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
- Trappers Lake
- View of Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness of Garfield County, Colorado. The Amphitheatre, an eroded butte is reflected in the lake.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Lake Alice [sic]
- The Amphitheatre, an eroded butte, is reflected in Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness of Garfield County, Colorado.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Reflections--Colorado--Garfield...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Denver Mtn. Park in Bear Creek Canon
- View of the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road in Bear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Denver Mtn. Park, Bear Creek Canon
- A view of dirt automobile road in Bear Creek Canyon, part of the Denver Mountain Park system west of Denver, Colorado.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Sky Line Drive, Canon City Colo.
- View of Skyline Drive west of Canon City, Colorado; dirt road follows top of narrow plateau; shows buildings of town.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920]
- Mt. Evans from Cheeseman [sic] Park Denver
- View of Mount Evans taken from Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado; shows a wire-mesh bench on the balustrade-lined patio of the pavilion (completed in 1910), a pathway through the landscaped park, and Dora Moore Elementary School (formerly called...
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Mt. Evans from Cheeseman [sic] Park, Denver
- View of Mount Evans taken from Cheesman Park Pavilion in Denver, Colorado (completed in 1910); Colorado Yule marble columns frame the snow- covered peaks; shows wire-mesh bench, landscaped park, Dora Moore Elementary School (formerly called Corona...
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Snowy Range from Cheeseman [sic] Park Denver
- Columns of the Cheesman Park Pavilion (completed in 1910, made of Colorado Yule marble) frame a view of the skyline of Denver, Colorado and Front Range of the Rocky Mountains; shows wire-mesh park benches and landscaped park.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- History of Denver
- Canon of the Grand River
- View of Glenwood Canyon and Grand River (Colorado River) east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, taken from river-level; shows telegraph line, narrow-gauge railroad bed at left (Denver & Rio Grande Railway), and tunnel in distance.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1920.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Canon of the Grand River
- View of narrow-gauge train track (Denver & Rio Grande Railway), telegraph line, and Grand River (Colorado River) winding through Glenwood Canyon, east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; shows tent in distance at left of track, a small tunnel visible in...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1920.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Pike's Peak Ave. Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue, a commercial street in Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows streetcar rail, a pedestrian, automobile, horse- drawn carriage, bicycle, and horseback traffic, andt the Antlers Hotel at end of street (built in 1901), with...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Rest and dining room at Corona, Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of the brick dining room at Corona, (Grand County), Colorado, on 11,671-foot Rollins Pass (reached via the Moffat Road).
- Corona (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Corona--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Antero Reservoir and Dam
- View of the Antero Reservoir and Dam near Antero Junction, Colorado (built in 1910 by Antero & Lost Park Reservoir Company; acquired by City of Denver in 1924); waves lap shore in foreground; dam at right extends to horizon; Rocky Mountains in...
- Dams--Colorado--Antero Junction--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Antero Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Post Office, Denver
- United States Post Office located at intersection of 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets (designed by New York architects Tracy, Swartwout, and Litchfield with James Knox Taylor, supervising architect for the U.S. Treasury Department); neoclassical...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Williams Canon
- View of dirt road at base of Williams Canyon, north of Manitou (later Manitou Springs), Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hotel Stanley, Estes Park
- View of the Hotel Stanley in Estes Park, Colorado (completed in 1909); complex includes main hotel, two smaller buildings, and stable; pine trees in foreground; mountains in background.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- A Colorado Potatoe [sic]
- Close view of a potato; white background.
- Farm produce--Colorado--1890-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Marvine Lake
- View one of the Marvine Lakes in the Flat Top Wilderness of Rio BlancoCounty, Colorado.
- Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Marvine Lakes (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Gateway Rocks, Garden of the Gods
- Gateway Rocks sandstone rock formation at Garden of the Gods, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows pueblo-style souvenir store, the Hidden Inn (built in 1915 by Colorado Springs Park Commission).
