 1867
- Sioux tepees at North Platte, Nebr.
- Native American (Sioux) women and men and soldiers in uniform stand near tepees in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. The women wear shawls and skirts and hold young children. Shows dogs, possibly wagons and equipment.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Tipis--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Grand Island, Nebraska in 1867
- View of frame buildings in Grand Island (Hall County), Nebraska. People are on the porch of the "OK Store" and a horse drawn wagon is parked in the street. Shows a "Saloon," wooden sidewalks, houses with fenced yards, a church with a bell tower...
- Grand Island (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bars--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Fremont, Nebraska in 1867
- View of frame houses, stacked lumber, fenced yards, a windmill and a water tank probably beside Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Fremont (Dodge County), Nebraska.
- Fremont (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Fremont--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Bridge over Loup Forks at Columbus, Nebraska
- Men and saddled horses stand on a wooden bridge over the Loup River in Columbus (Platte County), Nebraska. Shows horse-drawn carriages on the bridge and trees at the edge of the river in the distance.
- Columbus (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Loup River (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Elkhorn Station, Nebraska
- View of frame and log buildings and probably a Union Pacific Railroad water tower at Elkhorn Station in Douglas County, Nebraska. Shows people near buildings, a horse-drawn wagon, laundry on a clothesline, livestock in a meadow, and grassy hills.
- Elkhorn Station (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Elkhorn Station--1860-1870.; Water tanks--Nebraska--Elkhorn Station--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Ware's Block, Omaha in 1868
- Men stand and pose in second story windows or outside the Ware Block, a two-story brick commercial building in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows arched windows with tracery, a flat roof with bracketed eaves and signs on businesses that read:...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Barrels--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Dry goods stores--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Veta Pass
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on La Veta Pass in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows buildings beside the track, clouds in the valley and a train on probably Dump Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the Antlers Hotel and commercial buildings. Pedestrians, horse drawn carriages and a street car are on the unpaved street. Snow-covered Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Course of the Arkansas as it leaves the mts. near Canon City, Colo. Ter.
- Distant view of the Arkansas River near Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows either partly constructed Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks and a grade at the edge of the river.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1872 and 1875]
- East end of mill, Smith & Parmelee Gold Co. on Gregory Extension & Briggs Lodes.
- Miners pose at the Smith & Parmelee Gold Company mill at Gregory Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gold mine is beside the Briggs Gold Mining Company lode and on what was known as the Gregory Extension crevice. Shows mule and...
- Smith & Parmelee Gold Mining Co.--Buildings--1860-1870.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [1861]
- Mildred Alexander
- Mildred Alexander of Frisco, Colorado, is shown in a head and shoulders studio portrait. The girl wears a light colored blouse with ruffles around the neck and across the front, and a large bow in her hair, which is in dark ringlets.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Frisco--1880-1910.; Alexander, Mildred.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Goldman's, Central City
- Men stand and pose on a sidewalk in front of a brick building with arched windows and keystones on a corner in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Striped, gathered awnings hang in windows. One man wears a double breasted shirt, a jacket, hat,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1890?
- The Lewis Hotel of Gunnison
- View of the four-story Lewis (later the La Veta) Hotel in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The brick hotel has balconies and a projecting entrance, belt courses, heavy brackets with finials, and an iron balustrade on the cornice. A central...
- Lewis Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Building construction--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1883 April
- Panorama of Denver, North-west
- Frame houses near 18th (Eighteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Windsor Hotel, Arapahoe School, and a stone church. Buggies are in the dirt road.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1881]
- Panorama of Denver West
- Frame houses, multi-story commercial buildings and church steeples in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows probably a bell tower, a building with battlements and a flat roof, and houses with gabled or hipped roofs.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1881?]
- Panorama from Court House
- Bird's eye view of commercial buildings and houses in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the First Congregational Church with a spire and a round window and the stone Victorian Romanesque style Denver Club building with arched doorway and windows at...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- Denver, Capitol Hill
- Bird's eye view of brick or frame houses and a brick commercial building that reads: "Ohio Block" on 16th (Sixteenth) Street and probably Court Place near Capitol Hill, Denver, Colorado. Shows the brick, gothic Central Christian Church with a spire...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Panorama of Denver No. 3
- Aerial view of frame and brick houses, empty lots and commercial buildings in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Arapahoe County Courthouse under construction between Tremont Street and Court Street downtown. Lumber is stacked beside a level foundation of...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1883]
- Capitol Hill, North
- View of brick houses in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Two-story buildings have hipped or gabled roofs. Shows dirt roads, fences and open fields. One house has a square cupola with a finial.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- West from the Exposition buildings
- Frame buildings, a locomotive and a canvas tent on a dirt road near probably the National Mining and Industrial Exposition buildings in Denver, Colorado. A freight train is near a row of trees and the South Platte River. The Front Range is in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; National Mining and Industrial Exposition (1882 : Denver, Colo.)
