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- Immigrants stage their annual 16th of September parade.
- View of the annual 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre, Mexican Independence Day) parade in Sedgwick (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Shows a pickup decorated with bunting, flowers and American and Mexican flags. A woman in a white robe and...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Sedgwick (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floats (Parades); Parades & processions.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Sedgwick--Pictorial works.; Independence Day (Mexico)--Anniversaries, etc.--Pictorial works.; Parade...
- ca.1926
- Sedgwick Hotel, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Boone
- View of a brick building with stone trim, storefront windows with glass block, sign: "Sedgwick Hotel," and automobiles in Sedgwick, Sedgwick County, Colorado.
- Boone, Jack--Homes & haunts.; Sedgwick Hotel--1950-1960.; Sedgwick (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Sedgwick--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Upper California crossing of the Platte River [sic], Neb.
- View of a wagon train on the Overland Trail. Conestoga wagons approach or ford the South Platte River at the Upper California Crossing in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Shows ox-driven wagons, people camped beside wagons, and North American Indians on...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sedgwick County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Camping--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Covered...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Jovita Aguayo, Severa Varela the pair is dressed to work in beet fields near Sedgwick, Colorado.
- Jovita Aguayo and Severa Varela, two young women dressed as men lean against the rear of an automobile near Sedgwick (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Jovita Aguayo wears a shirt, jeans, and boots, she has on a brimmed cap. Her friend, Severa Varela...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Sedgwick County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers.; Women.; Aguayo, Jovita Ortega--Pictorial works.; Varela, Severa--Pictorial works.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Sedgwick County--Pictorial works.;...
- 1929
- Main Street, Sedgwick, Colo.
- View shows sugar beet wagons, businesses, and signs: "O. O. Anderson, General Merchandise, Shoes & Dry Goods," in Sedgwick, Sedgwick County, Colorado.
- Beets--Colorado--Sedgwick--1880-1900.; Sedgwick (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Sedgwick--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sedgwick--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Sedgwick--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Sedgwick
- View of a brick building with sign: "First National Bank," and a crowd in Sedgwick, Sedgwick County, Colorado.
- First National Bank (Sedgwick, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Sedgwick (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Sedgwick--1910-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Sedgwick--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Sedgwick
- View of Sedgwick, Sedgwick County, Colorado; shows the school (with belfry), church (with steeple), Union Pacific Railroad depot, and houses.
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Sedgwick (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Sedgwick--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Sedgwick--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Sedgwick--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Court house Julesburg, Colo.
- View of the Sedgwick County Court House in Julesburg, Colorado. Architectural features include a hipped roof, a pediment, a large cupola with a clock, quoins, lintels, and a bracketed cornice. Two boys with bicycles in foreground. Water tower in...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Bonanza, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Bonanza, Saguache County, Colorado, with Kerber and Copper Gulches. Vignettes show Exchequer and Sedgwick City (neighboring towns).
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sedgwick
- View of Sedgwick, Sedgwick County, Colorado; shows businesses and horse drawn wagons.
- Sedgwick (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Sedgwick County's present court house, built by WPA labor in 1938-39
- View of the court house in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County shows the masonry, three-story, art deco building with bracketed cornices, fluting, sunrise and floriated patterns, and metal windows. The words "Sedgwick County Court House" are...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Courthouses--Colorado--Julesburg--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- Julesburg, Colorado
- Men stand with a large box camera and tripod beside Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are lined up in the dirt street, filled with sugar beets. Men stand near wagons. Shows a dog, the First...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Destruction Julesburg, 1865
- Printed on front of photoprint: "Soldiers out hunting this same band of indians; Ft. Sedgwick in distance, Sedgwick, Co., Colo., Indians fording at old California Trail."
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.; Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fires--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.
- [1865]
- Destruction of Julesburg 1865 by Indians
- Photoprint of a drawing of the 1865 siege of Julesburg, Colorado in Weld County shows smoke billowing out of burning buildings, as Native Americans on horses watch.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fires--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.
- 1865
- Julesburg, Colorado
- View of a monument in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County, shows a bronze plaque set into a river rock and concrete base. This first plaque of a Pony Express Rider has "Pony Express" written under it and reads "This memorial is the property of...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Julesburg--1970-1980.
- June, 1972
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1925 March-April
- Western History Subject Index
- Sedgwick County
- Denver Public Library 1938 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1938.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1994
- UP train, engine number 5017, engine type 2-10-2
- Eastbound freight train, smoke effect; 35 MPH. Photographed: near Sedgwick, Colo., June 11, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sedgwick.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1933
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Western History Subject Index
- PLACE NAMES FORT SEDGWICK COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- Sedgwick, Colorado
- Denver Public Library 1928 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1928. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 B
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Jose Aguayo, Celia Aguayo
- Studio portrait of Jose and Celia Aguayo. The young boy, in a sailor suit, poses with his infant sister. She wears a dress, has a large bow in her hair and holds a rattle.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Boys.; Families.; Girls.; Aguayo, Celia--Pictorial works.; Aguayo, Jose--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Brothers and sisters--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- ca. 1944
- Julesburg, Colo., all aboard for the picnic
- Children and men sit and pose in a horse-drawn wagon on a dirt road in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Girls wear ruffled bonnets; boys wear felt hats. A foal is beside the team of horses.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1900.
- 1893 August 13
- Julesburg, Colo.
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. The building is a one-story structure with a curvilinear gable and stucco exterior. A water tank is in the distance.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Julesburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Julesburg--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Charles S. Stobie and his two Indian scouts
- Photograph of a newspaper clipping. Illustration shows Charles S. Stobie flanked by his North American Indian (Ute) scouts. (Left) Wanzito (Antelope), and (right) Chief Piah (Black Tail Deer.
