Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-05102-033-00
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 13, 1912 March 30
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- 1884 Corbett & Ballenger's 12th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1
- Record of United States Soldiers for the Suppression of the Rebellion, buried in G. A. R., Old Riverside, Catholic, and Hebrew Cemeteries at Denver, Colorado
- Colorado--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.; Cemeteries--Colorado.
- Civil War Grand Army of the Republic - Colorado
- Lists the Colorado GAR posts and members.
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Veterans--Colorado.; Grand Army of the Republic--Indexes.
- 1995
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business. Manufacturing
- Western History Subject Index
- Travis, William Barret 1809-1836
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- 86th Regiment, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion
- CENTER ROW left to right: 1) Casanova, 2) unidentified, 3) Rocker or Rockar, L. 4) Brisse, 5) unidentified, 6) Ritz, Frank? 7) Lindh, 8) unidentified, 9) Ryan, 10) McLusky, 11) Cannamela, 12) Kuligowski? 13) unidentified, 14) Slater, 15)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1944]
- First Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment re-enforced, 1942, Paradise, Washington
- View of a group of skitroopers from 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) in the first winter camouflage uniforms or "whites" with rifles standing at ease in a snow covered field in the mountains. Taken, according to the photographer,...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [May] 1942
- Unidentified group of Indians, canvas tents in background
- Unidentified group of Dakota Native Americans; includes three males on horses, four males standing holding reins to horses; six of seven holding rifles; canvas tents in background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tents--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Western History Subject Index
- DAKOTA Indians. Wyoming
- Skitroopers climbing a hill
- A group of ten Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers ski through the woods. The four closest to the camera are climbing up a small hill with the tips of their skis pointed out and to the side. All are wearing knapsacks and carrying rifles.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1944]
- Leadville, Officers of Rocky Mountain Rifles, 1887
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp in Colorado. Two seated officers include Colonel R.S. Morrison and Jake Kahn. Most of the men wear uniforms and various types of hats. Some have...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1887
- Bedouin caravan
- A group of Arab men poses while touring, possibly in Vienna, with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men are wearing long white robes while pointing long rifles toward something in the distance.
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Decoration Day, Leadville 1884
- Spectators lined the street of Leadville, Colorado's business district during the Decoration Day Parade of 1884 as several uniformed marching units, some with rifles, marched down Harrison Avenue. The busy scene includes businesses in two story...
- Memorial Day--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1884]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, picture of slaughtered cattle, men with rifles seated on corral fence
- Men, some with rifles, stand in and near corral with live and slaughtered cattle for distribution to Dakota tribe at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota.
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Camping in South Park
- Seven men are gathered in front of a large tent, possibly part of a railroad construction or surveying camp, in Park County, Colorado. The men are wearing guns in holsters and aprons; they are holding rifles, dish towels, a frying pan and a shovel....
- Park County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; South Park (Park County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Work camps--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Hunters
- Hunters sit and pose on a sagebrush covered hillside beside pack horses that carry deer carcasses in probably western Colorado. Men wear hats and pose with deer skulls and antlers, and rifles.
- Deer hunting--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Hunting near Pyramid
- Hunters carry butchered deer tied to stakes near Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. They hold rifles and stand in snow.
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Deer hunting--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Log cabin, Pyramid
- A man poses beside a saddled horse in front of an aspen log cabin in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. A man stands beside a gutted deer that hangs from a rafter. Rifles are attached to saddles.
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Deer hunting--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Rough riders of Battle of San Juan Hills
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" reenact the Battle of San Juan Hill during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men carry rifles and walk toward the back of the arena. One man carries a large,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- [1901?]
- Zouaves group
- A group of Zouaves poses in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The costume the men wear, including red, baggy pants, gold-braided blue vests and red fez hats, was reportedly derived from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Zouaves--Clothing & dress.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Bedouin caravan
- A group of Arab men poses while touring, possibly in Vienna, with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men are wearing long white robes and hold long rifles propped on one end.
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Meal time, Rocky Mountain Rifles
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp during meal time in Colorado. Most of the men wear various types of uniforms, boots and different types of hats, including flat military caps...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- Custer's Charge reenactment for the Wild West Show
- A group of cavalrymen reenacts "Custer's Charge" in a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Several of the riders fire their rifles as they charge toward a group of Native Americans on the far end of...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1890-1900.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Coyotero Apache scouts at Apache Lake
- White and Native American men sit or stand with rifles, at what is identified as Apache Lake, in the White Mountains (Apache County or Navajo County, later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. The two Native American (Coyotero Apache, Western...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Apache Indians as they appear ready for the war-path
- Native American (Apache) men pose outdoors with a bow and arrow, staff, and rifle. They wear boot moccasins, breechcloths, headbands, feathers and pose beside a log.
- Apache Indians--1870-1880.; Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Rifles--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian...
