Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Curley, Crow Scout
- Photograph of a postcard with head and shoulders profile of Curley, Crow male who was a scout for General George Custer, in an oval frame.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Curly.; Crow Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Santa Cruz
- A group of men, members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stand on the edge of a cliff in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County), California. The men are all dressed in suits and hats and point to a man below poised on a ledge on...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Santa Cruz (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Cliffs--California--Santa Cruz--1910-1920.; Men--California--Santa Cruz--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- A.G. Lowande and circus horse
- A.G. Lowande, an equestrian with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands beside a white horse. Lowande is dressed in a costume which includes a leotard with a separate decorative yoke and skirt of embroidered, appliqued and...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus animals--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Horses--1910-1920.; Lowande, A. G.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Old Stage Coach, at Las Animas, Colo.
- Men wear suits and sit on a stagecoach drawn by six horses in front of a brick commercial building identified as [Maynard E.] "Cooke's new Drug Store" in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Teams of horses are hitched to the stage coach. Signs on a...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1890.; Horse teams--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Some of the circus Souaves [sic] on stage coach
- Members of the Devlin's Zouaves, a performance troop with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose in street clothes, on and around a stagecoach. Charles Orville Walters is crouched on top of the stagecoach.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Stagecoaches--1910-1920.; Zouaves--United States--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917]
- A warm day in Montana
- Devlin's Zouaves pose in their underwear inside a tent. A young man holds a bucket poised to empty it over a man who holds a letter. Another man wears a painted moustache.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Joking--1910-1920.; Underwear--1910-1920.; Zouaves--United States--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Charles Walter[s] and performers
- Members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pose near the bleacher section inside a circus tent. They men wear appliqued jackets over street clothing. Charles Orville Walters stands on the left in the group.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Interiors--1910-1920.; Show tents--1910-1920.; Walters, Charles Orville.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- William F. Cody
- A "Buffalo Bill" Cody lookalike sits on the buckboard of the Deadwood Stage pulled by two teams of mules. The man wears wears a buckskin coat with tassles, riding boots that reach his knees, and a hat with its brim curved slightly upward.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Impersonation--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- West Portal, Moffat Tunnel, Berthoud Pass
- Smoke rises from a Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company passenger train at the west portal entrance to the Moffat Tunnel near Winter Park in Grand County, Colorado. Shows frame buildings and construction rails covered by a shed. Cars are parked...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1927 and 1928?]
- Men with sledgehammers
- Young men, members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose near a circus tent in Long Beach (Los Angeles County), California. Three of the men hold sledge hammers. A man in the group ties the end of a rope while other work...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Long Beach (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--California--Long Beach--1910-1920.; Employees--California--Long Beach--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Grizzly Flats Railroad
- View of the narrow gauge "Emma Nevada" Grizzly Flats Railroad locomotive, "Coach 5" passenger car and a caboose at the home of Ward Kimball in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. Shows an engine shed, a windmill and and smoke above the...
- Kimball, Ward--Homes & haunts.; Grizzly Flats Railroad--1940-1950.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1940-1950.; Railroad facilities--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroads--California--Los...
- 1946 June 16
- Great Falls, Montana
- Young men, probably Devlin's Zouaves with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose seated on the ground in Great Falls (Cascade County), Montana. The young men are near a billboard that reads: "Drink American Beer." The boys...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Great Falls (Mont.)--1910-1920.; Billboards--Montana--Great Falls--1910-1920.; Circus performers--Montana--Great...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Buffalo Bill's Grave, Wildcat Point, Colo.
- Color postcard of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's grave on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, Colorado. A small oval depicting a bust portrait of Cody is in the upper left corner of postcard. A metal fence surrounds the gravesite. Cody died...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Graves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1928?]
- Buffalo Bill's grave on Lookout Mountain, Colo.
- Color postcard of a soldier standing at attention at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's grave on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, Colorado. A metal fence surrounds the gravesite. Cody died Jan. 10, 1917, in Denver. The inscription on the grave...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Graves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)
- [1928?]
