Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- U.S. Signal Station on Pikes Peak
- View of the United States signal station, a weather station, at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows boulders on a hillside, the stone signal station building, an out building, and men beside a horse-drawn carriage and a box...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1880-1900.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Signal Corps, N.G.C., Camp Goldfield, Cripple Creek
- Members of the Colorado National Guard Signal Corps pose for a group portrait at Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men pose with signal lights, signal flags, tripods and a box...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Engineers rest behind a tank destroyer during an assult, Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- Ten Tenth Mountain Division 126th Mountain Enginers rest behind a tank destroyer on a mountain road while taking cover from German sniper fire. Those closest to the tank destroyer stand and sit upright while those farther from cover lie flat on the...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Men, mules and ammunition move forward
- Three men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company H (wearing combat fatigues and helmets, and carrying rifles) walk down a country road lined with leafless trees. One leads a pack mule bearing supplies. More mules...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 14, 1945
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 23, 1911 June 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 6, 1912 February 10
- 10th moves through Badia, Italy
- A loosely organized column of eleven Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry, 2nd Battalion, soldiers enter the town of Badia, during the Italian Campaign. The stone buildings are slightly damaged.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [April or May] 1945
- Litter bearers evacuate wounded on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, 1st Battalion, walk in front of a wounded soldier on a litter carried by five others. According to the caption the soldier had been wounded in the attack on Mount Belvedere during the...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- A Sopwith Strutter belonging to the 90th observation squadron
- View of a Sopwith Strutter, a two seat fighter airplane with a 130 horsepower Clergat engine.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Observation Group, 90th--1910-1920.; Sopwith airplanes--1910-1920.; Biplanes--English--1910-1920.; Fighter planes--English--1910-1920.
- 1919, January 25
- Interlocking signal system of Chicago and Northwestern RY near Belle Plaine Valley of the Mississippi near Belle Plaine, Ia.
- A view of a signal tower on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway near Belle Plaine (Benton County), Iowa. Shows railroad tracks and signals in the distance. Men can be seen in the signal tower.
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--Facilities--1880-1890.; Benton County (Iowa)--1880-1890.; Railroad signal towers--Iowa--Benton County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Stages at old signal station top of Pikes Peak
- Three stagecoaches with passengers are stopped at the old signal station at the top of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. The old signal station is a single story brick building.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- 1897 July 26
- Boyer valley, Ia., signal tower "G" near Dunlap
- View of a Chicago & North Western Railway Company track and switch near Dunlap (Harrison County), Iowa. A man is in a wooden building that reads "G" near a tower and signal lights. Wooden rail fences and telegraph poles are beside cultivated...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Harrison County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Croplands--Iowa--Harrison County--1890-1900.; Railroad signal towers--Iowa--Harrison County--1890-1900.; Railroad switching--Iowa--Harrison...
- [1898?]
- Summit Pikes Peak, Col.
- Women wear dresses, hats and shawls and walk beside Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. People stand on an observation platform above the stone U.S. Signal Station. American flags are on...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.;...
- 1901
- Signal Station, Pike's Peak
- Men, one on horseback, pose in front of the stone Army Signal Station building on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a row of metal poles.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Old signal station Pikes Peak
- A man sits in a mule-drawn wagon near the Army signal station on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Men stand near the stone building.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- United States Signal Station on Pikes Peak
- View of the United States signal station and boulder field at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Three men are near the stone building, one stands with a tripod and camera, one is in a horse-drawn buggy, another stands close by....
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1880-1890.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Union Pacific Train No. 38
- Union Pacific Railroad locomotive number 38 (Pony Express) vents smoke at Borie (Laramie County), Wyoming; the interlocking signal tower is a two story frame building with a bay window. A man on the dock uses an order fork. Shows pneumatic...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Borie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Borie--Wyoming--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Borie--Wyoming--1950-1960.; Railroad signal towers--Borie--Wyoming--1950-1960.;...
- 1954
- First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy
- Major General Willis D. Crittenberger and other high ranking officers watch the 5th Army, 1554th Engineering Heavy Ponton Battalion complete the first ponton bridge (an M-2 Treadway pontoon bridge) built across the Po River at San Benedetto Po...
- World War, 1939-1945--Engineering & construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po.; San Benedetto Po (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bridge construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Military occupations--American--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Pontoon...
