Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 47, 1911 November 18
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 38, 1912 September 21
- Steamboat Spgs., Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama over Steamboat Springs, Colorado shows Denver and Salt Lake Railroad tracks (formerly the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific) along the flooded south bank of the Yampa River. Town consists of frame residences, churches, sheds,...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- Cheyenne Wyo
- A tent is by a string rail fence and trees in Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming.
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1940-1950.; Camping--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1940-1950.; Fences--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1940-1950.; Tents--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1940-1950.
- Western History Subject Index
- Influenza, Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- Influenza, Denver
- Black Canon, Colorado River, looking below near Camp 7.
- View of the Colorado River and steep rock walls and cliffs in Black Canyon, probably in Mohave County, Arizona.
- Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Mohave County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Mojave County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Arizona--Mohave...
- 1871
- Coyotero Apache scouts at Apache Lake
- White and Native American men sit or stand with rifles, at what is identified as Apache Lake, in the White Mountains (Apache County or Navajo County, later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. The two Native American (Coyotero Apache, Western...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Crippl [sic] Creek in 1876
- Exterior view of Welty log cabin and springhouse in 1876, Broken Box Ranch, future site of Cripple Creek, Colorado; log cabin has gable roof, wooden roof shingles, small windows boarded over, and native stone chimney on side; additional smaller log...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Dobey Bill, Gunnison water works
- Dobe John on his ox with wooden water barrel on a sled superimposed on view of Main Street, north from New York Avenue, Gunnison, Colorado. Wood frame and a few brick businesses line the dirt street with city water well in center and long water...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Cooke Rheas's and Bob Coe's Market hunting outfit in Hog Park
- Men pose at hunter's camp in Hog Park (Montrose County) Colorado, with a tent, horses, tack, a cat or mountain lion carcass, a deer head and antlers.
- Camping--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Hunting--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Built 1888, Ouray, Co.
- View southeast towards the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shortly after 1888 construction.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1888
- New Castle, Colo.
- Spectators crowd the edges of Main Street on July 4th in New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado. Horses, wagons and people are in the dirt thoroughfare, and two-story commercial buildings are behind them. A mining shed is against the rocky slope in...
- New Castle (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--New Castle--1890- 1900.; Spectators--Colorado--New Castle--1890-1900.
- 1891 July 4
- Platte Canon near Deansbury
- Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad tracks beside the South Platte River in Platte Canyon (Douglas County and Jefferson County), near Deansbury, Colorado. Telegraph poles and lines are visible.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1893
- Fulford New York Mountain in background, White Quail Gulch
- The Lannet (Lanning) Sisters Hotel and the O. W. Daggett Store Building are visable among the wood buildings in White Quail Gulch, Fulford, Colorado. Snow covers the buildings and the ground, including stumps in the foreground and New York Mountain...
- Fulford (Colorado)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Fulford--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting by J. (John Arthur) Ricker, 1903, illustrating Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) with distant view of Colorado Springs, Colorado; five elevations of standard gauge...
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ricker, John Arthur.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- 1903
- Mercantile Bldg.
- Exterior view of Mercantile Building, 1031 15th Street, Denver, Colorado; street level businesses include Dean Drug Company, a cigar store, and Troxel Brothers Hardware store adjacent left; shows street railway tracks, fire hydrant on corner, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Oat field, Westlake Ranch
- Shocks of oats in agricultural field, Westlake (or West Lake) Ranch, Larimer county, Colorado; shows man moving shocks, a two-story wooden frame house, large stack of hay.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Oats--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Main St. Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of trolley number "2" on probably Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the round dome, finial and American flag of the Canon Block at the corner of 4th (Fourth) and Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons, buggies and people...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
- 1910
- Buena Vista and Collegiate Range on the Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colorado from Midland Hill reached via Colorado Midland Railway; distant view of Collegiate Range; Rio Grande Railway station, center; Chaffee County Court House.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Midland Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Buena Vista--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Buena Vista--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Buena Vista--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- 1911
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Fire damage
- Aerial view of a valley possibly near Stevens Pass (King County), probably along the route of the Great Northern Railway, Washington. Shows fire damaged trees and barren mountain slopes.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; Deforestation--Washington (State)--1910-1920.; Cascade Range--1910-1920.; Forest fires--Washington (State)--1910-1920.; Mountains--Washington (State)--1910-1920.
- 1917 July 22
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- Northern Colorado football champs
- The Eaton High School football team poses in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado; men and teenage boys wear leather helmets and jerseys with stripes. They are, standing, left to right: Hinds, (coach), M. Ross, Hendon, C. Ross, Falzgraff, Collins,...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Football players--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1940.
- 1925 December 3
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 1 and 2, 1926 January-February
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr, contestants boarding
- Female beauty contestants, fashionably dressed, board the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr in Chicago, Illinois. "Queen Virginia Roper" wears a crown and shakes hands with Ralph Budd the president of the railroad. The other contestants...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.; Chicago (Ill.)--1930-1940.; Beauty contestants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Business...
- 1936 Nov. 13
- Colorado delegation Townsend 7th national convention Wash, D. C.
- Panoramic view of the Colorado delegation to the Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc. (a social security organization) at the seventh national convention in Washington, D. C. The men wear suits and ties and the women wear dresses.
- Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc.--Meetings--1940-1950.; Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.; Meetings--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.; People--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Cripple Creek, 1948
- View of Imperial Hotel, 123 North Third (3rd) Street, north towards Saint Nicholas Hospital, on northwest corner of Eaton and 3rd Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; hotel is a single detached three-story rectangular flat roof brick building with a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Frederick R. Ross Branch groundbreaking
- View of ground breaking at the Ross-Broadway Branch of the Denver Public Library in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; participants are identified as (L to R) William F. Kreutter, Mrs. John McPhee, Davis W. Moore, Malcolm G. Wyer, Henry A....
- Ross, Frederick R.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Ross-Broadway Branch.--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1950 September 28
- National Association of Colored Women's Clubs convention
- Panoramic view of African American (Black) women, members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs Inc. and the N.A.G.C., men, boys, and girls pose on Court Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. A covered pedestrian bridge is over the...
- National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.)--People--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Aspen, Colorado in 1967
- View of west side of Aspen, Colorado, including the Big Tent, Aspen High School, and Seminar Building. Scene includes houses and trees in the background at the foot of Aspen Mountain, outline of the former Aspen racetrack, an access road through...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Pulpit Terraces Mammoth Hot Springs
- View of accreted calcareous silica terraces identified as Pulpit Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Terraces (Geology)--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [1870?]
- Balanced incline
- View of a wooden balanced incline used for gold mining at the Illinois Mine in the Pahranagat Mining District, (Lincoln County) Nevada. An ore car is on parallel tracks connected to a pulley wheel at the top of tracks. Rocks, trees and ore piles...
- Illinois Mine (Lincoln County, Nev.)--1870-1880.; Lincoln County (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Pahranagat Mining District (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Lincoln County--1870-1880.; Gold mining--Nevada--Lincoln County--1870-1880.; Inclined...
- [1871]
- Marble Pinnacle, Kanab, Can[yon]
- View of a steep marble tower in Kanab Canyon (Coconino County), Arizona. Shows layered rock formations, cliffs, and boulders in probably Kanab Creek.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Creek (Utah and Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Rock...
- [1872 September 5]
- Legal fraternity of Georgetown
- Men sit on horseback or stand and pose beside a log law office building in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men wear suits, top hats or wide brimmed hats, and jackets with tails. A log building with a gabled roof has a sign that reads:...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Law offices--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Lawyers--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [1874]
- Harry Eaton, Dakota, standing, wearing fur neck piece, full length
- Harry Eaton, Dakota, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; fur neck piece, shirt, metal armbands, beaded sash, holding pipe and woven band with fringe, moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Eaton, Harry.
- [188-?]
- Col. George A. Forsyth, seated, in uniform, 3/4 length
- Brigadier General George Alexander Forsyth, 3/4 length seated studio portrait, wearing military uniform.
- Generals--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Forsyth, George A.
- [188-?]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, similar view
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing feather headdress, hair loose around shoulders, necklace, and embroidered shirt with fringe.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188-?]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, similar view
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing feather headdress, hair loose around shoulders, necklace, embroidered shirt with fringe, sword tucked under left arm.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188-?]
- General H.H. Sibley, in uniform, bust
- General Henry Hastings Sibley, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing military uniform.
- Generals--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891.
- [188-?]
- Luther S. Kelly, long loose hair & wearing buckskins, bust
- Luther Sage Kelly, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing scarf tied at neck, buckskin leather shirt with fringe; also called "Yellowstone Kelly", born 1849 and died 1928; scout and frontiersman.
- Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified man with long gray beard, 1/2 length studio portrait
- Unidentified male, middle aged, with long gray beard, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing suit jacket. Mistakenly identified as Luther S. "Yellowstone" Kelly.
- Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified group of Indians, oxen in background
- Group of unidentified Dakota Native Americans; includes four women sitting on ground with two children and a baby, one man sitting atop a horse with another man standing holding reins to horse; pair of oxen with yoke behind group.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Ox teams--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands, full length
- Posed Native Americans depicting Barry's conception of Hiawatha and sent to Mr. Landry of Chicago who used them to create his painting, "Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands", which won first place at National Photographers' Convention; Landry...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Iroquois Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Hiawatha, 15th cent.
- [188-?]
- General John Gibbon, similar view
- General John Gibbon, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing military uniform.
- Generals--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Gibbon, John, 1827-1896.
- [188-?]
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, similar view
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length seated studio portrait; wearing feather headdress, short beaded necklace, decorated shirt, and unbraided hair.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188?]
- Old Crow, Crow Chief, on horseback, full length
- Old Crow, Crow Chief, on horseback in open field, full length; wearing one feather in feathered cap, braids wrapped in fur, vest with armbands on arms, blanket wrapped around waist, and moccasins; buildings in distant background (blurry); probably...
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Old Crow.
- [188?]
- Curley, Crow Scout, and Comanche, (horse), full length, (separate pictures made into one plate)
- Curley, Crow Scout, full length standing studio portrait, and Comanche, a horse, two separate portraits combined to make one image side by side; Curley, Crow Scout with General George Custer at Little Bighorn was believed by many to be only known...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Horses--1880-1890.; Curly.; Crow Indians--1880-1890.
- [188?]
- John Grass, Dakota Chief, similar view.
- John Grass, Dakota Chief, 3/4 length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; left profile; elaborate feather headdress, breastplate, jacket, blanket wrapped around lower torso.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Grass, John.
- [1890?]
- Cliff Dwellings, Mancos Canon
- View of Sixteen Window House and an unidentified ruin cliff dwelling of the Native American (Anasazi) high in a rock cave in Mancos Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.; Mancos Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montezuma County...
- [1893?]