Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado directory of mines : Containing descriptions of the mines and mills, and the mining and milling corporations of Colorado. Arranged alphabetically by counties.
- State wide directory containing descriptions of the mines and mills, and the mining and milling corporations of Colorado. Information within the the document is arranged alphabetically by mine name.
- Mines and mineral industries--Colorado--Directories.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Directories.;
- 1879
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 26, 1910 June 25
- Croatian Hall, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of Croatian Hall located at 512 2nd Avenue in Crested Butte, Colorado. The simple, two-story meeting hall has corrugated sheet metal siding on its false front with original decorative cornice and central half rondel containing the words,...
- Croation Hall (Crested Butte, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Halls--Colorado--Crested Butte--2000-2010.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Croatian Fraternal Union of America Sub Assembly No. 26 (Crested Butte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Croatian Hall...
- 2007
- Chavez Plaza Cemetery, Huerfano County, Colo.
- View of the Chavez Plaza Cemetery, known also as the San Jose Canon Cemetery, the San Jose de Los Chavez Cemetery, or the Los Chavez Cemetery located near the town of Gardner in Huerfano County, Colo. The earliest gravestone dates to 1877 with the...
- Chavez Plaza Cemetery (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Huerfano County--1970-1980.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Chavez Plaza Cemetery (Huerfano County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Huerfano...
- 1977
- Corinthian Masonic Lodge #35, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Corinthian Masonic Lodge #35 located at the corner of Harrison Avenue and East 7th Avenue, Leadville, Colo. Built in 1910, the two-story brick building has a pediment with a parapet above containing the Masonic symbol. An inset plaque...
- Freemasons. Corinthian Lodge No. 35 (Leadville, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Freemasonry--Colorado--Leadville--Lodges--1970-1980.; Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Freemasons. Corinthian Lodge No. 35 (Leadville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- c.1970
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 2, 1913 October 25
- Book Cliffs
- View of layered shale cliffs and hills in Mesa County, Colorado. A wire fence with timber posts and a haystack are in Grand Valley. Sparse trees and shrubs are on the Book Cliffs.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Mesa County--1900-1920.; Book Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Mesa County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- W.P.C.D. powder car
- A worker holds sticks of dynamite removed from a cart containing explosives at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. The man wears work overalls and a...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1930-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Dr. Nininger, meteorite
- View of men, who include Dr. Harvey H. Nininger, stand beside pick-up trucks and probably a churn shot drill possibly in Saguache County, Colorado; the drill is labeled: "L[?] Dieckman Moffat Colo." Shows a horse-drawn wagon containing barrels.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- 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?]
- Yellowstone
- A man stands below terraces of calcuim carbonate dissolved in water containing carbon dioxide precipitates in the form of stalagmites and stalagtites, Mammoth Hot Springs, near Gardiner Gateway, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Springs--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Stalactites & stalagmites--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yellowstone
- Terraces of calcuim carbonate dissolved in water containing carbon dioxide precipitates form stalagmites and stalagtites around dying trees, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Springs--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Stalactites & stalagmites--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Studio portrait with painted backdrop of male in military uniform, Cripple Creek, Colorado; 3/4 length view with uniform containing epaulets, brass buttons, sash around shoulders and mid-section, ornamental chain attached to belt and saber in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military personnel--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1897]
- Fort Arnett Red Cliff
- People crowd Fort Arnett, a rock formation in Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows rifles and a surveyor's tripod. An American flag is on a pole.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.
- [1879]
- Redcliff looking up the Eagle
- View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows tents and frame buildings by Eagle River.
- Eagle River (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Fourth of July mine
- A long line of tourists snakes across the mountain valley containing the remains of the Fourth of July mine, Boulder County, Colorado. Collapsed wooden buildings and tailings piles comprise the remnants.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fourth of July Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Tourists--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Manitou Spring Pavilion
- Exterior view of the Soda Spring Pavilion looking north, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This ground level closeup affords an exceptional look at the open air pavilion on a busy midsummer noon, during which some 4,000 glasses of sparkling water were...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Central City residence interiors
- A sink, with a tall backsplash from which the faucets extend, forms one side of an L-shaped counter in a corner of a Central City kitchen. The other side of the L is a counter with a backsplash over drawers with round drawer pulls. Next to the sink...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- 15 inch vein, #3 drift
- View shows a fifteen inch vein of gold in an unidentified mine owned by the Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Mining, Colorado
- View shows patterns created by veins of gold in a mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Tunnel #3
- Two women and a man pose in front of Tunnel #3 at an unidentified gold mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Colorado mining
- Ore car tracks disappear into a tunnel at an unidentified gold mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Surface structures and lumber litter the surrounding area.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921?
- Colorado mining
- View of surface structures at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Hand written on buildings in the image: "Eat, Fuel room, Boiler and compressor, bunk house, and wider (?)."
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Central City residence interior
- A partially visible room in the Prosser house in Central City, Colorado has several paintings on the wall with shelves containing bric-a- brac hanging under them. A parlor chair is in front of the shelves. The room is separated by a curtain, which...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Bird's eye view camp, looking south
- View looking south and down on surface structures at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Colorado mining
- View shows a dirt road and mining equipment at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Blacksmith shop
- View of the blacksmith shop and the mess hall at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Skis, a sled, and chickens are outside the mess hall.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Forge shops--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mess halls--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Engine and compressor, 35 H. P.
