Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Timberline Mammoth Basin 1943
- A group of three unidentified people is in the left foreground in the Mammoth Basin west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. One person sits alone and the other two are farther away, one sitting on a rock, the other standing. In the distance, the...
- Timberline--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Timberline Mammoth Basin 1945
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, grows in an irregular shape in the foreground of this view looking toward James Peak from the Stump Flats area west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. James Peak stands where Gilpin, Grand...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- [1945?]
- American City. 1945 (Colo.)
- James Peak, on the border of Gilpin, Grand and Clear Creek counties in Colorado, stands in the distance with patches of snow on it in this view from American City, west of Apex in Gilpin County. A log cabin is in the right midground. Tall pine...
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--American City--1940-1950.; American City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log...
- [1945?]
- James Peak from American City
- James Peak, on the border of Gilpin, Grand and Clear Creek counties in Colorado, stands in the distance with patches of snow in this view from American City, west of Apex in Gilpin County. A log cabin is in the right midground. Tall pine trees...
- American City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; James Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--American...
- [1945?]
- James Peak from Stump Country
- A pine tree with bare branches, possibly a Limber Pine, grows in an irregular shape in the foreground of this view looking toward James Peak from the Stump Flats area, west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. James Peak stands where Gilpin, Grand...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; James Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.;...
- [1945?]
- Tree near Alice
- The bare branches of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, form an irregular shape on a ridge near the town of Alice in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A large pine tree is in the background. Several tree stumps and rocks are also on the ridge.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Alice--1940-1950.; Alice (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Alice--1940-1950.; Tree limbs--1940-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Alice--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Yankee Hill Monument 1941
- A pile of small, white rocks stands on top of a large boulder on Yankee Hill west of Central City on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. The branches of a pine tree protrude into the right foreground, and a large pine tree is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cairns--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Central City--1940- 1950.
- [1941?]
- Timberline near Alice
- The bare branches of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, form an irregular shape on a ridge near the town of Alice in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A large pine tree is in the background. Several tree stumps and rocks are also on the ridge.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Alice--1940-1950.; Alice (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tree limbs--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- The California mine, Waldorf, Colo. (Georgetown)
- View of the abandoned California mine and mill in Clear Creek County, Colorado with tailings and shaft house.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; California Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- 1941
- Crest House
- View of Crest House, on the summit of Mount Evans, in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Funded by the City of Denver, and designed by architect Edwin Francis, the structure features stone, metal, and glass, with futuristic or Art Moderne lines. Sedans,...
- Crest House (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Observation...
- [1941 or 1942?]
- Waldorf mine, Waldorf, Colo.
- View of the abandoned Waldorf mine along the road to Argentine Pass in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the building reads "Waldorf Gold."
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Waldorf Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- 1941
- North Empire Copper Cone Gold Fissure Mine.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse, tailings, and buildings of the Gold Fissure Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold Fissure Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Copper mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Timberline tree "Triumph of the Little Tree 1944"
- A large pine tree grows on a rocky ridge near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Some of the branches are bare. Photographer titled the image "Triumph of the Little Tree."
- Timberline--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Mt. Carolyn and old cabin 1944
- A small log cabin stands on a hill in the midground in the Fall River region looking toward Mt. Carolyn, probably in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A rocky dirt road leads back to the cabin. Shrubs stand on both sides of the road. A ridge of...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Mt. Carolyn and old cabin 1944
- A small log cabin stands on a hill in the midground in the Fall River region looking toward Mt. Carolyn, probably in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A rocky dirt road leads back to the cabin. Shrubs stand on both sides of the road. A ridge of...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Up Virginia Canyon from Idaho Springs heading toward Central City
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies ride horseback on the dirt road in Virginia Canyon between Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County) and Central City, Colorado. Shows a log and stone retaining wall, a dry creek bed and discarded and weathered...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Dirt...
- 1948 July
- The Laocoon
- View of a gnarled group of pines near Mt. Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado; strato cumulus clouds dot the sky.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Timberline tree "Triumph of the Little Tree" 1944
- A large pine tree grows on a rocky ridge near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Some of the branches are bare. Photographer titled the image "Triumph of the Little Tree."
- Timberline--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Timberline - Jones Pass 1945
- View of log cabins, a valley, forest, and dirt road near Jones Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand Counties in Colorado. Cumulus clouds top a mountain peak.
- Timberline--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--1940-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Timberline - Jones Pass 1945
- Two log cabins are in the foreground behind a row of pine trees near Jones Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand Counties in Colorado. Additional pine trees stand on the ridge in the background. Several trees with bare branches lie on their...
- Timberline--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--1940-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Timberline - Jones Pass 1945
- View of forest and snow capped peaks near Jones Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand Counties in Colorado. Felled timber and road grade is on a hillside; stratus, cumulus, and cirrus clouds fill the sky.
- Timberline--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clouds--Colorado--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--1940-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Timberline - Jones Pass 1945
- View of a stream near Jones Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand Counties in Colorado. Stratus and cirrus clouds top snow capped mountain peaks.
