Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cripple Creek, Colo. residence of the family of Attorney Trowbridge in N.W. Cripple Creek
- Family portrait of Attorney Henry Trowbridge, his wife and two children in front of residence with their pet burros, northwest Cripple Creek, Colorado; woman wears a hat and overcoat, young boy sits on one burro and the girl stands next to another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Toll gate at Bear Creek Falls
- View of the hewn log tollgate on the Otto Mears Toll Road built into the cliffs in Ouray County, Colorado. Bear Creek Falls cascades through the rocks. Shows a hewn log tollhouse with chinking, log retaining wall.
- Bear Creek Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Toll gate at Bear Creek Falls
- View of the hewn log toll gate on the Otto Mears Toll Road built into cliffs in Ouray County, Colorado. Bear Creek Falls cascades through the rocks. Shows a hewn log toll house with chinking, a log retaining wall. Shows men, one on horseback, the...
- Bear Creek Falls (Colo.)--1882-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1882-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1882-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1882-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray County--1882-1890.
- [1882]
- Breckenridge and the Ten-Mile
- The Carter Museum in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, gable roofed, hewn log cabin with white chinking and a shed roofed extension on the left. A sash window is next to the door. Another, smaller hewn log outbuilding is to the left, and a...
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Oldest House in Salt Lake
- View of the oldest house in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a one story hewn log cabin with chinking and a hewn board roof, a double horizontal window with panes of glass, a door and stone chimney. A man and two young boys stand and...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Gardens--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Toys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Toll gate, Bear Creek Falls
- View of the hewn log tollgate on the Otto Mears Toll Road built into rocky cliffs in Ouray County, Colorado. Bear Creek Falls cascades through the rocks. Shows a hewn log tollhouse with chinking, log retaining wall. A man stands on the road.
- Tollhouses--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Bear Creek Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Toll Gate, Bear Creek Falls
- Men, one on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage stand at the tollgate near the tollhouse on the Ouray and Silverton Tollroad built by Otto Mears, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a hewn log bridge over Bear Creek Falls, a hewn log building with...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Oldest house in Golden, Colorado built in 1859, constructed of hewn logs, since weatherboarded.
- View of the oldest house in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, built in 1859. The two-story hewn log structure is sided with clapboard and has a wood shingle roof and balcony. A man poses outside the picket fence and others pose on the porch and...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Gerald Ford Park, old schoolhouse, Vail, Colo.
- View of a schoolhouse (1922) in Gerald Ford Park, Vail (Eagle County), Colorado. This one room, hewn log schoolhouse was built in 1922 once served as the Gore Creek Museum and is now used by the Nature Center and the Alpine Garden. The building has...
- Vail (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Log buildings--Colorado--Vail--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Vail--Pictorial works.; Parks--Colorado--Vail--Pictorial works.; Ford Park (Vail, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ford Park (Vail, Colo.)--1990-2000.;...
- 1997
- Grand County Court House, Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
- View of the first Grand County Court House, now part of the Grand County Pioneer Museum located at 110 E Byers Avenue, Hot Sulphur Springs, CO. The hewn log cabin structure was built in 1878 as a general store and later served as the county court...
- Grand County Court House (Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Courthouses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--2010-2020.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Grand County Court House (Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2011
- Tincup Store, Colo.
- View of the Tincup Store located in Tincup, Colorado. The rough hewn log building with metal roof was built in 1905 and served as the first quarters for rangers at the Gunnison National Forest.
- Stores, Retail--Colorado--Tincup--2000-2010.; Tincup (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Stores, Retail--Colorado--Tincup--Pictorial works.; Tincup (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Dotty's General Store, Sargents, Colo.
- View of Dotty's General Store located at 71420 Hwy 50 in Sargents, Colorado. The simple, rough hewn sided building underwent major reconstruction in 2004.
- General Stores--Colorado--Gunnison County--2000-2010.; Sargents (Colo.)--2000-2010.; General stores--Colorado--Gunnison County--Pictorial works.; Sargents (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Burrows Park, Colo.
- View of Burrows Park located in Hinsdale County, Colorado. The ghost town was established in the 1870s and served as a small commercial center for miners of three nearby mining camps. The two hand hewn log cabins pictured here are located on the...
- Burrows Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Burrows Park--2000-2010.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Burrows Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Burrows Park--Pictorial works.; Hinsdale County...
- 2002
- Post Office, Capitol City, Colo.
- View of the Post Office located in the ghost town of Capitol City 10 miles west of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Built in 1877, the one-and-a-half story, v-notched, rough hewn log cabin is one of two remaining structures in the town. The...