- Interior view shows a side crank engine used to power the equipment at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air compressors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Boiler
- Interior view shows a boiler used to power a side crank engine to run power mining equipment at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boilers--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Camp looking north from tunnel
- View looking north from a tunnel shows surface structures at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado, gathered around a gaming table play the "chuck-a-luck" game; a cylindrical chrome cage with large dice is mounted on a stand and rotated by a crank. Cigar boxes containing coins on the table read: "Mild...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gambling--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Two police - someone murdered in bed?
- Policemen stand by a bed containing the body of a man that may have been murdered, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Dead persons--1910-1930.; Homicides--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- A procession of oxen pulling a buggy containing two tall house plants (dracaena) at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Ox teams--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1897
- San Ildefonzo pueblo, aged woman teaching ceremonial grinding
- Three Native American (Tewa) women grind corn in fixed wooden bins containing graded metates, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. They wear mantas. One woman, in a wrapped shawl, observes.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Metates--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San Ildefonso...
- 1910
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ute indian cradleboards
- Standing studio portrait of unidentified Native American woman (Ute) wearing a cradleboard containing her baby. The board is decorated with fringe and bead work. Only the face of the baby is visible.
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Infants--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- Chief McCook's funeral procession
- A group of white and Native American (Ute) men carry the coffin containing the remains of Chief John McCook, brother of Chipeta, to its final resting place near his sister and her husband, Ouray, in Montrose, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Montrose (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John,...
- 1937 November 3
- Ute Indians - Ouray reburial
- The coffin containing the remains of Chief Ouray sits under a flag draped cover at the ceremony for the chief's reburial near Montrose, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ouray--Death & burial--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Ute Indians - Ouray reburial
- The coffin containing the remains of Chief Ouray sits under a flag draped cover at the ceremony for the chief's reburial near Montrose, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ouray--Death & burial--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Ute Indians - Ouray reburial
- The coffin containing the remains of Chief Ouray sits under a flag draped cover at the ceremony of the chief's reburial near Montrose, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ouray--Death & burial--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Ouray's reburial, Chief McCook and Yagha(?)
- Chief John McCook and a Native American Ute man identified as Yagha(?) stand in front of the coffin containing the remains of Chief Ouray, McCook's brother in law, near Montrose, Colorado. The coffin is under a cover which is draped by American...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ouray--Death & burial--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.;...
- [1925]
- The Navajo Soda Spring, Manitou
- View of Soda Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north west; shows the rustic, conical roofed gazebo with its branch uprights and benches with men, women and children gathered around it. The ring containing Navajo Spring is in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Picuris Pueblo, missions
- View of the mission in the Native American pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico. The building features a stepped parapet with a niche containing a bell, a cross on top of the parapet, a courtyard surrounded by an adobe wall, and an entry gate.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Picuris--1870-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Picuris--1870-1900.; Picuris (N.M.)--1870-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Picuris--1870-1900.; Missions--New...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Gladstone - 1941 pneumatic punching bag
- Pneumatic punching bag stands on a covered walkway in Gladstone, Colorado. The large round bag projects out from its containing framework and is attached to a scale which would measure the force of punches thrown. The framework is ornately cast...
- Punching Bags--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Residence of John Owen, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Interior view of an intricately forged light, made of copper or brass (?), hanging from the ceiling in the John Owen house in Idaho Springs, Colorado; features five leaves connecting the ceiling to the pedicle of a flower (stem); four carved leaves...
- Owen, John--Homes & haunts.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.
- [between 1965 and 1980]
- Whites pose as Native Americans
- Standing studio portrait of a white man and woman posing in Native American clothing. The man wears moccasins, fringed hide leggings and shirt, a full length headdress, a pouch, and a leather belt. He holds a bow and carries a knife and pistol in...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Impersonation--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Ponca Indians
- Standing studio portrait of an unidentified Native American (Ponca) woman. She is next to a wooden chair which is covered with a woven blanket; she wears moccasins, a decoratively stitched and beaded dress, necklaces, scarves, and earrings.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Ponca Indians--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Gen. Ruffner at desk, Zirocco
- General David L. Ruffner, Tenth Mountain Division Artillery Commander poses at his desk. On desk are ink blotter, leather notebook, in- basket containing newspapers, paper and pen. Behind him is a window with a view of the park-like grounds at the...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Ruffner, David L.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 10, 1945
- Ralph Hansen Band (outside Cooper home), Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Seven musicians and a conductor are performing outdoors in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Instruments include: coronet, valve trombone, piano, clarinet, and two violins. The upright piano has decorative wood engraving on the facing board, as well as...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Musicians--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Pueblo, Colorado 1921 flood
- Pueblo, Colorado, aerial view shows streets covered in mud and debris, freight cars scattered, and dotted with standing water. Arkansas River is to the north, and the containing walls of the river pass through town, crossed by bridges. Locations...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1921