Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cemeteries - grave site - tombstone of Raymond Craig
- View of a cemetery in Denver, Colorado; shows landscaping, flowers, and a grave marker with inscription: "Raymond Eugene Craig, May 12, 1897, May 13, 1897."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Craig, Raymond, Eugene, 1897--Tomb.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Revenue Mill, Sneffles [sic]
- View of the Revenue Mine and Mill complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The wood frame shaft house has dormers and the boarding house has sash windows. A gable shed is in front of the shaft house. Trees and stumps dot the San Juan...
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 Jan
- Main St. Delta, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Shows two-story, brick buildings, including the First National Bank tower. Horse-drawn buggies, carriages and people line the dirt road. A sign reads: "Corbin & Sanders."
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1897 May
- Pikes Peak & Manitou Eng. No. 3 summit of Pikes Peak
- Shows Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Engine No. 3 at the top of Pikes Peak, July 26, 1897, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men and women sit and stand on nearby boulders and the engineer leans out of the locomotive. A single story rock ashlar building...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1897 July 26
- Colo. Midland RR refrigerator car
- Shows a Colorado Midland Railway refrigerator car made in Colorado City, Colorado on July 16, 1897. "Colorado 1206 Midland Refrigerator line", the company logo and "Hanrahan automatic system of refrigeration" are painted on one side of the car.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Railroad refrigerator cars--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 16
- Placer gold fields, Russell, Colo.
- View of Russell, Costilla County, Colorado, includes dwellings, outbuildings, mining sheds, Sangre de Cristo Creek and Denver and Rio Grande railroad engine, freight cars and passenger coach. Identified locations are: "1. Spanish Basin Placers, 2....
- Russell (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Colorado, Animas City and the two parallel terminal moraines on the eastern side of the river
- View east across Animas City and the two parallel terminal moraines on the eastern side of Animas River, La Plata County, Colorado; show scattered wood frame residences, barns, sheds, and fences; bridge crosses the river center of town.
- Animas City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Broadmoor
- Southward view of buildings of the Broadmoor, near Colorado Springs, Colorado; at right is the Casino, built by Count James Pourtales in 1891 and burned in 1897, designed by architect Lindley Johnson of Philadelphia; at left is a smaller building,...
- Johnson, Lindley--Homes & haunts.; Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Broadmoor (Hotel :...
- [between 1891 and 1897]
- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Blackhawk, Colo.
- Interior view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows arched entry windows, swinging front doors, stove in front left foreground, wooden floor with stains, and calendar from 1897 on entryway wall. Three men occupy the saloon. One...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1890.
- 1897
- Western History Subject Index
- Smith, Frank W
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 16, 1909 June 5
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- A float that represents a Union Pacific railcar at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah, shows: two American flags; signs read: "Union Pacific, San Francisco, United States Railway Post Office, The Fast Mail, The Traveling Mens Favorite...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1890-1900.; Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Utah--Salt Lake...
- 1897
- Sanford Cup, Overland Park, 1897
- Men and women with golf clubs gather outside the clubhouse at Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Golfers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Denver High School football team of 1897
- Studio portrait of members of the 1897 Denver High School football team and their coaches. The two men wear suits and ties. The players wear striped, wool sweaters and socks, shoulder pads, padded pants, and high-top ankle boots. Two boys have nose...
- Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Coaches (Athletics)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Montrose school 1897
- In 1897, the two story brick structure that served as the Montrose School featured dormers, a hipped roof, a central spire with a modified mansard roof and roof cresting. A covered entryway is supported by turned posts.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Laura Emma Besser
- Studio bust portrait of Laura Emma Besser, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Besser's long hair is parted down the middle and pulled back. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves, a rounded neckline and a lace bertha collar affixed...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Besser, Laura Emma.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- May Sheldon Judkins
- Studio bust portrait of May Sheldon Judkins, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Judkins' hair is pinned up in a twist. Her dress has oversized puffed sleeves, gathered frilled lace, and a band collar tied in a bow in back. She...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Judkins, May Sheldon.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Charles Goodwin Patrick
- Studio bust portrait of Charles Goodwin Patrick, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Patrick's hair is parted to the side. He wears a coat, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Patrick, Charles Goodwin.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Charles Goodwin Patrick, Walter Eugene Burlingame, and George B. Rice
- Studio portrait of three Denver High School Cadets at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Left to right are Charles Goodwin Patrick, Walter Eugene Burlingame, and George B. Rice. The young men wear uniforms with belts, epaulets, and pose with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cadets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Burlingame, Walter E. (Walter Eugene); Patrick, Charles Goodwin.; Rice, George B.; Denver High...
- 1897 May?
