Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 86th Regiment, Company G
- FIRST ROW left to right: 1) Judson, Fred, 2) Merrilees, William, 3) Prejsnar, Frank, 4) Sanose, Steve, 5) Olson, Ole, 6) Koch, Jr., William, 7) Forsberg, Cliff, 8) Hicks, Gail, 9) Hoffman, Bernard, 10) Carr, Paul, 11) Sanborn, Roger, 12) Foust,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company G.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1944]
- [Basal]tic Canon. Mouth of Tower Creek
- View of the pentagonal basaltic bluffs in a canyon identified as Basaltic Canyon on Tower Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- A Colo. Midland fish story
- View of three men holding stringer of nine fish caught somewhere along the Colorado Midland Railway line in Colorado; three additional fish atop wicker creel, probably trout.
- Fishing--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- A wonderful engineering feat on Cripple Creek Short Line
- Three elevations of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track in Rocky Mountain foothills above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows standard gauge track and two passenger trains (one exiting tunnel); also called Cripple...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Above the clouds-Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of forested mountain ridges with approaching cloud tops from (probably) Pikes Peak, near the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, above Colorado Springs, Colorado; also called Cripple Creek Short Line.
- Forests--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Above the Narrows
- View of a portion of Williams Canyon above "The Narrows," north of Manitou, Colorado; winding dirt road is flanked by canyon walls with scrub brush.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Agnes Memorial
- View of cottages at the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado; shows frame and canvas cabanas, and men in folding chairs. Lettering reads: "The Tucker Tent Co."
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- September 29, 1905
- 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
- Altman
- View northeast over remains of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, shows a few wood frame structures. Mine shaft headframes and tailing dumps show on the slope. Pikes...
- Altman (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- American Smelting & Refining Co.
- View of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows an industrial plant complex with warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, slag ladles on tracks in workyard, ore cart tracks leading to...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- An Ouray suburban
- View of burros in (probably) Colorado.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Anaconda-Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of Anaconda (Teller county), Colorado, and surounding mines reached via Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line); view includes Low Line, Mary McKinney (McKinney Mining Company), and Morning...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Ancient city
- Copy of an illustration shows a temple or garrison in a biblical scene.
- Biblical events.; Roman temple.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ancient city
- Copy of an illustration shows a temple or garrison in a biblical scene.
- Biblical events.; Roman temple.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Animas Forks
- View of Animas Forks in the Animas River valley (San Juan County), Colorado; shows the dilapidated Walsh house with a front gable and projecting bay; thick clouds top the Red Mountains in the distance.
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Animas Forks--1920-1940.; Roads--Colorado--Animas Forks--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Around the mountain tops - the Cripple Creek trip
- View of snow-covered standard gauge tracks rounding bend along Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway above Colorado Springs, Colorado (also called Cripple Creek Short Line).
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Aspen Colo. Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view from Smuggler Mountain southwest over Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado, includes the mining district and Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Midland railroads.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Aspen Colo. Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view from Smuggler Mountain southwest over Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado, includes the mining district, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and Colorado Midland Railroad, West Aspen (Shadow) Mountain, and Castle Creek.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Aspen Colo. Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view from Smuggler Mountain south of Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado, includes agricultural fields, a few wood frame houses and Mount (Mt.) Sopris (12,953 feet) in background.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 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
- Augusta Natural Bridge
- View of Sipapu Bridge (formerly called Augusta), Natural Bridges National Monument, San Juan County, Utah; 48 miles west of Blanding, Utah; originally named Augusta after wife of Horace J. Long, Long published an illustrated article in 1904...
- Natural bridges--Utah--1900-1910.; Natural Bridges National Monument (Utah)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Utah)--1900-1910.; Sipapu Bridge (Utah)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Utah--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1909]
- 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]
- Banquet at the Gates' mountain home
- Interior view shows guests seated for a banquet at the Gates' family Bear Creek home in Colorado. Mr. Charles C. Gates stands at the end of the table; Mrs. Charles (Hazel) Gates is seated with her back to the camera; Mr. John Gates is the third...
- Banquets--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961--Homes & haunts.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Gates, John.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Basaltic Canon, Yellowstone River
- The Yellowstone River runs through columnar basalt (volcanic) formations in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Canyons--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park.; Rivers--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Basket weaver
- Native American (Hopi) woman weaving a basket with several baskets around her; she wears a manta with a long-sleeve shirt, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Basket making--Arizona--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Beaumont Hotel
- Exterior view of the Beaumont Hotel (Cascade Falls in the background), designed by architect Mr. O. Bulow and built in 1886 at the intersection of Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main (Third, 3rd) Street in Ouray, Ouray County Colorado. Architectural...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Beavers at work
- Close-up view of two beavers amongst reeds working on their lodge somewhere in Colorado; pond; farm or ranch houses, background; distant view of mountain ridge.
