Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- West Creek, Colorado
- View in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado, shows a man driving a horse-drawn wagon down an unpaved street, men working on a project in front of a wood-frame, commercial building, a woman riding a horse, pitched tents among frame commercial...
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- West Creek, Colorado
- View of the town of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Pitched tents among, one and two-story wood-frame commercial buildings and residences. Pots, pans, and pails attached to front of building in foreground. Signs: "Hursts Lodging House,"...
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- West Portal Moffat Tunnel
- View of the sawmill at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado. Power station next to wood-frame, industrial building with gable. Piles of lumber, tree stumps, and debris.
- West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
- [1926 or 1927?]
- West Creek, Colorado
- View of the gold-mining camp of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Structures: one and two-story, wood-frame buildings, log cabins, and tents. Snow over landscape. Rocks, sticks, and other debris in snow. Signs: "Hotel West Creek" and...
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Near Ward, Colo.
- Two men walk down a shelf road above the town of Ward, Boulder County, Colorado. Shows wood-frame buildings.
- Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- West Creek looking south
- View looking south shows the town of West Creek, Colorado in Douglas County. Mill on hillside in foreground. Structures: wood-frame buildings and log cabins.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Casey Street, Central City
- View of unpaved Casey Street in Central City, Colorado. Weeds and vegetation grow on the side of the road. The road forms a shelf in the center of the image, under which is a hill. A small, wood-frame house to the left of a telephone pole, has a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Casto Hill, Central City, Colorado
- A view of Casto Hill and Lawrence Street is from Central Hill. The slope of the hillside and debris are in the foreground. The buildings along Lawrence Street include the Edmundson blocks, the Hardware Store, Cessario's, the Knights of the Golden...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Central City after 1st fire of 1874
- View of Central City and Casto Hill, which are blanketed in snow, after the fire of 1874. Gregory Street is at the bottom of a snowy slope, flanked by small, wood-frame houses with snow on their roofs. Lawrence and East High Streets are in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fires--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Central City buildings
- Exteriors of the sides of two buildings in Central City, Colorado. The first building is a masonry structure with a flat roof and two rectangular windows in the front on either side of the doorway. A pipe frame is attached to the rear of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Central City
- Exterior of a two-story brick, flat-roofed building, the lower part of which is not completely visible in Central City, Colorado. Its distinguishing features include, arched windows, stone window sills, an arched doorway, embellishments between the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Colorado Springs, Colorado view at Mesa Road grade crossing, looking west showing crossing signals.
- View of a railroad crossing in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. Tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in foreground. Crossing sign in front of tracks. Wood-frame buildings and cars in background. Signs: "Railroad Crossing 3...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Hulo & bank building (Buena Vista, Colo.?).
- A car on an unpaved street in Buena Vista (possibly), Colorado in Chaffee County. Structures along the street include: an outhouse, the bank building, and wood-frame commercial storefronts.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Buena Vista--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- West @ Colo. Springs, Colo.
- View of a railroad crossing on a dirt road at Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County; shows railroad crossing towers that include four lights and a railroad sign of crossed boards, wood-frame building and cars in background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad crossings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Opera House, Central City
- The Central City Opera House was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Buildings in Central City, Colorado
- An earthen staiway leads to a house on a hill in Central City, Colorado. Part of St. Paul's Episcopal Church is visible in the foreground. The church, which is built above a masonry retaining wall, has a gabled roof and a gothic pointed arch...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- A two story wood-frame house with a peaked roof and chimney is above a stone retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. Two retangular shaped windows are on the upper level, and two rectangular-shaped windows are on the lower level on either side...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, 1953
- A dilapidated, wood-frame one-story house sits on top of a hill in Central City, Colorado. It has a gabled, tin roof, a chimney, and a gabled porch with an ornament on the gable. Weeds and other vegetation cover the foreground, and there is a small...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, 1953, High Street (East)
- The two story, Belford house, one of the oldest brick residences in Central City, Colorado, has a flat roof, two chimneys, and a brick cornice and is built above a retaining wall. It has rectangular windows with sills and lintels, a projecting bay...
- Belford House (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Big horn sheep near Ouray, Colo.
- Big horn sheep graze in front of a warehouse, a wood-frame building with gables, near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; snow covers the ground.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain sheep--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Old McFarlane home, upper Eureka St., Central City, Colo., 1932
- A two story, vernacular wood-frame, clapboard house with a side gable, two chimneys, and rectangular windows is built at the bottom of a hill in Central City, Colorado. A small addition with a sloping roof is at the far end of the house. A small...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Central City, Colorado streets
- Street scene in Central City, Colorado. One-story, wood-frame houses with chimneys are next to the dirt road. Part of a tree is visible on the right.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Gilpin County Court House
- Exterior view of the Gilpin County Court House under construction in Central City, Colorado. Wood frame houses and commercial buildings are across the street from the construction project. St. James' Methodist Church is to the right of the court...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Traveler Platte St
- Workmen work on a wood-frame traveler at the partially constructed 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct near Platte Street in Denver, Colorado. The stone base of the bridge is near the houses on the corner of Water and 14th Streets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- November 15, 1898
- Pine Street, Central City
- View down Pine Street into Central City, Colorado, where the dirt road is the focal point of the photograph. Vegetation, masonry walls, fences, and telephone posts line the road. A two-story, brick, flat-roofed home with rectangular windows is on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- 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
- Baldy, Colo., with wagons and people
- One-story, wood-frame storefronts are in front of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in the prairie town of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County. Women wearing dresses and aprons stand in front of the buildings. Bundles are piled next to the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, is a town of tent dwellings and simple, one-story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Baldy, Colo. tent camp of a plowing crew
- Clouds gather over the small community of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County, where three tents are pitched together in an enclosed area near a one-story, clapboard structure with a gable and a chimney. A smaller, wood-frame shack is near it....
