Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1927 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.3
- A line of carts and mules on the street of town
- Oval framed view of a line of oxen and mule carts on an unpaved street with boardwalk and business buildings; Lagerbeer Saloon, third brick building from right.
- Boardwalks--1880-1900.; Ox teams--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Arrival 1st steam boiler Denver, Colo.
- Teams of oxen pull wagons, one loaded with a horizontal tubular boiler, on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The wagons are near one and two story wood frame buildings with false fronts. A sign on nearby a building reads: "Post Office."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boilers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1864]
- At Bent Co. Fair
- Panoramic view of teams of oxen hitched to covered wagons on a race track at the Bent County Fair in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows crowds of men, women and children beside a fenced track, parked cars and people in a frame announcer's...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cover wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Fairs--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Ox teams--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, cattle, wagons and roads in background
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) day probably at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; overview of corral with cattle, some standing and others slaughtered showing roads leading to corral area, large group of Dakota Native Americans around corral; wagons...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, groups of people around a fence with slaughtered cattle inside.
- Dakota tribe members surround corral with slaughtered cattle for distribution at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota. Several wagons and grazing oxen and horses are in the background.
- Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, Indians around fence with slaughtered cattle inside
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day, probably at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; corral with slaughtered cattle, a few cattle still alive; Dakota Native Americans gathered around corral, wagons led by horses, oxen or mules in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, people in and around a corral
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; large group of Dakota Native Americans standing, on corral railing, on horseback or in wagons; primary attention towards slaughtered cattle in corral; numerous...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Black Hawk
- View of Gregory Street in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. A team of oxen pull a wagon in the street near the storefront buildings. A Presbyterian Church and mine shafthouses are on nearby hills.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Blacksmith believed to be 1st blacksmith in Morrison Mt. Vernon Ave.
- Men, women, and children pose in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, in front of a frame blacksmith shop. A team of oxen, wagon wheels, and buckboard are in the area.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Morrison--1870-1880.; Forge shops--Colorado--Morrison--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Blue Mountains, Ore.
- A wagon train follows the Oregon Trail through the Blue Mountains in Oregon. Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen ford a small stream and climb a steep pass in the distance. Men, women and children walk or ride beside the wagons. The men carry rifles.
- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Oregon--1850-1870.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Passes (Landforms)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Wagon trains--Oregon--1850-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Buffalo stampede, Neb.
- White men in Conestoga wagons, and on foot, and North American Indians on horseback hunt stampeding buffalo on probably the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Indians hold bows and arrows and lances, and some of the settlers shoot rifles. Women and children...
- Indians of North America--Nebraska--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Platte River (Neb.)--1840-1860.; Bison hunting--Nebraska--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1840-1860.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1840-1860.;...
- 1932
- Bust!
- View of a covered wagon with a torn cover that reads: Pikes Peak or Bust. Oxen, one dead and the other wounded with arrows are hitched to the wagon. A man lies beside the wagon, two rifles, a feather, a bull whip and a boot are near his body. A...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--1870-1880.; Violence--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1873 February
- Central Presbyterian Church bulletin Christmas 1948
- The bulletin contains the order for worship for Christmas Sunday December 19, 1948. The pastor was Rev. Elmer C. Elsea. The bulletin also contains the program for The Nativity performance.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1948 December 19
- Centro worker Susy Love studies religious carving on cottonwood
- Centro worker Susy Love works on a cottonwood carving of the San Isidro the patron saint of farmers. The sculpture is of two male figures, one holds a cross and the other holds a basket; and two oxen.
- Love, Susy.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Chimney Rock region, Neb.
- A wagon train moves towards the North Platte River and Chimney Rock, on the Oregon Trail, in Morrill County, Nebraska. Shows Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen, a herd of horses, men on horseback, and women and children. A boy holds a rifle and a dead...
- Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Morrill County (Neb.)--1840-1870.; North Platte River--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Pioneers--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.;...
- 1929
- Chimney Rock, Neb.
- North American Indians on horseback charge a wagon train on the Oregon Trail near Chimney Rock in Merrill County, Nebraska. Indians carry rifles and coup sticks. Shows Conestoga wagons drawn by oxen and men on horseback.
- Indians of North America--War--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Merrill County (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Rock...
