Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Overlooking the city of Cripple Creek from the railroad right of way directly south of depot
- View of Cripple Creek, Colorado from Midland Terminal Railway standard gauge tracks; scene includes abandoned lots, backside of commercial business district and buildings on Bennett Avenue, and piles of dirt; Mount Pisgah is in horizon.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 Januuary 20
- View from Denver Mountain Park Auto Road
- Northwestward view from the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado; grassy mountain slope is dotted with pine trees; Rocky Mountains extend to horizon, with snow-covered peak of 14,260-foot Mount Evans visible at left horizon.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Bird's eye view of Victor Colo. from Cripple Creek trail, north
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, from Cripple Creek Trail to north; shows sparse settlement with two brick buildings, wooden frame buildings with false fronts, some log buildings, and canvas tents. Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad station...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- Western History Subject Index
- FRONTIER HORIZON
- Western History Subject Index
- FRONTIER HORIZON
- Western History Subject Index
- FRONTIER HORIZON
- Aurora, S.D. harvest scene
- A man drives workhorses harnessed to a machine to harvest wheat in a field in probably Aurora (Brookings County), South Dakota. Blankets cover the horses' harnesses. Wheat is piled in the field. A frame house with a pitched roof and outbuildings is...
- Aurora (S.D.)--1870-1920.; Croplands--South Dakota--Aurora--1890-1920.; Harvesting--South Dakota--Aurora--1890-1920.; Horse teams--South Dakota--Aurora--1890-1920.; Wheat--South Dakota--Aurora--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Among the Red Rocks, Creation Park, Morrison Colo.
- View of the red sandstone rock formations at Creation Park (Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; at center, two men on pathway are dwarfed by formation; at horizon, another figure is visible.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]
- Antero Reservoir and Dam
- View of the Antero Reservoir and Dam near Antero Junction, Colorado (built in 1910 by Antero & Lost Park Reservoir Company; acquired by City of Denver in 1924); waves lap shore in foreground; dam at right extends to horizon; Rocky Mountains in...
- Dams--Colorado--Antero Junction--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Antero Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Mt. Audubon and Sawtooth Mtn., Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- View of 13,223-foot Audubon Mountain and 12,303-foot Sawtooth Mountain taken from the Ward-Estes Park Auto Road in Colorado; the rear of an early automobile is shown, with the heads of three passengers; the roof of a wooden dwelling is visible in...
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sawtooth Mountain (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- One of Colorado's irrigation ditches
- View of water running through sluice of an irrigation ditch somewhere in Colorado; field in background with low vegetation, flat horizon.
- Irrigation--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- View of dirt roadway in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; shows road flanked by lawn, trees, footpaths, and road leading toward lake behind trees at horizon.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Mack Colorado, Uintah houses
- View from the water tank over Mack, Mesa County, Colorado. A company town named for John Mack, president of Barber Asphalt Paving company and the Uintah Railway Company. Two houses, the Uintah Railway office building and the Uintah Hotel show on...
- Mack (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1906
- On the Roaring Forks River
- View, from downstream, of the Roaring Fork River in Roaring Fork Canyon between Glenwood Springs and Aspen, Colorado; water tumbles over boulders; pile of driftwood at top of falls, with tall pines at horizon.
- Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Ranch, Carbondale Dist Colo. Midland Ry
- View of a hay field, with baled hay, in the Roaring Fork River Valley near Carbondale, Colorado; trees line riverbed in distance; mountains at horizon.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Hay--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Sky Line Drive, Canon City Colo.
- View of Skyline Drive west of Canon City, Colorado; dirt road on top of narrow plateau disappears near horizon; at right, a rock formation casts shadow on the road; at left, dirt road winds through valley.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920]
- A Colorado irrigation ditch
- View, from downstream, of an irrigation ditch on the eastern plains of Colorado; water foams as it tumbles through wood-slatted sluice; cows graze on banks of ditch; fenced farmland in background; flat horizon with windmill and trees.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Dry farm wheat in Colorado
- View of a dry wheat farm in Colorado during harvest; shows wheat- field with sheaves, two horse-driven combines with drivers, and Front Range of Rocky Mountains at horizon.
- Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting machinery--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Dromedary Rock, Platte Canon
- View of rock formation, "Dromedary Rock," in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver, Colorado; formation appears on pine-covered mountain at horizon; South Platte River in foreground; deciduous trees along river bank.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bennett Ave. looking west
- Destruction west on Bennett Street caused by second fire on April 29, 1986, Cripple Creek, Colorado; groups of men and two men on horseback in street survey rubble and remains of once thriving commerical business district; shows utility poles with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek
- View northwest towards Bennett Avenue after destruction from second fire of April 29, 1869, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows canvas tents on edge of debris, wood frame buildings under construction, people walking down street, crowd gathered at...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- General view after the fire, Cripple Creek
- View west from Myers Avenue (probably) towards Bennett Avenue with Mt. Pisgah on horizon after first fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes debris and remains from fire, construction of wood frame buildings and canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Part of First Street
- Smouldering remains along First Street from second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three men inspect debris and destruction which includes the remains of a heating stove and two-story burned-out brick building; untouched one-story...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- View after second fire
- View northwest towards Bennett Avenue after destruction from second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows canvas tents on edge of debris, wood frame buildings under construction, people walking on street, crowd gathered at distant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- West, Cripple Creek after the fire
- View west across building remains from first fire on April 25, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; many commercial buildings still remain in business district; evidence of construction of new wooden framed buildings is in the foreground; Mt. Pisgah...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Bennett Ave. after 2nd fire
- View of Bennett Avenue's desolation and total destruction caused by second fire of 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; destruction includes burnt telegraph or utility poles and scattered debris of timbers; groups of men survey remains and destruction;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Town from Turkey Creek - Notch Mtn. in distance
- View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows frame houses and Turkey Creek. Notch Mountain is on the horizon.
