Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- Prospect Mountain, Estes Park
- View of Prospect Mountain reflected in a lake at Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado.
- Estes Park (Colo. : Flat)--1880-1900.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prospect Mountain (Larimer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Prospect Dome, S. Cheyenne Canon
- Distant view of Prospect Dome sandstone rock formation, South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado; brush and fallen log in foreground.
- Prospect Dome (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Prospect shaft on east side of Grouse Mtn., Cripple Creek
- Two miners stand near a headframe at a mining prospect on Grouse Mountain in the Cripple Creek mining district (Teller County), Colorado. A horse is hitched to a winch. The town of Victor is in the distance.
- Grouse Mountain (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horses--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Teller...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Prospect Hill Cemetery showing Tabor tombstone as it was in 1934
- View of the Mount Prospect Cemetery (or Prospect Hill Cemetery) in Denver, Colorado; shows a grave marker with letters: "Tabor."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tabor family--Monuments--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Prospect Dome So. Cheyenne
- View, through brush and pine trees, of the Prospect Dome rock formation in South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Colorado and Southern, 2-8-0 #608, prospect yard office, Denver
- Men stand near Colorado and Southern steam locomotive number 608 (2-8-0) and freight cars at the prospect yard office in Denver, Colorado. The train is in an open area; grain elevators and commercial buildings are in the distance. The Prospect...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1958 September 2
- C & S (Burlington) diesel 116, extra north @ Prospect 9:00 A.M.
- View of a Colorado and Southern freight train led by diesel locomotive 116 at Prospect Yard in Denver, Colorado. The locomotive has letters that read: "Burlington." The consist has boxcars and stock cars. The train passes under a Valley Highway...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949 October 16
- C & S engine 632 switching @ Prospect 9:20 A.M.
- View of Colorado and Southern steam locomotive 116 (2-8-0) switches a freight car at Prospect Yard in Denver, Colorado. Letters on the tender read: "Burlington Line" and on the boxcar read: "New York Central System." The train is near Valley...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1949 October 16
- Denver Area Cemeteries
- Brief historical summary of the locations, history, and religious affiliations of sixteen historical cemeteries within the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area.
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--History.; Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy.
- Undated
- Prospect Mountain, Estes Park
- View of lake and Prospect Mountain in Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado.
- Estes Park (Colo. : Flat)--1880-1900.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prospect Mountain (Larimer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ride to the sky
- A gondola lift on a cable rises 800 feet up Prospect Mountain on the south side of Estes Park, Colorado. Evergreen trees mingle with businesses and residences on curving streets in the town below, amd grow on the surrounding hillsides and craggy...
- Ski lifts--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1970.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Estes in 1896
- Rustic one-story gable-roofed buildings in Estes Park are lined up near a rail fence, with densely-wooded Prospect Mountain behind. Mount Olympus is in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Floral stairway - Prospect Park - Brooklyn
- View of landscaping at Prospect Park in Brooklyn (New York City), New York, includes stairs and flowerbeds.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--1900-1920.; New York (N.Y.)--1900-1920.; Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)--1900-1920.; Benches--New York (State)--New York--1900-1920.; Flowers--New York (State)--New York--1900-1920.; Parks--New York (State)--New...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Whitehouse Mtn. from Prospect Bridge, Crystal River
- Distant view of Whitehouse Mountain (elevation 11,975 feet) from Prospect Bridge near Marble, Colorado, with Crystal River in foreground.
- Marble (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Whitehouse Mountain (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Prospect Dome, Cheyenne Cañon
- Vertical image of Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; rock formation Prospect Dome in background's center.
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1940.; Rock formations--Colorado 1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Prospect Mine, showing superior grade of coal
- A burro pulls two large ore carts filled with boulders of coal at the Prospect Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Mining machinery sits on a set of narrow gauge tracks nearby. Logs and iron rails are stacked near the tracks. Fisher's Peak is in...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Prospect Dome - Cheyenne Canon
- View of Prospect Dome in South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Prospect Valley school
- Prospect Valley School students, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, are identified as (back row): 1. Frazer Forbes, 2. Elmer Fryer, 3. Lawrence Shreiner, 4. Harry Mahoney, 5. ? 6. Kenneth Willis, 7. Elmer Garner, 8. Joe Easler; (2nd row): 1....
- Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School children--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1920-1930.
- 1928
- Calvary Cemetery
- Mount Calvary Cemetery (later Denver Botanic Gardens), the Catholic section of Mount Prospect Cemetery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, is overgrown with weeds; an obelisk-shaped monument has toppled to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver Botanic Gardens--1930-1940.; Mount Calvary Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mount Prospect Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tombs & sepulchral...
- April 11, 1937
- Calvary Cemetery
- Three children, two boys and a girl, play on a stone momument among the tombstones and monuments at Mount Calvary Cemetery, the Catholic section of Mount Prospect Cemetery (later Denver Botanic Gardens), in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of the City...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mount Calvary Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mount Prospect Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- April 11, 1937
- View of St. Joseph, Mo. from Prospect Hill
- Left side of panorama view of Saint Joseph, Missouri from Prospect Hill, includes: a large two-story clapboard residence with decorative gable apex and roof cresting, freight and box railroad cars on tracks, downtown multi-story commercial...
- Saint Joseph (Mo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- View of St. Joseph, Mo. from Prospect Hill
- Right side of panorama view of Saint Joseph, Missouri from Prospect Hill, includes: freight and box railroad cars on tracks, paddle wheel boat docked on shore of Missouri River, numerous piers and docks, industrial area, view of flat roof brick...