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Balfour, Colo., 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Barry, Colo., from Gold Hill no. 472
- A panorama of the mining camp of Barry, Colorado, in Teller County, a component camp of Anaconda, shows a main street surrounded by wood-frame, commercial storefronts with false fronts and one-story, wood- frame, box-shaped structures with gables....
- Barry (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.
- April 4, 1893
- Bartlett, Colorado
- A small, square, one-story adobe building on an unpaved road in Bartlett, Colorado, has an arched roof, an iron door with a latch, and a small rectangular window. A white building with a flat roof, a wood-frame structure and telephone and light...
- Bartlett (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Bartlett--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Clifford Rhodes in wagon, Sam Drake standing, taken in front of Sherwood Pool Hall
- Clifford Rhodes, who wears a suit, cap, long boots, and a bow tie, holds the reins of a delivery cart of the "Basalt Supply Co." in Basalt, Colorado, in Eagle County. The cart, which has "Basalt Supply Co. and Meats" painted on the side, has spoked...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Drake, Sam.; Rhodes, C. (Clifford)
- [1900?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado
- Unpaved Main Street is bordered by commercial, clapboard storefronts with false fronts and cornices in Nevadaville, Colorado (also known as Bald Mountain, Nevada, and Nevada City), a small town located in Gilpin County. The "Bald Mt. Post Office"...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1934 September 9
- Remains of engine 35 which blew up at Basalt after Uncle Albert just gotten off
- Debris from the engine 35 explosion litters the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad in Basalt, Colorado in Eagle County. Metal grates, wheels, and scraps from the locomotive are piled next to the tracks. A large locomotive wheel is on the...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [1895?]
- View of Aspen Junction
- The town of Basalt, Colorado, is nestled in a valley near the Fryingpan River in Eagle County, Colorado. The view of First Street, below, shows simple, wood-frame, houses with gables and chimneys lining the dirt road. The train depot, roundhouse,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Railroad station & water tank at Basalt
- A large, round water tank supported by timbers is situated next to the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad in Basalt, Colorado. A two-story, wood-frame hotel with a hipped roof, multiple chimneys, and a covered porch is in the background,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Basalt--1920-1930.
- [about 1920]
- Aspen Junction, C.M.R.R., no. 1004
- A track of the Colorado and Midland Railway winds around the Fryingpan River in Aspen Junction, Colorado (later known as Basalt), in Eagle County. Buildings include a one-story with an irregular roofline, a gable and dormer windows; one and...
- Aspen Junction (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Aspen Junction--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen Junction--1890-1900.; Water tanks--Colorado--Aspen Junction--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- Austin flood from breaking reservoir
- Men and women stand at the edge of a river of water that flows down the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County. Rocks, boards, and debris litter the street. Buildings include a one story, L-shaped, wood- frame church with rectangular windows...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Bachelor, above Creede, looking north up boardwalk
- The remains of a boardwalk in the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, are in the foreground next to a scrub oak shrub. A dilapidated, wood-frame house with a gable and a ladder leaning against its side is nestled against a thicket...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Buena Vista
- View of a wood-frame cabin near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. A flower garden is near the building.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Buena Vista--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- A lone two-story brick building stands next to a hillside on Nevada Street in Central City, Colorado. It is a box-shaped structure with a flat roof and two visible chimneys. A large rectangular window is above the door, and the door and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Barr Lake Rod and Gun Club
- Two buildings make up the Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club in Barr Lake, Colorado. One is a two story, L-shaped, wood-frame structure with a false front, shingles on the roof, a gable, a stovepipe chimney, and a weathervan duck atop the false front. A...
- Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club (Barr Lake, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barr Lake (Colo. : Reservoir)--1910-1920.; Hunting & fishing clubs--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Tent camp at Baldy, Colo., of plowing crew
- The town of Baldy, Colorado in Costilla County consists of five, white tents, and a one-story, wood-frame building with a gable. A small, wood shed with a flat roof is in front of the smaller tents and a windmill is in the background. In the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Baldy--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Baldy--1900-1910.
- [June, 1909]
- Castle Creek bidge
- View of James H. Adams dressed in dark clothing, suspenders, a cap, and gloves holding a stick, standing on a muddy road before the bridge outside of Aspen, Colorado; sign before bridge: "Notice $25.00 fine....on this bridge... faster than...";...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Ghost house
- View of the two story Gillespie residence in Aspen, Colorado; features a wood-frame structure with multiple gables, balcony with spindles above the porch, tower with triangular dormer windows, gingerbread bargeboard, finials, and bracketed...
- Gillespie, Henry B.--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Henry B. Gillespie residence
- View of the snow-covered two story Gillespie house in Aspen, Colorado; shows a wood-frame structure with multiple gables, balcony with spindles above the porch, tower with triangular dormer windows, gingerbread bargeboard, and finials; wrought...
- Gillespie, Henry B.--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910]