- Post office stations and branches--Colorado--Capitol City--1990-2000.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Post office stations and branches--Colorado--Capitol City--Pictorial works.; Capitol City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Sherman, Colo.
- View of the ghost town of Sherman located near Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Remnants of a hand hewn log cabin can be seen with a sign that reads "Sherman Town site, Founded in 1877."
- Ghost Towns--Colorado--Sherman--2000-2010.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Sherman--Pictorial works.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Humphrey Museum, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Humphrey Museum located at 620 South Soda Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. The original cabin was built by J.J. Clarke in the 1870s. Expanded a number of times over the years, the current one-and-one-half-story, rough hewn log structure...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--2000-2010.; Evergreen (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Everhardt - Herzman Ranch House, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Everhardt-Herzman Ranch House located at 6309 Lone Peak Drive, Evergreen, Colo. Nestled in the middle of an open meadow, the building is one of Colorado's oldest ranch houses. The one-and-one-half-story rough hewn log cabin was restored...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--1990-2020.; Evergreen (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1991
- Dexter Cabin, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Dexter Cabin located next to the Healy House Museum at 912 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colo. Built in 1879 built by wealthy miner, James V. Dexter, the single-story, two-room, hewn log cabin was moved to its current location from 110...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Leadville--2000-2010.; Leadville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic house museums--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Leadville (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2006
- Robinson Cabin, Red Feather Lake, Colo.
- View of the 1889 Robinson Homestead Cabin located at 711 Prairie Divide Road, Red Feather Lake, Colo. The single story, rough hewn, log cabin was originally located on Elkhorn Creek, but was later purchased by the Shambhala Mountain Center and...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Red Feather Lake--2000-2010.; Red Feather Lake (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Red Feather Lake--Pictorial works.; Red Feather Lake (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Texas Club House
- People pose outside a log and frame building identified as the "Texas Club House" near Slumgullion Pass in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Men, women, and children stand near a stone fence and a false-front structure with an attached, hewn log two-story...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.
- 1894 August
- In the Holy Cross Mining District
- View of mine machinery and a hewn log cabin in the Holy Cross Mining district (Eagle County), Colorado. A creek is in the foreground.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Family by log cabin
- A man woman, teenage girls, boys, and a toddler pose by a hewn log cabin in (probably) Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. A hammock is in a tree.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- 1902, October 15
- Charles Egry's homestead
- View of the two-story hewn log house identified as Charles Egry's Homestead in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. The ranch house has a hipped roof with a cross gable, chimneys and a large covered porch. Shows probably a storage barn, a rock...
- Egry, Charles--Homes & haunts.; Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Charles Egry's homestead, Pyramid
- Panoramic view of the Charles Egry ranch in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Shows a two-story hewn log ranch house with a hipped roof and a cross gable, chimneys and a large covered porch. The corral is beside barns, a haystack, a horse and...
- Egry, Charles--Homes & haunts.; Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Egry's new home, Pyramid
- View of the Charles Egry house in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. The hewn log ranch house has two-stories, a hipped roof with a cross gable, chimneys and a large covered porch.
- Egry, Charles--Homes & haunts.; Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Rifle area ranch
- Women, a man, children and a dog pose in front of a house with board and batten finish and a hewn log addition, on a ranch in probably Garfield County, Colorado. Girls wear dresses and pose with dolls. A man is on a horse near haystacks, a wagon...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- La Porte [sic], Colo., old stage station
- A car is parked in front of a hewn log and clapboard-sided store and house, a former Overland Trail stage station, in Laporte (Larimer County), Colorado. The one-story building has a gabled roof and a bay window. Shows cottonwood trees, a utility...
- Laporte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.
- 1926 September
- Laporte
- A man sits on the porch of a hewn log and clapboard-sided store and house, a former Overland Trail stage station, in Laporte (Larimer County), Colorado. The one-story building has a gabled roof and a bay window. Shows cottonwood trees, a utility...
- Laporte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Kokomo, Colo.
- A man poses in a ravine on a hillside in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. A boy is on a horse near a log building with probably a grass roof. Shows hewn logs and rocks on the ground and trees in mountains.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.; Logs--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- Cunningham Gulch mine
- Men use pick axes and stand near ore car tracks and the entrance to a mine in Cunningham Gulch in probably San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a car and stacks of hewn lumber on the road.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Vermiculite property near Lake City
- Men are near a pile of hewn timbers and probably an open-pit vermiculite mine near Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows a log building, a canvas tent, piles of logs, a dirt road, metal barrels and a graded, covered settling pool used for...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy posed in front of a hand hewn wooden bench and painted backdrop. The boy has short hair and wears a sack suit and a shirt with a banded collar.
