Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Earliest Rocky Mountain News building
- A view of the earliest Rocky Mountain News building in Denver, Colorado. The building was built on stilts in the bed of Cherry Creek, it was washed away in the flood of 1864.
- Rocky Mountain News--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Trinidad biography, unidentified
- Portrait of an unidentified man in Trinidad, Colorado. The gentleman has long, gray chin whiskers, and the area around his mouth is clean shaven. He wears a vest and jacket with wide, trimmed lapels, and a bow tie.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Southern Ute & boy that was shot
- Group portrait of Native Americans (Ute); costumes include feathers, moccasins, bells, breechcloths, beaded leggings, a dagger, and a hair pipe breastplate. Peter Thompson wears a felt hat.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Thompson, Peter, Ute Indian.
- 1906 July 31
- Delegation of 1872
- Portrait of Native American Utes in Denver, Colorado, with government officials, identified left to right: "O-re-kis" (Moache or Muache Ute), "Alexandro (Moache) "Corutz" "Muache Chief) "To-ha" (Moache), John Ward (interpreter), James B. Thompson...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Moache Indians--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Government relations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Delegations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872
- Tensa Kephart Covington, Ohio
- Studio portrait of Tensa Kephart of Covington, Ohio. She wears a dress, collar, and ribbon tie.
- Kephart, Tensa.; Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875]
- Cliff House Manitou Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887 April 20
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a young man. He wears a coat.
- Men--1850-1870.
- [between 1856 and 1860]
- Tabby, chief of the Uinta (Ute) Indians
- An elderly Native American Ute man, identified as Tabby, stands on the front porch of a hewn log cabin and wears pants, a long overcoat, and holds a cane in his left hand. According to Myton, agent in White Rocks, Utah, he was ninety years old and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Uinta Indians--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--1890-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1910.; Tabby, Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Spokane portrait
- Native American Spokane women and children pose outside a house on an animal fur rug, they wear Plateau-style square cut sleeve dresses, bead necklaces, and abalone shell disk earrings. They hold embroidered friendship bags.
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Manitou and vicinity, no. 83, view in Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southeast down Canon Avenue. The Cliff House (a three story frame building with open wrap around porch and balcony, hipped gable roof, and a widows's walk) is in the center beside two frame residences,...
- Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Scarfaced Charley
- Seated studio portrait of Native American (Modoc) man Scarfaced Charley. He wears a shirt and ascot tie, a vest with a pocket chain, pants, and a coat.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Scarface Charlie.
- 1875
- Mrs. Ellen Hoar Severns
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Ellen Hoar Severns.
- Severns, Ellen Hoar.; Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Augusta Louise Tabor
- Studio portrait of (possibly) Augusta Louise Tabor, in a dress and high button shoes.
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895.; Girls--1840-1850.
- [between 1840 and 1850?]
- Augusta Tabor[?]
- Studio portrait of (probably) Augusta Louise Tabor, in a dress with lace and a straw hat.
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895.; Girls--1840-1850.
- [between 1840 and 1850?]
- Lone Wolf, Kiowa chief
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Native American (Kiowa) man, Chief Lone Wolf (Guipago). His braids are wrapped in cloth; he wears metal hoop earrings, a dark shirt, and a wool vest. He holds a hatchet pipe with a long barrel wrapped in wire...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Kiowa Indians--1860-1880.; Calumets--1860-1880.; Tomahawks--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Lone Wolf, Kiowa Indian.
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a woman, men, canvas tents, and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, a boy, a snow tower, and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Demonstrations - Ludlow massacre
- View of UMWA coal miners in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, on strike against CF&I; shows men standing on a snow tower topped with an effigy and United States flags.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Effigies--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in downtown Idaho Springs, flat topped and false fronted commercial structures along Miner Street, the Wilson House, and the schoolhouse. Also included are the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- August 3, 1887
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a boy, men, canvas tents, and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, snow, and lines of canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, snow, and lines of canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Looking north east over Idaho Springs
- The view looking northeast, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes a water holding pond, the central business district with many flat topped and false fronted commercial buildings, Virginia Canyon with residences, the Methodist church, and the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1920.
- [between 1885 and 1915]
- U. M. W. A.
- Unidentified coal miner during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Archaeology artifacts
- Interior view of Native American (Anasazi Pueblo) artifacts, shows shelves with clay pots, jars, and cups; hanging mounted displays of bones, awls, projectile points (arrowheads) and knives; and reed mats.
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1940.; Projectile points--1900-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1940.; Pottery--1900-1940.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Archaeology artifacts
- Interior view of Native American (Anasazi Pueblo) artifacts, shows shelves with ceramic pots, bowls, jars, cups and hanging mounted displays of bones, awls, projectile points (arrowheads).
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1940.; Projectile points--1900-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1940.; Pottery--1900-1940.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Osage pow-wow
- View of a distant Native American Osage pow-wow, shows a gathering of people and a row of tents.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Osage Indians--1880-1900.; Powwows--1880-1900.; Events--1880-1900.; Tipis--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Silver Plume and mines, Colorado
- The view to the north, of the town of Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the central business district, Clear Creek, and mines on Republican Mountain including the Diamond Tunnel, Pelican, Dives, Baxter, Baxter, and the Dunkirk and Payrock mines.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Buena Vista Main St.
