Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sweet Ranch, Carbondale Dist.
- Right side of panorama view looks south over pioneer agriculturalist F. E. Sweet's potato fields, near Carbondale, Colorado, to Mount Sopris.
- Sweet, Frank E.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Pike's Peak
- View of snow-covered Pikes Peak from Monument Creek near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- U.S.R.S. Headquarters at St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A white man and a Native American Flathead (Salish) man stand on a dirt road in front of the headquarters buildings at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. A windmill, water tank, and flag pole tower over the...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; United States Reclamation Service--Buildings--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- 1909 August 15
- Helena Finley and husband with young chief in his arms - father of Miss Finley stooping, Flathead Project
- A group of Native American Flatheads (Salish), identified as the Finleys, pose on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. The husband holds a young chief in his arms as his wife, Helena (Helen) Finley, stands nearby. Helena's father stoops in...
- Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Families--Montana--1900-1910.; Finley, Helen.
- August, 1909
- Typical Indian home - Flathead Reservation near old Mission at St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) man and boy pose on a carriage in front of their home at the Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. The cabin is constructed of hewn logs and has a gable roof, a door bay, and a...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Montana--1900-1910.; Log...
- August, 1909
- New Catholic Church (left), old type of cabin built years ago and Indian tepee between, Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A Native American (Flathead) man poses with his horse in front of a tepee at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead reservation in western Montana. To one side of him stand old log cabins, and in the distance is a newly constructed Catholic Church.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Montana--1900-1910.; Log...
- August, 1909
- Old log cabin occupied by Indian - Dirty John - located at old Mission, Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Mont., Flathead Project
- View of a Native American (Flathead) man and two other men outside of a hewn log cabin, home of Dirty John, with a sod roof and chinking, at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Montana--1900-1910.; Dirty John Salish...
- August, 1909
- Old burying grounds at Mission - St. Ignatius, Mont., Flathead Reservation, Flathead Project
- Grave sites surrounded by wooden fences occupy an open field near the Saint Ignatius Catholic Church at the Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation for Native Americans in western Montana. The church is a brick structure with a clipped...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Structures--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Montana--1900-1910.;...
- August, 1909
- Characteristic scene in and about old Mission, St. Ignatius, showing type of buildings occupied by Indians, Flathead Project
- A young Native American (Flathead) stands looking back on a tepee and log cabins at the Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead reservation in western Montana.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Structures--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Montana--1900-1910.;...
- August, 1909
- Flathead reservation, near Polson, Mont., Flathead Project
- Three young Native Americans (Flathead) stand in front of a tepee on the Flathead Reservation near Polson, Montana. Shows tepees and a group of adults huddled in a circle.
- Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- August, 1909
- South to picturesque Wolpi, a mesa village of Hopi Indians, Arizona
- View south across mesa to Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona, shows Native American Hopi Pueblo men sitting on rock outcroppings with the multi-story adobe house blocks in distance.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hopi Indian woman's occupation-baby nursing and basket-weaving, Oraibi, Arizona
- A Native American Hopi Pueblo woman poses with a nursing baby and a young naked boy; she displays a basket she is weaving, Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona. Animal pelts hang outside the adobe house entrance.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Basket...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 7th Cav coming into camp from Wounded Knee fight with Big Foots Band, Pine Ridge Agcy S.D.
- View of the Seventh Cavalry on horseback riding in a long column over the plains enroute to the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded...
- [November 1890?]
- Alice Good Horse
- Seated portrait of Alice Good Horse, a Native American Sioux woman, posed outside on a fur skin rug over the snow covered ground, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. She wears braids, a dress with a blanket around her waist, metal rings, bracelets,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Good Horse, Alice.
- [1890 or 1891]
- She Went Through a Crowd
- Seated portrait of She Went Through a Crowd, a Native American Sioux woman, posed outside on a fur skin rug over the snow covered ground, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. She wears braids, a dress with a shawl, metal earrings, necklace, rings and...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; She Went...
- [1891?]
- Lieu. Cloman's troop of Indian scouts P.R. Agency S.D.
- Lieutenant Cloman poses with his horse mounted troops of Native American Oglala Sioux scouts, during a drill in a snowstorm on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. They wear uniforms with fur caps and mittens and hold rifles. Tepees, wall...
- United States. Army.--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Military service--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indian scouts--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North...
- 1891
- Alfalfa and wheat
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows field of cut alfalfa, ranch with frame gable house, wagons, sheds, planted tree windbreaks, haystacks, and cut and shieved wheat piles in background.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two men standing in alfalfa and large hay stacks.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, in the South Platte Valley; shows man in derby hat next to a waist high pile and haystacks in distance.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Cane
- Colorado Front Range cane (sorghum) field, possibly in the South Platte Valley.
- Sorghum--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Colorado corn
- Colorado Front Range corn field, possibly in the South Platte River Valley; man (in chest high tasseled rows of corn) wears suit jacket, tie and hat, smokes a pipe.
- Corn--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Harvesting celery
- Long line of men and women harvesting celery crop in the Platte River Valley, Front Range, Colorado; view west to foothills, and possibly the Indian Peaks; shows stacked wooden crates, two horse-drawn wagons parked in field, and two horses hitched...
- Celery--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Irrigation ditch
- Colorado Front Range (?) farm with full irrigation ditch and cottonwood tree; shows concrete gate with metal doors, hipped roof farmhouse, wood structures, barn, sheds, and farm equipment.
- Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Millet
- Colorado Front Range millet field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two-story house with windmill, farm equipment, barns, and sheds across fenced road.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Millet--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Tomatoes
- Tomato plants in an irrigated field in the Platte River Valley, Front Range, Colorado; large lush leafy plants with thick vines support many tomatoes.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tomatoes--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Feeding the chipmonk [sic]
- A woman, her hair in a bun, and child, both in long dresses, sit on the steps of a mining cabin feeding a waffle to a chipmunk, in (possibly) Shaeffer, Silverton district, Colorado; shows liquor bottle and coffee pot on table, a barrel, a bucket,...
- Animal feeding--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Sunset on the Collegiate Range, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View towards Collegiate Peaks near Buena Vista, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains. Sun filters through stratus and cirrus clouds.
- Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sunrises & sunsets--Colorado--Sawatch Range--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Moffat Tunnel, East Portal
- Close up of East Portal Moffat Tunnel, Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Tunnel through Continental Divide, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows tunnel entrance and ventilating plant, railroad tracks, power lines, "No Trespassing" sign above white rocks placed...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.
- [between 1927 and 1928]
- Twin Lakes, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View across Twin Lakes, Colorado, towards Rocky Mountains reached via Colorado Midland Railway; row boats on shore and in lake.
- Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rowboats--Colorado--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Vista of Mt. Princeton, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View toward Mount Princeton (elevation 14,197 feet) near Buena Vista, Colorado, from Colorado Midland Railway; shows Collegiate Peaks and Sawatch Range.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Chaffee County--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cottages, Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Woods Lake Resort with log cabins or cottages at edge of Woods Lake, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows over ten log cabins, one main log building with unhitched carriage near large stack of...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- A fine days catch at Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- A wicker creel overflows with trout caught at Woods Lake, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; fishing poles and nets are on the ground.
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Trout--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Gods flower garden, Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of wildflowers on hillside near Woods Lake, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; includes Indian paintbrush and columbines.
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Wildflowers--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Grand Lake outlet
- View of east inlet of Grand Lake, Colorado with Mt. Cairns, Mt. Craig, Mt. Adams, Mt. Wescott, Mt. Patterson and fog in the background. A footbridge spans the water; trees cast a reflection.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Wescott, Mount...
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Red Mtn., Elk Range from Scofield [sic] Pass
- View of Red Mountain in Elk Mountains from Schofield Pass above Marble, Colorado; meadow, snowfield, Rocky Mountains.
- Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Red Mountain (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Schofield Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Mojave Indians & grain stores
- Two Native American (Mohave) men, a woman, and a boy pose near a timber platform with a store of sheaves of grain on top. The child sits on the ground, the three adults stand near the platform. One man wears a light colored shirt, the other man...
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Mohave Indians--1880-1910.; Boys--1880-1910.; Granaries--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Summer boarders at Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of summer boarders or lodgers at Woods Lake Resort, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men, women, and children pose under porch area of log cabin; men wear suits, overalls, lace-up boots, hats.
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Tourists at Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of tourists or lodgers at Woods Lake Resort, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men, women, children, and a dog sit on long wooden bench; one man holds folded fishing pole, another man holds...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Partial view of Woods Lake and Woods Lake Resort (a summer fishing resort), eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows eight or more log cabins nestled near opposite shore of the pristine mountain lake.
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Mountain road
- View of dirt road on rock mountainside with snow capped Abrams Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Chapman's Lake near Nast, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Partial view of Chapman Lake near Nast, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; lily pads in lake, man or woman fishing from raft, center right; heavily forested shoreline; Rocky Mountains, distant background.
- Chapman Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Nast (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Nast, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Nast--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Nast--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Crystal River Valley from Red Mtn., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Aerial view of Roaring Fork River & valley from Red Mountain near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Crystal River just about to join up with Roaring Fork River but actual junction is out of view, center right; wooden bridge...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Fishing in the Frying Pan at Nast, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two men & one woman fishing in Fryingpan River at Nast, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; woman in stream (water to knees) with skirt on, men with canvas creels, fishing poles.
- Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Nast (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Nast--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Twin Lakes, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Partial view of Twin Lakes, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway with John F. Campion's Country Villa on opposite shore; small electric plant or powerhouse near shore, residence; Rocky Mountains, background.
- Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake); Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Back from the hunt, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated in camp, one man with knee-high gaiters holding rifle in one hand and one dead grouse or pheasant in other; second man holding one dead...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Continental Divide from Horse Ranch, Estes Park
- View towards Continental Divide of Rocky Mountains from Horse Ranch (or Sheep Lake), Estes Park, Colorado; clouds top the peaks.
- Rocky Mountains--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Fishing in the Frying Pan, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of man fishing in Fryingpan River possibly near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shrub & tree-lined shoreline, thigh-high rubber waders, fishing pole.
- Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- The Frying Pan at Norrie, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of man fishing in Fryingpan River near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shrub & tree-lined shoreline; glimpse of Norrie, center background.
- Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Mt. Wilson
- View towards Mount Wilson (elevation 14,246 feet), San Miguel County, Colorado; San Miguel Range, Rocky Mountains; Franklin Roosevelt Peak later called Wilson Peak.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Miguel Mountains (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wilson, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Outdoor life in the Rocky Mtns., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Men pose near Norrie (Pitkin County), Colorado (reached via Colorado Midland Railway) with game birds (pheasant or grouse?) and trout. Outfits include gaiters, rubber waders, and Montana peak hats. Gear includes fishing poles, a wicker creel, a...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]