Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sitting Bull's camp, near Standing Rock Agency, many tepees, Missouri River in background
- View of Chief Sitting Bull's camp at the Standing Rock Agency south of Fort Yates, in Sioux County, North Dakota. The Missouri River is in the distance. Shows Native American (Sioux) tepees camped above the river bottom with drying or tanning racks...
- Missouri River--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Curing (Preservation)--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- Dedication of Standing Rock (N.D.), Sitting Bull making oration to group of people
- Stone being placed on monument at the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; Agent James McLaughlin on right of marker, Sitting Bull on left, and Joe Primeau (interpreter) leaning against post; Dakota Native Americans sitting on ground wrapped in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Historic sites--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.; Primeau, Joe.; United States. Office of...
- [188-?]
- Dedication of Standing Rock (N.D.), similar view
- Placing stone on top of monument at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; Agent James McLaughlin on right of marker, Sitting Bull on left, and Joe Primeau (interpreter) leaning against post; Dakota Native Americans sitting on ground wrapped in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Historic sites--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.; Primeau, Joe.; United States. Office of...
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Dedication of Standing Rock (N.D.), similar view
- Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, placing the stone on the monument with Agent James McLaughlin on right of marker, Sitting Bull on left, and Joe Primeau (interpreter) leaning against post; Dakota Native Americans sitting on ground wrapped in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Historic sites--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.; Primeau, Joe.; United States. Office of...
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Good Horse, Dakota Chief, with wife, in Indian clothing, bust
- Good Horse, Dakota Chief, with wife, 1/2 length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; Good Horse in feather headdress, earrings, breastplate under ornamental fur collar with adornments, fur cuffs, metal bands around arms and wrists; Good...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880- 1890.; Good Horse.
- [188-?]
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota, wearing elaborate hair ornaments, bust
- Two Bear's daughter, Dakota female, 1/2 length studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, dentalium shell earrings and necklaces.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880- 1890.; Two Bear--Family.
- [188-?]
- William F. Cody with Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, standing, Sitting Bull in Indian clothing with elaborate headdress, full length
- William Frederick Cody "Buffalo Bill" and Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; Cody wears hat, scarf tied at neck, embroidered shirt, pants tucked in thigh high boots and holds a rifle; Sitting...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Entertainers--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull's Camp
- Sitting Bull's camp, with six tipis visible, plus low tent.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188-?]
- Dedication of Standing Rock, Major McLaughlin & Sitting Bull in foreground
- View of dedication of monument at Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota. Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, stands to left of the monument; James McLaughlin, Agent for the Standing Rock Reservation, in hat and coat, is to the right of monument. Group...
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D)--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portrait--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, sitting, 3/4 length
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, 3/4 length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing two feathers in hair, string wrapped around braids, and buttoned shirt.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, similar view
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing two feathers in hair, braids wrapped with string, and buttoned shirt.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, similar view
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait; wearing two feathers in hair, string wrapped around braids, and buttoned shirt.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, bust
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait; wearing feather headdress, buttoned shirt; left profile.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing Indian clothing, bust
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, head and shoulders studio portrait in oval frame; wearing two feathers in hair, hair wrapped in string, and buttoned shirt.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188?]
- Mr Nate Salsbury compliments D.F. Barry
- Six small, oval frames on a larger image include bust portraits of Gall, John Grass, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, Curley, and a photo of Sitting Bull's Camp.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Curly.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Grass, John.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- William F. Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group portrait in a studio. Sitting in front of Cody is Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, who toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885. The others in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Crow Eagle.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Halsey, William.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry. Sitting Bull wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull
- Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull poses for a bust portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears his hair in braids with fur wrapped around their ends and has an embroidered sash across his chest. A scarf is pinned around his...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull
- Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull poses for a bust portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears his hair in braids with fur wrapped around their ends and has an embroidered sash across his chest. A scarf is pinned around his...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull
- Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull poses for a half-length portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a feather headdress and has his hair in braids with fur wrapped around their ends. He also has an embroidered sash across...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill
- Hand-colored postcard of full-length studio portrait of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry....
