Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Summit of Pike's Peak
- View of Summit House and the lookout tower atop Pikes Peak, Colorado; shows a Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway engine, passenger car, and men standing near the stone government signal station building.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Watch...
- 1901
- View from the summit of Pikes Peak
- View of mountains from the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [1901]
- View from summit of Pikes Peak
- Tourists and spectators stand on observation areas on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows rock formations and boulders on Pikes Peak.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [1901]
- View from summit of Pikes Peak
- View of mountains from the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [1901]
- Telluride, burros
- A man poses with a packtrain of burros near a two story brick commercial building on the main street of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The burros are loaded with wooden boxes and burlap sacks. Shows men, plank and frame buildings, and...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Silverton
- A packtrain of burros and donkeys, with bales of hay and burlap sacks, is stopped in a street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Men and boys stand near the pack train. Commercial frame buildings with false fronts are nearby. Signs on the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Ute Indians, Ignacio, CO
- North American Indian (Ute) men and boys stand or sit on horseback at the Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. The men have their hair in braids (some are wrapped in fur), they wear cloth leggings, and a few wear hairpipe...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Southern Ute Agency--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing &...
- [ca. 1890]
- Durango
- Panoramic view of houses, commercial buildings, and churches in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably the San Juan Smelter. Shows the Animas Valley and the San Juan Mountains. The Animas River is in the distance.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Ute family
- Studio portrait of a North American Indian (Ute) family.. A person, probably a man, holds an infant. He wears beaded moccasins, plaid pants and has a woven fabric on his lap. The infant wears a dress and beaded moccasins. A woman stand near the...
- African Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company train sits on tracks probably in Colorado. Engineers sit in the locomotive and two men stand on the tracks near a passenger car. Labels on the train read: "C.R.I. & P.," "1112," "Chicago, Rock...
- Railroad employees--Colorado--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company train sits on tracks probably in Colorado. Two men stand on the tracks near a passenger car. Labels on the train read: "Pullman," "1098," "Rocky Mountain Limited," "Westlake," and "Manila."
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway train sits on the tracks probably in Colorado. Signs on the railroad cars read: "Manila," "Dining Car," "Chair Car," "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific," "Pullman."
- Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway train sits on tracks probably in Colorado. Two men stand near a chair car. Labels painted on the train read: "Chair Car," "Dining Car," "711," "648," "608."
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Bridal Veil Falls
- View of probably Bridal Veil Falls above Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. The water cascades off a sheer rock cliff. A large boulder is at the base of the falls.
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Trout Lake Fall 120 ft. near Ophir
- View of Lake Fork Falls (Trout Lake Fall) on Lake Fork (flows through Trout Lake) near Ophir in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a waterfall with a horsetail in a narrow canyon. The walls of the canyon are sheer, rocks and boulders are near and...
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Silverton
- View of the town of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows houses and business facilities. The Animas River and Kendall and Sultan Mountains are in the distance.
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Silverton
- View of the town of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows houses and commercial facilities. The Animas River, Grand Turk, and Kendall and Sultan Mountains, and mines are in the distance. A man sits on a horse near a small reservoir above the...
- Grand Turk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Molas Lake
- View of Molas Lake in San Juan County, Colorado. A log house and cabins are across the lake. Mountains are in the distance.
- Molas Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Ute Indians at Ignacio
- North American Indian (Ute) men pose on or near horses at the Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. The men wear cloth leggings, moccasins, braids (two have fur wrapped braids), a hairpipe breastplate, blankets, and a woven...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Southern Ute Agency--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing &...
- [ca. 1890]
- Sheridan Mine
- View of the Sheridan Mine in Marshall Basin, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows mine buildings and distant mountains.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sheridan Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Lake
- View of an unidentified lake probably in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. Shows a small alpine lake and lodgepole pine trees. Mountains are in the distance.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Lake
- View of an unidentified lake probably in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. Shows a small alpine lake and lodgepole pine trees. Mountains and jagged peaks are in the distance.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Lake
- A man stands near an unidentified lake probably in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. He wears gloves, a jacket, pants, and high boots, he holds a hat and coat. He has a bag or creel slung over his shoulder. Mountains are in the distance.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Looking down the San Miguel over Telluride from Pandora Mill
- View of cabins and mines in Pandora (San Miguel County), on the floor of the San Miguel River valley in Colorado. The town of Telluride is in the distance.
- Pandora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pandora--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Pandora--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Sightseers at Molas Lake
- Well dressed men and women, pose with, or sit on horses and mules at Molas Lake in San Juan County, Colorado. The women ride sidesaddle and wear long dresses and hats. The men have on suits and hats. Trees and mountains are in the distance.
- Molas Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Silverton
- View of the town of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows houses, churches, and commercial facilities. The Animas River, Kendall Mountain, and mines are in the distance.
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Branding cattle in Rigg's Basin near Durango
- Men brand cattle in a large corral in a valley near Durango in La Plata County, Colorado. Men on horseback and on foot look on. Shows a herd of cattle, horse-drawn carriages and large ponderosa pine trees.
