Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 12, 1911 March 18
- 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
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas
- Well dressed people, probably part of an excursion, pose near a locomotive and train near Hanging Bridge, on the Arkansas River, in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows steep canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Beaver Brook Station
- A view of the Beaver Brook station on the Colorado Central Railroad in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows an excursion train with passenger cars beside Clear Creek. A pile of logs is beside the train. A pavilion, water tank and...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1880.; Pavilions--Colorado--Beaver...
- [between 1871 and 1880?]
- Zephyr in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
- A crowd is gathered around the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Denver Zephyr on its first trip to Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Shows the railroad station, a water tower and mesas in the distance.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1930-1940.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1930-1940.;...
- 1934 Jun. 16
- R.R. graders dining hall
- Union Pacific Railroad construction workers sit and eat at rustic wooden tables in a wood and canvas lean-to in Rawlins (Carbon County), Wyoming. The men wear hats and work clothes. The table is set with metal eating implements and dishes.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1880-1890.; Rawlins (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Eating & drinking--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Employee eating facilities--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Lean-tos--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1883 and 1887?]
- Railroad tracks and snow
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks in Colorado. Shows snow covered mountains and a valley.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Powerhouse, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver
- Men stand near the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy power house near West 48th and Fox Streets in Denver, Colorado. The brick power house with a smokestack is flanked by a viaduct with utility pipes. Railroad tracks are seen alongside the power plant.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Saguache snowslide, 60 ft.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Animas Canyon, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows timber beams at the entrance to the snow shed and a man next to vertical snow walls.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Snowsheds--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Royal Gorge
- View of the cliffs of the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado shows mountains in the distance.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- 1880?
- Colorado Central, Georgetown Loop
- Men pose on Colorado Central locomotive number 8 above Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A train in the distance is seen on a bridge surrounded by a snow-covered mountainous landscape. The Devil's Gate High Bridge is in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1880?]
- Railroad workers
- Three railroad workers sit on a sawhorse near a railroad car. The men are dressed in work clothes and one man wears a cap.
- Railroad employees--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Santa Cruz
- A group of men, members of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stand on the edge of a cliff in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County), California. The men are all dressed in suits and hats and point to a man below poised on a ledge on...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Santa Cruz (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Cliffs--California--Santa Cruz--1910-1920.; Men--California--Santa Cruz--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Cascades at the head of Cunningham Gulch
- A view of the cascades at the head of Cunningham Gulch shows a heavily forested area in San Juan County, Colorado.
- Cunningham Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the...
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- View from the summit of King Solomon Mt.
- A view of a group of men and a horse at the summit of King Solomon Mountain in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a mountainous snow-covered landscape with the peaks of the San Juan Mountain range in the distance.
- King Solomon Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Horses--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.;...
- [1871?]
- Head of Borens Gulch, Sierra La Plata
- A view of Borens Gulch in la Plata County, Colorado shows snowfields and fallen trees.
- La Plata County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; La Plata Mountains (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Arroyos--Colorado--La Plata County--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--La Plata County--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1875]
- Cave Ruins in the bluffs overhanging the San Juan River
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. A man is seen near the ruins on a ledge with the river below the cliffs. Probably a camera bellows and lens is on a ledge...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; San Juan River...
- [1871?]
- Mountain City bridge
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train on a wooden trestle bridge at Packard Gulch near Mountain City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Men are in and on top of the train. Buildings are on a hillside in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Packard Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Trestles--Colorado--Mountain...
- [between 1878?]
- D&RG Locomotive
- Workers and the engineer stand near and on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Baldwin locomotive number 902 in work clothes in Colorado. Twin boys in matching suits and caps stand on the the front of the engine near the cowcatcher.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Twins--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River
- A work party and well dressed men stand next to Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tracks in the Royal Gorge beside the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Railroad construction &...
- 1879?
- First bridge, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado
- View of Huntsman's Bridge over Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Colorado Central narrow gauge tracks are on the bridge, shows a stone retaining wall.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- 1870
- At the opening in the rocks at the hanging bridge in the Royal Gorge
- Two men sit on rocks in a fissure near Hanging Bridge in Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows a section of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Royal Gorge Grand Canyon of the Arkansas
- View of Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad three rail tracks beside the Arkansas River. The steel plate girder bridge is suspended by two cables from cross beams installed into the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1894
- Golden City
- View of Golden, Colorado, which sits between Table Mountain and Castle Rock.
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1878]
- Golden City
- View of Washington Avenue, main street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows two-story brick blocks and wood frame false front buildings. Signs read: "Avenue Hotel," "Cigar Factory," "Ward, Clothing, Hats, Boots," and "Furniture." Pedestrians,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1880]
- Washington Av. Golden
- View of Washington Avenue, main street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the Avenue Hotel on the right, on the left is Koenig's Mercantile (W. A. H. Loveland Building, where Territorial Congress met from 1862-1867) with mansard roof and...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.
