Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- W.C. Chapman's [hardware store]
- Men, a horse drawn wagon, and an omnibus bus are stopped in front of a hardware store owned by W.C. Chapman, possibly on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a brick building with show windows, arched second story windows, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Street view Manitou, Colo.
- View of a park in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado at the junction of Manitou and Canon Avenues with a clock tower and statue. Shows Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church (behind the town clock), Manitou Mineral Water Company's Bottling Works'...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Moffat
- A man, woman, and children stand on the porch of the J. W. Hockaday Hardware store in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. Wagons, wheels, gears, and cans are displayed in the shop window. A large sign on the false front of the building...
- J.W. Hockaday Hardware (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution, Salt Lake City
- View of the Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution on Main Street between South Temple and South First Streets in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows an Italianate style building with parapet, finials and pediment. Sign in the...
- Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Cooperatives--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Department stores--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- 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]
- Chestnut St.
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado shows a street that has one two-story brick building, and several wood frame false fronts. The street is busy with horse-drawn wagons, covered wagons and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- L. Wyman & Moffit Freighting Outfit, Silverton, Colo.
- Scene in Silverton, Colorado, on Greene Street, looking south. Numerous horse-drawn wagons approach; men in sack suits, ties, vests and derby hats sit and stand on the wagons and on the dirt street. Frame, gable-roof buildings with clapboard false...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Cripple Creek, Colo. Hastings [sic] Market 1st & Bennet [sic]
- Exterior view of C. C. Irwin Groceries (formerly H. A. Hastain's Market), 135 Bennett Avenue, Bell Brothers Building, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of building packed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bell Brothers Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1905 or 1906]
- El Paso Livery Stable burning, fire 1896
- View towards El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) and "A" Streets, consumed in flames and smoke after explosion of stored dynamite at stable during second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; billows of black smoke...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Only building standing on Bennett Ave. after fire
- View of two images depicting first fire, April 26, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; top image depicts flames and smoke moving towards Bennett Avenue; large crowds are on boardwalk and horse-drawn wagons and enclosed commercial wagons are on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Freighting in the Rocky Mountains, Hull Transfer Co.'s teams, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Several horse and mule-drawn teams pulling covered wagons and freight wagons block traffic on Bennett Avenue between First (1st) and Second (2nd) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; teams identified as Hull Transfer Company, stop in front of Grant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1893 March 13
- Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, first fire
- View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on boths sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages loaded with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Yampa St., Craig, Colo.
- View down Yampa Avenue, Craig, Colorado; wooden frame & brick buildings, boardwalk, horse-drawn wagons & carriages; businesses on left include Bank of Craig, J.W. Hugus & Company (general merchandise), & Baker house; businesses on right include a...
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Alamosa, Colo., S.E.Cor. 6th & Hunt
- The first general store and outfit station along the new Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at South 6th (Sixth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Two false fronts have large painted block letter signs: "Field & Hill, Schuttler Wagons" and "Field &...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1950.; General stores--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.
- [between 1907 and 1941]
- Curtis Coal Mine
- View of the Curtis Coal Mine works, El Paso County, Colorado. A Wooden building with a slanted floor stands on wooden beams, raised above the ground. Two wooden trestle bridges, one leading from the mine and another from the side of the building,...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Taos Pueblo
- View,facing southeast from atop a pueblo building, of the south-side Pueblo and the Rio Pueblo de Taos. Hitched wagons drive on the south side of the river, while other wagons are parked on the north side. A wooden bridge spans the river. Various...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Rio Pueblo de Taos (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Taos...
- September, 1895
- Circus
- Spectators stand near a procession of donkey and horse drawn wagons with wooden cages, Sunflower (Flower) Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The wooden cages contain circus performers. One woman stands on the backs of a two...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cages--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Circus parades--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Arapahoe between 21st and 22nd
- Horse-drawn delivery wagons are parked near the Turnhalle and other buildings at 22nd (Twenty-second) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wagons read: "Texas Oil Company Petroleum and Its Products" and "Grossman's Progress...
