Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Landmark Designation Application for Clarence Holmes' residence.
- Claudia J. Jordan
- Claudia J. Jordan First African American County Court Judge in the State of Colorado Jordan was the first African American hired as a Research Assistant for the Legislative Council in Colorado. In 1980 she received her law degree from the...
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- Stapleton International Airport
- McGrath's Men and Women who arrived in what is now Colorado prior to January 1, 1861
- List of Colorado Pioneers. Includes list of men and women with name, residence, date of arrival, from state, birth and death dates.
- Pioneers--Colorado--Indexes.; Colorado--History--Indexes.
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- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Northern Colorado Company Substation railroad tracks and power lines
- Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. It is closely linked to the...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Power lines--Colorado--Lafayette.;Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Chautauqua Auditorium tower
- Exterior photograph of the Chautauqua Auditorium in Chautauqua Park, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado. The buildings, constructed...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Chautauqua Auditorium tower
- Exterior photograph of the Chautauqua Auditorium in Chautauqua Park, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado. The buildings, constructed...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Chautauqua Dining Hall
- Exterior photograph of the Chautauqua Dining Hall in Chautauqua Park, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado. The buildings,...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Chautauqua Auditorium tower
- Exterior photograph of the Chautauqua Auditorium in Chautauqua Park, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado. The buildings, constructed...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Chautauqua Auditorium
- Exterior photograph of the Chautauqua Auditorium in Chautauqua Park, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado. The buildings, constructed...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Chautauqua Auditorium
- Exterior photograph of some architectural elements on the Chautauqua Auditorium in Chautauqua Park, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Chautauqua Auditorium
- Exterior photograph of the side of the Chautauqua Auditorium in Chautauqua Park, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado. The buildings,...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Chautauqua Auditorium after renovation
- Exterior photograph of the Chautauqua Auditorium in Chautauqua Park, after its renovation, located near Boulder, Colorado. The district is comprised of 12 buildings which form the oldest part of the main campus of the University of Colorado. The...
- Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the decorative elements on the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Interior photograph of a room in the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. The room has both wood paneling around the bottom, and ceiling high windows. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine...
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Boulder Carnegie Library
- Exterior photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Boulder, Colorado. Designed by architect Thomas McLaren, the library opened in 1907 and is a fine example of the Neo-Classical Revival style.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
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- Columbia Cemetery Preservation Plan
- Photograph of the Preservation Site Plan for the Columbia Cemetery, located in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1870 by Columbia Masonic Lodge No. 14, it is Boulder's oldest cemetery. The more than 3,000 grave markers represent a variety of styles,...
- Columbia Cemetery (Boulder, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cemeteries.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.
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- Columbia University Preservation Site Plan
- Photograph of the Preservation Site Plan for the Columbia Cemetery, located in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1870 by Columbia Masonic Lodge No. 14, it is Boulder's oldest cemetery. The more than 3,000 grave markers represent a variety of styles,...
- Columbia Cemetery (Boulder, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cemeteries.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.
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- Columbia Cemetery Preservation Site Plan
- Photograph of the Preservation Site Plan for the Columbia Cemetery, located in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1870 by Columbia Masonic Lodge No. 14, it is Boulder's oldest cemetery. The more than 3,000 grave markers represent a variety of styles,...
- Columbia Cemetery (Boulder, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cemeteries.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.
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- Columbia Cemetery Preservation Plan
- Photograph of the Preservation Site Plan for the Columbia Cemetery, located in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1870 by Columbia Masonic Lodge No. 14, it is Boulder's oldest cemetery. The more than 3,000 grave markers represent a variety of styles,...
- Columbia Cemetery (Boulder, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cemeteries.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.
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- Membership Roster of General Henry W. Lawton Camp No. 1 United Spanish War Veterans
- Transcription of a document from 1931 pertaining to the history of Camp No. 1, and its past soldiers.
- United Spanish War Veterans. General Henry W. Lawton Camp No. 1 (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Veterans--Societies and clubs--Periodicals.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
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- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- Eldorado Springs flood
- Houses line the banks of the South Boulder creek with the flood waters raging. One room of a house hangs out over the creek.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.
