Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Main Street, Creede, Colo.
- View of Main Street, Creede (Mineral County), Colorado looking north. One and two story buildings line the street. Cars are parked along the street. Signs read: "Land Office S.P.Collins," "Tomkins Hardware," "Drug Store, Coke-a-Cola," "Creede...
- Creede Hotel (Creede, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Creede (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Rock formations.; Hotels.; Theaters.; Commercial streets.; Stores & shops.; Creede Hotel (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1980
- Creede Repertory Theatre, Creede
- View of the Creede Repertory Theatre on 124 North Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The theater is made up of several two and three story buildings, one building is constructed to look like a mine. A sign on the theater reads:...
- Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Creede Hotel Bed & Breakfast (Creede, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Creede (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Theaters.; Hotels.; Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Creede Hotel Bed &...
- 1989
- Creede Repertory Theatre, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Creede Repertory Theater at 124 North Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The frame three story building was originally built around 1894 as a collection of one, two, and three story buildings and additions. It was...
- Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Theaters.; Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Theaters--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Creede Hotel
- The town of Creede, Colorado, is situated in a narrow, rocky, canyon in Mineral County. The Creede Hotel and a wood-frame house with a gable are on a paved street. The hotel has an uneven roofline and a small balcony at the front of it. "Creede...
- Creede (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1960-1970.
- [1965?]
- Creede Volunteer Fire Department
- View of the entrance to the Creede Volunteer Fire Department in Willow Creek Canyon outside, Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The fire house is in a man-made cave to provide the fire equipment with shelter from the winter conditions. The door to...
- Creede Volunteer Fire Department (Creede, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Creede (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Caves.; Fire stations.; Creede Volunteer Fire Department (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Caves--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Volunteer fire...
- 1994
- Street in Lower Creede
- Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts proceed down a busy street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings include clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Willow Creek Canon between Upper Creede & Creede, Colo.
- Steep, narrow, rocky Willow Creek Canyon separates the main part of the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, from Lower Creede, in the background. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western run through the center of town. Wood-frame...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- West Willow Creek Falls and Burro Bridge packing ore from Amethyst Mine to Creede
- A burro with saddle bags crosses a bridge near West Willow Creek Falls by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Miners stand on the bridge and on the side of the creek.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; West Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pack...
- 1892
- Creede, Colorado
- Two men stand in the open doorway of the Holy Moses Saloon, which is next to the narrow, rocky, canyon walls that surround the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a one-story, clapboard storefront with a broken cornice and...
- Holy Moses Saloon (Creede, Colo.); Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Main Street, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men and girls stand and pose on Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn wagons in the dirt street, lumber piles and a building under construction. Timber buildings have false fronts, flat roofs and signs that read:...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1894?]
- No. 13, Main Street, Jimtown, Colo.
- Pedestrians walk down bustling Main Street in the town of Creede (Jimtown/Upper Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County. Horses hitched to wagons proceed down the narrow, unpaved street that is littered with debris. Architectural elements of the...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The Denver & Rio Grande Western station in Creede, CO prior to its conversion into a museum
- The Creede train depot is along the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County. The one-story building has front and side gables, shingles, a chimney, and board-and-baten siding. Weeds grow...
- Creede (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1970-1980.
- May 9, 1973
- Mission Church of the Immaculate Conception, Sunnyside Cemetery
- View of the Immaculate Conception Mission Church and the Sunnyside Cemetery, on Bulldog Mine Road, 1/2 mile west of Creede, Colorado. The wooden Gothic-style church has lancet style windows an open bell tower topped with a cross. The church was...
- Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sunnyside Cemetery (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Cemeteries.; Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sunnyside...
- 2009
- A Street in Creede, Colo.
- Men, women, and children stand or sit and pose on a street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. White and Black (African American) men wear suits or vests and hats. Women wear dresses and aprons; a woman holds a dog. A sign on a business reads:...