- Timberline--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Timberline "Laocoon"
- The twisted branches of a pine tree, possibly a Limber Pine, form an irregular shape near Mt. Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Photographer titled the image "The Laocoon," possibly after Laocoon, a Trojan priest killed with his two sons by...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tree limbs--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Urad Mine
- View of the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows men, an automobile, a mine railroad car, mining equipment, ore cars, a shed, tracks, a spool with cable and storage and process buildings.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Urad Mine
- View of the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a spool with cable, gabled process and storage buildings, tracks, parked automobiles and wooden shed.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Urad Mine
- View of miners on a mining locomotive and flatbed car with a bench near a portal of the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows tracks, piles of wood, a ladder and a table next to a gabled building. The men wear miner caps with lamps.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Urad Mine
- Interior view of the inside of a tunnel at the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows ore cars, tracks, a bucket, pipe sections and cables.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Urad Mine
- View of a gable-roofed, multi-level building under construction at the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a carpenter, piles of wooden planks, a truck, a spool and an overturned sawhorse. The man wears a hat, a plaid shirt and an...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Carpenters--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Lumber--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Freeland, Colo. New Era mine
- Piles of mine tailings and dilapidated buildings stand at the New Era mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940- 1950.
- 1941
- Virginia Canyon - looking down at Idaho Springs
- View of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek, and Virginia Canyon (Clear Creek County), Colorado; snow covers hills and timber.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Lamartine mine
- Dilapidated mining buildings stand at the Lamartine mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Lamartine mine
- Dilapidated mining buildings stand at the Lamartine mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- 1947
- St. Mary's Glacier & Lake 1941
- Two unidentified women sit on rocks in the left foreground on the near shore of St. Mary's Lake looking toward St. Mary's Glacier in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Tall trees stand on the shore of the lake in the right midground and near where the...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Glaciers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Rocks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Triumph of the Little Tree
- A large pine tree grows on a rocky ridge near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Some of the branches are bare. Photographer titled the image "Triumph of the Little Tree."
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Echo Lake 1945
- View of Echo Lake near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado; pine forest and narrow beaches surround the water. Cumulus clouds top snow dotted mountain peaks in the distance.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Echo Lake 1945
- Narrow sandy beaches line the shore of Echo Lake near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Small shrubs are in the foreground. The water on the lake is peaceful. Tall pine trees stand on the far shore of the lake. Two unidentified people...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Freeland, Colo. mill run
- A row of uncoursed stone walls represent the remains of a mill in Freeland, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Clear Creek / taking powder into tunnels - Pioneer
- A man carries a dynamite crate into a a highway tunnel on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado; drainage pipes and rail tracks line the bore.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Clear Creek / wiring heading - Pioneer
- Men work in a a highway tunnel on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado; they attach fuses to dynamite, and water covers the floor.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Clear Creek Highway - cooks
- Interior view of a kitchen in (probably) Clear Creek County of Jefferson County, Colorado; men pose in cook hats and aprons by trays and cooking utensils.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cooks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Kitchens--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Clear Creek County Court House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Clear Creek County Court House, Georgetown, Colorado. The wood construction building, built in 1868, is seen at its original site at Fifth and Argentine Streets. Originally the Ohio Bakery, it became the court house in 1874....
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Courthouses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950.]
- Clear Creek County Court House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Clear Creek County Court House, Georgetown, Colorado. The wood construction building, built in 1868, is at its original site at Fifth (5th) and Argentine Streets. Originally the Ohio Bakery, it became the court house in 1874....
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Courthouses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Monument on Yankee Hill
- A pile of small, white rocks stands on top of a large boulder on Yankee Hill west of Central City on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. The branches of a pine tree protrude into the right foreground, and a large pine tree is...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cairns--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Cabin in the clearing, west of Argentine Pass near Chihuahua Camp
- A two-story log cabin stands in the foreground near Argentine Pass on the border of Summit and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. A portion of the Pennsylvania Mine complex is on the hill in the right background. The smaller cabin in the left...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barns--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Water towers--Colorado--Summit...
- [1948?]
- Chihuahua Gulch, looking south to Argentine Pass
- A dirt road winds from the foreground past a log cabin and into the background in Chihuahua Gulch near Argentine Pass on the border of Summit and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on both sides of the road.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Roads--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Chihuahua Camp, Chihuahua Gulch, 1948
- Log cabins stand in the right foreground at the base of a mountain in Chihuahua Gulch near the Argentine Pass on the border of Summit and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. A car is parked on a small hill in the left midground. Tall pine trees stand...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- James Peak, North Face
- Patches of snow are on the rocky north face of James Peak on the border of Gilpin, Grand and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. A group of four unidentified people are in the left foreground, two sitting, two standing. Pine trees stand on the hill...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; James Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Timberline Gray's & Torrey's Peaks 1941
- Tall pine trees and shrubs stand along a creek in the foreground of a view looking toward Gray's and Torrey's Peaks in the distance on the border of Clear Creek and Summit Counties in Colorado. Small patches of snow remain on the distant peaks.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.; Shrubs--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1941?]