Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fortified Rock on the McElmo, ancient ruins
- View of a rock formation identified as Fortified Rock on McElmo Creek in either Colorado or Utah. Shows boulders and scrub growth.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1890-1900.; Archaeological sites--1890-1900.; Rock formations--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gateway, "Garden of the Gods"
- View of steep walls of sandstone rock formations at Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows Gate Rock and horse-drawn carriages near bushes. Probably a dirt road is near carriages. Foothills and Pikes Peak are...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ouray San Juan Hardware, pre 1899
- View over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes San Juan Hardware Company store, Beaumont Hotel, the Delmonico, County Courthouse, public school and Cascade Falls.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899]
- Cliff Palace
- View from Sun Temple across Cliff Canyon to reconstructed Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [1916?]
- Entrance to Mesa Verde National Park
- Ralph Radnor Earle, a freelance motion picture photographer, stands with a woman outside their open-air Buick roadster at the entrance register of Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado. A butte shows in distance. The...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.; Earle, Ralph Radnor.
- [1916]
- Fire Temple and New Fire House Mesa Verde, Fewkes Canyon
- View across canyon of reconstructed Fire Temple and New Fire House near the head of Fewkes Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Cliff Palace
- View from Sun Temple across Cliff Canyon to Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [1916?]
- Mesa Verde trip Socialbility Run of Oldsmobile owners, Denver to Mesa Verde
- View across Navajo canyon of reconstructed Square Tower House, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1920.
- September 3 - 11, 1917
- Mesa Verde
- A man on a rope climbs on a sandstone rock face in Soda Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1910-1930.; Climbing--Colorado--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Mesa Verde
- A man poses next to the remains of a 13th century pueblo culture's masonry dwelling built under a sandstone cliff overhang, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1916?]
- Mesa Verde
- View across canyon to a cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado. Remains are of a 13th century pueblo culture's masonry structure built under a sandstone cliff.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [1916?]
- Mesa Verde
- View of Cliff Palace in Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado..
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- 1916
- Mesa Verde
- A man looks down from a high cliff face into a canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915]
- Sq. Tower House
- View across Navajo Canyon of the restored Square Tower House, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Navajo Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1925]
- Beaumont Hotel
- Exterior view of the Beaumont Hotel, Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main Street (3rd, Third), Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the Gothic style brick and stone trim hotel with tower gables, a mansard roof, and a stovepipe chimney. The hotel was...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1888 and 1890]
- Elks home, Ouray
- Exterior of the Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE, (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), designed by E. H. Powell, and built in 1904, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main (3rd, Third) Street, Ouray, Ouray...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1950-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1974?]
- Flag pole and grandstand, (entered by trap door) 6th and Main St.
- View of flag pole with grandstand in intersection of Sixth (6th) Avenue and Third (Main) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A horse drawn delivery wagon crosses the street lined with wood frame false front businesses.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Elks home
- Two men pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE, (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main Street, Ouray, Ouray...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904 or 1905]
- O. J. Davis house, 8th Ave. & 5th St.
- Possibly Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Davis and their daughter sit on the front porch of their ho me, 8th (Eighth) Avenue and 5th (Fifth) street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, situated in front of a steep, banded hillside. A saddled horse is tied to the...
- Davis, O. J.--Family--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Davis, O. J.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo. looking S. E.
- View of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, looking southeast over Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, trains, and Uncompahgre River. The flagpole and Beaumont Hotel tower roof show on Main (3rd, Third) Street.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad Stations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Beaumont Hotel, designed by Mr. O. Bulow in 1886, Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the Gothic style brick and stone trim hotel with tower gables, a mansard roof and tall stove pipe. Large...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fuelwood--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1889 and 1890]
- W. F. Wheeler home, bridge and road to Oak St.
- Snowy view of Indian Agent W. F. Wheeler's residence with bridge and road to Oak Street houses, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Steep banded cliffside is behind the house.
