Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Webster, Colo. - looking east from C & S grade on Kenosha pass
- View overlooking Webster, Park County, Colorado, and the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad on Kenosha Pass. Snow dusts landscape.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Kenosha Pass (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Webster (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Webster--1920-1930.
- February 12, 1930
- Wellington
- View overlooking the agricultural community of Wellington, Colorado in Larimer County, shows stone and wooden residences and commercial buildings.
- Wellington (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Wellsville Hot Springs
- View of buildings at the Wellsville Hot Springs in Wellsville, Fremont County, Colorado. Clothes hang on a clothesline in front of a tent and a clapboard house while a man saws wood near a shed. The bathhouse is in the background.
- Wellsville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wellsville Warm Spring (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Wellsville--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Wellsville--1900-1910.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Wellsville--1900-1910.;...
- [1905?]
- Wellsville, Colorado
- A crowd of people dressed in finery gathers in front of the train depot at Wellsville, Fremont County, Colorado. The railroad depot has a bell-shaped, hipped roof, a second building nearby has American flags on opposite ends of the gable. Tracks of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Wellsville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Crowds--Colorado--Wellsville--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Wellsville--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Wellsville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1896?]
- West Creek & Pemberton district
- View of a snowy landscape at West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Large boulders situated next to one another.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boulders--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Wellsville, Colorado
- View overlooking the bathhouse and pool at Wellsville, Fremont County, Colorado. Square-shaped pool enclosed on all four sides by walls and bathhouse rooms. People (four women, three men, and a dog) posing on the pool deck around pool. Arkansas...
- Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Wellsville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Wellsville--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Wellsville--1900-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Wellsville--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- West Creek & Pemberton district
- View of the young, mining community of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Framed building next to pitched tent. Wood-frame house near pond.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- West Creek & Pemberton district
- View of the young, mining community of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Framed building next to tent. Wood-frame house near pond.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- West Creek
- A woman bundled in winter clothing walks down a snowy street in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado. Buildings along the street: wood-frame structures and pitched tents. Signs: "House" and "Pioneer Saloon."
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- The Stock Exchange and First National Bank, a two story street, Bennett Ave.
- Bruen Block, Gold Mining Stock Exchange, and First National Bank on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes stone terrace, boardwalk, and row of three attached flat-roof brick and frame commercial buildings; awnings advertise "First...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers--Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Stock exchanges--Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Bruen Block (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1895 or 1896]
- West Creek
- Three boys fish from a footbridge in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado, while a man stands nearby and watches. Two of the boys wear breeches; the third boy wears trousers. Tents and cabins are in the background.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Children fishing--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- West Creek
- View in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado, shows stagecoaches, men working on a project in front of a wood-frame, commercial building, pitched tents and debris on the ground. Signs: "Lodgings," "Wm Griffin Cash Grocer," "Lots in Tyler Heights...
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- West Creek
- View of the mining camp of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Two tents pitched in snow in front of frame buildings, some still under construction. Signs: "Monroe House."
- West Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--West Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- West Creek, Colorado
- View of the community of West Creek, Colorado in Fremont County. Buildings include frame and log structures. Signs: "The Pretty By-Night Dance Hall" and "Ham & Egg Cabin."
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- West Creek, Colorado
- View in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado, shows a man driving a horse-drawn wagon down an unpaved street, men working on a project in front of a wood-frame, commercial building, a woman riding a horse, pitched tents among frame commercial...
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- West Creek
- Three men walk abreast down a snowy street flanked by frame buildings in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado; a third man stands in the distance. Signs: "Assaying."
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- West Creek, Colorado
- View of the town of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Pitched tents among, one and two-story wood-frame commercial buildings and residences. Pots, pans, and pails attached to front of building in foreground. Signs: "Hursts Lodging House,"...
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- West Portal Moffat Tunnel
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge railroad trestle that spans the Fraser River, West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Fraser River (Colo.)--1930-1940.; West Portal (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.; Trestles--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.
- [1926 or 1927?]
- West Portal Moffat Tunnel
- View of the sawmill at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado. Power station next to wood-frame, industrial building with gable. Piles of lumber, tree stumps, and debris.
- West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
- [1926 or 1927?]
- Street scene, Cripple Creek
- Row of four attached one and two-story wooden frame buildings in the business district on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, the buildings have gable and flat-roofs, plain boxed cornice, falsefronts, double-sash windows with arch radiating voussoirs,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- West Portal Moffat Tunnel
- View of the narrow gauge tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Colorado in Grand County.
- West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.
- [1926 or 1927?]
- West Portal Moffat Tunnel
- View looking down on a sawmill and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad freight cars, West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
- [1926 or 1927?]
- West Creek, Colorado
- View of the gold-mining camp of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Structures: one and two-story, wood-frame buildings, log cabins, and tents. Snow over landscape. Rocks, sticks, and other debris in snow. Signs: "Hotel West Creek" and...
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- West Portal of Moffat Tunnel
- View of the town of West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado, from the Moffat Tunnel. Snow covers the landscape.
