Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Memorial Church steeple, Stanford University campus
- Memorial Church was completed at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1903 and was dedicated by Jane Stanford to the memory of her late husband, Leland Stanford. The Stanfords founded the university in 1885. A large mosaic of a scene...
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Churches--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Stained glass--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Steeples--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Stanford Memorial Church (Palo Alto,...
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Panoramic view of Denver
- Left side of panorama view from Capitol building shows Colfax Avenue, cable car powerhouse, the Mint and distant snowy Rocky Mountains, Denver, Colorado. Engine Company No. 1's Victorian firehouse is across the intersection of Broadway and Colfax,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Near the Summit of Rollins Pass
- Right side of the panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows a railroad construction tent, railroad tracks, telephone poles and mountain slopes.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Sweet Ranch, Carbondale Dist.
- Left side of panorama view looks south over pioneer agriculturalist F. E. Sweet's potato fields, near Carbondale, Colorado, to Mount Sopris.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Sweet Ranch, Carbondale Dist.
- Right side of panorama view looks south over pioneer agriculturalist F. E. Sweet's potato fields, near Carbondale, Colorado, to Mount Sopris.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Indian hogan with Shiprock [i.e. Ship Rock] in distance.
- Native American (Navajo) man and child walk near an earth hogan near Shiprock, New Mexico. The hogan stands amidst a sandy desert landscape. Ship Rock stands in the distance.
- Hogans--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Ship Rock (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--New...
- [1908]
- Locomotive (Argentine Central) Shay No. 4
- Argentine Central Locomotive; Engine Number 4, Lima 1907 construction, narrow-gauge Shay gear-driven engine designed for line's steep grades and tight curves, in front of Silver Plume enginehouse at railroad's lower terminus, Clear Creek, Colorado;...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1909]
- View from Inspiration Point, Denver
- Left side of panorama view from Denver Mountain Park "Inspiration Point" west, just beyond Lakeside Park, across Clear Creek Valley farmlands to Golden, Colorado and the Front Range. North and South Table Mountain divide entrance to valley. Street...
- Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Drug store interior, Central City
- Glass display cabinets are in the foreground in Best's Drug store in Central City, Colorado. One contains wallets and has white, glass bottles on top of it. A sign on the side of the cabinet reads "Shaving Cream 25 cents and 50 cents." Glass...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- The Ouray Band at the Elks State Convention, held in Ouray Colo. Sep. 14 to 15th, 1911
- The Ouray Band poses in uniform in front of the Ouray City Hall, Ouray County, Colorado, during the Elks State Convention. Their leader Thomas B. Mitchell sits center with Arthur Grabow to his right. Instruments include bass and snare drums,...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Grabow, Arthur.; Mitchell, Thomas B.
- 1911
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama over Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows locomotives number 106 and 301 with passenger cars on the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific. People are by the dance pavilion,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Left center of panorama shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a train climbing Giant's Ladder along the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific towards the Continental Divide. The station,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Right center of panorama view shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a train climbing Giants Ladder along the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific towards the Continental Divide; Karel Park...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Karel Park Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1907 and 1913?]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a frame false front with an American flag, barrels, burro-drawn wagons, tent, lean-to structures and a train making its way over trestles and up...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The right side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the central business district; the three-story brick Alamo Hotel at intersection of Cucharras and Tejon Streets, the rebuilt Antlers's...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The left side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Courthouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the Spaulding, wood frame residences, Colorado Springs Transfer Company, lumber companies, F. F. Roby Company, mills and the front range...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Crystal Lake, Platte Canon, Colo. & Southern Ry.
- A man sits under a tree, looking across Crystal Lake, Jefferson County, Colorado, in the left side of a panorama view. Colorado and Southern Railway tracks wind through the canyon; shows a few wood frame structures including a station depot across...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1930.; Crystal Lake (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1930.; Lakes &...
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Left side of panorama over Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows Argo Mine tailing and timber piles, ore car tracks, residences on Colorado Boulevard, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, a gazebo, the Natatorium, Wykoff Lumber and...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- James Peak as seen from Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama from the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver and Salt Lake Railroad) towards the snowy Continental Divide, Colorado; shows evergreen slopes and downed timber in foreground.
- James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- James Peak as seen from Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama from the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver and Salt Lake Railroad) towards the snowy Continental Divide, Colorado; shows evergreen slopes and downed timber in foreground.
- James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Panoramic view of Denver
- Right side of the panorama view from Capitol building, Denver, Colorado; shows a turret, the Brown Palace Hotel, Hotel Metropole on Broadway and view north along Sherman Street past the Central Presbyterian Church.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Panoramic view of Denver
- Center of panorama view from Capitol building, Denver, Colorado, looking northwest up 16th (Sixteenth) Street; shows Arapahoe County Court House, Majestic Building, and the Brown Palace on 17th (Seventeenth) and Broadway. Signs read: "A. T. Wilson,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Snowy Range from Bellview Mtn. [graphic]
- The right side of the panorama view from a rocky slope of Mount Bellview, Gunnison County, Colorado, looks over vast expanse of mountains with a snowy range in distance.