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1860-1870.; Clippings.; Military scouts.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1865 and 1869?]
- Wichita, Leighton Farm, 240 acres of wheat
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, a man in a bow-tie stands in a field of bundled wheat in a field near Wichita (Sedgwick County), Kansas. He looks at a child who sits on top of a wheat bundle.
- Wichita (Kan.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Children--Kansas--Wichita--1900-1910.; Farming--Kansas--Wichita--1900-1910.; Farms--Kansas--Wichita--1900-1910.; Wheat--Kansas--Wichita--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- High school, Congregational Ch., parsonage Julesburg, Colorado.
- Four people, including one child stand next to the Congregational Church in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County on a snowy day. The one- story, horizontal church has a side steeple with a bell tower, and a gable. The high school and the...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Julesburg--1910-1920.
- March, 1912
- Julesburg Congregational Church, backside, remodeled
- View of the remodeled Congregational Church in Julesburg in Sedgwick County shows the one-story, wood-frame building with hipped roof, chimney, and rectangular windows with stained glass.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Julesburg--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Julesburg Congregational Church, remodeled
- A small child stands on the sidewalk near the Congregational Church in Julesburg, Colorado, in Sedgwick County, where scaffolding can is outside the church, whose architecture includes a tower and several gables. A residence is near the church.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Julesburg--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Julesburg Stage Station
- Photo of a drawing of the Julesburg Number 2 stage stop in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County. Pedestrians are on the dirt road in the foreground. Tents are pitched next to wood-frame buildings. A stagecoach is in front of the building.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Julesburg, Colorado
- Elementary school students wearing costumes stand in a line in a classroom in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County. The boys wear breeches and waistcoats and two girls wear eighteenth-century period costumes with long skirts, long-sleeved...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Julesburg--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Ovid High School
- View of Ovid High School, Ovid, Sedgwick County, Colorado; a brick building with art deco elements, zig-zag parapet trim and metal casement windows.
- Ovid (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Ovid--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1924]
- Ovid, Colo.
- View in Ovid, Sedgwick County, Colorado, of a brick building with boarded-up store front windows and lettering: "Janovsky Merc. Co."
- Ovid (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1974]
- Ovid, Colo.
- View in Ovid, Sedgwick County, Colorado, of a commercial building with fire damage; a "CO OP" sign is across the street.
- Ovid (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1974]
- Ovid, Colorado
- View of Main Street in Ovid, Sedgwick County, Colorado; shows buggies, a car, and a business with sign: "C. N. Bennett & Son."
- Ovid (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ovid--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch original cast
- Members of the cast of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch who include: (back row, left to right) William L. Myatt, Daniel Peery, Glen Waters, Arthur Woth, Carl Milliken, Milo Bouldton, Robert Charbonnel, Dr. R. A. Sprake, Walter Markus, Dr. T. J....
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Type: Yei Gi Chai Weaver: Mae Lewis Size: 68" x 34".
- View of a Native American (Navajo) rug that depicts kachina and yei figures. A tag attached to the corner of the blanket reads: "Sedgwick Trading Post".
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1960-1970.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1960-1970.; Navajo textile fabrics--1960-1970.; Pictorial rugs--1960-1970.; Rugs--1960-1970.; Lewis, Mae.
- 1968
- Arrow, Colorado
- Passengers stand and walk around the log depot at Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. The men are dressed in suits and hats and the women have on long dresses and bonnets. The station features horizontal logs with a decorative triangular pattern under...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1920.
- 1911
- Distant view of Cheyenne
- A view of Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming shows Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the town in the distance. Snow is on the ground.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1880.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1860-1880.; Railroad tracks--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- Julesburg, Colo. station
- View of the one-story, brick Union Pacific Railroad depot in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. The depot has columns and a parapet at the entrance. Shows a dirt road, street lights and a sign that reads: "Julesburg."
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Julesburg (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Julesburg--1930-1940.
- 1938 June
- The Texas cattle trade
- View of cowboys on horseback and herds of cattle in Texas. Men herd cattle on trails, on the prairie or in wooden corrals. Shows a camp scene with a fire, men at a table, and saddles on the ground. Scenes in Kansas show covered wagons and...
- Wichita (Kan.)--1870-1880.; Camping--1870-1880.; Cattle herding--Texas--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Kansas--Wichita--1870-1880.; Meat industry--Texas--1870-1880.
- [1874 May 2]
- Keota panorama from railroad windmill tower
- Dirt roads wind around two commercial structures in Keota, Colorado in Sedgwick County.
- Keota (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Keota--1950-1960.
- 1955 July 7
- Man at extreme left, Uberto Gibello who built Italian caves
- Four people and a child stand outside wood-frame, commercial storefronts in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County. A man stands in the doorway, and a dog stands by the front porch. A striped barber's pole is in front of the center building. Signs...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Julesburg--1880-1890.
- [1884?]
- Telegraph office
- Photo of an ink drawing of Indians sitting next to a fire in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County. A farmer with a broad-brimmed hat stands next to a sod house that is missing an entire wall. A wood-frame house is in the background.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1910.; Julesburg (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Julesburg--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- War Department marker located at the site of the third Julesburg (Weir) which came into existence in 1867 as end of track for the Union Pacific, when it was larger than Denver of that day.
- A war department marker is situated in a grassy field near Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County. The stone marker has two iron pegs that stick out of the top of it. The words "War Dept Corps of Engineers U. S. Army 1874" are etched into the front...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & markers--Colorado--Julesburg--1970-1980.
- [1972?]