- La Plata County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle branding--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1900.; Corrals--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Ute mother & infant
- Studio portrait of a North American Indian (Ute) woman and her infant. The woman holds the baby in a quilled cradleboard. She had her hair in braids and wears a floral print dress, a woven striped blanket with knotted fringe and plain moccasins.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mothers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Quillwork--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- When I first crossed the plains in 1865, Chs. S. Stobie
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He wears a wide brimmed hat, short hair and is clean shaven. He wears a coat decorated with piping and a tie and stickpin.
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Military scouts.; Rifles.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- 1865 June 1
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- View of Kiowa Street, Colorado Springs, and Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn carriages, the round driveway of the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, trees, utility poles, houses, and a railroad bridge near a stone...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Driveways--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak
- Fields surround residences and institutional buildings in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The Saint Francis Hospital is a three story brick structure with large windows and a two story bay extension. A powerhouse with a smoke stack is...
- Saint Francis Hospital (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Kanab, Utah
- View of Kanab (Kane County), Utah. Shows a mesa, barns, fields, possibly vineyards, houses, and an industrial building. A wide valley is in the distance.
- Kanab (Utah)--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Utah--Kanab--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Kanab, Utah
- View of Kanab (Kane County), Utah. Shows fields, barns, houses, a church, and probably a school. A deep cut valley is in the distance.
- Kanab (Utah)--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Utah--Kanab--1900-1930.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Hurricane, Utah
- View of Hurricane (Washington County), Utah. Shows barns, rolls of hay, orchards, fields, and houses. A dirt road extends into an expansive valley in the distance.
- Hutticane (Utah)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Hurricane--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Hurricane, Utah
- View of Hurricane (Washington County), Utah. Shows the edge of a mesa, barns, houses and cultivated fields.
- Hurricane (Utah)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Hurricane--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Yankee Girl Mine
- Miners pose near buildings and mine railroad tracks at the Yankee Girl Mine in Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. Most of the men wear hats and sack jackets. Shows probably a mill with two smokestacks surrounded by a log retaining wall, headframe,...
- Guston (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Train, Las Animas Canyon
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, Highline, Silverton Branch, near Rockwood in the Canyon of the Rio Las Animas (Animas Gorge) La Plata County, Colorado. A narrow gauge engine with freight cars, a work car and a caboose is stopped on a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Animas Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--La Plata...
- [ca. 1890]
- Red Mountain Mining District
- Miners pose with a pack train of burros near a lake or pond in the Red Mountain Mining District in Ouray or San Juan County, Colorado. Two of the men are African American. The men wear hats, and two smoke pipes. The burros carry split wooden logs....
- African Americans--Colorado--Red Mountain Mining District--1890-1900.; Red Mountain Mining District (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Red Mountain Mining District--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Red Mountain Mining District--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Silverton
- View of the town of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows Reese and Greene Streets with houses, commercial facilities, and the two story school house with a belfry. The Animas River, Grand Turk, Kendall and Sultan Mountains are in the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Southern Plains (Ute?)) doll. The head is buckskin with buffalo fur for hair; the body is muslin and is covered with a blue wool dress trimmed with red cotton binding. The sleeves are long with purple stripes; the yoke,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dolls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Lance
- A Native American (Plains) lance. The point is constructed of metal and the handle is a rake handle. It is decorated with a rawhide band painted red, a braid of black hair wrapped in rawhide painted red, eagle feather and buffalo fur.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Lances--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Dew Drop Mine
- A man and woman pose near a tailings pile at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado.. The woman sits sidesaddle on a horse, the man holds the horse's bridle. The woman wears a bonnet, a jacket with...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Women.
- 1895 June 17
- Chs .S. Stobie, scout and "Mountain Charlie" - guide Colorado
- Profile (head and shoulders) studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full gray beard and curly hair. He wears a large brimmed cowboy hat and a fringed buckskin jacket decorated with cowry shells and panels...
- Artists--American--1900-1910.; Beards.; Leather garments.; Military scouts.; Quillwork.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- View from University Place looking N.
- Panoramic view of buildings at the University of Colorado on University Hill in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the rusticated stone Hale scientific building, the central tower of Old Main, chimneys on Woodbury Hall, and the smokestack of...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1890-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- View from University Place looking E.
- Panoramic view of farm houses and buildings east of University Hill in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- Camp Goldfield, N.G.C., Cripple Creek District
- View of "Camp Goldfield," headquarters of the Colorado National Guard during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Shows rows of tents, mine buildings, probably Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad cars and a trestle, smokestacks, and the...
- Colorado. National Guard--Structures--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- No. 5 Cripple Creek
- Members of the Colorado National Guard in uniform pose on railroad tracks in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Colonel Verdeckberg, Milt Unfinger [?], [General]...
- Colorado. National Guard--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Western Federation of Miners--People--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard in front of a tent during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, tall boots, and swords. Shows frame buildings and probably telegraph poles in the...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard in front of tents in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, tall boots, swords...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; African Americans--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller...
- [1903]
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard Medical Corps in front of a tent in the Cripple Creek mining district during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike in Teller County, Colorado. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, arm...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Medical personnel--Colorado--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]