- Afro-Americans--Men--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- Abandoned log cabin, Creede
- View of an abandoned chinked log cabin in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The one story cabin is built into hillside along east Willow Creek in Creede, Colorado. The pitched roof is covered in metal. A broken stove pipe is on the roof....
- Creede (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Log cabins.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Cor. Wall St. and Creede Ave., after the fire
- Men stand and pose at the corner of Wall Street and Creede Avenue after a fire in the commercial district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. Buildings with gabled or flat roofs are in the canyon...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- King Solomon Mills, Creede, Colo.
- Two women pose along a dirt road situated next to Willow Creek, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows the forested Willow Creek Canyon, log building, men, a frame ore processing facility, identified as King Solomon Mills, with a...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 Sept
- Upper Creede
- View of North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows wood frame residences, a tent, and frame construction in the commercial area. Railroad tracks and a stream are in the town.
- North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Main St., Upper Creede
- View of North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with clapboard siding and false fronts; some are under construction. Signs read: "Grande Restaurant [Beer] and Chop House" and "Liquors and Cigars." Two men...
- North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Upper Creede
- View of North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a log cabin with windows and a sod roof and commercial buildings, one under construction. Sign reads: "[Ba]nk." Men and woman stand near the cabins. Shows rock formations.
- North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Creede Ave., Jimtown, Colo.
- Creede Avenue in Jimtown (Lower Creede), Colorado, in Mineral County, bustles with activity. Men stand along the sidewalk, and sit on horses. Horse-drawn wagons progress up and down the street. Buildings along the street include one and two-story...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Jim Town Cliffs, Creed, Colo.
- Jimtown (Lower Creede) is built in a narrow, steep, rocky canyon next to the town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad stretch through the town, next to mills, and wood-frame buildings with...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- September, 1896
- Lower Creede, looking up
- One and two-story, wood-frame residences are built in the settlement of Creede (also known as Jimtown) in Mineral County, Colorado. Evergreen trees grow on the hills that surround the town.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 May
- Upper Creede, Colorado
- People stand on the wood-plank sidewalk and in the unpaved, littered street in the town of Creede, Colorado, (Upper Creede) in Mineral County. The one and two story buildings have clapboard siding, gables, cornices, and false fronts. A street light...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Sunnyside Cemetery, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Sunnyside Cemetery located off of Bulldog Mine Road, 1/2 mile west of Creede, Colorado. Tombstones are scattered across a hill. Two plots filled with weeds are surrounded by fences. The Immaculate Conception Mission church is in the...
- Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sunnyside Cemetery (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Cemeteries.; Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sunnyside...
- 2009
- Silver Threads, Creede
- View of Silver Threads, a clothing store (now Quiller Gallery, formerly the Creede Boarding House) at 110 North Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The two story commercial building has transomed storefront windows. The storefront...
- Silver Threads (Creede, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Creede (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Clothing stores.; Silver Threads (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Clothing trade--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- R.R. Depot, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men sit on top of a train, on a timber sidewalk, or near a passenger train and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at a railroad depot in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Supplies and belongings stacked on the sidewalk include a mattress, wooden...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- [1892?]
- Creede, Colo.
- View of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, shacks, a fence, Mammoth Mountain, and the steep Willow Creek Canyon walls.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Creede Ave., Jimtown, Colo.
- Men stand on sidewalks, ride horses, or drive horse-drawn wagons on Creede Avenue in Jimtown (Creede) in Mineral County, Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and flat roofs; a building is under construction. Men wear suits with derby hats...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- First law office in Creed [sic], Colo.
- Close-up view of a one-story log cabin identified as the first law office in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A sign on the low-pitched roof reads: "Office [of the] Creede News." Signs posted beside the door read: "Real Estate," "For Sale,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.; Law offices--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901?]
- North Creede
- A dirt road winds through North Creede (Upper Creede, Creedetown, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows wood-framed buildings with gable roofs.