- Clare Florence Williams
- Studio bust portrait of Clare Florence Williams, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Williams' curly hair is parted in the middle and pulled back. Her dress bodice has wide, gathered pleats, puffed shoulders, and a velvet band...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Williams, Clare Florence.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Edmund N. Skinner
- Studio portrait of Edmund N. Skinner, a student at Denver High School. Skinner's hair is parted down the middle and combed down. He poses with his hands in his pockets and wears a coat, a vest with a watch fob chain, a shirt with an upright collar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Skinner, Edmund N.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Class of 1897
- Studio group portrait of members of the class of 1897 at probably Georgetown High School in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Professor D.R. Hatch has a moustache, wears a suit with a bow tie and sits with the students. The young women...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dresses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Flood June 10, 1897 Boulder, Colo.
- People sit and stand on a railroad bridge over flooding Boulder Creek in Boulder, Colorado. A Black man is in a suit and a fedora, and another man wears a uniform and a Civil War soldier's hat. People sit on the bank, and behind them are sheds,...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Firsts
- Western History Subject Index
- Griswold, L P
- Western History Subject Index
- Bellamy, Edward
- Western History Subject Index
- Wight, Eugene E
- Western History Subject Index
- Seminole, J F
- Descendants of Martin de Alaja and Maria de Baca
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Martin de Alaja and Maria de Baca
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2005 April
- Descendants of Lucas Cardenas
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Lucas Cardenas
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Juan Tenorio de Alba and Josefa Lopez Sandoval
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan Tenorio de Alba and Josefa Lopez Sandoval.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Page 5446
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 13, 1909 May 15
- Revenue Tunnel looking east
- View of the Revenue Tunnel Mine and Mill complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows wood frame boarding houses, a shaft house, tailings, trees and the post office and Porter general store complex.
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [1897?]
- Revenue Buildings
- View of the Revenue Mine and Mill complex in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the snow covered ground, wood frame buildings, cribbing, mules and snow dusted fir trees. The buildings are bunkhouses, a saw mill, compressor buildings, a...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 Jan
- Sneffels, Colo.
- Men pose outside of the two-story George R. Porter general store and post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the adjacent single-story, framed residence (the original post office), snow covered ground, icicles and the Revenue Mill....
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 Feb. 10
- 6 A.M. snow storm
- View of Main Street after an early July snowstorm in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. A striped arch, probably for the Fourth of July, spans the snow covered street, a street light hangs from the center of the arch. Shows the Jeffers Building, with...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Arches.; Commercial streets.; Snow.
- 1897 July 3
- Cameron Cone from tunnel
- A view through a tunnel along the Colorado Midland Railway line close to the "Cameron Cone" near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Cameron Cone (Colo.)--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- 1897 May 8
- Colo. Midland RR Dolomite trestle (no train)
- A view of the Dolomite trestle of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows a trestle bridge, hills and trees.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1897 May 8
- Stages at old signal station top of Pikes Peak
- Three stagecoaches with passengers are stopped at the old signal station at the top of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. The old signal station is a single story brick building.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- 1897 July 26
- Pikes Peak carriage line eating station
- Men and women stand next to the Pikes Peak Carriage Line carriage on a stop at the eating station on the Pikes Peak road. The driver is seated in the front seat. The Eating Station is the single story log building is in the background.
- Pikes Peak Carriage Line--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--El Paso...
- 1897 July 26
- Smuggler Shaft House Aspen
- A view of the shaft house of the Smuggler mine in Aspen, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Cripple Creek, Colorado Midland Ry, Pano (Section of 6170)
- View of the mining town Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows masonry commercial buildings, residential frame structures, outbuildings, and the Portland Hotel. Shows dirt roads to mines and mining structures on the hillside. A locomotive...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Cripple Creek, Col.
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins with chinking, framed windows, doors, and chimneys; one and two-story wood frame residences; and multi-story masonry commercial buildings. Mines and mining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Anaconda Col.
- View of a Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad locomotive and Denver & Rio Grande Railway cars at Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a railroad trestle, mine buildings, mine tailings, and the tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway on Gold Hill....
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.;...
- 1897
- Anaconda, Col.
- View of Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. Shows residences and commercial buildings in Squaw Gulch. Mine buildings, mine dumps, and the tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway appear on Gold Hill. A man leans on a fence by the Florence & Cripple...
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1897
- Leadville Drum Corps
- Leadville Drum Corps pose in three rows in front of a vertical board structure. The young men in uniforms wear waistcoats with zig zag embroidery decoration, flat top military caps, trousers with side stripes and gaiters. The first row sits low,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Woodmen of World Members in front of I. O. O. F. building, Meeker, Colorado.
- The Woodmen of the World pose in front of the 1897 Odd Fellows Lodge on Main Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. First row sits on benches in uniform holding long handle axes. The second row wears suits and men around the central banner...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
- [between 1897 and 1910]
- Tom Hughes, early day photographer in Meeker
- Seated portrait of Tom Hughes, taken in Mrs. William A Keller's front room of the ranch house outside of Meeker, near Coal Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A ornate rug serves as a backdrop, other props includes a small marble top table with a...
- Keller, William A.--Family--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hughes, Tom.
- between 1897 and 1898