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Cowboy Vein Gilsonite Mine Bandanna, Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of the Cowboy Vein of a Gilsonite Mine, Bandanna Camp, west of Craig, Colorado; piles of Gilsonite (trademark name for uintaite, a black lustrous asphalt) surround a mine shaft; a miner in overalls stands under a scaffolding with pulley...
- Gilsonite--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Curricanti [sic] Needle, Black Canon
- View of a narrow-gauge train track (Denver & Rio Grande Railway), telegraph line, and Gunnison River winding through the Black Canyon west of Gunnison, Colorado; Curecanti Needle rock formation is across river.
- Gunnison River Colo.)--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Black Canyon--1890-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Harvesting potatoes
- Harvesting potatoes, probably in Colorado; workers fill buckets, bags, and horse-drawn wagons.
- Harvesting--Colorado--1910-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- One of Colorado's irrigation ditches
- View of water running through sluice of an irrigation ditch somewhere in Colorado; field in background with low vegetation, flat horizon.
- Irrigation--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Lizard Head
- View of snow-covered Lizard Head Peak southwest of Telluride, Colorado, on the border of San Miguel and Dolores Counties.
- Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Vista of Long's Peak from Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- View of 14,255-foot Long's Peak (in Rocky Mountain National Park), near Estes Park, Colorado, taken from the Ward-Estes Park Auto Road; a man stands facing camera, next to early automobile.
- Longs Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Long's Peak Inn, Estes Park
- Exterior view of the Longs Peak Inn at Estes Park, Colorado (rebuilt in 1906; burned in 1949); shows dirt road leads to large log cabin-style inn with automobile parked in front; sign at doorway reads "ice cream"; smaller log cabin structure at...
- Longs Peak Inn (Estes Park, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- On Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- View of Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; mountains are in distance.
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- Washington Park, Denver
- Westward view of Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt road in foreground; wire park bench in front of shrubs; trees at right and in distance; Rocky Mountains in background.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Pavilion, Washington Park, Denver
- View of the boating pavilion at the North Lake in Washington Park in Denver, Colorado (constructed in 1913, designed by architect Jules Jacques Benois Benedict); rowboats on lake in front of pavilion; trees in background.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Pike's Peak
- View of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak near Manitou Springs, Colorado, taken from front-range plain; creek in foreground, trees at mid-ground, and foothills and the peak with patchy snow in background.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Pike's Peak from the Peep Hole
- View of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak taken from Garden of the Gods, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Pitkin Colo.
- View of the mining town of Pitkin, Colorado, in Gunnison County; narrow-gauge railroad track in foreground (either Colorado & Southern Railway or Denver & Rio Grande Railway); mill with smokestack and slag heap at left; wooden buildings of town at...
- Pitkin (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- Eastward view of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road on Lookout Mountain, west of Denver, Colorado; shows guardrail and cement support for road-bed, North Table Mountain, and town of Golden, Colorado.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Spanish Peaks
- View of the Spanish Peaks, located south of La Veta, Colorado, from plain; at left, East Spanish Peak rises 12,683 feet; at center, West Spanish Peak rises 13,626 feet; pine tree at right foreground; wooden fencing criss-crosses plain.
- Spanish Peaks (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sparlin Colo., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of Sparlin, Colorado, a coal-mining town reached via the Moffat Road; shows train track through valley and a row of small identical cottages with outhouses in back.
- Sparlin (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Bath house Steamboat Spgs. Colo.
- View of the bath house and outdoor thermal springs pool in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Colo. everbear strawberries
- Close view of a basket of strawberries; ripe berries tumble out of basket turned on its side.
- Strawberries--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Uncompagre Peak
- View of Uncompahgre Peak near Lake City, Colorado, taken from timberline; stunted pine trees at left foreground, patchy snow fields and rocks at mid-ground, with 14,306-foot peak rising in background.
- Uncompahgre Peak (Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Geo. Wolf homestead, 8 miles west of Craig Colo.
- View of fenced rangeland on the George Wolf homestead, eight miles west of Craig, Colorado.
- Wolf, George, Colorado homesteader--Homes & haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Homesteading--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]