- 1930
- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- Covered wagons and ox teams
- Teams of oxen pull multiple covered wagons across the Great Plains in Colorado, Wyoming, or the Dakotas. Shows men on horseback and near the wagons.
- Great Plains--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--1870-1900.; Ox teams--1870-1900.; Shipping--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1891?]
- Cows in front of houses
- A Black man leads a team of oxen with a wooden cart of sugarcane, probably Barbados. A sign on the cart reads: "E. Trotmans Sisters, Warrens, St. Michael. 508."
- Blacks--Barbados--1920-1930.; Barbados--1920-1930.; Carts & wagons--Barbados--1920-1930.; Oxen--Barbados--1920-1930.; Sugarcane--Barbados--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Denver
- View along Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows the busy business district with brick two story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Teams of oxen with yokes pull supply and delivery wagons. Signs on the Fillmore Block include: "Heywood...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1878]
- Denver
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Oxen and horses are beside wagons. Signs on frame and brick commercial buildings read: "Wholesale Groceries," "H. Burton Storage & Commission," and "Missouri...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 41, 1909 November 27
- Devil's Gate, Wyo.
- View of Devil's Gate, a narrow gorge cut through a ridge by the Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. Covered wagons drawn by horses and oxen crowd the Oregon Trail. Lettering on the canvas cover of a Conestoga wagon reads: "Ohio-Oregon."...
- Devil's Gate (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona County--1850-1870.; Passes (Landforms)--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1930
- Durango, Colo.
- Teams of oxen are lined up behind one another in the middle of the unpaved street in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County as they pull a building down a street. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and watch the spectacle. In the background, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ox teams--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Early modes of transportation, Independence Rock, Wyo.
- View of covered wagons pulled by oxen, horse-drawn covered wagons, a stagecoach, a Pony Express rider, people on horseback and on foot on the Oregon Trail near Independence Rock on the Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. Tepees, a wagon...
- Independence Rock (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Split Rock (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1932
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Echo Canyon, Utah
- View of a wagon train on the Mormon Trail in Echo Canyon in Summit County, Utah. Covered wagons pulled by oxen, and men, women and children on foot and on horseback travel beside Echo Creek. Shows red canyon walls above the trail.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1850-1870.; Echo Creek (Utah)--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer Historic National Trail--1850-1870.; Summit County (Utah)--1850-1870.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.; Cliffs--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.;...
- 1933
- Ezra Meeker
- Men, a women, and children pose on or beside an oxen-drawn covered wagon in an eroded ravine near Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, has a beard, wears a jacket and slacks, and stands beside oxen. On the wagon, a woman...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Canyons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Ezra Meeker at historic Bellevue
- Ezra Meeker sits in the driver's seat of a oxen-drawn, covered wagon in Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. A woman and child sit in a wagon near a partly visible attached sign on the canvas cover that reads "Purpose," "Result," "Oxen" and probably...
- Bellevue (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Ezra Meeker, Council Bluffs 1852-1912
- Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, stands beside a team of yoked oxen and a covered wagon on a brick or cobblestone street in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. He has a beard and wears a pince nez, a wide brimmed hat, and a tweed suit with a...
- Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1910-1920.; Men--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1910-1920.; Pioneers--Iowa--Council...
- 1912
- Farming in the great west, the "Burr Oak" farm, Illinois, comprising sixty-five square miles
- Farmers plant, plow and harvest corn on the "Burr Oak" farm in probably Livingston County, Illinois. Shows oxen, mules and horses pulling equipment, a grove of trees, and land owner M.L. Sullivant and his daughter with farm workers.
- Livingston County (Ill.)--1870-1880.; Agricultural laborers--Illinois--Livingston County--1870-1880.; Farmers--Illinois--Livingston County--1870-1880.; Farming--Illinois--Livingston County--1870-1880.; Harvesting--Illinois--Livingston...
- [1871 September 23.]
- Festival of Mountain and Plain parade
- Men stand on a float, part of the Festival of Mountain and Plain, in a parade in Denver, Colorado. The float is pulled by a team of oxen and features a man in a clown suit and a brick house with lettering that reads: "Curfew." Spectators line the...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Fifteenth Street, Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, storefronts, horses and buggies, covered wagons, and a team of oxen. Signs read: "McDonald & Hannah Tailors," "Berry and Hexter Co. Clothing House," "D. G. Peabody," "T. S....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Horse...
