Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bakerville, Colorado
- View of log buildings at Bakerville (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a two story building with a gabled roof and chimneys, a fenced yard, cabins and possibly a barn. Hillsides have patches of trees and have probably been logged. A dirt road is...
- Bakerville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Quayle Creek (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Colorado--Bakerville--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Bakerville--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868?]
- 10th Mountain Division 126th Engineering Battalion Company A
- Group portrait (standing, sitting) of the 10th (Tenth) Mountain Division, 126th Engineering Battalion Company A in uniform at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. A number "6731" is displayed on the ground at the edge of the first row. TOP ROW: 1)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 126th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Rosa Kruse
- Studio bust portrait of Rosa Catherine Kruse, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kruse's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled tightly back in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice is made of a sheer fabric, and neat rows...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kruse, Rosa Catherine.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Ready to board "no. 9"
- Men in women in Victorian costumes pose beside a Pullman "sleeping car" no. 9. The women wear long dresses, and hats. The men wear suits and top hats. The costumes have ruffles, embroidery, and lace.
- Costumes--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- c1923
- 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
- Miners cabin in the Rockys [sic], Colo.
- A miner, in a striped suit with a pick axe, poses next to a log cabin in possibly Clear Creek County, Colorado. The cabin has a gabled roof, a metal chimney, a dirt roof and a sign in a window that reads: "[C]rocker [& Co.] Crac[kers], Denver."...
- Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Cossack acrobat on horseback
- A Russian GEorgian Cossack acrobat performs tricks on a horse in the center foreground while other riders ride near him in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man stands on top of his horse. He is wearing a long, dark coat and a wool...
- Cossacks--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1880-1900.; Horse shows--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901]
- Cossack (Georgian) acrobats on horseback
- Russian Georgian Cossack acrobats perform tricks on horseback while riding in an arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The rider in the left midground does a handstand and holds his legs up in the air. The man in the center midground dangles by...
- Cossacks--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1880-1900.; Horse shows--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901]
- Grammar school at Adams City
- The four-room grammar school building in Adams City, Adams County, Colorado was built in 1907. The light colored brick building features a rambling floorplan with two stories. The two end sections have hipped roofs and open double-hung windows. A...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams City--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1910.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Distant view of Camp Apache, Arizona
- Panoramic view of log or frame buildings with gabled roofs at Fort Apache, Arizona. Shows a flagpole, dirt roads, livestock and a building, possibly a barn, under construction. Trees are on mesas.
- Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Arizona--Fort Apache--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Empire
- View of the wood framed, gabled residences, sheds and barns of Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows dirt roads, Douglas and Columbian Mountains, a bridge over West Fork Clear Creek, fences, and scattered stones. A man and a woman stand on a...
- Empire (Colo.)--1870-1880.; West Fork Clear Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Empire--1870-1880.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Empire--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Empire--1870-1880.
- [1870 and 1880?]
- Buffalo Bill with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback with members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, probably while touring in Paris. A dog sled and several dogs are in the foreground. The driver of the sled, wearing a large fur hat,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Nate Salsbury
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on a wood chair in front of his tent, probably while touring with the show in Paris. He has his right leg crossed over his left and holds his hands on the end of a cane. His...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Olivia C. Liddell
- Studio bust portrait of Olivia Caroline Liddell, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Liddell's bangs are curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a chain necklace with bead pendants. Her dress has a bertha collar and fabric...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Liddell, Olivia C. (Olivia Caroline); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Rancho de Taos
- Stereographic view of flat-roofed, adobe buildings along a plaza, either in Taos or the Ranchos de Taos in New Mexico; scene includes: white picket fence, small trees with bare branches in the plaza, dirt paths, and a two-story building with a a...
- Taos (N.M.)--1870-1900.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos--1870-1900.; Fences--New Mexico--Taos--1870-1900.; Plazas--New Mexico--Taos--1870-1900.; Trees--New Mexico--Taos--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Co. D 5th U.S. Artillery
- Members of the 5th U.S. Artillery ride horses pulling caissons into an arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear helmets and uniforms. Empty bleachers are underneath a large tent in the background.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army--Artillery.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- View in Zuni
- A Native American (Zuni) man in a headband poses near a ladder on an adobe rooftop at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. A person sits near clay pots, woven baskets and ristras. An adobe horno (oven) is near a stone wall. Dwellings have stone wall coping,...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni architecture--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Ladders--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.;...
- [1879]
- Trinidad 1913, coal strike
- Men, probably in Colorado National Guard uniforms with flat brimmed hats and knickers, stand and pose on a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive derailed in deep snow in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard.--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Militias--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Alma Junction
- Men and a child pose in front of a one-story frame depot building beside a Denver South Park and Pacific train at Alma Junction (Park County), Colorado. Steam rises from the locomotive near a water tower. Shows patches of snow on mountains in the...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Alma Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alma Junction--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Alma Junction--1880-1890.
- 1889
- West Colfax Viaduct
- View of a cement mixer and the West Colfax Viaduct during a delay in construction in Denver, Colorado. Sunflowers grow near the machinery.
- Concrete mixers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Hotel, Hahn's Peak
- Men and women pose outside a three-story Hotel in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Men and women sit or stand on the porch of a frame building with a gabled roof and a corner entrance on Main Street. A log cabin and laundry on a clothesline are...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1912]
- The Old school house, Amity, Colo.
- View of a frame school building with a cupola and finial near a dirt road in the Salvation Army colony at Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Picket and barbed wire fences are beside the road, and probably a farm house is near the school.
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Old Town Grand Lake, Colo.
