Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- Cave Ruins in the bluffs overhanging the San Juan River
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. A man is seen near the ruins on a ledge with the river below the cliffs. Probably a camera bellows and lens is on a ledge...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; San Juan River...
- [1871?]
- Pioneer trails and scenes of the central Rocky Mountains region
- Map of the trails and landmarks in the Rocky Mountain region used by the pioneers in the westward migration shows Oregon Trail, Overland Trail, and Mormon Trail routes. Lettering reads: "1. Buffaloes roamed the plains east of the Rocky Mountains....
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Overland Trails--1840-1870.; West (U.S.)--1840-1870.; Maps--1840-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1840-1870.
- 1933
- Cliff dwellings
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. A box camera is in the distance; horses stand to the side.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Archaeological sites--Four Corners...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Cliff dwellings
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. A clay urn sits to the side.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Archaeological sites--Four Corners...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Cliff dwellings
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Archaeological sites--Four Corners...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Prather's aerial view of Denver mountain parks and Mt. Evans region
- Parks--Colorado--Denver Region--Aerial views.; Parks--Colorado--Denver Region--Maps.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--Aerial views.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--Maps.; Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--Aerial views.; Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--Maps.;
- c1922
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 8, 1919 August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- Ruins at Aztec Spring
- View of Native American Anasazi stone masonry ruins at a site identified as Aztec Springs, near the Four Corners region of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1890-1900.; Four Corners Region--1890-1900.; Archaeological sites--Four Corners...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Prather's aerial view of Denver mountain parks and Mt. Evans region
- Denver Mountain Parks.; Parks--Colorado--Denver Region--Maps, Pictorial.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--Maps, Pictorial.; Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--Maps, Pictorial.
- c1922
- Conoco refinery
- View of the Conoco oil refinery at 5801 Brighton Boulevard in Commerce City (Adams County), Colorado. A large sign near the road reads: "CONOCO." Shows the tanks, towers, and pipes that make up the refinery. Overhead power lines run to the towers....
- Continental Oil Company--Facilities--1970-1980.; Commerce City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Refineries.; Continental Oil Company--Pictorial works.; Petroleum refineries--Colorado--Commerce City--Pictorial works.; Commerce City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1977
- Jone's Pass
- Two log cabins stand in the left foreground behind a group of pine trees near Jones Pass west of Empire on the border of Clear Creek and Grand Counties in Colorado. Another wood shelter is in the center midground near a pile of tailings, probably...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Empire--1930-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Empire (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Empire--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1930-1950.; Passes...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mt. Carolyn and old cabin 1944
- A small log cabin stands on a hill in the midground in the Fall River region looking toward Mt. Carolyn, probably in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A rocky dirt road leads back to the cabin. Shrubs stand on both sides of the road. A ridge of...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Mt. Carolyn and old cabin 1944
- A small log cabin stands on a hill in the midground in the Fall River region looking toward Mt. Carolyn, probably in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A rocky dirt road leads back to the cabin. Shrubs stand on both sides of the road. A ridge of...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
- Photograph of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency located in Lakewood, Colorado. Building 710 was constructed in 1969 and is important for its association with Cold War Era military history. Designed to withstand a nuclear attack, the two-story...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- Undated
- Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
- Photograph of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency located in Lakewood, Colorado. Building 710 was constructed in 1969 and is important for its association with Cold War Era military history. Designed to withstand a nuclear attack, the two-story...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1999
- Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
- Photograph of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency located in Lakewood, Colorado. Building 710 was constructed in 1969 and is important for its association with Cold War Era military history. Designed to withstand a nuclear attack, the two-story...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1999
- Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
- Photograph of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency located in Lakewood, Colorado. Building 710 was constructed in 1969 and is important for its association with Cold War Era military history. Designed to withstand a nuclear attack, the two-story...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1998
- Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
- Photograph of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency located in Lakewood, Colorado. Building 710 was constructed in 1969 and is important for its association with Cold War Era military history. Designed to withstand a nuclear attack, the two-story...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1999
- Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
- Photograph of the hallway in the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency located in Lakewood, Colorado. Building 710 was constructed in 1969 and is important for its association with Cold War Era military history. Designed to withstand a nuclear...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Lakewood--History.
- 1998
- Map of Red Mountain and the mining region of San Juan, Ouray, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colo.
- Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Maps.; Mining districts--Colorado--Maps.; Colorado--Maps.;
- 1891
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Petroglyphs depicting several animals and other images appear on a stone surface of a cliff dwelling ruin, probably in the Four Corners region of the Southwest.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1920.; Rock art--Four Corners Region--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Cacti and shrubs dot the landscape, probably in the Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona, in an area around a pile of large rocks. One of the rocks has five horizontal lines grooved into it. A large hill stands in the...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1920.; Rock art--Four Corners Region--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Petroleum. Rocky Mountain region
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 32, 1912 August 10
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 8 and 9, 1923 August-September
- History of Denver
- Regional Transporation District Newsletter: Volume 7 Number 8
- View of Grand Canyon
- Panoramic view of rock ledges and the Colorado River at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows boulders, trees and rocks, mesa tops and sedimentary layers.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Ariz.--1870-1880.; Rivers--Arizona--Grand...
- [1872?]
