Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Oil shale settlement
- Shacks, outhouses, and sheds comprise this colony in (probably) Colorado or Utah; men stand by a truck and tanks; desert ridges and valleys are in the distance.
- Oil-shale industry--1910-1930.; Petroleum industry--1910-1930.; Settlements--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Sopris, Co.
- View of buildings and houses at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows an elevated railroad grade near wooden shacks at the coal mining camp.
- Company towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Clear Cr. highway tunnel
- View of a stone embankment and wooden framework associated with the construction of a Highway 6 tunnel in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado. Workers stand near shacks in the distance. Clear Creek is nearby.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Aspen, Col.
- A bird's eye view of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows Aspen Mountain, the Roaring Fork River, Hallam Lake, Colorado Midland Railroad tracks, city streets and a mixture of wooden shacks and frame buildings.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1897?]
- Creede, Colo.
- View of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, shacks, a fence, Mammoth Mountain, and the steep Willow Creek Canyon walls.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Ophir Loop, Colo.
- View of the town of Ophir Loop and the Rio Grande Southern Ophir Loop railroad bridge (butterfly trestle 44A) in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows the railroad trestle, the RGS railroad depot, houses, log cabins, a store and shacks and sheds. A...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1890-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns.; Mules.; Pack trains.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad stations.; Trestles.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Industries - oil
- Shows an oil rig and wooden shacks.
- Oil wells--Colorado--1910-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Black Hawk
- A view of the town of Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a wooden buildings and shacks in a valley.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.
- [1895]
- Sunset Boulder County
- A view of the town of Sunset is Boulder County, Colorado. Shows a few wooden buildings and shacks in a valley.
- Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sunset--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Unidentified buildings
- Shows a group of unidentified wood shacks on the plains. A wash tub and clothing is next to one door, clothes hang out to dry on a clothesline and a surrey is in the background.
- Houses--1890-1920.; Huts--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Unidentified buildings
- Shows a group of wood shacks probably a ranch. A man walks away from the buildings.
- Huts--1900-1920.; Ranches--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Denver River Front Park
- View of shacks and tents in a field next to the Northwestern Terminal Company railyard, between 16th (Sixteenth) and 19th (Nineteenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows mill and smokestack, sign reads: "Cresent Floor Mills, Elevator A, Pride of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Northwestern Terminal Railway Company--Buildings.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Denver River Front Park
- View of shacks, wooden fences, and the Walker Castle; a stone building with battlements and a round tower, in Denver Riverfront Park between 16th (Sixteenth) and 19th (Nineteenth) Streets, Denver, Colorado.
- Walker Castle (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Riverfront Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Coal town
- View of a group of houses and shacks possibly in Colorado. The one-story lean-to houses have slanted and pitch roofs. A mining aerial tramway is in the distance.
- Mining camps--1900-1920.; Coal mining--1900-1920.; Mining--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Santa Catalina Island, Cal., Middle Harbor
- Fishing boats float probably in Little Harbor on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shacks and a barn are on the shore. Rowboats are pulled up near the buildings.
- Little Harbor (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Fishing boats--California--Santa Catalina Island--1890-1910.; Fishing--California--Santa Catalina Island--1890-1910.; Harbors--California--Santa Catalina...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pueblo, Colo. The Old Town
- View of the Old Town area (also called Goat Hill, Smelter Hill, and Old Mexico) in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a hillside community of tightly clustered one-story adobe residences and shacks with sod & metal roofs. Yards are divided by...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Huts--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Logging between Durango, Colo. and Farmington, N. M.
- View over a logging camp between Durango, Colorado and Farmington, New Mexico. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad train is loaded with stacks of cut timber ready for the lumber mill. Logger shacks, cabins, tents and outhouses are scattered...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--1900-1910.; Logs--Colorado--1900-1910.; Lumber industry--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Ouray, Colorado probably taken from High Bridge above Box Canyon, Canon Creek
- View down Canyon Creek in Box Canyon to the town of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows two lower bridges, mining shacks, residences, businesses and San Juan Mountains.
- Canyon Creek (Ouray County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.
- September 7, 1917
- Hancock
- Shacks and dirt road dot Chalk Creek valley in Hancock, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Hancock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Ugliness soon will vanish
- View of abandoned houses on Ninth Street in Denver, Colorado (Lincoln Park Neighborhood); shows dilapidated frame residences and trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1938 November 13
- Forbes
- Ruins of a coal mine attacked by UMF labor strikers against CF&I, in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows stone foundations, shacks, and stream.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914 April 28
- The Village beach, Grand Lake
- Partial view of boats docked on sandy shore of Grand Lake, Colorado near town of Grand Lake; one boat moored to small wooden pier; another boat with three people heading onto lake; edge of town with small wooden frame buildings or shacks.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beaches--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Silver King Mine Arizona.
- View of the shaft house, tramway, and area that surrounds the Silver King Mine near Superior, Arizona. Shows mining shacks and houses.