- Beavers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bells in a bell tower
- Bells ring in a stone bell tower in probably Mexico City (Distrito Federal), Mexico. Close up view shows the bells mounted inside arched niches.
- Mexico City (Mexico)--1870-1900.; Bell towers--Mexico--Mexico City--1870-1900.; Bells--Mexico--Mexico City--1870-1900.
- [between 1876 and 1897]
- Bennett Ave.
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; row of horse-drawn wagons are parked alongside sidewalk; scene includes fire hydrant, awnings, numerous signs attached to...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [beteen 1896 and 1900]
- Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
- Looking west on Bennett Avenue from Third (3rd )Street are one and two-story brick flat-roof commercial buildings, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings are decorated with cornices and pediments and many have awnings extended over storefront windows;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Big Four Ranch, Crystal River Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Panorama view of Mount Sopris, Elk Range of the Rocky Mountains, near Carbondale, Garfield County, Colorado; shows Crystal River Valley, agricultural land, the Big Four ranch house with log cabin, corrals, horses and haystacks. (Colorado Midland...
- Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1890-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Carbondale--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Birds eye view of Ouray showing ampitheatre in background
- View east over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; shows the town in the Uncompahgre River Valley and snow dusted Amphitheater. The Beaumont Hotel is on the corner of Main (Third, 3rd) and 5th (Fifth) Avenue.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1888]
- Bishop Machebeuf
- Portrait of the Right Reverend Joseph P. Machebeuf in an interior room next to a decorative carved chair with embroidered cushions. Bishop Machebeuf wears a biretta, spectacles, a stole with floral details and fringe, and a pectoral cross around...
- Bishops--1880-1890.; Machebeuf, Joseph Projectus, 1812-1889.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- 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
- Boulder Canon Maxwell's Rocks
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway tracks follow North Boulder Creek by Maxwell's Rocks, in North Boulder Canyon, Boulder County, Colorado. A bridge spans the water below rock cliffs.
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bucking snow on the Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's rotary snowplow #10200 bucking snow along Moffat Road, probably Rollins Pass or "Hill Hell"; 36-foot rotary snowplow #10200 nicknamed "the Red Devil" by General Manager Ridgway, he also called it "the world's most...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- Buckskin Joe, Colorado
- View of Buckskin Joe, Colorado in Park County; shows two houses and a dilapidated shed situated in a field near a hill of shale.
- Buckskin Joe (Park County, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1965]
- 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
- Building of the International Trust Co.
- Reproduction shows an architectural drawing for the International Trust Company in Denver, Colorado.
- International Trust Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- 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
- Bull Gulck [sic] and Tunnel 3, Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's tunnel number Three on Moffat Road, Colorado, in Bull Gulch; includes trestle and push car on standard gauge track.
- Bull Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Bullion Canon, Utah
- View of a waterfall and steep rock walls in Bullion Canyon on probably Pine Creek, in the Tushar Mountains near Marysvale (Paiute County), Utah. Trees and fallen timber are in the canyon.
- Bullion Canon (Paiute County, Utah)--1870-1880.; Paiute County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Utah--Paiute...
- [between 1871 and 1873?]
- Burros
- View of an adult burro and foal in (probably) Colorado.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Burros loaded with plank for the mines
- Burros haul lumber, probably in Colorado.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Lumber--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- California Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view California Building, corner California and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets, Denver, Colorado, designed by Frank E. Edbrooke; street level businesses include James Whitmore, investment banker and real estate, G.A. Gilpatrick and P.A....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902 or 1903]
- Cameron's Cone from Tunnel 3 Colorado Midland R.R.
- View of Colorado Midland Railroad tracks and Tunnel 3 in Teller County, Colorado; people pose by a caboose; and Cameron Cone is in the distance.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Cameron Cone (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Canon de Chelly Monument, Ariz.
- View of an eroded sandstone tower and rocky cliffs in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Boulders, sparse trees and a sandy creek bed, probably Chinle Wash, are in the valley.
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Chine Wash (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Channels--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Rock...
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- Canon of the Grand in Utah
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande Railway train beside the Colorado River in Ruby Canyon in Grand County, Utah.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Grand County (Utah)--1880-1890.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1880-1890.; Canyon--Utah--Grand Countys--1880-1890.; Railroads--Utah--Grand...
- [between 1881 and 1889]
- Carbndale [sic] district from Red Mtn.
- Left side of panorama view from Red Mountain over Roaring Fork River Valley, near Carbondale, Colorado, includes: Colorado Midland Railway yards, stock pens, spur tracks, and bridge; agricultural fields, Crystal River and San Juan Railroad and...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Carbndale [sic] district from Red Mtn.
- Left center of panorama view from Red Mountain over Roaring Fork River Valley, near Carbondale, Colorado, includes: Colorado Midland Railway spur tracks and bridge, 4 Bar Ranch, agricultural fields, Crystal River and San Juan Railroad and Mount...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]