- [between 1868 and 1875?]
- First Bank of Santa Fe
- Boys pose in a carreta pulled by oxen in front of the "The First National Bank of Santa Fe" probably on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The bank is in a two story Territorial Style building with a balcony.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Banks--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1880.; Boys--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1880.; Ox teams--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Fort Yates, North Dakota
- Fort Yates, North Dakota, empty yard and dirt sidewalk enclosed by picket fences which also surrounds several one-story and two-story wooden frame and brick residences and buildings, group of soldiers in military uniform at end of sidewalk and...
- Fort Yates (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1880-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1889]
- Found in excavating at Ft Casper [i.e. Caspar]
- View of artifacts found at Fort Caspar in Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. Shows harness and farrier's tools including a fish plate (from a freighter wagon), a hame and short tug, an axe, a coupling iron, a spoon, a glue pot, a yoke iron, part of...
- Fort Caspar (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Archaeology--Colorado--Fort Caspar--1930-1940.; Equipment--Colorado--Fort Caspar--1930-1940.
- 1936 March 23
- Freighting out-fit, Rico, Colo.
- Pairs of oxen harnessed to covered wagons stand or lie on a dirt street in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Oxen have yokes and are connected by chains. A boy wears a hat and sits nearby. Commercial buildings on the street have signs that read:...
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Ox teams--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Freighting out-fit, Rico, Colo.
- View of Main Street, Rico, Dolores County, Colorado; shows yoked oxen, Conestoga wagons, an oversized pocketwatch advertisement, and a boy on boardwalk. Signs read: "Louis Clark One Price Clothing House Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c.," "Restaurant," "The...
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Greeley, Fort Latham, site of Latham Station at junction of Denver & California Overland Stage Route
- Girls pose beside a picket fence near a carved stone marker in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado that reads: "Site of Latham Station at junction of Denver & California Overland Stage Routes, 1859 to 1870. Refuge from warring Indians. Camp of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Historical markers--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.
- 1955 June 13
- Group of Indians, shows travois
- Group of unidentified Native Americans grouped around two travois hitched to horses with one colt nursing; unhitched oxen team behind group; women and small child sit on ground with blankets wrapped around them and dogs laying next to them; men...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ox teams--1880-1890.; Prairies--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Happiness or bust (originally untitled)
- An oil painting by Denver, Colorado artist Paul Gregg. The painting is of a young boy in a wagon pulled by oxen, with the words "Happiness or Bust" painted on one side; in the background is a landscape of shrubbery. A large yellow sun is behind the...
- Boys--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--1930-1940.; Ox teams--1930-1940.
- 1932 January 1
- History of Denver
- Horses and oxen (L#181)
- Men dressed in work clothes stand next to and sit on a pile of logs ready to be pulled by a horse in the foreground, probably in Colorado. The thick logs are stacked on their sides and set on a platform with a large chain wrapped around them. A...
- Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Logs--1900-1920.; Pines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Woodcutters--1900-1920.; Woodcutting--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Indian camp, tepees, horses, and wagons, close view
- Photograph of tepee, wagon and two horses; in background are more tepees, wagons, horses, oxen and people. Probably taken in North Dakota.
- Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Tipis.
- [188-?]
- Indian camp, with horses and tepees
- Group of four Dakota Native American tepees with others in distance camped on open plains or prairie with horses tethered and untethered near tepees; log frame building or cabin center right background; two Dakota males on wagon with bent pole...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indian plow
- An unidentified Native American man of Tesuque Pueblo poses with a plow and oxen.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1890.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1890.; Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Animal teams--New Mexico--Tesuque...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Indian supply train in Ute Pass, looking up
- Oxen and horse drawn covered wagons travel up Ute Pass in Teller County, Colorado. The dirt road is supported by a rock wall reinforced with a log pole guardrail. Shows Rainbow Falls, a waterfall on Twin Creek, rock canyon walls and mountains.
- Rainbow Falls (Teller County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Teller County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Twin Creek (Park County and Teller County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Teller County--1870-1880.;...
- [1878]
- Larimer St. between 15th and 16th Sts.
- Teams of oxen pull wagons, one loaded with a horizontal tubular boiler, on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The wagons are near one and two story wood frame buildings with false fronts. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Post Office" and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boilers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1864]