- [1873]
- Golden Gate
- View of entrance to Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows toll road leading to Black Hawk, Central City and Nevadaville.
- Golden Gate Canyon (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1880.; Toll roads--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Huntsman's
- View of Huntsman's Bridge, on the Clear Creek Line of the Colorado Central Railroad just west of Chimney Gulch, on Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows a wooden railroad trestle bridge built on a stone block...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1880?]
- Chestnut Street from Harrison Avenue
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado; shows muddy street, horse drawn wagons and covered wagons, and pedestrians. Business signs include "Boot & Shoe Store," "St. James Restuarant," "Drugstore,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Mining shaft
- View of mine windlass and log structures near Stirling City (Sterling City, Park County ? ), Colorado.
- Sterling City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Sterling City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Sterling City--1870-1880.
- [between 1876 and 1880]
- Golden public school
- Exterior view of the Golden Public School (South School), Cheyenne Street, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the two-story brick structure with stone quoins, arch and keystones above windows, a double door entry, stone foundation and bracketed hip...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880]
- Golden, looking north
- Early view north over Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows a group of young boys playing in a open field with wood frame and brick buildings and the Rocky Mountain Front Range in the distance. Information printed on back of stereo card: "This...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Golden, looking east
- Early view east of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows wood frame and brick buildings along the gridlines of dirt streets, with North and South Table Mountains in background. A wash or irrigation ditch shows in foreground. Information printed...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Leadville or bust, Leadvill [sic] not busted
- View from a wooded slope west across the Arkansas River Valley and Leadville, Colorado, to the Continental Divide. The town consists of wood frame residences, barns, sheds, false fronts and smelting and ore sampling works.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1877-1879]
- Leadville, Colorado
- Early view of Leadville, Colorado with the tops of evergreens and mine tailings in the foreground. Wood frame barns and sheds with corrals and log cabins are in the middleground and mountain slopes in background.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Trees--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1879]
- Alma from the east
- A man in a white shirt, vest and hat leans on a tree stump on a hill above tailing piles and the Middle Fork of the South Platte River, in Alma, (elevation 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. The town, in the background, consists of wood frame...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, Colorado, U.S.A.
- View of the Hanging Bridge and the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad line with three rails and a stone retaining wall. The snow-covered granitic walls of the canyon are beside...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1898
- Virginia Canon
- View of Virginia Canyon, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows road beside a dry creek bed.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1860-1880.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Castle Rock, Golden
- Overview of Golden, Colorado, includes Castle Rock and fenced residences.
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877]
- Golden from Table Mountain
- Early view west from South Table Mountain over Golden City (Golden), Jefferson County, Colorado, shows wood frame and brick buildings along gridline dirt streets on both sides of Clear Creek. Information printed on back of stereo card: "This...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Toy cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard. It is constructed of a rectangular board, buckskin, red velveteen and canvas and decorated with copper, button, fringe, white, blue, red and yellow glass beads. The cradle has a hood and the front was...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Pagosa Hot Springs
- Men, women, and children gather around the edge of a large hot spring pool at Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Men stand near commercial buildings in the distance. Signs on businesses read: "J. N. Johnson, General Merchandise," and...
- Pagosa Springs (Colo. : Spring)--1890-1900.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Stumptown
- View of the Last Chance, Amethyst, and New York mines in Weaver, near Creed, in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows industrial buildings, tailings piles, and road with switch-backs.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; New York Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Filming a movie in Steamboat Springs
- Actors and actresses, members of the cast of the movie "The Wolves of the Street" directed by Otis Thayer and produced by the Art-O-Graph Film Company, pose near the corner of 9th (Ninth) St. and Lincoln in Steamboat Springs (Elbert County),...
- Art-O-Graph Film Company--People--1910-1920.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--American--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [1919]
- Cripple Creek, Colo., Schuchs' Building
- Men identified as Philip Schuch Jr. and Earl Akin stand in the door of an assay office, signs read: "Pittsburg - Colorado Sampling Works and Assay Office, Philip Schuch, Jr.," Cripple Creek, Colorado. The business is housed in a false front...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Assayers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1900.; Akin, Dean.; Akin, Earl.; Schuch, Philip.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- View of Main Street from Post Office
- View of Main Street from the corner of Ammons Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The post office is housed in a rusticated stone structure with arched windows. Shows commercial buildings and horse-drawn wagons.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Wet Mountain Valley
- View of the Lutheran church, parsonage, and a church related school in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. The church is a frame structure with a small steeple extending from the roof. The parsonage is a square house with a low pitched hipped...
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Church schools--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.; Lutheran churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.
- [between 1872 and 1900?]
- Pueblo, Colo.
- View of the city of Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows houses and a large building.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Prospect shaft on east side of Grouse Mtn., Cripple Creek
- Two miners stand near a headframe at a mining prospect on Grouse Mountain in the Cripple Creek mining district (Teller County), Colorado. A horse is hitched to a winch. The town of Victor is in the distance.
- Grouse Mountain (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horses--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Teller...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]