- West Portal (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- West Portal, Colorado
- Three men shovel deep snow outside of the railroad depot of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Colorado in Grand County. Signs: "Postal Telegraph Office," "Money Orders," and "Freight...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; West Portal (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.; Snow removal--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Westcliffe, Colorado
- View of the Hope Evangelical Lutheran church in Westcliffe (also known as Clifton and West Cliff), Grand County, Colorado. One-story building with gables, a steeple with a cross and a bell tower, and double doors. Snowy Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church (Westcliffe, Colo.)--1970- 1980.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lutheran churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- Westcliffe, Colorado
- View of Westcliffe (also known as Clifton and West Cliff), Custer County, Colorado, with snowcapped Sangre De Cristo Range in the distance.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Westcliffe, Colorado
- View of an abandoned school building in Westcliffe (also known as Clifton and West Cliff), Custer County, Colorado. Architectural features: masonry construction, cupola with bell, arched windows, pitched roof with flat top, quoins, front entrance...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Westcliffe--1960-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Westcliffe--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Westminster College, now Pillar of Fire Church Harry Rhoads behind steering wheel
- Harry M. Rhoads, behind the steering wheel, poses in a convertible with passenger in front of Westminster University or College, at 3455 West 83rd Avenue in Westminster (Adams County), Colorado. Animals graze in the barren field in which the...
- Rhoads, Harry Mellon 1880 or 81-1975.; Westminster College (Westminster, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Westminster (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Westminster University, Colorado
- Students and instructors, some in uniform, plant a tree at Westminster University or College, 3455 West 83rd Avenue Westminster (Adams County), Colorado.
- Westminster College (Westminster, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Westminster (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Westminster--1910-1920.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Westminster--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Westminster--1910-1920.
- [1919?]
- View of Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of sparsely settled south Cripple Creek, Colorado with mines and tailings in the background; scene includes Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad box cars, one-story gable roof wooden frame residences and buildings, and stage road...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- West Portal
- View of a lumber yard and sawmill with logs and stacked lumber, near the Moffat Tunnel at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado.
- West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Lumber--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
- [1926 or 1927?]
- Westminster, Adams County dedication of Holy Trinity Catholic Church
- Interior view, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Westminster, Adams County, Colorado, during dedication ceremony; shows prelates, an archbishop, congregation, usher, alter, crucifix and statues.
- Westminster (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Westminster--1950-1960.; Priests--Colorado--Westminster--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Wetmore band
- Seven members of the Wetmore band, Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, band pose for a studio portrait. Four have horns; one has a coronet, and two have drums.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Wetmore band
- The seven members of the Wetmore band pose with their instruments in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. Two have drums (one bass drum, one snare drum), one holds a coronet, and four have valved horns.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Wetmore School House [sic]
- Two men sit on the front steps of a schoolhouse in possibly Pueblo County, Colorado. The one-story, masonry building has a front gable, rectangular windows and doors, and a steeple with a bell. Letters incised above the door read: "Pueblo."
- Rural schools--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1891?
- Wetmore school
- School children of the Wetmore school in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, pose in four rows outside of the stone school house. The smaller children sit in the front, and the older children stand in the back.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rural schools--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Westminster
- View of residential area in Westminster, Adams County, Colorado. Shows bungalow with gables and square bay, flagpole, and houses.
- Westminster (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Westminster--1910-1940.
- [between 1919 and 1935?]
- Wetmore
- Early view of the town of Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, shows five men standing outside of a tent, dilapidated log cabins, frame and commercial buildings built among trees and brush, and snowy mountains.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Wetmore store
- Men, a woman, and a dog pose along the boardwalk in front of the Wetmore Store in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. The clapboard building has an addition, a porch, and two bay windows. Merchandise is on display inside of the windows.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- [1887?]
- Wetmore
- View of two teams of mules and riders in front of a frame building in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. Shows a man in the side entrance, four atop the building, and a dog. Sign: "Views, Portraits & Tin- types."
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Animal teams--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Photography stores--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Coachman's waiting room
- Interior view of coachman's waiting room, Charles N. and Josephine Miller's former residence, 127 West Carr, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the arched hallway entrance has wood trim, paneling, and a buffalo coat hanging on accordion-style coat rack...
- Miller, Charles N.--Homes & haunts.; Miller, Josephine--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Fur coats--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Waiting rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Wetmore
- A man holding a horse drawn buggy and four men on horseback, pose in front of the general store in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. Shows boys and men on the porch of the store, a one clapboard building, and signs: "General Merchandise. Fred L....
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- [1887 or 1888?]
- Wetmore's residence, Wetmore, Colo.
- Men, women, children, and a dog pose at the W. H. Wetmore residence in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. The hewn log cabin has a side gable, a chimney, and an addition in the back.
- Wetmore, W. H.--Homes & haunts.; Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Wetmore, Colorado Wetmore school - teacher Wm. Brock; home at Shell Knob, Mo.
- Interior view of a schoolroom in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, shows children sitting at their desks, their teacher, William Brock, in the back of the room next to the iron stove, an iron light fixture hanging from the ceiling, and the words:...
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rural schools--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Teachers--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Wetmore, Colorado
- View of Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, shows several log cabins and pitched tents on a snow dusted landscape.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- A. B. Cooker, White Pine
- Women and men (including A. B. Cooker, owner) pose by a hewn log hotel, built around 1885, in Waunita Hot Springs, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Waunita Hot Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Waunita Hot Springs--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Waunita Hot Springs--1880-1890.; Cooker, A. B.
- 1889
- Alex Levi, gen. merchandise [sic]
- Exterior view of Alex Levy's store, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado. Men pose by storefront windows; ornate lettering reads: "A. Levy, Whole-Sale, and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Carpets, Glass and...
- Levy, Alex--Homes & haunts.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Walsenburg--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Wideawake
- A man sits in a buggy drawn by a team of horses in the town of Wideawake, Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows sparsely built community of log cabins and frame buildings, mill and mine tailings in background.
- Wideawake (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Wideawake--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Wideawake--1860-1870.
- [1866?]
- Automobiles park where tethered horses once waited patiently while their owners attended church
- View of Presbyterian Church, Valmont, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a frame building (with corner belltower and arched windows), people, and cars.
- Valmont (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Valmont--1960-1970.
- March 1961