- Turnverein Society (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890 and 1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Idaho Springs 1890s
- The view along Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows eight teams of horses with wagons and carriages in front of the Idaho Springs fire house. One team pulls a load of lumber, one team pulls a large boiler, and one team pulls a load of...
- African Americans--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1901]
- Evans Fuel Co.
- View of coal yards near 38th (Thirty-Eighth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a frame false front building with lettering: "The Evans Fuel Co. City of Denver Coal Yard No. 1, Lump Coal $4.15 Per Ton." Railroad tracks and an ore car are by horse...
- Evans Fuel Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Fuel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 16th Street, Denver
- View northwest from California Street down 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, horse-drawn wagons, delivery wagons & carriages, street railway car & tracks, Daniels & Fisher tower, streetlights with electric tramway...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Montrose, Colo.
- People pose in the street outside wooden frame commercial buildings at the corner of 2nd (Second) Street and Selig Avenue in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. A weather vane is on a roof of a large building. A facade reads "Studebaker Wagons,...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 July 23
- Beef distribution, Dakota, people in and around a corral
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; large group of Dakota Native Americans standing, on corral railing, on horseback or in wagons; primary attention towards slaughtered cattle in corral; numerous...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Idaho Springs 1890s
- A large group of people stands in front of the railroad depot in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The group consists of uniformed members of the Silver Coronet Band, and members of the Idaho Springs Fire Department. Band members are holding their...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Loaded teams from Cisco
- Covered wagons are stopped by a frame building near Cisco (Placer County), California. A sign on the building reads: "Half Way House." An open horse-drawn wagon passes the wagon train.
- Cisco (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--California--Cisco--1880-1900.; Covered wagons--California--Cisco--1880-1900.; Rest stops--California--Cisco--1880-1900.; Wagons trains--California--Cisco--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Lighting system, 16th St., Denver
- View down sidewalk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows men and women, elaborate electric streetlights (lampposts), horse-drawn wagons, delivery wagons including Denver Express and Orlinsky's Cash Grocery, bicycles, early...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907]
- Street view, Manitou, Colo.
- Manitou Springs, Colorado; junction of Manitou and Canon Avenues creating wedge where fountain and town clock is located. Show Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church behind town clock, Manitou Mineral Water Company's Bottling Works' building left of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Clocks & watches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Harvesting sugar beets
- Farm workers, horse-drawn wagons, and mule-drawn equipment harvest beets somewhere in Colorado, probably Front Range or Eastern Colorado; shows large sugar beet field, several mule-drawn & horse-drawn wagons loaded or ready to be loaded with sugar...
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Beets--Colorado--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Keota, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Keota, Colorado in Weld County shows unhitched wagons outside the livery, hitched wagons in front of the lumber store and lumberyard and "Livery & Feed Davis & Trumbo," "Keota Lumber Co." signs.
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Keota, looking north
- Panoramic view of the town of Keota, Colorado in Weld County shows unhitched wagons outside the livery. Hitched wagons are in front of the lumber store and lumberyard. Signs "Livery & Feed Davis & Trumbo," "Keota Lumber Co. Coal Lumber Feed...
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1916]
- Hotchkiss, Colo.
- Small houses and businesses with smoke coming from chimneys are on either side of a wide dirt road in Hotchkiss, Colorado. A woman and child stand in the doorway of a small gable-roofed house with a picket fence. A sign "L. C. Celwicks General...