- Elephant stampede
- Scene of an elephant stampede in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada shows collapsed bleachers within the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show circus tent. Two women stand in the wreckage in long dresses and hats.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--Disasters--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--Disasters--1910-1920.; Winnipeg (Man.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Canada--Winnipeg--1910-1920.; Stampedes--Canada--Winnipeg--1910-1920.; Women--Canada--Winnipeg--1910-1920.
- 1913 [July 30]
- Young men
- Studio portrait of a group of teenage men in suits, ties and caps, probably members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Men--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Union Station, Denver, Colorado
- View of Union Station on 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Wynkoop Street in Denver, Colorado. The stone, classical building has a central clock, arched windows, a flat roof and a covered sidewalk.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Union Station, Omaha, Neb.
- View of the Union Station passenger depot in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The classical style depot has pediments, columns and arches, and a rooftop flagpole with a United States flag. Shows people, cars and a horse-drawn wagon on roads, rail...
- Union Station (Omaha, Neb.)--1920-1930.; Missouri River--1920-1930.; Omaha (Neb.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Omaha--1920-1930.; Rivers--Nebraska--Omaha--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Pikes Peak from Palmer Park
- Distant view of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet) from Palmer Park, a municipal park northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado; view of Yucca, Ponderosa Pines, & Scrub Oak over hillside towards cloudy Pikes Peak.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- Distant view of Longs Peak
- Distant view of Longs Peak (elevation 14,255 feet) with road in meadow near Longs Peak & Estes Park, Colorado.
- Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Gilpin Railroad
- Men in overalls, boots and hats pose beside a Gilpin Railroad Company locomotive on narrow gauge tracks in Gilpin County, Colorado. Engineers pose in the cab. Shows a railroad switch and signal beside the tracks in the canyon.
- Gilpin Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1911]
- Lincoln Sightseeing Co., San Francisco, Cal.
- Members of the Devlin's Zouaves, part of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose in a sightseeing bus in San Francisco (Alameda County), California. The young men all wear caps or hats and suit coats with ties and dress...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Tour buses--California--San Francisco--1910-1920.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Buses--California--San...
- 1914 Apr. 24
- Santa Cruz
- Young men, members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose on an eroded natural bridge on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County), California. The men are dressed in suits, ties and hats.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Santa Cruz (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Coastlines--California--Santa Cruz--1910-1920.; Men--California--Santa Cruz--1910-1920.; Oceans--California--Santa...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Buffalo Bill museum
- View of the Buffalo Bill museum, a log building, in Cody, Wyoming. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Cody (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Wyoming--Cody--1930-1940.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Cody--1930-1940.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.--Commemoration.
- 1931
- Pahaka's (Buffalo Bill) farewell salute
- Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) rides at the head of a group of Native American (Sioux) men on horseback as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The Sioux men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, and feather...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [1907?]
- The consolidated school, completed last fall
- View of a three-story brick Cache La Poudre Consolidated School building with brackets and a hipped roof in Laporte (Larimer County), Colorado. Boys and girls stand outside the arched entrance or on grass in front of the building.
- Laporte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Laporte--1910-1920.
- between 1913 and 1914
- Lake City, Colo.
- View of buildings and trees in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows the Lake City school house, commercial buildings, houses, farms, and the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River. Grassy Mountain is in the distance.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Kokomo, Colo.
- A man poses in a ravine on a hillside in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. A boy is on a horse near a log building with probably a grass roof. Shows hewn logs and rocks on the ground and trees in mountains.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.; Logs--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- Recen, Colo.
- View of frame houses or mine buildings in Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows snow on nearby mountains.
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main Street, Wray, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Wray (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows people, parked automobiles, commercial buildings and lamp posts. Signs read: "G. Rinckel," "Cafe," "Record Abstract Co.," "Bank," and "[Ga]rage."
- Wray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Wray--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Virginia Dale, Colo.
- View of log gas station in Virginia Dale (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows parked cars and signs that read: "Texaco," "Virginia Dale, Colo., Post Office & Store," "Auto" and "Bronze."
- Virginia Dale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1940-1950.
- 1946?
- A busy day, Vernon, Colo.