- Benches--1890-1910.; Boys--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Tunnels 12 and 13
- View through tunnels 12 and 13 and railroad track of the Colorado Midland Railway near the Wild Horse helper station in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows the hewn rock walls of the tunnels.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Tunnels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins with chinking, framed windows, doors, and chimneys; wood frame residences; and masonry commercial buildings. Mines and mining structures are on the hillside...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Cripple Creek, Col.
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins with chinking, framed windows, doors, and chimneys; one and two-story wood frame residences; and multi-story masonry commercial buildings. Mines and mining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- The horse whim
- Well-dressed men stand near rail tracks and push ore crucibles on carts from a hewn log shafthouse in Colorado. A horse attached to a whim is behind the building, a smelter is in the distance. Shows frame mining structures, railroad tracks, a...
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Oldest house in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Men and boys pose at the Pioneer Log Home in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a one-story hewn log cabin with chinking and a board roof, a double horizontal window with panes of glass, a door, and stone chimney. The man and the two...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Gardens--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Toll Gate, Bear Creek Falls
- View of a hewn log tollgate, a tollhouse, and log retaining wall on the Otto Mears Toll Road built above Bear Creek Falls in Ouray County, Colorado. A man stands on the road.
- Bear Creek Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins, wood frame residences, the National Hotel and Gold Mining Stock Exchange, the Catholic Church, masonry commercial buildings, and trestle bridges. Men lean on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hair-pin curve, Alpine Pass
- Men stand and pose beside a Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad engine, and on box-cars on a rocky slope near Alpine Station in Gunnison County, Colorado. Train cars read: "Tiffany", "D.S.P.& P.R.R.", "Summer & Winter, Refrigerator" and "Car...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Log cabin, Mound City
- Residence in Mound City, Teller County, Colorado, is a one-story hewn log building with a fenced porch and adjacent sheds. A hand cranked grindstone is on the deck; a child, dog, woodpile, and power poles are in the yard. Hills are in the...
- Mound City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Mound City--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Mound City--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1905?]
- Log house, Mound City
- This residence in Mound City, Teller County, Colorado, is a two- story hewn log building with a covered porch and white chinking. The mouth of a cistern is by the door, with a bucket at the edge. Logs form a retaining wall; kindling and a black...
- Mound City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Mound City--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Mound City--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Mortimer - "Old Carson City"
- Lumber yard in Mortimer, Costilla County, Colorado, includes log cabins, a stack of baled hay, and corrals. Hewn logs are in piles and loaded onto horse-drawn wagons; men, women, and children pose throughout. Buggies, buckboards and a scoop lie...
- Mortimer (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Mortimer--1890-1900.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Mortimer--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Auntie Stones Mess Hall and Hotel, first dwelling house built in Fort Collins
- People are by a hewn log building; the first house in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. The cabin was built by Elizabeth Stone.
- Stone, Elizabeth Hickok, 1801-1895--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Collins--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fort Collins--1870-1880.
- [1870?]
- Historic Strauss cabin dedication
- Near Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, people attend a dedication ceremony for the Strauss Cabin, home of Robert Strauss, one of the first settlers in the Poudre River Valley. The hewn log building has gables and chimneys.
- Strauss, Robert--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building dedications--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- October 22, 1977
- Wheeler residence
- Exterior of the log house built by Indian Agent Wheeler in the early 1880s, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Two-story, L-plan with intersecting gable roofs constructed of railroad ties and hand hewn logs with a series of add ons, as well as dormer...
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Miss Elizabeth Elliott cabin at Norrie
- The Elizabeth Elliot cabin in Norrie, Pitkin County, Colorado, features hewn log walls with chinking, double hung sash windows and several additions. Norrie was a post stop on the Colorado Midland Railroad.
- Elliot, Elizabeth--Homes & haunts.; Norrie (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Norrie--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1965?]
- Nevadaville original appearance of McNicholas house west side
- The McNicholas residence in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one room hewn log house with a door, a window, a brick chimney, and a shingled, gable roof.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Palmer Lake
- Panoramic view of Palmer Lake, El Paso, Colorado, shows hewn log buildings in foreground, foothills in distance.
- Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Original appearance of McNicholas house west side
- The Rosa McNicholas house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story, hewn log dwelling with exposed roof beams and empty door and window openings. Lumber is piled in the area.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940