- Two men drive a burro-driven cart down a dirt road in the community of Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman and three children stand nearby and watch. Wood frame buildings are in the distance.
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Ophir
- Men and women mounted on horses and mules pose in front of a house on a dirt road in the town of Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. The house frame house has ornate porch brackets. A barn and hills are in the distance.
- Ophir (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ophir--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ophir--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ophir--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of restaurant in a canvas tent on a rustic log frame in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado; the canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Apex, Colo
- A woman and a dog sit on a hill overlooking the town of Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses, commercial buildings, log cabins and clear cut land strewn with logs.
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gerardi's Market corner Main and Maple
- Jim Gerardi stands behind his Ford pickup truck in front of his grocery store in Trinidad, Colorado. A boy stands on a sidewalk as a customer comes out of the Piggly Wiggly store next door. Lettering on the pickup reads: "Gerardi's," "Meats,"...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business people--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Grocery Stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Gerardi, Jim.
- ca. 1922
- Telluride, looking north east
- View looking northeast over Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows the brick county courthouse with a tower, the American House hotel, Rio Grande Southern tracks and depot and the San Juan mountains.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1893?]
- At Bent Co. Fair
- Panoramic view of teams of oxen hitched to covered wagons on a race track at the Bent County Fair in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows crowds of men, women and children beside a fenced track, parked cars and people in a frame announcer's...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cover wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Fairs--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Ox teams--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Presbyterian Church & S.S.
- View of the Presbyterian Church in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Children in the Sunday school and probably teachers or parents pose in front of the Carpenter Gothic church. The clapboard building has a bell tower with louvered, pointed...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Sunday schools--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1898, November
- Golconda placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine near Summitville in Rio Grand County, Colorado. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men work near the trench. Mount Hesperus (Hesperus Mountain) is in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hesperus Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Golconda extension placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine in Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Shows wood plank building, log cabin, and tent. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men are in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- 15th Street, Denver
- View of trolley cars on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at the intersection of Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men stand beside commercial buildings; sit on horse-drawn wagons; or stand on trolley cars with numbers and lettering that read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Mining machinery
- A group of men stand at the base of a tall wood headframe that extends over a mine shaft possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The frame houses mechanical works that serve as a lift for ore cars.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Ramey Mine
- Workmen pose at the base of a hill where they are building an incline track at Ramey mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shaped logs lay perpendicular to a low even trench. A few iron rails lay across the logs.
- Ramey (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.; Inclined railroads--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Street scene, Rouse Colo.
- A group of boys in overalls stand at the end of a wide dirt road in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows two rows of identical miner's 4-room square clapboard houses with hipped roofs and central...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Rouse (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Workers at the coke ovens at El Moro
- Workers pose near the opening of a coke oven in the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man holds a trowel and leans against the oven. An old man holds a rake and another man balances a steel rod that extends into the oven.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Starkville
- A group of men and boys stand near a two story frame clapboard building in the mining camp of Starkville (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man, probably of Hispanic heritage, stands near a sack of flour. Other sacks are stacked nearby. A dog sits...
- Company towns--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Workers at coke oven
- Workers with shovels and rakes stand near a row of coke ovens in an unidentified coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Some men stand and sit on train cars loaded with coal. Smoke rises from the ovens.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Coke industry--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Laborers--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- Hard rock miners
- A group of miners pose outside a mine entrance possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work pants, jackets and hats. Several men hold candles that are mounted on metal rods. Some of the miners may be Hispanic or Italian.
- Miners--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- DeBusk Store & Post Office, Hoehne, Colorado
- Sam W. DeBusk and a group of men stand near the DeBusk store in Hoehne, Las Animas County, Colorado. Sam DeBusk wears a light colored shirt, a vest and stands near the front porch of the store. Other men are mounted on horses. One young man stands...
- DeBusk Store & Post Office (Hoehne, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoehne (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business people--Colorado--Hoehne--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Hoehne--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Hoehne--1910-1920.; DeBusk, Sam W.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Bebee [sic] House, Idaho Springs
- People pose on the porch of the Beebee House hotel in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story clapboard hotel has decorative brackets beneath a second story balcony with a railing. Men wear flat brimmed hats and suits. Women...
- Beebee House (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1860-1890.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1890.
- [between 1869 and 1881]
- [Basal]tic Canon. Mouth of Tower Creek
- View of the pentagonal basaltic bluffs in a canyon identified as Basaltic Canyon on Tower Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Old Faithful Geyser
- People watch as Old Faithful Geyser erupts in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Yosemite Valley, trail to Columbia Rock
- A man leans against a tree on the trail to Columbia Rock, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Trails & paths--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Palm walk, Long Beach
- Tall palm trees flank a walkway in a park in Long Beach (Los Angeles County), California. Shows flowers, planting beds, and trees.
- Long Beach (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Gardens--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.; Palms--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.; Parks--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.; Walkways--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Palm walk, Long Beach
- Tall palm trees flank a walkway in a park in Long Beach (Los Angeles County), California. Shows flowers, planting beds, and trees.
- Long Beach (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Flowers--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.; Palms--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.; Parks--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.; Walkways--California--Long Beach--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- M. & P.P. Ry around Windy Point
- Three men stand in the passenger car of a Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway train on Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Lettering on the side of the car reads: "Manitou and Pikes Peak R.R., Denver." Lettering on the side of the locomotive reads:...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- The Tabor Grand, Leadville
- View of the Tabor Grand Hotel, Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The four-story building has a mansard roof, dormers and widow's walks.
- Tabor Grand Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1885?]