Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Silver Plume, Colo.
- View east over Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows: Colorado & Southern Railroad, Clear Creek, schoolhouse, residences, central business district, and mines on Republican Mountain.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1926
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River, Grand Mesa, Long Mesa, frame structures are scattered among neatly spaced rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Glenwood Springs
- View of Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, shows the Grand (Colorado) River, scattered frame buildings, and some brick commercial buildings including the Hotel Glenwood.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1888?]
- Glenwood Canyon
- View in Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado, shows the Colorado River, a portion of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, and canyon scenery.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Glenwood Canyon
- View of Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado, shows the Colorado River, the dirt highway that would eventually become Interstate- 70, and a portion of the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Glenwood Canyon
- View of Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado, shows the Colorado River, the dirt highway that would eventually become Interstate- 70, and a portion of the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Buena Vista, Colorado
- This view of Buena Vista, Colorado, shows the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad depot, and the Chaffee County Courthouse among the other buildings of the town. A dirt road is in the foreground, and peaks of the Collegiate Range are in the...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Collegiate Peaks (Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Pine, Colo.
- View of Pine, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows stacks of railroad ties along Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, houses with screened porches and snow covered the hill in the background.
- Colorado and Southern Railway Company--1920-1930.; Pine (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Pine--1920-1930.
- [January 1929?]
- Silver Plume Col., taken Sept. 5th on the old stage road leading over to Leadville in 1849
- View from the side of Pendleton Mountain near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows the Georgetown Loop on the Colorado & Southern Railroad, Georgetown, Griffith Mountain, and Clear Creek.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1880-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Griffith Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pendleton Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900]
- Colo. Chautauqua, Boulder
- Left side of a panorama view from a grassy hill south of Boulder, Colorado, shows the Colorado Chautauqua (founded 1898) with Auditorium, Dining Hall, cottages and tents, Mount St. (Saint) Gertude Academy is far right, west end of town with...
- Colorado Chautauqua Association--Facilities--1900-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Glenwood Canyon - below dam
- View in Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado, shows the Colorado River below the dam at Shoshone, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, dirt highway through the canyon, and power lines.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Idaho Springs, C.C.R.R.
- View looking east of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows Clear Creek and the Colorado Central Railroad running parallel, residences and stamp mills along the shores, Idaho Springs central business district, churches, and a bath house in the distance.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1885]
- South Platte, Colorado
- View overlooking the town of South Platte (also known as Symes), Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the Colorado & Southern Railway tracks and depot and South Platte Hotel.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; South Platte (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--South Platte--1900-1910.
- May, 1900?
- Tincup
- View of Tincup, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows scattered buildings in a meadow including the Town Hall.
- Tincup (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Colo. Springs, looking N. on Tejon
- View north on Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows workmen of the Colorado Springs Interurban Railway with picks and shovels rebuilding tracks at the Huerfano Street crossing, and the business district busy with...
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--People--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Street...
- 1901
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River and Grand Mesa; frame houses are among rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Glenwood Canyon
- View of Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado, shows the Colorado River and the vertical canyon walls adjacent to the tracks of the the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad. Electric utility poles follow the course of the track.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Idaho from the west
- The view looking east, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows Clear Creek, Colorado Central Railroad tracks with a train and passengers (standing next to it), bridges and water lines over the creek, and residences. There are trees on a land jetty that...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1885]
- Idaho Springs
- Panoramic view of Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado, shows Clear Creek, Colorado Central Railroad locomotive, tracks, and depot, commercial businesses, frame residences, livestock sheds and corrals. Shows stone embankments near the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Golden
- Aerial view north of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the trees along street gridlines, Colorado School of Mines campus, State Industrial School for Boys, South Golden Road, Table Mountains, and foothills.
- Golden (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Aerial views.
- 1950
- Pueblo, Colorado, aerial view
- View of Pueblo, Colorado, shows grid pattern of streets, Colorado Fuel & Iron Company industrial steel works, Lake Minnequa, C. F. & I. Co. Hospital (renamed Corwin Hospital), Mountain View Cemetery, Arkansas River, Fountain Creek, residential...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., Moffat Road
- View north over Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado, shows the central business district, Colorado River, and a Denver and Rio Grande Western train, on the Moffat Road (Denver and Salt Lake Railroad.) Mount Bross rises north of town.
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1910-1950.
- [between 1910 and 1941]
- Hall of Engineering
- View up slope to the 1894 Hall of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, shows the building that architect Robert S. Roeschlaub designed. The two-story, brick building, with basement, features a flat roofline, rusticated stone...
- Colorado School of Mines. --Buildings--1900- 1910.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [1903?]
- Golden, Colorado
- View east over Golden and the narrows between North and South Table Mountains and Castle Rock, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows residences, the central business district, Adolph Coors Brewery and the Colorado School of Mines.
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- McConnellsville
- View of McConnellsville (Eastonville) El Paso County, Colorado, shows tents, false fronts, wood frame buildings, and a Colorado and Southern railroad station.
- McConnellsville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- Aerial view of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, shows football fields and grounds of the Colorado Agricultural College.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1965?]
