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
- 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
- West Colfax neighborhood plan: West Colfax on the Rise.
- Lower Creede
- Pedestrian and horse-drawn carts proceed down a bustling street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings includes clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900.]
- Mr. Daniel's tandem cart
- A horse-drawn tandem with a driver at the reins is parked on an unpaved street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A fence, houses, and mature trees are in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 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
- Buffalo Creek, Colo.
- An unpaved road with a wire fence on either side leads to the town of Buffalo Creek, Colorado, (Douglas County) in the Platte River Valley. Buildings include two two story buildings with gables and a two- story commercial structure with a flat...
- Buffalo Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Buffalo Creek--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- 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
- Street in Lower Creede
- Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts proceed down a busy street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings include clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Ouray and Mt. Abram [sic]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado and snow-covered Abrams Mountain. Shows stable, residences and unpaved street.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Ouray, Colorado
- An aerial view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado shows the town and The Amphitheater a small valley above the town. Wood frame houses, commercial and public buildings and unpaved streets are in the town.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Towns & cities--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- South Cheyenne Canon
- A view of South Cheyenne Canyon in El Paso County, Colorado, shows an unpaved road and trees with rock formations in the distance. A man stands near the edge of the road.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- c1899
- Aspen and Aspen Mountain
- A view of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado, and Aspen Mountain. Shows wood frame houses, churches, commercial and public buildings, unpaved streets and the Roaring Fork River.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Aspen and Aspen Mt.
- A view of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado and Aspen Mountain. Shows wood frame houses, barns and commercial buildings, unpaved streets and the Roaring Fork River. Railroad grades and pine trees are visible on Aspen Mountain.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Colorado Springs, Colorado and Pikes Peak
- A view of Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses with fenced yards, unpaved streets and horse-drawn carriages. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Glenwood Springs
- A view of Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado shows the Colorado River, the Yampah (Yampa) hot springs pools, a railroad grade, the downtown commercial district and unpaved streets.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1910.; Swimming...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak
- A view of Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows wood frame houses, unpaved streets, possibly schools and commercial buildings. The Rampart Range and Garden of the Gods are in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Rampart Range (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Walsen
- View of the coal mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rows of wood frame one story homes and unpaved streets. Smoke rises from the power plant chimney stacks.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Creede
- View of probably Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows commercial-style buildings, storefronts, people, sidewalks, unpaved road, parked cars and signs that read: "Conoco," "Good Year Tires," "Soapy Place" and "Creede Pool Hall and...
- Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mancos
- Unpaved Main Street in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, parked cars, store fronts, utility poles and a flagpole with a flag. Signs on buildings read: "Mancos, Colo. Post Office," "First National Bank," "Mesa Verde National...
- Mancos (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1935]
- Union Depot, Grand Junction
- View of Union Station in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has a hipped, tile roof; arched windows and doorway; columns; monumental pilasters; and a one-story addition. Cars are parked on the sides of a street and...
- Union Station (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945?]
- Streets - Monte Vista
- Unpaved street in the commercial district of Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Produce sacks are stacked on a parked, flatbed truck. Shows pedestrians, cars, electric street lampposts. Signs read: "Fassett," "Hotel La Veta," "Stow's,"...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Westside Neighborhood Plan
- Mountain Ave. Ft. Collins, Colo.
- Trolley number 21 passes through a commercial district in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. A second trolley is behind it. A pickup truck drives alongside of the trolley. Cars are parked along the sides of the unpaved street. ...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Street railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1940.; Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Fort Collins, Colo.)
- [between 1935 and 1940?]
- Madison Ave., Greeley
- A man stands in the middle of unpaved Madison Ave. in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. He wears trousers, a jacket, a buttoned vest, and a cap. Two and three-story commercial buildings are behind him. Two horse drawn carriages, as well as two...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1893]
- Ouray and Mt. Abram [sic]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado and snow-covered Abrams Mountain. Shows stable, residences and unpaved street.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Silverton and Kendal [sic] Mountain
- Panoramic view of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado; shows a grid of wide unpaved streets with wood frame houses, masonry commercial buildings, Congregational Church, the Grand Imperial Hotel with mansard roof and dormers. Kendall Mountain in...