- Saint Joseph (Mo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Salt Lake City from Prospect Hill
- View from Prospect Hill over Salt Lake City, Utah, shows three children looking down on the residences and the construction of the the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Temple in the distance.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Children--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Prospect Dome, South Cheyenne Canyon
- Prospect Dome rock formation, South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1930.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Cemeteries. Mt. Prospect
- Hand drawn map of Prospect Hill Cemetery in the Cheesman Park neighborhood
- 1885 Corbett & Ballenger's 13th Annual Denver City Directory.
- New Home thru Perrin's Sub: Perrin's Subdivision block 25
- In South Cheyenne Canon
- View of a rock formation identified as Prospect Dome in South Cheyenne Canyon near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Trees are nearby.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Simpson's Rest, Trinidad
- View of Simpsons Rest, a butte and rock formation in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows houses with hipped roofs on Kansas Avenue. A horse drawn wagon is on Prospect Avenue.
- Simpsons Rest (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hills--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cardenas Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Cardenas Hotel, in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This Fred Harvey hotel is a two story, mission style structure that features an arcaded porch, gabled terra-cotta roof, balcony, square tower with a domed roof, arched...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Panorama of Leadville
- Reproduction shows a panorama of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with identification: Upper Valley Arkansas, Prospect Mountain, Hospital, Mosquito Pass, Chrysolite Consolidation, Little Pittsburgh Consolidation, Big Evans Gulch, Yankee Hill,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Midland Terminal "Y", Cripple Creek
- View of Midland Terminal Railway wye, Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Midland Terminal Railway engine with passenger cars crosses trestle with two railroad employees and third man with sheriff badge standing on rear platform of railroad...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cheesman Park
- Aerial view of the Cheesman Memorial Pavilion, completed in 1910, and Cheesman Park, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The pavilion is supported by columns and surrounded by gardens and fountains. Shows the abandoned Mount...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1912]
- Trinidad from the west
- Bird's eye view of Trinidad, Colorado, looking southwest, probably from Prospect Point. Gable-roofed, frame, brick and adobe dwellings and businesses with chimneys and fenced yards are in the foreground. Fisher's Peak is in the background.
- Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885?
- Trinidad, Colo
- Panoramic view of Trinidad, Colorado, looking east. This image shows clear detail of the entire town, with trestle bridges, dwellings and commercial buildings. Prospect Point, Simpson's Rest, and surrounding low hills are in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Cardenas Hotel - Trinidad
- Exterior view of the Fred Harvey Cardenas Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This two story, mission style structure features an arcaded porch that borders the entire front side of both wings of the ell shaped building. The gabled terra-cotta roof of...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Nov 1933
- Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown's house in Hannibal, Missouri
- View of Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown's girlhood home in Hannibal, Missouri. The one-story wood frame house has a covered porch.
- Hannibal (Mo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Missouri--Hannibal--1950-1960.; Brown, Margaret Tobin, 1867-1932--Homes & haunts.
- 1952
- Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown's house in Hannibal, Missouri
- View of Butler (Prospect) Street in Hannibal, Missouri. Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown's girlhood home is in the distance.
- Hannibal (Mo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Missouri--Hannibal--1950-1960.; Streets--Missouri--Hannibal--1950-1960.; Brown, Margaret Tobin, 1867-1932--Homes & haunts.
- [1952]
- Cheesman Park
- Aerial view of Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado. The Cheesman Memorial and fountains are in the park. Shows the abandoned Mount Cavalry Cemetery the Catholic section of Mount Prospect (City Cemetery). Houses in the Cheesman Park neighborhood are...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1931 and 1935]
- General view of Climax operations, Climax, Colo.
- View of the company mining town of Climax, (11,320 feet) Fremont Pass on the Continental Divide, Lake County, Colorado; shows molybdenum mining operation structures, ore car trestles around the frozen tailing ponds, the mill, Colorado and Southern...
- Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
- [1936]
- Anaconda
- View northeast across Ananconda residences in Teller County, Colorado, includes frame gabled houses, tents, log cabins, log houses, false fronts, lean-tos, outhouses, and a smelter, with wood shingle, sod, and plank board roofs. Patches of light...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Anaconda, Col.
- View along a curve in the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks northeast across Ananconda to the treeless rounded Gold Hill, Teller County, Colorado. shows town composed of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Anaconda, Colo. looking N. E.
- View northeast across Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado, of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in valley below Gold Hill; features wood frame gabled houses, log cabins, false fronts, and a smelter lining the dirt...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Anaconda, Colo.
- View northeast across Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado, shows a town of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in valley below Gold Hill. Wood frame gabled houses, log cabins, false fronts, and a smelte fill the...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- 1975
- Aerial view of Cheesman Park
- Aerial view of Cheesman Park in the Cheeseman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Cheesman Memorial Pavilion, designed by Willis Adams Marean, is in the park. The park landscape was designed by Reinhard Schuetlz. Shows the abandoned Mount...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Aerial view, Cheesman Park, Denver
- Aerial view of Cheesman Park in the Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Cheesman Memorial Pavilion, designed by Willis Adams Marean, is in the park. The park landscape was designed by Reinhard Schuetlz. Shows the abandoned Mount...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cheesman Park, Denver
- Aerial view of Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado. Landscaping by S.R. DeBoer includes the Cheesman Memorial pavilion and fountains. Shows the abandoned Mount Cavalry Cemetery the Catholic section of Mount Prospect (City Cemetery). Houses in the...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Rio Grande California Zephyr leaving Denver, 8:45 A.M.
- The Denver and Rio Grande Western California Zephyr led by diesel 600 leaves the railroad yards in Denver, Colorado. The consist has observation cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July 11