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Indian agents--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1895
- Residence of D. H. Mackey
- A man sits on the railing with an American flag on the second- story balcony of the Mackey home, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado. The residence features front and side gables, fish-scale and clapboard siding, covered porch, yard enclosed with...
- Mackey, D. H.--Homes & haunts.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Ouray flood
- View of the 1909 flood debris brought down by Portland Creek flood, along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows men digging through the rocks, timber, lumber and silt to clear the creek. Buildings include the Elk Boarding House, Doran...
- Portland Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Hensley & Co. Bank
- Interior view the L. E. Hensley & Co. bank, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, includes a man in a suit with a gold watch chain leaning on a wood bank counter, a man at a desk, a woman by a typewriter and file shelves, a hanging oil lamp, an upright...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bankers--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Tincup
- View of Tincup, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows scattered buildings in a meadow including the Town Hall.
- Tincup (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Left side of the panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows rocky slopes and mountains.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Center of panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows rocky slopes, evergreens and mountains.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Right side of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks, and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Left side of panorama from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad tracks, ore cart trestles and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Clear Creek Valley
- Left side of panorama west from Inspiration Point, Denver, over Clear Creek Valley near Arvada, Colorado; shows North Table Mountain, snowy Front Range foothills, Clear Creek, pasture, cattle, frame residences, Denver and Interurban Railroad,...
- Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver & Interurban Railroad.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Clear Creek Valley
- Right side of panorama west from Inspiration Point, Denver, over Clear Creek Valley, near Arvada, Colorado; shows Flatirons, Longs Peak, snowy Front Range foothills, pasture, frame residences, Denver and Interurban Railroad, and trolley tracks.
- Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver & Interurban Railroad.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama over Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows locomotives number 106 and 301 with passenger cars on the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific. People are by the dance pavilion,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Center of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Left center of panorama shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a train climbing Giant's Ladder along the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific towards the Continental Divide. The station,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Right center of panorama view shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a train climbing Giants Ladder along the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific towards the Continental Divide; Karel Park...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Karel Park Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1907 and 1913?]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a frame false front with an American flag, barrels, burro-drawn wagons, tent, lean-to structures and a train making its way over trestles and up...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The right side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the central business district; the three-story brick Alamo Hotel at intersection of Cucharras and Tejon Streets, the rebuilt Antlers's...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The left side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Courthouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the Spaulding, wood frame residences, Colorado Springs Transfer Company, lumber companies, F. F. Roby Company, mills and the front range...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Denver from Presby. Church, 1906
- Right side of panorama view looks west over Broadway and Lincoln Streets and downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Broadway Theatre and Metropole Hotel, Trinity Church and the Brown Palace. Signs read: "Metropole Hotel, American and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Colo.
- Left side of panorama looking west over Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, above Anaconda, Teller County, Colorado; shows frame structures, headframes, ore chutes, dirt roads, and tailing piles.
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Doctor Jackpot Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1920]
- Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Colo.
- Right side of panorama west over Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, above Anaconda, Teller County, Colorado; shows wood frame structures, headframes, ore chutes, dirt roads and tailing piles; Mary McKinney Mining Company is...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Doctor Jackpot Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mary McKinney Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Wooden...
- [between 1895 and 1920]
- Gateway Garden of the God's and Pike's Peak
- Right side of a panorama view shows sandstone rock formations at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes Pikes Peak in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Gateway Garden of the God's and Pike's Peak
- Left side of panorama shows sandstone rock formations at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Pikes Peak is in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama west over Glenwood Springs, Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande's yards with trains, bridges across the Colorado River, the Hotel Colorado, the bath house, and hot springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama south over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado; shows orchards on the Colorado River, eroded slopes, frame structures and rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River and Grand Mesa; frame houses are among rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]
- Gray's and Torry's [sic] Peak's, Argentine Central Ry.
- Right side of panorama view shows rocky slopes of Grays Peak and Torreys Peak from the top of McClellan Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1918]