- Mirror Bar, Black Canyon, Colorado River
- A man sits in a boat on the Colorado River near what is identified as "Mirror Bar" in the Black Canyon on the Arizona - Nevada border. A canvas bag is beside the boat on a sandbar. Shows steep rock canyon walls.
- Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rowboats--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Sandbars--Colorado...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- "Wolpi", one of Moqui towns
- View of Native American (Hopi) stone and adobe, multi-story dwellings at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Sheep pens beside a steep slope have low stone walls. Ladders lean against buildings on the mesa.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1876?]
- Makuntowip Valley, Utah
- View of the Virgin River valley and probably Hurricane Cliffs in Washington County, Utah. Cultivated fields, fences and horses are near trees and the river. Eroded rock faces are near the settlement of Virgin City (Virgin), Utah.
- Hurricane Cliffs (Utah)--1870-1880.; Virgin (Utah)--1870-1880.; Virgin River--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Utah--Virgin--1870-1880.; Croplands--Utah--Virgin--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Virgin--1870-1880.; Rivers--Utah--Virgin--1870-1880.;...
- [1873]
- Pillings de Bullion Can[o]n , Utah
- View of a waterfall and steep rock surfaces at Pillings Cascade in a canyon identified as Bullion Canyon on probably Pine Creek in Utah.
- Canyons--Utah--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Utah--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
- [1873 May or June]
- Marble Pinnacle, Kanab, Can[yon]
- View of a steep marble tower in Kanab Canyon (Coconino County), Arizona. Shows layered rock formations, cliffs, and boulders in probably Kanab Creek.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Creek (Utah and Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Rock...
- [1872 September 5]
- Ruins near Fort Wingate, N.M.
- A man in a vest, pants and a hat and poses beside a rounded stone wall, a Native American (Anasazi) ruin, near Fort Wingate (McKinley County), New Mexico. Trees and a rocky hillside are nearby.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--Fort Wingate--1870-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--Fort Wingate--1870-1910.; Fort Wingate (N.M.)--1870-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- [between 1871 and 1907?]
- Gate of Ladore, Green River, Wyoming [sic]
- Panoramic view of the Gates of Lodore, rock formations, and the Green River (Moffat County), Colorado. Philologist James C. Pilling wears a hat, smokes a pipe and sits on a rock surface near the Green River. Steep cliffs of the Canyon of Lodore are...
- Philologists--Colorado--Moffat County--1870-1880.; Gates of Lodore (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1870-1880.; Lodore, Canyon of (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Moffat County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Moffat County--1870-1880.;...
- [1874]
- Eroded sandstone, Kanab Canon, Ariz.
- View of layered, eroded sandstone rock and hermit shale of the Esplanade Supai formation in Kanab Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a close-up of rounded rocks. Canyon walls are in the distance.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bullion Canon, Utah
- View of a waterfall and steep rock walls in Bullion Canyon on probably Pine Creek, in the Tushar Mountains near Marysvale (Paiute County), Utah. Trees and fallen timber are in the canyon.
- Bullion Canon (Paiute County, Utah)--1870-1880.; Paiute County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Paiute County--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Utah--Paiute...
- [between 1871 and 1873?]
- [J?]ump Canon, Kaibab Plateau, Ariz.
- Panoramic view of layered rock formations, towers, talus slopes and a valley at Kaibab Plateau, Coconino County, Arizona. Shows possibly Jumpup Canyon and layered, eroded cliff walls.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Rio Virgen, Utah
- View of the Virgin River, rocky shores and steep canyon walls, probably in Zion National Park, Utah.
- Virgin River--1870-1880.; Zion National Park (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- [Z]ion's Peak [sic], Rio Virgen, UT
- View of the summit of The Watchman, a sandstone rock formation, and trees beside the Virgen River in Zion National Park, Utah.
- Virgin River--1870-1880.; Watchman, The (Utah)--1870-1880.; Zion National Park (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Utah--Zion National...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- The Dome [sic], Rio Virgen, Utah
- View of sandstone rock cliffs, The Great White Throne, and trees beside the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah.
- Great White Throne, The (Utah)--1870-1880.; Virgin River--1870-1880.; Zion National Park (Utah)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Utah--Zion...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Powell's boat with chair strapped - Grand Canyon of the Colo.
- View of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, Arizona. John Wesley Powell's boat, with a chair and oars, is in the water by cliffs.
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.--Homes & haunts.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1860-1880.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1860-1880.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1860-1880.; Boats--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1860-1880.;...
- [between 1869 and 1872?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- A large rock formation protrudes from the base of a hillside in the distance, probably in the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. A tree with bare branches stands in the left foreground.
- Rock formations--Four Corners Region--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- A small cave entrance in the side of a steep, rock cliff, probably in the Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. The layers of rock are varying in width, and the surface of the cliff wall is bumpy.
- Caves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Four Corners Region--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Lake Eldora Region 1938
- Tall pine trees and several tree stumps stand in the foreground on the near shore of Lake Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Additional pine trees line the far shore in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1940.
- [1938?]
- Lake Eldora Region
- Tall pine trees stand along a dirt road near Lake Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. A tree stump and large rock are on one side of the road.
- Forest roads--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- The Champion, Stump region S.W. of Apex
- View of a gnarled tree stump in Stump Flats southwest of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado; stratus clouds dot the sky.
- Apex (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Apex--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Pikes Peak region