Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-02243-008-00
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 38, 1910 September 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 52, 1910 December 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 53, 1911 December 30
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 21, 1912 May 25
- 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
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 H
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 S
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914
- 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?]
- Dr. Donald F. Hornig
- Men, one in a suit, sit on a bulldozer at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A dump truck is next to them, in the same hole, with air horns on its roof and lettering on the radiator: "White." Semi-truck containers, buildings, trees, and cars...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1960-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1968?]
- GIs dug in near Sassomolare, Italy
- Men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company K, dig in on a ridge north of Sassomolare. According to the caption, they are protecting the left flank of the main column moving up the Porretta-Moderna Highway, a few...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 4, 1945
- Dolores, stages for the San Juan
- View of stagecoaches and passengers on the main street in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. A man on horseback packs a rifle, gold pan, and shovel. Men stand in front of a storefront with a sign that reads: "J.J. Harris & Co."
- Dolores (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gold mining, Colorado, Buena Vista
- Close up view of a mine shaft near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a winch or windlass, a wheelbarrow, pickaxes and a shovel near a mine shaft in the ground. Buckets and ropes are beside trees.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- $20,000,000.00 in gold." Several other men are in the background watching the groundbreaking.; An older man with a long beard and wearing a suit leans down to turn a shovel full of dirt at the July 23, 1932 dedication of the Gregory Monument in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.;...
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- $20,000,000.00 in gold." The man on the left has a long, gray beard and holds a shovel in his hand. The man on the right wears a coat and overalls. H. H. Lake wears a suit. All three wear hats.; H. H. Lake stands between two unidentified men near...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.;...
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- A group of 24 men stands at the site where John H. Gregory first discovered gold at Mountain City near Central City, Colorado, in 1859. The group is gathered for the July 23, 1932 dedication ceremony of the Gregory Monument, a bronze marker...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Gregory, John...
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- A group of 24 men stands at the site where John H. Gregory first discovered gold at Mountain City near Central City, Colorado, in 1859. The group is gathered for the July 23, 1932 dedication ceremony of the Gregory Monument, a bronze marker...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Monuments &...
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- A group of 24 men stands at the site where John H. Gregory first discovered gold at Mountain City near Central City, Colorado, in 1859. The group is gathered for the July 23, 1932 dedication ceremony of the Gregory Monument, a bronze marker...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Monuments &...
- [1932]
- Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics Building.
- Men in topcoats and hornrimmed glasses pose at the University of Colorado at Boulder; one holds a shovel. A uniformed guard is in the background, with a white belt and a rifle.
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus); Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Campsites among the foothills
- Stereographic view of five men, one woman, and a small boy posing in front of a campsite near the Garden of the Gods in the foothills near Colorado Springs, Colorado. One man sits at a low table near the remains of a fire in the foreground; others...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Camps--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Ezra Meeker
- Men, a women, and children pose on or beside an oxen-drawn covered wagon in an eroded ravine near Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, has a beard, wears a jacket and slacks, and stands beside oxen. On the wagon, a woman...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Canyons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Railroad workers at camp
- Seven men gather in front of a large tent, possibly part of a railroad construction or surveying camp, in Colorado. One man leans against a shovel; one (wearing an apron and gun in his holster) holds a pan and a wash rag; others stand or recline...
- Cookery--Colorado--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Railroad construction workers--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Pack burro
- A burro with a pack stands on the tracks of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway in El Paso County, Colorado. The burros carries a wheel barrow, shovel, axe, crate and metal can. A sign on the wheelbarrow reads: "I Helped to Build Pikes Peak...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- c1891, Oct. 11
- Dist. 19, "Sunnyside" Mrs. Shanahan, teacher, June 24, 1958 The name was Sunny Slopes
- Twelve young men, women, and girls stand in front of a one-story sod house with a hipped roof, used as a schoolhouse, about 18 miles southwest of Seibert, Colorado. A school bell is on the roof, with a shovel lying nearby; the building was called...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Love, Mertel, Mrs.