- 1873
- Coyotero Apache scouts
- Men sit or stand and pose with rifles at what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Apache County or Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Two Native American, Coyotero Apache (Western Apache) men, military...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Ski training: forming a column of twos coming down from Eagle Ridge, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifty Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers during training practice forming a column of twos. One line of men occupies a hill in the foreground; another group occupies a hill in the...
- Eagle Ridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943 or 1944]
- Freund's Gun Store at Laramie, Wyo. Terr.
- Men wear suits and hats and pose with guns in front of the "Freund & Bro" gun store in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The hewn log building has a false front and painted signs that read: "Guns, Pistols, Ammunition & c.," "Rifles and Shot Guns...
- Freund & Bro. (Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Hunting--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Rifles--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range [sic], Arizona
- Men sit or stand and pose beside what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Apache County or Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Some wear hats and carry rifles, one wears a shirt with piping on the...
- Indian scouts--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Western Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Tabor Light Cavalry at the funeral of a member
- A group of Tabor Light Cavalry at the funeral of a member in Leadville, Colorado, wear military uniforms that include helmets, coats, boots, and gloves. They form a u-shaped line around a coffin covered with flowers and an American flag. They hold...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Troop of soldiers, mostly from Leadville, known as the Rocky Mountain Rifles, and other volunteers
- A troop of soldiers on horses form a long line in front of a bluff. In 1885 or 1886, these men, mostly from Leadville and known as the Rocky Mountain Rifles, and other volunteers were headed by Genl. F.M. Reardon and Capt. Christopher Caffrey and...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- Johnny Baker (shooting)
- Johnny Baker, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show known as the "Cowboy Kid," shoots his rifle toward a target in the air. He looks down toward a small table standing next to him with several additional rifles propped on it. Two men in cavalry...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Buffalo stampede, Neb.
- White men in Conestoga wagons, and on foot, and North American Indians on horseback hunt stampeding buffalo on probably the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Indians hold bows and arrows and lances, and some of the settlers shoot rifles. Women and children...
- Indians of North America--Nebraska--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Platte River (Neb.)--1840-1860.; Bison hunting--Nebraska--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1840-1860.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1840-1860.;...
- 1932
- Buffalo stampede across the Platte River, Old Fort Kearney, Neb.
- Buffalo stampede across the Platte River near Fort Kearny in Kearney County, Nebraska. Men on horseback with rifles hunt the animals. A wagon train is on the Oregon Trail near the fort. Shows ox-drawn Conestoga wagons. An American flag is on a flag...
- Fort Kearny (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Platte River (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Bison hunting--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Chimney Rock, Neb.
- North American Indians on horseback charge a wagon train on the Oregon Trail near Chimney Rock in Merrill County, Nebraska. Indians carry rifles and coup sticks. Shows Conestoga wagons drawn by oxen and men on horseback.
- Indians of North America--War--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Merrill County (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Rock...
- 1930
- Old Platte bridge, Wyo., 1866
- View of a wooden bridge over the North Platte River, on the Oregon Trail, at Fort Caspar near present day Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. A wagon train, with ox-drawn covered wagons, crosses the bridge. North American Indian and white men with...
- Fort Caspar (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Bridges--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.;...
- 1932
- Mountain men
- Mountain men in buckskin jackets and leggings, high boots and fur hats walk beside a pack horse. The men carry rifles. The Rocky Mountains and a valley are in the distance.
- West (U.S.)--1840-1870.; Guides & scouts--1840-1870.; Pack animals--1840-1870.; Trappers--1840-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- An exciting adventure
- A stagecoach on the Oregon Trail is under attack by North American Indians in probably Natrona County, Wyoming. Indians ride horseback and fire arrows at the stagecoach. The coach races toward a circle of wagons and settlers with rifles, near...
- Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.;...
- 1934
- Devil's Gate, Wyo.
- View of Devil's Gate, a narrow gorge cut through a ridge by the Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. Covered wagons drawn by horses and oxen crowd the Oregon Trail. Lettering on the canvas cover of a Conestoga wagon reads: "Ohio-Oregon."...
- Devil's Gate (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona County--1850-1870.; Passes (Landforms)--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1930
- Blue Mountains, Ore.
- A wagon train follows the Oregon Trail through the Blue Mountains in Oregon. Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen ford a small stream and climb a steep pass in the distance. Men, women and children walk or ride beside the wagons. The men carry rifles.
- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Oregon--1850-1870.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Passes (Landforms)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Wagon trains--Oregon--1850-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Pony Express rider ambushed by Indians, Wyo.
- North American Indians, with rifles and bows and arrows, perch behind rocks and near a cliff as they get ready to ambush a Pony Express rider in Wyoming. The Pony Express rider is in a valley, beside an eroded cliff wall. Horses stand behind the...
- Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Ambushes--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Pony Express--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--Wyoming--1860-1870.
- 1934