- View of a gable roof church with pointed arch windows and a commercial building in Vernon (Yuma County), Colorado. A group of women in dresses stand on the porch of a building with a sign that reads: "Kirkendall Shoes." Parked around the buildings...
- Vernon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Vernon--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Vernon--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- Walden, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Walden (Jackson County), Colorado. Shows the C.E. Mosman Store, the Methodist Episcopal Church, residential houses, commercial buildings, barns, fences and an automobile. Snow covered mountains are in the distance.
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Walden, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Walden (Jackson County, Colorado), Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, fences, a sledge, an automobile, barns and sheds. Signs read: "J.M. Smith" and "Feed Sale Stable."
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Walden--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Walden, Colo.
- View of the three story North Park Bank in Walden (Jackson County), Colorado. Shows random-coursed ashlar, battlements, dentils and arched windows. Signs read: "The North Park Ban[k]," "1912" and "100 F."
- Walden (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Walden--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1925?]
- W.H. Slee home, Walden, Colo.
- A person poses in front of the home of W.H. Slee Walden (Jackson County), Colorado. Shows a gable-roofed house, a fence, trees, a dirt road and a man.
- Slee, W. H.--Homes & haunts.; Walden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Walden--1930-1940.
- 1931?
- County Court House, Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of the Huerfano County Court House in Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows the two-story building made of rough-faced (rusticated) local sandstone in a Romanesque Revival style. The four-story bell tower has rooftop finials, minarets,...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925? ]
- Norton's Cottage Camp
- View of "Norton's Cottage Camp" in Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a man, parked automobiles, a landscaped boulevard, and gable-roof buildings. Signs read: "Norton's Deluxe Cottages and Lunch," "Running Water and Steam Heat,"...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Motels--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- New church, Weldona, Colo.
- View of a brick church with a cross-gable roof in Weldona (Morgan County), Colorado. Shows round arched portal, art glass windows, roof brackets, battlements and tower.
- Weldona (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Weldona--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Birds eye view, Eads, Colo.
- Aerial view of the commercial and residential buildings of Eads (Kiowa County), Colorado. Shows gabled houses, horse-drawn wagons and multi-story, brick buildings.
- Eads (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Eads--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- West from beet dump, Weldona, Colorado
- View of the Union Pacific railroad tracks beside a wooden bridge in Weldona (Morgan County), Colorado. Shows gable-roofed houses, buildings and a dirt road.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Weldona (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Weldona--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Weldona--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910?]
- Main Street, Wellington, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Wellington (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows commercial storefronts, people, and possibly a carriage. Signs read: "Wellington Store," "Wellington Pool Hall & Cigars, Riker & Pomranka," "Restaurant" and "Livery & Feed."
- Wellington (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Wellington--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Main St. and Sangre De Cristo Range, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Shows people, picket fence, two-story commercial building, gabled houses, automobile and the snow covered Sangre De Cristo Range in the distance.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Westcliffe--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Dillon, Colorado
- View of probably Main Street in Dillon (Summit County), Colorado. Shows automobiles parked in front of commercial storefronts. Signs read: "Monty's Drugs," "Cafe Bar," "Coors Beer," "Dillon Drug at Dillon," "Al's Package Liquors," "Staghorn Package...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Custer County Court House, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of the two-story brick Custer County Court House in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Shows the building with terra cotta trim, urn finials, arched windows and an annex building made of fieldstone. Automobiles are parked near a cement...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Courthouses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Moonlight on the range, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of gabled houses and commercial buildings in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Shows a white picket fence, projecting bay window and a storefront, possibly along Main Street. The Sangre de Cristo Range is in the distance.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Residential streets--Colorado--Westcliffe--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Moonlight on the range, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of houses and commercial buildings in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Shows gabled buildings and a picket fence, along possibly Main Street. The snow covered Sangre de Cristo Range is in the distance.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Westcliffe--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Public school, Whitewater, Colo.
- View of a school house in Whitewater (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows clapboard siding, the belfry, a pedimented gable roof, round arched portal and steps.
- Whitewater (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Whitewater--1910-1920.
- 1914