- 1911-1912
- Breast of tunnel
- Miners stand with an electric drill, pickax, and chisolm shovel, in a narrow tunnel of an unidentified mine in probably Colorado.
- Drills (Equipment)--Colorado--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Colo. mining near Buena Vista, Col. Midland R.R. series.
- View of a mine shaft near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a winch, wheelbarrow, pickaxes and a shovel.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Walsen bathhouse
- A construction worker stands in the doorway of the bathhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Walsen (Huerfano County), Colorado. The building is a one story rusticated stone structure with two doorways and a shingle roof. Ladders...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cabin at Rugby, Colo.
- A woman stands near her one-room house at the coal camp of Rugby (Las Animas County), Colorado. The woman wears a blouse with a ruffle and a skirt. A tin, jar, and sugar bowl sit on a shelf near a window. A barrel sits outside the door and a coal...
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Manion Placer
- View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery with a conveyor elevator.
- Conveying systems--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mining - crane and trucks
- View of a sand and gravel mine operation in Colorado; a steam shovel loads a dump truck by a pit. Letters read: "Brannan Sand & Gravel."
- Brannan Sand & Gravel Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sand and gravel plants--Colorado--1940-1950.; Dump trucks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Clear Cr. highway tunnel
- Laborers work on a road on the banks of Clear Creek in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado. They construct a framework and embankment on the edge of the river. A shack and steam shovel is in the distance.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers assemble walls of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building's framework consists of I-beams and corrugated metal...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Clear Creek - close up from ground shovel bucket dumping in 800ft bore
- A man works in a a highway tunnel on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a steam shovel and a dump truck. Letters read: "Ed. H. Honnen Construction Co."
- Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Dump trucks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Cooley Bros. Dredge, Gen. view
- View of a dragline crane, a dredge and a shovel, possibly on Beaver Creek in Park County, Colorado. The crane reads: "Cooley Brothers" and "Bucyrus Monighan."
- Park County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945?]
- Carlton Tunnel - dumping tops of cars
- View of ore cars used in construction of the Carlton Tunnel (mine drainage) in Teller County, Colorado. A man works with a shovel.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- CMA U.S. Vanadium Corp. from lower road on east
- View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows tailings, settling ponds, a steam shovel, parked cars, ore processing sheds, houses, and the San Miguel River.
- United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Manion Placer
- View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery with a conveyor elevator. Letters read "Manion Placer" and "Lorain."
- Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Conveying systems--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Manion Placer
- View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery. Letters read "Manion Placer" and "Lorain 77."
- Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Industries construction scene at Alameda project
- View of the Alameda Avenue trolley car underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Workmen shovel dirt near a tractor and crane.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting...
- [1909]
- Street construction - man with horse drawn scoop shovel
- Outdoor portrait of a man with horses and a scoop, by the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1909?]
- Steam shovel, buggy on Alameda Avenue bridge
- View of a steam shovel by a man, horse, and buggy at the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Steam shovels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Construction scene at the Alameda Avenue subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, men working with a steam shovel, the railroad bridge, a handcar, and building with sign: "The Call Automatic Switch Company."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Steam...
- [1909 or 1910]
- Two girls in overalls standing in a field holding small shovel
- Outdoor portrait of two girls in Denver, Colorado. They hold small shovels and wear overalls and wide-brimmed hats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Group of men by the river's edge two boys with shovel women in background
- Outdoor portrait of a group of men near the edge of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. They wear suits and wide-brimmed hats. Boys with a shovel and a woman are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Men with horses pulling a grader by the river
- Workmen stand near a horse-drawn grader near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. One man holds a shovel, a dog stands nearby.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Construction scene laying pipe
- View of (probably) Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado; shows a ditch with shoring, and men by a clam shovel crane.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction scene laying pipe
- View of (probably) Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado; shows a ditch with shoring, and men working with a clam shovel crane.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction scene steam-powered, rail-mounted clamshell crane
- View of (probably) Lipan Street construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men working, a ditch with shoring, and a clam shovel crane.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Industries - construction - steam shovel at Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, men working, and a steam crane with lettering: "McCabe & Steen."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]