- Silver King Mine (Pinal County, Ariz.); Superior (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Arizona--Superior--1890-1910.; Mining--Arizona--Superior--1890-1910.; Silver mining--Arizona--Superior--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Crags of Creede
- The town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is built in a narrow valley beneath steep, jagged mountains. Several shacks and wood- frame houses are nestled in the valley among evergreen trees.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- Sept., 1896
- Hahns Peak, Colorado
- The Hahns Peak Post Office is in the town of Hahns Peak (also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado in Routt County. The building has a gable with tar paper on the roof and a roof over the entrance. Smaller, wood- frame shacks are near it. Sign reads:...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Council Standing Rock (N.D.) with group of people, some sitting
- Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, numerous groups of Dakota Native Americans sitting and standing with many wrapped in blankets, young boys in center lined up playing a game or some type of activity; possibly a council meeting or ration day;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian councils--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Central City, Colo., residences
- A two-story house in Central City, Colorado, is blanketed with snow. A smaller structure stands on the property next to the large house, which is surronded by a picket fence. Several shacks are on the hillside behind the house. Metal poles form a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Old Town, Pueblo
- View of "Old Town" (area also called Goat Hill, Smelter Hill, or "Old Mexico"), Pueblo, Colorado, a hillside community of tightly clustered one-story adobe residences and shacks; shows make-shift houses with sod & metal roofs, yards divided by...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Pueblo, Colo
- View of Pueblo, Colorado, shows commercial buildings, residences, and sheds and shacks behind business buildings; signs attached to or painted on sides of buildings: "Bank," "Pueblo Merchant Mills," "Lindell," and "Shoe Store."
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crystal River Railroad, abandoned coal camp, Coal Basin, Colo.
- View of the abandoned coal camp of Coal Basin (Pitkin County), Colorado, on the the Crystal River and San Juan Railroad line. An open field has wooden shacks, foundations and scattered lumber. Eroded hills and trees are in the distance.
- Coal Basin (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Coal Basin--1950-1960.; Ruins--Colorado--Coal Basin--1950-1960.
- 1956 September 29
- Questa, N.M.
- View of the town of Questa (Taos County), New Mexico. Men and children pose in the dirt street near adobe buildings. Shows horse-drawn wagons. Signs read: "Shoemaker," "Saloon," "Questa Post Office," "Questa Hotel," "Black Smith." A log building...
- Questa (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Bars--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--New Mexico--Questa--1910-1920.; Post offices--New...
- 1910 October 6
- Weld County bookmobile
- View of the back of the Weld County Bookmobile in Greeley, Colorado; shows "Bookmobile" painted on back of the bus, "Hicks" painted on back of bumper, and numbers on license plate: 3T1417. Wood shacks, including an outhouse, are near the bus.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bookmobiles--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.; Buses--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Houses destroyed by flood
- View of houses, shacks and railroad box cars overturned and destroyed by the Arkansas River flood near the Walker railroad yard in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and an adobe oven (horno) near the houses. Denver and Rio Grande Western...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1921 June 12-17
- D. & R.G. freight yards looking northwest from viaduct and D. & R.G. round house and Main St. viaduct in the background.
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Walker freight yards in Pueblo, Colorado. The railroad yard, damaged by the Arkansas River flood, has overturned and damaged freight and gondola cars. The Main Street viaduct, the D. & R.G.W....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- Flood damage
- View of buildings and shacks moved and destroyed by the flood waters of the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado. Debris, a boxcar, lumber, and utility poles are scattered among the buildings. Smoke stacks and steeples are in the distance.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Ruins--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1921 June 12 - 17
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 20, 1910 May 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 39, 1910 September 24
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 1 and 2, 1929 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 3 and 4, 1929 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 5 and 6, 1930 May-June
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 7, 1910 February 12
- History of Denver
- Tents and shacks along the river
- A boy poses with his dog near a tent home by the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Wooden houses are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Canon of Grand River
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge tracks beside the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon on the "Glenwood extension" (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a sod-roof log shelter, a telegraph pole, trees, and a railroad tunnel through a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1900.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Shacks at river side
- View of frame houses and cottonwood trees by the South Platte River, in Denver, Colorado.
- Cottonwood--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Miner's housing at Starkville
- View of a residential area in the coal mining camp of Starkville, owned and operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, near Trinidad, (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows ramshackle houses constructed from wood boards, outdoor ovens (horno),...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1890-1930.; Company towns--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.;...
- [between 1896 and 1928?]
- Residences (shacks)
- View of wood slat houses in Denver, Colorado. The one-story buildings have stovepipes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Saint Paul's Methodist Church Centennial Celebration program
- Worship program for the centennial celebration of Saint Paul's Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included are programs for the morning and evening worship services, a brief history of the church, photographs of various church buildings and...
- Saint Paul's Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959 August 30
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Fires