Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the exterior of the remains of an ore loading chute along the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The structure is built against a hill. The wood is warped and sections of the exterior are missing....
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and...
- 2010
- False front, Silver Plume
- View looking up at the side of an unidentified false front on a building in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The building is constructed of wood plank, with a gutter running down the side of the building, which sticks up past the roof...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 1975
- Buena Vista Coal Company
- View of the abandoned Buena Vista Ice Coal Company building in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The faded wood building has a shaped parapet. There is a garage door with warped wood and a window with several broken panes. Two windows on...
- Buena Vista Coal Company (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Buena Vista Coal Company (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Buena Vista--Pictorial works.; Buena...
- 1981
- Walsen Colored Club
- View of the Walsen Colored Club, a miners' club building for African-American miners at the mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with clapboard siding and a false front. Clerestory windows sit on top of a...
- African Americans--Structures--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- 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]
- General view of Morley and store
- View of the mining town of Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, with towers and stucco exterior, sits on the hill above the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande tracks. The workers' four-room...
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Colo. Supply Co. Store Morley
- An automobile sits in front of the Colorado Supply Company store, camp doctor's office and boarding house in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with vigas and towers. Boys stand in the corner of the building.
- Colorado Supply Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Medical offices--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Morley school
- Teachers stand with their pupils in front of the elementary school in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with a dormer.
- Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Segundo School
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame two story building with covered entryway. The sign above the door reads: "Jerome School. Dist. No. 61. Segundo."
- Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1909?]
- Cardiff
- View of the coal bins above the Colorado Midland Railway tracks in Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows miners houses and boarding houses, and the post office in a long building with a false front near the railroad tracks. The schoolhouse...
- Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1902?]
- A.T. & S.F. depot
- Spectators stand on the banks of the flooded Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado, across the river from the demolished Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. Shows the arched walls of the Cardenas Hotel arcade.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Morley club
- View of the miners' club building in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a stucco building with a false front and a fence. A shed roof shades the front entrance.
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Segundo ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Train cars sit on tracks near the Colorado and Wyoming Railway roundhouse.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Trinidad flood across from Cardenas Hotel
- View of flood damage on the banks of the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a residence with collapsed exterior walls and damaged wooden fence. Flood waters rise to the front door of the house.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Company houses Morley
- A chicken stands in the dirt road that runs in front of miners' houses built by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows square four-room stone residences with hipped roofs and covered entryways.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company town architecture--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Redstone ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Coal cars sit on Denver & Rio Grande railway tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Primero Club
- View of the miner's club house in Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame building with a front porch.
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Primero school
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame with a covered entry and cupola. The sign above the door reads: "Gass School. District No. 61. Primero."
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio club
- View of the miners' club in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with a covered porch, false front and flag pole. A horse stands tethered to the front porch pole.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio, Mexican church at Torres
- View of a probably Catholic church in the mining town of Torres, in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a stucco building topped by a cupola with a bell.
- Torres (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio school
- View of the school in the mining town of Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wooden structure with a covered entryway and cupola.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Tercio washery and ovens
- View of the coal washers and coke ovens in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows coal cars and tracks of the Colorado and Wyoming Railway.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Tabasco washery
- View of the coal washer and bins at the Tabasco Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. A man, probably mine manager James Cameron, stands at the stairs.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Redstone
- View of the mining camp at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the company store with hipped roof and front porch. The sign over the door reads: "The Colorado Supply Co. 1900." Shows the corner of the Redstone Inn.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Redstone--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Empire, Colo.
- Men in military uniform from Company G, probably part of the First Regiment of Volunteers, stand in a line and hold bayonets and a flag pole in Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men sit on a porch of a timber commercial building with a false...
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Military personnel--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.
- [between 1861 and 1864?]
- Redstone
- View of the Redstone Castle near the Crystal River, a valley, and manicured grounds of the Cleveholm Manor in Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Built by John Cleveland Osgood, the stone and half-timbered Redstone Castle has turrets and several...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Cleveholm (Redstone, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1930.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1930.
- [between 1902 and 1925?]
- Palmetto Mill and Mine Hanson [sic] Creek, Lake City
- View of Palmetto Mine and Mill in Lake City, Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, smokestack, and cut timber strewn throughout the countryside.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Palmetto Mine (Hinsdale County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Second putting green, Lakewood Country Club
- Men hold golf bags and clubs and stand on the second putting green at the Lakewood County Club golf course in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a staircase built on a hillside and a frame club house on a hill nearby.