- Bellview, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado Gunnison County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Snowy Range from Bellview Mtn. [graphic]
- Left side of panorama view shows a man on a rocky slope of Mount Bellview, Gunnison County, Colorado; he looks over a vast expanse of mountains with a snowy range in distance.
- Bellview, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado Gunnison County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Poncha Pass
- Right side of panorama view from Bull Hill shows slopes with mine tailings, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Elk Rang [sic] from Treasure Mtn.
- Center of panorama view northeast from Treasure Mountain across an evergreen valley to the Maroon Bells of the Elk Range.
- Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Elk Rang [sic] from Treasure Mtn.
- Right side of panorama view northeast from Treasure Mountain across an evergreen valley to the Maroon Bells of the Elk Range.
- Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right center of panorama view north over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal works, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, sheds and the town of...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows Colorado River and sandbar, orchards with rows of fruit trees and scattered wood frame residences and sheds; eroding slope of Mount...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view north over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal works, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, tents and sheds; the...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view south east over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows the irrigation canal, orchards with rows of fruit trees and wood frame residences and lean-tos. Grand Mesa rises in distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left center of panorama view southeast over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows orchards with rows of fruit trees and wood frame barn and residences; Colorado River embankment is in the distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view south over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences; Colorado River embankment is in the distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right center of panorama view south over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences; Colorado National Monument and Grand Junction in...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view south over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences; Colorado National Monument is...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Meroon [sic] Peaks
- Right side of panorama view of Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado, includes part of the metamorphosed sedimentary ridge and a spruce and aspen covered slope and valley floor.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Bells (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Meroon [sic] Peaks
- Left side of panorama view of Maroon Bells with light snow, near Aspen, Colorado, includes North Maroon Peak, Maroon Peak, Maroon Lake, spruce and aspen covered slopes and valley floor.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Bells (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Maroon Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Snowy Range from near Ward, Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- Right side of panorama view looks west over a grassy meadow, two-track road and evergreen slopes to the Indian Peaks of the Continental Divide, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Indian Peaks (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Snowy Range from near Ward, Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- Left side of panorama view looks west over a grassy meadow and evergreen slopes to the Indian Peaks of the Continental Divide, Boulder County, Colorado, includes Mount Audubon (13,223 feet) and Sawtooth Mountain (12,303 feet).
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian Peaks (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sawtooth Mountain (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- View of St. Joseph, Mo. from Prospect Hill
- Right side of panorama view of Saint Joseph, Missouri from Prospect Hill, includes: freight and box railroad cars on tracks, paddle wheel boat docked on shore of Missouri River, numerous piers and docks, industrial area, view of flat roof brick...
- Saint Joseph (Mo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left center of panorama view northwest over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows the Colorado (Grand) River and sandbar, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, sheds,...
- Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- View in McElmo Canon, Colo.
- View of Eagle Rock, near the road to McElmo Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado. A sandstone rock formation stands independently of a rocky hill near a dirt road. Rocky desert landscape dotted with bushes and trees surrounds the rock formation.
- McElmo Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montezuma County--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Montezuma County--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Montezuma County--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Harvest Dance, Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Native American (Keresan) men and women take part in a Harvest (Corn) Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. Koshare clowns walk near the dancers. The men wear hoof rattles, kilts, fringed breechcloths, body paint, fur pelts, and corn...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santo Domingo Pueblo...
- [1910]
- Trail worn through rock Tsankawi
- View of a trail to the Tsankawi ruins, Pajarito Park (later to be named Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. The trail has been worn smooth into tuff rock. Scrub trees and bushes dot the trailside.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Tsankawi Ruins (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- 1910
- Pictured Rocks- Tsankawi Ruin. Trail work thru rock at extreme right
- View of Native American (Anasazi) petroglyphs at Tsankawi Ruin, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The drawings consist of human and other figures. A trail worn in the tuff rock stands near the petroglyph rock.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Tsankawi Ruins (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1910]
- Interior of Painted Cave- Colorado Canon
- A man sits in Painted Cave (La Cueva Pintada), near Capulin Canyon, Pajarito Park (Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. The back wall of the cave is covered with petroglyphs. Writing near the edge of the cliff reads: "Owen L. Wood 05" "A. M....
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1900
- Painted Cave- from bottom of canon Colorado Canon
- View of Painted Cave, Native American (Anasazi) cliff ruins near Capulin Canyon, Pajarito Park (Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. The rear wall of the tuff cave is covered in petroglyphs. Rocky desert landscape covers the bottom of the...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1909