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Men on wagons
- Men drive horse-drawn wagons on a rocky slope in the mountains of Colorado. A small log building is nearby.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Freight wagons
- View of freight wagons with teams of horses, probably in Colorado. A group of men talk next to a small building.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Conversation--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Horse drawn wagons and men on horseback going through snow
- View of men on horses and wagons in snow, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- A number of wagons passing in front of S. R. Leving's general store at 1377 W. Alameda
- Men drive horse-drawn wagons loaded with sand bags on West Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Sanford R. Leving's Grocery store at 1377 West Alameda is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Horse-drawn wagons moving from camera
- View of a group of horse drawn wagons as they drive west in Colorado. The foothills of the Rocky Mountains are in the distance.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Ore wagons
- Ore wagons with drivers and horses at a mining camp in Colorado, possibly Cripple Creek, Teller County. Shows: stamped bridle reads "(?) Potts"; wood plank building with smokestacks and pitched roof; outhouse; stacked lumber; snow on ground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ore wagons
- Ore wagons with drivers and horses at a mining camp in Colorado, possibly Cripple Creek, Teller County. Shows: stamped bridle reads "(?) Potts"; wood plank building with pitched roofs and smokestacks; outhouse; stacked lumber; snow on ground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main Street between 3rd and 4th, showing oxen teams and covered wagons
- View of covered wagons and teams of oxen on Main Street, in Canon City (Fremont County) Colorado; businesses are in the background.
- Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Oxen--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Transportation--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Express wagons on Blake Street, Denver
- View of freight wagons and teams of horses on Blake Street, in Denver, Colorado, by a railroad car and businesses. Men pose in uniform; signs read: "J. A. Hingeley Machine Co." "The Banner Chemical Company," and "The Radium Company."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, March 27
- A scene at the "4th of July celebration," P.R. Agency, S.D. A.D. 1891 (Sioux Indians)
- Native American Lakota Sioux gather with covered and horse-drawn wagons along a creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, for a Fourth of July celebration. Children play in the water.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Carts &...
- July 1891
- Six team wagons loaded with concentrate at Camp Bird mill ready to leave for Ouray
- View of horses, ore wagons, and miners' houses at Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Camp...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Freight cars and horse-drawn wagons
- Men stand in open-roof, freight cars along a set of railroad tracks. Next to the cars are horse-drawn wagons loaded with possibly salt or ore. Two-story houses are nestled behind trees and a fence.
- Carts & wagons--1880-1900.; Railroad freight cars--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Main Street between 2nd and 4th, north side showing freighting wagons operating between Canon City and Leadville
- Covered wagons and teams of horses line Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in suits pose on the tire tracked dirt; two-story brick commercial buildings have cornices, chimneys, open porches, and a sign: "H. Sartor Saddles & Harness."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Horse teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Main Street between 3rd and 4th, showing oxen teams and covered wagons
- Covered wagons and teams of oxen crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in vests pose on the dirt; two-story brick and stone commercial buildings have chimneys and arched windows. The 1872 Clelland block has an open porch and a bracketed...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Main Street between 4th and 5th showing covered wagons and ox teams
- Covered wagons, ox and horse teams, people, buckboards, and a boy on a tricycle crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Oxen eat from a line of hay crossing the dirt thoroughfare; men and barrels are on the tree lined boardwalk. Frame and brick...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Sunflower Trail in Neb. [sic]
- View of a wagon train on the "Sunflower Trail" (probably the Mormon Trail.) Shows ox-drawn and mule-drawn covered wagons, men, women, and children on foot, and men on horseback. A man herds horses with a bullwhip. Mountains are in the distance.
- Mormons--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--1850-1870.; Families--1850-1870.; Pioneers--1850-1870.; Wagons trains--1850-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1850-1870.
- 1932
- Twenty mule team wagons
- A man stands beside a twenty mule team wagon at the abandoned Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley National Park, California. Shows two large wooden wagons with barrels strapped to the side and a large metal tank wagon. The tailings from the borax...
- Borax mines & mining--Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)--1970-1980.; Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)--1970-1980.; Harmony Borax Works (Calif.)--1970-1980.; Carts & wagons--Death Valley National Park (Calif. and...
- 1978
- Western History Subject Index
- Chuck wagons
- Western History Subject Index
- Transportation. Wagons and wagon trains