- Frame commercial buildings line Main Street in Buena Vista, Colorado. The boardwalk has men, barrels and nail kegs on it; wagons and a Labrador dog are in the dirt street. Signs read: "Tents," "Hardware," "Board of Trade," "Cooper's Place,"...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Eldorado Springs, Colorado
- Twelve young women stand in a line near a leafy bush and a rock wall in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. Each of the women has her right hand on the shoulder of the girl in front of her. A pennant flag with "Eldorado Spgs.," printed on it hangs from...
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Strathmore Hotel (old McClure House) Canon City
- The brick Strathmore Hotel, in Canon City, Colorado, has a flat roof, dentiled cornice, and stone sills and keystones. A second floor balcony has wrought iron railing and filigree skirting. and wraps the corner over the mitred entry. Canvas...
- Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bird's eye view of Colorado State Penitentiary
- State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, consists of stone buildings and walls with faceted corner lookout towers. A spur of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad crosses the City Ditch in the foreground, which cuts through the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Orchard round Warden's Residence and no. from bell house and No 5 lower Colorado State Penitentiary, Canon City
- The Warden's residence at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a two-story stone building with a low-gabled roof and a faceted lookout tower and flagpole. Trees are behind a low stone wall lining the street in the foreground, and an...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- Many U.S. troops march in rows in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are in the distance in the camp at the base of a ridge of hills.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Main St. Delta, Colo, Dennis and Carol G.
- A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to...
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Snowy scene
- View along shoveled fenced walkway through deep snowbanks in Leadville, Colorado. Icicles hang from eaves and a chimney is on the top center of a roof.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Floyd Hill
- A woman, identified as Mrs. Pearl Ellis Horne, stands outside of her flush-board cabin in Floyd Hill, Colorado. There is sheet metal roofing and an awning over one of the windows.
- Horne, Pearl Ellis--Homes & haunts--1920-1930.; Floyd Hill (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cabins--Colorado--Floyd Hill--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Floyd Hill--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Ft. Morgan factory, the Great Western Sugar Co.
- The Great Western Sugar Company plant, with smoke coming out of its single stack, stands in Ft. Morgan, Colorado, and features its own water tower.
- Great Western Sugar Company--1900-1920.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A. A. Spaugh
- Addison A. Spaugh, a general foreman of the Converse Cattle Company, poses on his horse "Old Cotton" while on a roundup in the Cheyenne River drainage in Wyoming. He wears a vest with a watch fob and stovepipe boots.
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943.; Cattle herding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Spirit Lake, cattle roundup
- Cowboys herd cattle in a roundup on the Baker Lake Ranch owned by A. A. Spaugh probably in Wyoming.
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943--Homes & haunts.; Cattle herding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 1905 Southern Interscholastic League champions
- Teenage boys from the Cutler Academy baseball team in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado pose as the 1905 Southern Interscholastic League champions. Team members in the top row are identified as: McRae, catcher; Wilfley, center field;...
- Cutler Academy (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball players--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Panel on door
- View of an arched residential doorway in Black Hawk, Colorado; the door is recessed with overdoor lights, sidelights, a screen door, and a perpendicular representation of a woman painted on the door. The woman lies on her side with her arms and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Colorado Medical Corps - Spanish American War
- Group portrait of the First Colorado Regiment medical corps; men pose in uniforms with gloves, gauntlets, and red cross arm bands. A United States flag is by a tent. Officers include E. H. Luce, D. Taylor Thompson, Macaulay, Shatter, Fannon, G. H....
- Spanish American War, 1898--Military personnel.; Infantry--American--1890-1900.; Medical personnel--1890-1900.; Military medicine--1890-1900.; Military officers--1890-1900.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.
- [1898]
- Indians skinning beef, beef issue day at Pine Ridge, S.D.
- A group of Native Americans skins a cow in the right center background near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Several horses and wagons are stopped near the group.
- Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Slaughtering--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- State Penitentiary convicts excavating for the Water Works
- Convicts of the State Penitentiary in Canon City Colorado, wear striped prison uniforms and pose with shovels. They stand behind a rock wall among wheelbarrows and boards. Men in suits oversee; a shed, trees, and hills are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1880
- Sierra Blanca from Ft. Garland
- View of Fort Garland, in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado; Sierra Blanca mountain is in the distance.
- Fort Garland (Colo.)--1850-1890.; Fort Garland (Fort Garland, Colo. : Fort)--1850-1890.; Sierra Blanca (Colo.)--1850-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.; Military facilities--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.
- [between 1858 and 1883?]
- Officers of the Fighting 7th, at Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. '91
- Two rows of officers of the 7th Division of the U.S. Cavalry pose for a group portrait. The man in the left center of the front row wears a large fur coat. The remainder of the officers wear uniforms and several wear leather gauntlets on their...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Old Pueblo Jail 1880
- Eroded adobe walls are topped by the gable, frame roof of the old jail in Pueblo, Colorado. Frame saltbox dwellings on the hill in the background are on piers; one has doors and bedsprings piled around it. A child is in the dirt street by power...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Jails--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880-1890?]
- Iron Springs Pavilion
- View of Iron Springs Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado, a frame and stone shelter with arches opening into a patio. A surrey and team are on the street; the east wing has ornamental dormers, a widow's walk, and a striped canvas awning over a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Manitou R. R. depots
- View of Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows the Manitou Coal Power plant (far left), the Colorado Midland Depot, the D. & R. G. Depot, and passenger coaches on the spur. Also shows the Manitou House, the El Paso Livery, the Cliff...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]