- September, 1938
- Eldorado Springs flood
- Men and women walk amid flood debris near South Boulder creek in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. The flood, in September of 1938, did major damage to houses and the Eldorado Springs resort.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.
- September, 1938
- Eldorado Springs flood
- Three men walk on a dirt road that borders South Boulder creek after it flooded and damaged the resort and swimming pool in Eldorado Springs, Colorado.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.
- September 4, 1938
- Gold Hill's first general store and Post Office was housed in this building about sixty years ago
- View of the abandoned store and post office in the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County. Architectural features include wood siding, front gable, side balcony, and large, storefront windows.
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Gold Hill--1940-1950.
- November 24, 1941
- The old Granger Hall from which the back portion has been torn away
- The vacant meeting hall in the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County is situated near a one-story log cabin with a gable. The meeting hall has a hipped roof with a cupola, wood siding with peeling paint, two entry doors, and rectangular...
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Gold Hill--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gold Hill--1940-1950.
- November 24, 1941
- Sunnyside
- View of Sunnyside in a shallow snowcovered valley, Boulder County, Colorado; several scattered wood frame buildings with mountains in distance.
- Sunnyside (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- November 23, 1893
- Site of diverting dam on South Boulder Creek, Elderado [sic] Springs
- View of South Boulder Creek and Eldorado Springs (Boulder County) Colorado; shows covered swimming pool, resort cabins, and lodge.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dams--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.
- November 21, 1908
- U. S. troops at Louisville, Colo.
- Camp of U. S. troops, called in to suppress the UMW strike against RMFC, near Louisville, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military camps--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Military personnel--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- May, 1914
- Engineering building
- The engineering building at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, is a two-story brick structure with stone trim, dormers and a dentiled cornice. Young trees are in the foreground.
- University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)--1900-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- May, 1907
- Lion's Club meeting hall
- Storefront in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, has log siding, a clock, and signs: "Bingo," and "Nederland Mountain Lion." Sign in an adjacent window reads: "Moved to Thunderbird Square Boulder."
- Nederland (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- May 30, 1970
- Mayor Paul Luedtke
- Mayor Paul Luedtke poses in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, wearing horn-rimmed glasses, a sweater, and tie. He has ball point pens in his shirt pocket.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mayors--Colorado--Nederland--1970-1980.; Luedtke, Paul.
- May 30, 1970
- Boulder High School
- Square and curved elements of local, rusticated sandstone combine at this High School in Boulder, Colorado. Three stories are served by louvered windows in concrete casings, and a tower by the entry is topped by a glass brick lookout. It has a...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architectural sculpture--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.
- May 22, 1939
- Afoot inspecting Marshall Lake
- People approach Colorado and Southern Railway passenger railroad cars in Boulder County, Colorado; houses dot the coal mining town of Marshall; shows a canal or ditch (possibly Denver-Greeley Valley Irrigation system), and the Flatirons.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Denver-Greeley Valley Irrigation District--Facilities--1900- 1910.; Marshall (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Marshall--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Marshall--1900-1910.;...
- May 20, 1909
- Water going over Eldorado Spgs. spilway [sic]
- Group of sightseers stand on recently completed concrete spillway, South Boulder Creek, Eldorado Springs Canyon, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldorado Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Spillways--Colorado--Boulder...
- May 20 1909
- Inspectors in Eagle Mine
- Inspectors work in a tunnel of the Eagle Mine near Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. They wear miner's lights.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado County--Boulder--1960-1970.; Mine inspection--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1970.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Eagle Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Coal mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1970.;...
- March 26, 1966
- Concrete section of Community canal near swimming pool in Elderado [sic] Spgs.
- View of the Commmunity Canal at Eldorado Springs (Boulder County) Colorado; shows a rock walled water channel, men and a team of horses by a footbridge, the swimming pool pavilion, and a hotel and cabins.
- Community Ditch (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- March 22, 1909