- Looking west on Pikes Peak across intersection of Tejon
- View west on Pikes Peak Avenue, a dirt street in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows frame businesses, new trees, the Colorado Springs Hotel, horses, buggies, wagons, with Pikes Peak and foothills in the background. Signs read: "R. T....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Fill Station 2728
- "Fill Station 2728 to Station 2739 man at left on old grade," Garfield County, Colorado, shows the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs. Colorado River adjacent to tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- Idaho Springs - Colorado
- View looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows Clear Creek and mills along the shores, Colorado Central Railroad tracks and depot, central business district fronting Miner Street, residences, schoolhouse, Methodist church, and Presbyterian...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895]
- Idaho Springs
- View looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district (including Miner Street, Colorado Street), Bertha Mill, State Ore Sampling mill, other mills and residences, mouth of Virginia Canyon, Clear Creek with mills along...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1902]
- Idaho Springs
- The view looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek, Colorado Central Railroad tracks, Alvord house, Humeston house, and brewery; newly planted trees, a road, and horizontal log...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1868 and 1877]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View looking southwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the Spa Hotel (foreground), residences, central business district, Colorado Central Railroad depot, Chicago gulch, part of Flirtation Peak (to the south), Presbyterian church and Methodist...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View looking north of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district along Miner Street, Colorado Central Railroad tracks and depot, mills along Clear Creek, Virginia Canyon, Bellevue Mountain, schoolhouse, churches, residences,...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1922?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View looking north of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district along Miner Street, Colorado Central Railroad tracks, the schoolhouse, Methodist church, Episcopal church, Presbyterian church, residences, and Bellevue Mountain.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Looking northwest at Como, Colorado
- View of the Como railroad yards, Park County, Colorado, shows the six stall roundhouse called "The Stone Garage." Scene includes Colorado and Southern box and flatbed cars and storage sheds, snowfences, and wood frame residences. The town was a...
- Como (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards.--Colorado--Como--1930-1940.
- July 1938
- Looking north at city of Golden, Colo., at 4000 ft. above field
- Aerial view looking north across Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows blocks of residences, business district along Washington Avenue, east portion of Colorado School of Mines, churches, schools, Clear Creek, Adolph Coors Brewery and Porcelain...
- Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Coors Porcelain Co.
- View of the construction of the two-story brick Coors Porcelain Company, Golden, Colorado, shows men and women in open doorways and windows. The Colorado and Southern railroad tracks cross over a bridge in foreground.
- Coors Porcelain Company--1910-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Coors Porcelain Company, Golden, Colo. U.S.A.
- View southeast over Coors Porcelain Company, Golden, Colorado, shows the 1919 plant and the 1925 addition with large kiln stacks, Colorado and Southern railroad tracks, and two cable cars on tracks leading to the Quaintance Dance Pavilion on top...
- Coors Porcelain Company--1920-1930.; Golden (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Lawson
- Reproduction of a Stanely Loat [?] drawing of Lawson, Teller County, Colorado, shows the town along Clear Creek with Colorado Central railroad tracks. Mines are above the town on the slopes of Red Elephant Hill. "This town is the entrepot of the...
- Lawson (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- January 10, 1880
- Lawson, Colorado
- View of Lawson, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows wood frame residences with fenced yards, a school, Colorado Central railroad tracks (later Colorado and Southern) along Clear Creek and road up to the gold mine on Red Elephant Hill.
- Lawson (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Lenado sawmill
- View of the Lenado sawmill, Piktin County, Colorado, shows piles of timber and milled lumber, log buildings, and automobiles at the base of a mountain slope.
- Sawmills--Colorado--Lenado--1950-1960.; Lenado (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mills--Colorado--Lenado--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Ouray, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Beaumont Hotel, designed by Mr. O. Bulow in 1886, Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the Gothic style brick and stone trim hotel with tower gables, a mansard roof and tall stove pipe. Large...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fuelwood--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1889 and 1890]
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Left side of the panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows rocky slopes and mountains.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Center of panorama along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road, Rollins Pass, Colorado, shows rocky slopes, evergreens and mountains.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Mrs. Connor - J. C. Connor front seat
- View of a Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows Stockbroker J. C. and Mrs. Connor in the front seat of a wagon full of people and decorated with crepe paper flowers; drawn by a team of horses with...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Costumes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Colo. College
- View of a Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a driver wearing a suit, fedora, and an oversized boutonniere with a four-horse team and wagon decorated with foilage. Riders wear mortarboard caps and...
- Colorado College--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- July 4, 1906?
- Berkley [sic] Branch Public Library
- Interior of Smiley Branch of Denver Public Library, 4501 West 46th (forty-sixth), Denver, Colorado, shows circulation desk with arched doorways flanking, cove ceiling, wood paneling, movable bulletin board with bookshelf and "Our Allies" poster...
- Smiley, William H.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Smiley Branch--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920]
- Where the spent shale is discharged
- A man stands near the oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado, Shows a Brown retort, a conveyor belt elevator for tailings, exhaust stacks, and sheds. The Roan Cliffs are in the distance.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Conveying systems--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum...
- 1922
- Sign at Camp Hale
- A wooden painted sign at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado, shows a caricature painting of Adolf Hitler and reads: "We've Got a Date With This Sonofabitch, Let's Be On Time!"
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Caricatures--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- [1942?]
- South Cheyenne Canon
- A view of South Cheyenne Canyon in El Paso County, Colorado, shows an unpaved road and trees with rock formations in the distance. A man stands near the edge of the road.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- c1899