- 1945 April 25
- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6
- Signal Station, Pikes Peak
- Men, one on horseback, pose in front of the stone Army Signal Station on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a weathervane and a row of poles.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Pikes Peak Toll Road, signal station
- A man sits in a mule-drawn wagon and two men stand beside the Army Signal Station located on the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a one-story stone building.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- 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
- Loading a 37mm pack gun to a pack mule
- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division ties the ropes fastening a part of 37-mm pack gun onto an American pack mule during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the piece weighs 22 pounds...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 16, 1945
- Radioman during mortar barrage, Della Vetta, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company K during a mortar barrage on Mount Della Vetta during the Italian Campaign. The soldier standing at the edge of the slope is a radioman who (according to the caption) was...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Reconnaissance of Po River from banks near San Benedetto, Italy
- Three Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company soldiers make a reconnaissance of the Po River at its banks near San Benedetto during the Italian Campaign. The banks of the river are flat. Part...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
- April 23, 1945
- Reinforcements move up the ridge, Mount Belvedere in background, Italy
- A line of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb up a ridge wearing helmets, combat fatigues, large knapsacks during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the peak of Mount Belvedere rises in the distance. The ground is partially covered...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Men from two divisions meet at Resia Pass, Austrian-Italian border
- Patrols from two divisions meet at the Austrian-Italian border taken from the Austrian side. A sign with "HALT! Grenzkontrolle" is placed on the right side of a wide dirt road. A small wooden barrier marks the border. Seven GIs from the Seventh...
- 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.
- May 7, 1945
- Tank destroyer advances along a mountain road, Italy
- Three soldiers of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion advance a tank destroyer mounted with three inch guns along a mountain road located, according to the caption, in the Mount Terminale area. The 701st was attached to the Tenth Mountain Division...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- Troops aboard the Marine Fox return to New York Harbor
- Hundreds of Tenth Mountain Division Troops fill the U.S.S. Marine Fox as it enters New York Harbor. All are wearing light khaki uniforms. Most of the men are face the camera. Two other ships are in the background.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--New York--1940-1950.; Troop movements--New York--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- Troops along Lake Garda south of Bardolino, near Verona, Italy
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Infantry Regiment, Company C soldiers walk in a loose formation along the banks of Lake Garda, south of Bardolino in the Verona Area during the Italian Campaign. In the background the mountainous slopes...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 26, 1945
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Summit of Pike's Peak
- Summit of Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, with train tracks, rail car "1", government signal station building, and observation tower.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1930.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1930.; Observation towers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- The Salmson
- View of a Salmson single engine airplane in Warvillers (or Warfuilliers), Somme, Picardie, France; hangar tents are in the background.
- Reconnaissance aircraft--France--1910-1920.; Salmson airplanes--France--1910-1920.; Biplanes--French--France--1910-1920.
- 1918, May 25
- Signal Mountain locomotive, engine number 1, engine type 0-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Signal Mountain, Tenn., October 7, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Tennessee--Signal Mountain.; Signal Mountain (Tenn.)
- 1929
- Signal Mountain locomotive, engine number 2, engine type 0-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Signal Mountain, Tenn., October 7, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Tennessee--Signal Mountain.; Signal Mountain (Tenn.)
- 1929
- Signal Mountain train (with tender), engine number 3, engine type 0-4-0
- Loading rock; 5 cars. Photographed: at Signal Mountain, Tenn., October 7, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Tennessee--Signal Mountain.; Signal Mountain (Tenn.)
- 1929
- Three 10th men at the door of the 110th Signal Corps Company Barracks, Camp Hale
- Three Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 110th Signal Corps Company, stand outside the door of their barracks at Camp Hale, Colorado. The man on the far right is the photographer (William A. "Bill" Southworth). All are in uniform and one is...
- Military life--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Signal Corps.
- [1943 or 1944]
- Fort Worth & Denver Ry. #554, 4-6-2 and 4 car pass NB Trinidad
- View of Forth Worth and Denver Railway locomotive number 554 with railroad cars which include a passenger car near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The city is in the distance. Shows a railroad semaphore signal and signal shack.
- Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company--1950-1960.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Trinidad--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Trinidad--1950-1960.
- 1951 April
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- View of the Narrow Gauge Museum during a driving snow storm in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame building, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, has flared eaves with a train order signal, and a square tower. Shows a...
- Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blizzards--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air...
- 1953 November
- Sunrise, Pikes Peak
- View at sunrise of the stone Army Signal Station on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Sunrises & sunsets--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- On the summit of Pikes Peak
- View of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive and passenger car at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso, County, Colorado. Men and women stand in a boulder field outside the stone Army Signal Station.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1880-1890.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boulders--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Summit of Pikes Peak, Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
- Men and women stand in a boulder field near a Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway train on the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. A photographer sets up his camera. Shows the stone Army Signal Station and an outhouse.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1880-1890.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boulders--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Train at summit of Pikes Peak M & P.P. Ry.
- View of a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway locomotive and passenger car on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows the one story, stone Army Signal Station. A nearby rock is inscribed: "B.G. Robbins. Colo Spgs. 8-10-90 P.P. or...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Signal...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Summit of Pikes Peak
- View of the summit of Pikes Peak with the stone Army Signal Station, El Paso County, Colorado. Snow is on the ground.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Summit of Pikes Peak
- View of the stone Army Signal Corps Weather Station at the summit of Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. The stone two-story building has windows and an iron observation platform with stairs. Granite boulders and snow are on the ground.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [1901?]