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Main Street- Tucumcari, N. M.
- View of Main Street, Tucumcari, New Mexico. The unpaved street is lined with sidewalks and flat roofed buildings. Men, women and children stand and walk among hitched horses and wagons and an automobile. Some buildings have awnings, a hat lying on...
- Tucumcari (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--New Mexico--Tucumcari--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Natures sternness and loveliness, Grand River Canon, (WSW) Colo.
- A man sits on a rock near the shore of the Colorado river in Glenwood Canyon in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows an unpaved road, wood railings and a stone embankment along the shore of the river, and steep canyon walls.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Denver, NW corner 14th Ave & S 14th St (W 14th & Bannock)
- View of brick row houses at the northwest corner of unpaved 14th (Fourteenth) and Bannock Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows covered entry porches, awnings and a Moorish style parapet. Trees line the sidewalk.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Row houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1895?]
- Welcome celebration
- Panoramic view of men, women and children at a welcome celebration in an unidentified town in probably Colorado. They sit on horseback and in buggies, and stand on the sidewalks and in the street. Shocks of wheat sit on a tiered platform in the...
- Celebrations--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--1890-1910.; Wheat--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Upper 16th Stree[t], Denver
- Trolley cars on tracks, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians are along 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows an unpaved, tree-lined street. Denver's business district is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1894?]
- Central City, Colorado banks
- Facade of the First National Bank Building, erected 1874, Central City, Colorado. The Victorian, brick building is bordered by Main, Pine and Eureka Streets. The building has large, arched windows on the lower level and small rectangular-shaped...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Idahoe [sic] Springs, Colo.
- View of Idaho Springs, Colorado, taken from Newhouse Tunnel's end of valley; includes wooden frame residences, mining structures, telephone poles and wires, tents, outbuildings, and unpaved or dirt streets.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1905]
- Street in Bismark, North Dakota
- Bismark, North Dakota, unpaved street, downtown, brick and wooden frame buildings, awnings, identifiable businesses include Weaver Lumber, N.P. Coal, and William M. Pye, Jr.
- Streets--North Dakota--Bismark--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Roundup Riders on Eureka Street
- Image of unpaved Eureka Street, the Central City Opera House, the Teller House, and the First National Bank block in mid-summer. Horses with feed bags stand along the block wearing saddles and reins. Three people watching the horses stand next to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Horses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Streets. Florida avenue (west}
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Streets. Florida avenue west
- North on California from Twenty-First Street
- A view of the tree lined unpaved California street from 21st Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a horse drawn carriage, trolley car lines, and houses behind the trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- West on Fifteenth, from Arapahoe Street
- Passengers ride on a trolley car (probably Denver Tramway Company) down the unpaved Fifteenth (15th) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a trolley car and trolley car lines, local businesses, utility poles, and a traffic signal. Words on trolley car...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)
- [1889]
- Barnum/Barnum West Neighborhood Plan: a neighborhood plan for the city and county of Denver
- Ox cart
- View of an ox-drawn wooden cart (carreta) near an unpaved rail yard possibly in Ciudad Juárez (Durango), Mexico. Shows adobe buildings, rail cars and commercial wood-frame buildings. Inscriptions on the box cars read [Mexic]an Central [Railroad].
- Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Ox teams--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View overlooking Central City, Colorado, from the north. Unpaved Main Street runs vertically through the center of the photograph and forks into Nevaada and Spring Streets. The A.O.U.W. building is visible on the right side of the street, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1893 and 1897]
- 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
- Mills St.
- Two cars are parked on unpaved Mill Street at the intersection of East Hyman Avenue in Aspen, Colorado. Smuggler Mountain is in the background, and the Wheeler Opera House, has the words "Bonell & Andin" painted above the awning. A two story,...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- The old Missouri Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of the Old Missouri Fire House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 10004 Taos Street, home of the town's first fire company, the Georgetown Fire Company No. 1, founded in March 1870. In 1880, the building was enlarged and a bell tower and bell were...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Greeley, Colo., Meeker Ave.
- View looking down Meeker Avenue in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County show patches of snow on the unpaved street. Horse-drawn wagons and carriages are hitched to posts at the side of the street. Buildings along street include one and two-story...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- 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