Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 31, 1910 July 30
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 25, 1911 June 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 21, 1909 July 10
- Main Street, Strasburg, Colo.
- Shows unpaved Main Street, Strasburg, Colorado; includes general merchandise, hotel, restaurant and hardware buildings, cars and horse- drawn wagon on street, and school at end of street.
- Strasburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Strasburg--1910-1920.
- 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
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Streets. Florida avenue west
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Streets. Florida avenue (west}
- West Colfax neighborhood plan: West Colfax on the Rise.
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking south down unpaved Main Street in Central City, Colorado, at about 9:00 a.m. The buildings consist of one and two-story clapboard storefronts with false fronts and rectangular windows. The street is littered with building materials,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking north on Main Street toward Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The block consists of mostly wooden, clapboard, one and two-story storefronts. The unpaved street is littered with garbage and debris. In the foreground, two men,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Del Norte residences
- Wood-frame houses are built along an unpaved street in the town of Del Norte, Colorado in Rio Grande County. Architectural elements of the buildings include one and two-stories, gables, a bay window, and chimneys. A wood-picket fence surrounds the...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Del Norte--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Durango, Colo.
- Teams of oxen are lined up behind one another in the middle of the unpaved street in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County as they pull a building down a street. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and watch the spectacle. In the background, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ox teams--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Cooper Ave. - Later Grand Ave. Glenwood Springs
- Men congregate outside of a commercial building, "Blake & Putman General Mercahndise" along unpaved Cooper Avenue (later Grand Avenue) in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. A child rides a...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Boulder County
- A wagon driver negotiates his team of four horses through the unpaved streets of the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County. A second wagon pulled by a team of horses is across from the first team.
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Gold Hill--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Lamar, Colo.
- View of the Lamar, Colorado, business district including one and two-story wood-frame and commercial storefronts along unpaved street. Horse-drawn wagons are in front of buildings. Men congregate on boardwalk in front of buildings. Signs: "A. D....
- Lamar (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Lamar--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Christ Church & rectory, Aspen, Colo.
- Christ Church in Aspen, Colorado, is a one-story, wood building with a gabled roof, chimney, and arched stained-glass windows. A transom is over the entry door; a cross is atop the gable. Steps lead from the unpaved street to the entry of the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Christ Church (Aspen, Colo.)
- 1887 December 11
- Tres Peidras, N.M.
- Men stand in a line in front of the "Hord & Farwell Groceries, Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Clothing & C" storefront. Buildings along the street include one and two-story commercial storefronts with cornices and flat roofs. Garbage and...
- Tres Piedras (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Gold Hill - 9000 feet above sea level, Colorado
- Members of the mining community of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County gather along unpaved Main Street. Signs: "The Gold Hill Billiard Hall and Temple Room."
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gold Hill--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 4th of July
- Firemen ride in horse-drawn carts down an unpaved street in La Junta, Colorado in Otero County. They wear their uniforms and hats. American flags decorate the carts. A wood-frame building with a belltower is in the background.
- Fourth of July--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.; La Junta (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Celebration, Glenwood Spgs., Col.
- A parade proceeds down unpaved Grand Avenue in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. A man walks down the street holding a suitcase. Marchers passing under a bridge designed and constructed by...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- 1891 April 27
- Formerly "Jimtown," now Creede, Colo.
- Pedestrians walk along unpaved Main Street in Creede, Colorado (Jimtown/Upper Creede), in Mineral County. Horse drawn carts wait at the side of the street. Architectural features of the commercial storefronts include cornices, bay windows,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- A Street in Creede, no. 3
- Citizens of the town of Creede, Colorado (Mineral County) stand in front of a commercial building along an unpaved street. Architectural elements of the buildings include one-story structures with clapboard siding, gables, flat roofs, and chimneys....
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Creede main street as it looked in 1896
- People stand on the sidewalk in front of commercial storefronts on the unpaved street in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural elements include one and two-story, wood-frame and masonry buildings, with flat roofs,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Main St. Delta, Colo, Dennis and Carol G.
- A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to...
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Laird, Colorado
- View looking down an unpaved street in Laird, Colorado in Yuma County. Buildings along street include one and two-story commercial storefronts with false fronts; one person stands in front of store.
- Laird (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1899
- First National Bank Durango, Colorado
- The First National Bank Block is located on the corner of Main Street in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County. People stand outside the building on the sidewalk. A horse-drawn buggy is on the unpaved street next to the building. Architectural...
- Durango (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Durango--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Durango--1900-1910.
- 1901
- West Cliff, Colo. Wet Mountain Valley
- View looking down unpaved Main Street in Westcliffe (also known as Clifton and West Cliff), Custer County, Colorado. One and two-story wood-frame and masonry residences along street with snowcapped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Main Street, Central City
- View of unpaved Main Street in Central City, Colorado; shows a portion of a horse team at the right, a man wearing a white cowboy hat walking across the street, and a dog standing in the middle of the street. Old City Hall, has a "Restaurant" sign...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- 1902
- We went to Lamar, and brought home the bacon
- Ten firemen are harnessed to a hose reel for a race on an unpaved street in La Junta, Colorado in Otero County. Two other firemen stand behind the hosereel and lean against it. Brick commercial storefronts are along the street. Signs:...