- Notch Mountain (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Turkey Creek (Eagle County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1920?
- Cripple Creek with High Line Electric Interurban
- Man dressed in three-piece suit and bow-tie stands on hillside above Cripple Creek, Colorado; Highline Electric Interurban car is behind him; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway electric car is on track on hillside; Mount Pisgah is on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek
- View of Myers Street (possibly) from elevated railroad track, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly High Line Electric Interurban line of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway; scene includes hoist or headframe with tailings and rows of one...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Cripple Creek
- Background view of commercial business district with one and two- story flat-roof wooden frame buildings, some with falsefronts (possibly Bennett Avenue), Cripple Creek, Colorado; sign attached to building states "Market"; canvas tent with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Bird's eye view northwest across Cripple Creek, Colorado with Mount Pisgah on horizon; railroad tracks are around perimeter of town.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Bishop Rock in Platte Canyon picture taken from Ferndale, Colo.
- View near Ferndale, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows steep, rocky hills dotted with vegetation and trees. Bishop's Rock tops the horizon.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ferndale--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Continental Divide from Tolland, Denver & Salt Lake Ry
- View of the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains from Tolland, Colorado (reached via the Moffat Road); standard-gauge railroad tracks at left foreground; meadow at mid-ground; small buildings and trestle at distant center; tracks ascend...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado, taken from hillside above road; at right, dirt road with guardrails curves along the side of Lookout Mountain with an automobile turning the corner; in valley below, Clear Creek...
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- Denver-Colo. Springs Auto Road
- Southward view of the dirt automobile road between Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows fences, utility poles, cultivated fields, and snow-covered 14,110-foot Pikes Peak at distant horizon.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Golden and plains from Lookout Mtn. Auto Road
- View east of Golden, Colorado taken from Lookout Mountain Auto Road in Rocky Mountain foothills west of Denver, Colorado; shows campus of Colorado School of Mines, Coors Brewery, North and South Table Mountains, and eastern plains extending to...
- Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Monument Valley Park
- View of tree-lined dirt roadway at Monument Valley Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado; roadway leads through open wooden gateway and curves at horizon.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Mt. Fairchild from high drive, Estes Park
- View of dirt automobile road west of Estes Park, Colorado; pine and aspen trees cast shadows across road lined with fallen logs; Mount Fairchild (Mummy Range in Rocky Mountain National Park) at horizon.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fairchild Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Overlook Point, Denver Mountain Park Auto. Road
- View of the Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle, with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; pine trees at center, and...
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Pike's Peak from Antlers Hotel
- Westward view of Pikes Peak from a balcony of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado; in foreground, a man sits on rocking chair in the shadow under the balcony's arch; buildings are visible beyond the grove of trees at center; mountains...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Plain from Lookout Mtn.
- Westward view of roadside businesses along the Lookout Mountain Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado (part of the Denver Mountain Park system); two early automobiles are parked beside road, one with two passengers and one empty; several men...
- Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Lookout Mountain--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Squaw Mtn. from Genesee Mtn. Denver Mtn. Park
- Westward view of 11,486-foot Squaw Mountain from Genesee Mountain along the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road; sunlight glints on rocks in foreground; foothills below are dotted with pine trees; mountains extend to horizon.
- Squaw Mountain (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- Vista of Squaw Mtn. Denver Mtn. Park
- View of 11,486-foot Squaw Mountain taken from Genesee Mountain along the Denver Mountain Auto Park Road west of Denver, Colorado; pine trees in foreground frame the view; foothills and mountains extend to horizon.
- Squaw Mountain (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- Lookout Mtn. Auto Road
- Westward view of the Lookout Mountain Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado (part of the Denver Mountain Park system), taken from higher point of road across mountain valley; four switchbacks of sinuous dirt road are shown; Rocky Mountains...
- Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Lookout Mountain--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- In Denver Mountain Park
- View from above of three switchbacks on the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road (Lariat Loop Road) on Lookout Mountain, west of Denver, Colorado; guardrails border road at curves; foothills extend to horizon.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bear Creek Canon
- View of Bear Creek Canyon in Denver Mountain Park west of Denver, Colorado; shows creek, dirt road up the canyon-side, and pine trees on mountainside at horizon.
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- Bear Creek Canon
- View of Bear Creek Canyon in Denver Mountain Park, west of Denver, Colorado; shows creek, dirt road and hillside, and pine trees on mountains at horizon.
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- City Park, Denver
- View of children in rowboats on the lake in City Park, Denver, Colorado; shows pavilion and boathouse in background; Rocky Mountains at horizon.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1919?]
- On the Mt. Evans Road
- View of the automobile road in Denver Mountain Park, west of Denver, Colorado; automobile parked on pine tree-lined dirt road; rock formations on tree-covered bluff at horizon.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]