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- New Hope Baptist Church/Twenty Third Presbyterian Church
- W. H. Richard's house taken July 1883 Nevadaville, Col
- The W. H. Richards residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with a covered entry, gable roof with returns, and brick chimney. Men, women, and children pose in the yard; another man sits on the roof. A...
- Richards, W. H.--Family--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880- 1890.; Richards, W. H.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.;...
- 1883
- M. E. Church, Montrose, Colo
- The Methodist Episcopal Church in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is a brick building with stone trim and windows with latticed gothic arches. The entry is square tower with a rosette and an ornate, imbricated belfry, finials, and a windvane....
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.
- 1887 April 26
- Parade in Montrose, Colorado
- On Main Street, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, men in uniforms pose with rifles and United States flags. Spectators include children, women, and a man in tophat. Frame and brick businesses line the dirt thoroughfare; bare fields are in the...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 February 22
- Decoration Day Montrose, Colo
- The Decoration Day parade in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, includes a marching band in cavalry uniforms. Men carry drums, rifles, swords, and a United States flag. Brick and frame businesses with cornices flank the street; spectators crowd...
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Shaffers Crossing
- View of an abandoned, hewn-log house in Shaffers Crossing, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Shaffers Crossing (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Shaffers Crossing--1880- 1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Shaffers Crossing--1880-1890.
- 1885
- The first sight-seeing train run thru the Royal Gorge
- View of party goers in an open observation car of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Celebrations--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Fremont County--1880- 1890.;...
- [1880 or 1881]
- Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak, Cutler Hall (without wings) from 900 block, Nevada Ave. Colorado College
- Palmer Hall (Cutler Hall in 1903), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is built of stone with gables and a domed belfry.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1890.
- 1881
- First Colorado College building, F. E. Don driving, later became mayor
- F. E. Don drives President Edward P. Tenney around the Colorado College campus, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, in a surrey with a fringed roof. Palmer Hall and the president's residence are in the background.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; College presidents--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-...
- [1883]
- Girls' Dormitory, N. E. corner, North Cascade Ave. and Columbia St.
- View of Columbian Club (1882 women's dormitory), North Cascade Avenue and Columbia Street, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, a frame spindle-style Victorian with a covered porch, gables, and bracketed eaves.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dormitories--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1890.
- [between 1882 and 1883]
- Girls' Dormitory, N. E. corner, North Cascade Ave. and Columbia St.
- View of Columbian Club (1882 women's dormitory), North Cascade Avenue and Columbia Street, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, a frame spindle-style Victorian with covered porches, a bay window, gables, and bracketed eaves.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1890.
- [between 1882 and 1884]
- Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is a frame building with a corner entry, a belltower, and a faceted steeple.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1890.
- [1882]
- President's house, Colo. College
- View of the President's residence, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, a stone Victorian with a projecting, faceted porch and dormer.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Official residences--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1890.
- 1883
- Main street looking north from railroad yards, piles of coal in the foreground, about 1890.
- Looking north from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad tracks down Main Street in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, there is a wide street with a windmill well in the center. Wood frame false fronts line the street. "Chicago Lumber Yard"...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Akron--1880-1890.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- [1887]
- Dining room the Manitou House
- Interior view of the dining room at the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Decorated for Christmas, this wooden floor dining hall with its Windsor chairs is ready for guests. The tables are set with Moroccan weave tableclothes,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870- 1890.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Interiors.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou...
- [between 1874 and 1887?]
- A scene in Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Soda Spring Pavilion and the Cliff House. The Pavilion is a frame structure with a cross-gable roof and a cupola with flagpole; the foundation is knee- high rusticated stone. The east half is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff...
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Canon of the Rio Los Animas
- A Denver & Rio Grande Railway narrow gauge train with four freight and two passenger cars pauses along a rocky cliff face near Rockwood in the Canyon of the Animas River, La Plata County, Colorado; passengers stand outside the train to view the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--La Plata County--1880- 1890.;...
- [between 1930- and 1940]