- La Junta (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--La Junta--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Colo. Glenwood Springs
- People congregate around St. Barnabas's Episcopal Church in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The clapboard building along the unpaved street has a front steeple, arched wondows, and wood trim.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.
- 1905
- New Castle, Colo.
- View down the unpaved main street in the town of New Castle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows commercial storefronts and a dust cloud. Burning Mountain is in the distance.
- Burning Mountain (Garfield County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; New Castle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial Streets--Colorado--New Castle--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--New Castle--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Aspen, Colo. fire department
- Fire fighters (dressed in shorts and sleeveless shirts) are harnessed to a hose reel ready for a race on an unpaved Aspen, Colorado, street. Four men stand behind the hose reel ready to push. A man in a white, long-sleeved shirt, a vest,...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Racing--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Burlington, Colo.
- Costumed members of a parade sit in decorated wagons on an unpaved road in Burlington, Colorado (Kit Carson County). Drawn by teams of horses, the carts are decorated with stars and stripes printed fabric. A man sits on a light-colored horse next...
- Burlington (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Burlington--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Main St. Bachelor
- Wood-frame, one and two story, false-front, commercial storefronts line unpaved Main Street in Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County. Boardwalks are on both sides of the street and telegraph posts are along one side. A small, one story, wood-frame...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Bachelor--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Bachelor--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Team of burros
- View of men and boys wearing overalls sitting on burros or standing on a wagon in front of the Adams house, Aspen, Colorado; boys wearing breeches and jackets stand on unpaved street next to the burro drawn wagon.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Dillon, Colo. in 1910
- Men walk along an unpaved street in the town of Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County. The buildings along the street include one and two- story commercial storefronts with gables, cornices, false fronts, and storefront windows. Signs: "City...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Dillon--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Dillon--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Western slope
- Carts and wagons pulled by horses are in the middle of an unpaved street in the town of Delta, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the one and two-story, commercial, buildings include wood-frame and masonry construction, false...
- Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1910-1900.
- 1910
- Columbia River Highway, La Tourelle [sic] Falls
- View of Latourell Falls, a 224 foot waterfall from a basalt rock overhang on unpaved Columbia River Highway (U.S. Route 30) in Multnomah County, Oregon. Shows a bridge with a low Art Deco style abutment of reinforced concrete and steel, lush...
- Columbia River Highway (Or.)--1910-1920.; Latourell Falls (Or.)--1910-1920.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Oregon--Multnomah County--1910-1920.; Roads--Oregon--Multnomah County--1910-1920.; Waterfalls--Oregon--Multnomah...
- 1914
- Del Norte
- People gather on an unpaved Del Norte, Colorado (Rio Grande County) street. The spectators include several men dressed in suits, and young boys, some of whom have bicycles. The buildings include one and two story, masonry, commercial buildings....
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Del Norte--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Del Norte--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Del Norte--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 10, 11 and 12, 1923 October-December
- Street scenes, Main St. of Delta
- Cars are parked perpendicular to the sidewalk along an unpaved street, lined with one and two-story commercial storefronts, in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County. Telephone wires are strung across the street. Signs include: "Rooms,"...
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Citizen's Bank only one in world heated by natural water
- A man, a woman, and a child stand on the street corner near the Citizen's Bank in Pagosa Springs, Colorado in Archuleta County. A gas pump is along the sidewalk in front of the building. Piles of dirt are in front of the building on the unpaved...
- Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Grandview Avenue looking northeast
- Sprague Rodda, Ray and Billy, grandchildren of Henry J. Juchem pose on a Grandview Avenue sidewalk, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. Billy, a young girl on a tricycle is next to the two other children standing. Background includes wood frame...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 8, 9 and 10, 1926 August-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 5 and 6, 1928 May-June
- Report and Recommendations Concerning Street Railway Transportation in the City of Denver
- Evening performance crowd waiting for the Opera House doors to open
- Image of a large crowd standing on unpaved Eureka Street facing the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado, possibly waiting to see "Camille". It is evening, and tree branches, a bright light, and a cloud of smoke are in the upper left...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City Opera House.
- 1932
- Bailey, Colorado
- A two story, wood-frame building with a hipped roof, gablets, large, store windows, and screen doors is "McGraws Groceries and Meats, Dry Goods, Shoes, Stationery, Hardware, Tires & Tubes, Hay & Grain," a convenience store. Steps at the side of the...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; General stores--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Bell ringer Opera House Central City, Colorado
- Photograph of a Central City Opera House Bell Ringer. He is standing in the middle of unpaved Eureka Street with his back toward the Opera House. He is dressed completely in a black frock coat with satin lapels, black trousers, and black, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bells--Colorado--Central City--1830-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City Opera House.
- 1933