- Lakewood Country Club (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Lakewood--1920-1930.; Golf--Colorado--Lakewood--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Section of Battery A
- Members of Colorado National Guard Battery A pose with horses and a Gatling gun during the Western Federation of Miners strike in the Cripple Creek mining district, Teller County, Colorado. Men wear uniforms, hats and boots with gaiters. Shows men...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gatling guns--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller...
- [1903]
- Co. B. 1st N.G.C., Camp Goldfield
- Group portrait of members of Company B, 1st (First) [Infantry] of the Colorado National Guard at Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men stand or sit in uniforms, hats, ammunition...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Huts--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Norris Geyser Basin
- View of fumaroles in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Norris Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Washington Monument, Perry Park, Colo.
- View of a rock formation identified as Washington Monument in Perry Park, Douglas County, Colorado.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Perry Park (Colo. : Flat)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Interior boiler room, sugar factory, Loveland, Colo.
- Workmen pose inside the boiler room of the Great Western Sugar Factory in Loveland, Colorado. They hold shovels in front of boilers next to piles of coal and wheelbarrows.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Laborers--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Interior warehouse, sugar factory, Loveland, Colo.
- Several men pose inside the Great Western Sugar Factory in Loveland, Colorado, among stacks of bagged sugar.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Lulu, Grand River Valley
- Lulu (Lulu City) Grand County, Colorado, a deserted mining camp in the Upper Grand Valley, boomed in the 1870s and was empty by 1884. This view shows dilapidated log buildings with mountain peaks in background.
- Lulu City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Lulu City--1880-1890.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Lulu City--1880-1890.
- July 20, 1889
- Paonia Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall
- View of the Paonia Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Small child walking in front of building on unpaved street. Architectural features: two-story, masonry structure with a cornice, a pediment, two occuli, and...
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows--Buildings--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- July, 1907
- Powell House
- Interior view of Powell House dining room, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows tables, linen, china, silverware, goblets, rolled napkins, potted plants, floral wall paper, cabinets and buffets. Art hangs on the walls.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1881
- The Van Briggle Art Pottery
- Interior display features ceramic vases with carved, bas-relief vegetal and floral designs; one piece depicts a flamingo, Van Briggle Art Pottery in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Van Briggle Pottery Company--1900-1910.; Art pottery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pottery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Baxter's
- View of Baxter, possibly Pueblo County, Colorado, shows horse by a stream, haystacks, a haystacker, an adobe house and a store with sandstone buttes and foothills are in the background.
- Pueblo County, Colo.--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Baxter's
- View of Baxter, possibly Pueblo County, Colorado, shows haystacks, an adobe house, a store, stream, and a dirt road; with foothills in the background.
- Pueblo County, Colo.--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Baxter's
- View of Baxter, possibly Pueblo County, Colorado, shows an adobe house with porch and chimneys, and adjoining buildings with sign: "Baxter's." Antlers are on the roof; children sit on a donkey near a dog.
- Pueblo County, Colo.--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Teller House garden
- View of a garden between the Teller House and the Opera House in Central City, Colorado; shows an arrastra, balconies, people, and stairs on the hillside.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Stairways--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1934 and 1960?]
- Harvesting potatoes
- Harvesting potatoes, probably in Colorado; workers fill buckets, bags, and horse-drawn wagons.
- Harvesting--Colorado--1910-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Inside a Hopi house furnished with Indian rugs, pottery and baskets, Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop, at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays of Hopi, Pueblo, and Navajo arts and crafts including rugs, baskets and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Moki Indians and their strange homes beside the Dance Rock, Wolpi, Arizona, U.S.A.
- Native American Hopi Pueblo man, women, and children pose near Snake Rock and entrance to Snake Society Kiva, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Children--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Government well, sole water supply for Indian village of Oraibi, Arizona
- Native American Hopi Pueblo men and women transport water from a government well below Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona. The water jars are tied in blankets, strapped around their heads and carried on their backs.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Water...
- 1908
- Principal street of the Indian village of Shonghopavi, Hopi Reservation, Arizona
- Two Native American Hopi Pueblo men stand by a rock pile used for pueblo wall building, Shongopavi, Second Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Second Mesa (Ariz.)--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Inside the Hopi Indian house-artistic handiwork of natives-Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays Native American arts and crafts including rugs, baskets, beadwork and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]