- [1882?]
- Panorama of Denver, No. 1
- Aerial view of houses on probably Grant Street near 17th (Seventeenth) Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows dirt roads and Victorian houses with gabled or hipped roofs and chimneys. Wagon roads curve through open...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Broadway Schoolhouse
- View of the brick Broadway School on Broadway between 13th (Thirteenth) and 14th (Fourteenth) Avenues in Denver, Colorado. The two-story building has a stone foundation and rusticated stone quoins, an arched doorway and a front pediment on a flat...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1890?]
- Baptist Church, Denver
- View of the brick and contrasting stone First Baptist Church on Stout Street between 17th (Seventeenth) and 18th (Eighteenth) Streets in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The Victorian Gothic Revival church has square towers with...
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Lawrence Street, Denver
- A fabric "Joslin Dry Goods" sign is suspended over Lawrence Street near 16th (Sixteenth) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Multi-story brick and stone commercial buildings include the four-story Daniels and Fisher...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Banners--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Daniels & Fisher
- View of the corner, four-story Daniels & Fisher building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Central Business District in Denver, Colorado. Windows have hood molding and awnings and the flat roof line has decorative brackets and...
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Panorama of Denver
- Bird's eye view of houses and buildings in Denver, Colorado. The brick Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as Saint John's Church in the Wilderness and St. John's Episcopal Cathedral) with domed cupolas and a round window is at the...
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Denver, from the Union Depot
- Bird's eye view of commercial buildings and houses in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Signs are painted on the Lewis Wheeler & Co. Lumber Yards building and the McPhee & McGinnity building on 18th (Eighteenth) Street. Shows...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Panorama of Denver
- Panoramic view of commercial buildings and houses in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The Tabor Block, Albany Hotel, Baptist Church, Arapahoe School, Windsor Hotel, Union Station and the Swedish Church are among downtown buildings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Denver, No. 8, Forrester Opera House
- View of the Central Business District in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Forrester Opera House, with a square tower and a mansard roof with a finial, and a brick "Livery" building on 15th (Fifteenth) Street near Champa. A two-story brick commercial...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Monument builders--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Residence of H.A.W. Tabor, Denver
- A man poses in a horse drawn carriage in front of the Horace Austin Warner Tabor house at 1260 Sherman Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three-story house, built by John W. Bailey, has square columns, a balcony, a sun...
- Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Panorama of Denver, west
- Panoramic view of buildings, houses and churches in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Arapahoe County Courthouse with a central dome, the stone Trinity Methodist Church at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Broadway, the brick...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1895?]
- Larimer from Cherry Creek
- View of City Hall, businesses on Larimer Street and a bridge over Cherry Creek in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The five-story rusticated stone City Hall building has a central clock tower with a domed cupola and a mansard roof...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1885 and 1892?]
- 15th & Lawrence, Denver
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.) cable car number 31 is on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at Lawrence Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Real Estate" and "Colorado Farmer." The...
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cable railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- Central Christian Church
- Children stand beside a dog and an iron gate at the Central Christian Church at 16th (Sixteenth), 17th (Seventeenth) Streets and Broadway in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. The brick, gothic church has a circular window,...
- Central Christian Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- St. John's Cathedral
- View of the Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (St. John's Cathedral, St. John's in the Wilderness) at East 20th (Twentieth) Avenue and Welton Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. The brick church has Queen Anne...
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Evans St. Chapel
- View of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church on 13th (Thirteenth) and Bannock Streets in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The gothic, rusticated stone building has a tower with a spire, pointed arched windows with tracery, buttresses,...
- Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Chapels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- J.A. Cooper, Grant and Colfax Ave's
- View of the Governor Job Adams Cooper house at 1500 Grant Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three-story Queen Anne-style house has a gable roof, turret, half-timbering, a wraparound porch, brick chimneys and...
- Cooper, Job Adams, 1843-1899--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1891?]
- Panorama of Denver
- Panoramic view of commercial buildings and houses in the Central Business District in Denver, Colorado. Shows the square tower of the Tabor Block, the stone First Baptist Church, the Arapahoe School with a central cupola, the Windsor Hotel and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]