- North Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--North Creede--1940-1950.; Dirt roads--Colorado--North Creede--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--North Creede--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Creede, South Willow Canon
- View of Creede in Willow Creek canyon, Mineral County, Colorado. Two men sit in a wagon near the "Pioneer Store" and log buildings. A sign on a building reads: "Miner's Bank."
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Creede, Colorado
- View of commercial buildings in Upper Creede (Jim Town, Mineral County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grand Railroad tracks extend through town and past a water tank. Snow covers the steep canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grand Railroad--1900-1920.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Creede, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows pedestrians, traffic, and sign "Sign Works" in Creede (or Amethyst, or Willow), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Amethyst boarding camp Creede, Colo.
- View of the camp and mine tramway by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine camps--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- 380 Creede Camp
- The town of Upper Creede in in the valley, in a steep, narrow, rocky canyon in Mineral County, Colorado. Buildings include one and two- story, wood-frame and log commercial buildings and residences; some are under construction. Evergreen trees grow...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Creede Hotel
- People stand in a row on the porch of the Creede Hotel in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a two-story, clapboard structure with a cornice, and an evergreen tree in front of it. The sign for the "Feed Stable" is next to the...
- Creede Hotel (Creede, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Creede Hotel
- The Creede Hotel in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County is a two- story, clapboard, building with a false front. Evergreen trees grow in front of the hotel and in front of the "Feed Stable." The town's steep canyon walls show. Snow dusts the ground.
- Creede Hotel (Creede, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Waiting for mail at Creede, Colo
- Men stand or sit in line in front of the Post Office in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural elements of the wood-frame, commercial storefronts include log construction with clapboard siding. One of the buildings is under...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Creede near Wagon Wheel Gap junction
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks in North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows men walking on railroad tracks. A wood frame building with false front is under construction. Men enter the Arcade Saloon. Signs read:...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Upper Creede
- View of North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows log cabins with windows and sod roof, and commercial buildings, one under construction. Sign reads: "[Ba]nk." Men and woman stand near the cabins. Shows rock formations.
- North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Main St. Upper Creede
- View of North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with clapboard siding, false fronts; some are under construction. Signs read: "Grande Restaurant [Beer] and Chop House" and "Liquors and Cigars." Two men walk...
- North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Upper Creede
- View of North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado; buildings, new construction, and snow line the street. Men stand by a log building; sign reads: "Livery & Feed Stable."
- North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1889?]
- R.G. Creede Br. Creede, Colo 2-8-0 1177 and 2 cars (01143) caboose from l. rear.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive #1177, a box car, and caboose # 01143 are stopped at the railroad station in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A sedan automobile is on a road; snow covers cliffs in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cliffs--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 January 18
- Creede, Colo.
- Aerial view of buildings, houses, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks and train, and probably Willow Creek in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Buildings are in a valley near a rocky cliff wall and on a hillside near trees. Patches of snow are on...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 Nov
- Part of ore pack train, Creede, Colo.
- Dr. H. D. Newton, a dentist from Salida, stands near a pack of burros on a hill near Creede, Mineral County, Colorado. The burros are leaded with equipment. Shows talus.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dentists--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Newton, H. D.
- [1894 or 1895]
- Last Chance Mine, Creede, Colo.
- View of the shaft house of the Last Chance Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Light snow covers the ground.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1893 March
- The first D&RG train arriving in Creede
- Men and boys sit or stand on a train, or in a crowd on the timber platform beside a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad passenger train, the first to arrive in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse teams and wagons near the train, timber...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 February
- Upper Creede
- Men wear suits and stand or walk on a dirt street near frame and log commercial buildings in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows one and two-story commercial buildings, flat roofs, false fronts and a log building with a gabled roof. Wooden...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892?]
- Restaurant in Creede
- Men and women sit or stand and pose in front of a canvas tent restaurant in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A banner on the tent reads: "Restaurant, Meals At All Hours." Nearby structures have log foundations and canvas roofs. Women wear fitted...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]