Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bird's eye view, 20, Georgetown and Silverplume
- Bird's eye view of Silver Plume and Georgetown, Colorado, looking east and slightly north. The town of Silver Plume is in the closer valley, with Georgetown beyond; the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is clearly visible between the two towns,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1917?]
- Table Mountain, Golden, Colo.
- Colorado School of Mines professor, with students, pose on Castle Rock, South Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Some men have rock hammers resting on rocks below summit; three men and a dog above.
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Supply train for Argentine
- Donkeys loaded with boxes and supplies crowd Sixth Street in Georgetown (Parker County), Colorado. Men mounted on horses are nearby. The Hotel De Paris and the Star Hook and Ladder Company are in the distance.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.;...
- [1890 to 1900?]
- Machine mining in tunnel, Georgetown, Colo.
- Interior view of three miners who stand near a rock face in a mine shaft in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The men stand near an iron tunnel brace and machinery. Boulders and rocks litter the ground.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Old Town Grand Lake, Colo.
- Two men drive a burro-driven cart down a dirt road in the community of Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman and three children stand nearby and watch. Wood frame buildings are in the distance.
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the Hotel De Paris in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story building has a stucco finish and ornate arched lintels above windows. Shows a stone wall and arch with a carved lion above an iron gate. A sign above the front...
- Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Georgetown, Colo.
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame and brick buildings in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the frame Hammil House on Argentine Street with adjacent stone carriage houses and the brick Fish Block and Masonic building downtown. Densely...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892]
- Georgetown, looking south, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings, houses and dirt streets in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A railroad trestle is over Clear Creek near tailings piles in the canyon. Shows the rounded spire of Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The loop, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of narrow gauge railroad tracks on the Georgetown Loop, and the Devil's Gate High Bridge trestle in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A bridge is over Clear Creek near tailings piles and a tipple. A frame building with a smokestack is...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Place of the tragedy, Grand Lake, Middle Park, Colo.
- View of tree stumps, a dirt road and dense trees around Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1890-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Grand County--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901?]
- Georgetown, looking south, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings, houses and dirt streets in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A railroad trestle is over Clear Creek near tailings piles in the canyon. Shows the rounded spire of Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Silver Dale, Green Lake Road, Colo Centr dumps [sic]
- View of Silver Dale, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows Green Lake Road, Colorado Central mine, and buildings.
- Silver Dale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Dale--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Dale--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Vidler Dam, east Argentine
- A group of men, women, and children pose by a dam and waterfall at the Vidler Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vidler Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Dams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Brest of Butts tunnel, Georgetown, Colo.
- Four miners pose in the Brest of Butts tunnel, Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- City Park, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of City Park, Georgetown, Colorado, looking towards Victorian houses outside park fence. Five figures stand before one house. Eleven children sit on benches along the inside of the park fence. The girls wear dresses and hair ribbons; one boy...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. The mounted police, three men in suits wearing bowler hats and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mounted police--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Jack train, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of pack mules loaded with wooden beams on a trail near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Robbers Roost - road ranch and stagecoach, Wyo Ter
- View of Robbers Roost Stage Station (Niobrara County), Wyoming Territory; shows horses, a stagecoach, men, a woman, and a hewn log building with sod roof.
- Robbers Roost Stage Station (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Stagecoaches--Wyoming--Robbers Roost Stage Station--1860-1870.; Transportation facilities--Wyoming--Robbers Roost Stage Station--1860-1870.; Transportation--Wyoming--Robbers Roost Stage...
- 1868, January
- Georgetown
- View of group of men in suits with their burros loaded with full sacks on a Georgetown, Colorado, street. Long handles (shovels?) show on one burro load. A dog sits on side of group. Wood frame residences, other structures and a picket fence show...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1892]
- Old Pres. Church at Georgetown
- Exterior view of the First United Presbyterian Church, 8th (Eighth) and Taos Streets, on the south bank of South Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. First service held September 20, 1874. Minister in black suit with white collar stands outside a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; First United Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Georgetown, Colo, 26
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colo. the center of one of the richest mining [?] in the world in gold, silver, and lead
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the priest's residence, school, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1917?]
- Georgetown, from Mt. Leavenworth, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, pulling their hose cart. A man on horseback...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, preparing to pull their hose cart west on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Vidler dam, east Argentine
- Men and women pose by Vidler Dam, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, a timber construction diverting Leavenworth Creek for hydraulic mining operations.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Dams--Clear Creek County--Colorado--1870-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Clear Creek County--Colorado--1870-1890.; Mining--Clear Creek County--Colorado--1870-1890.; Women--Clear Creek County--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Georgetown - ca. 1892
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan town....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Compressor room and Mr. Swanten
- Mr. Swanten is seated next to a side crank compresseor and water heater at a mine possibly in Georgetown, Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Machinery--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Swanten.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Main Street, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View west of downtown Silver Plume, Colorado, shows a crowded street with most of the people looking east. Many of them are on horses or burros, some are on carriages, and one man is on a bicycle. A saloon is on the south side of the street; coffee...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Main Street, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View west on Main Street, in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows many people standing in the street, looking at something not yet in visible. People, horses, burros, and the town brass band are included. The central business district is in the middle...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Silver Plume and the mines, Clear Creek Canon, Colo.
- The view looking north shows the town of Silver Plume, Colorado. Behind the central business district are the mines on Republican Mountain, including: the Diamond Tunnel, Pelican, Dives, Baxter, and Baxter mines; above and to the right are the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890]
- Silver Plume, looking west, Colo,
- View west in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the train depot to the south with tracks, residences, Clear Creek, and downtown Silver Plume. Mines on Republican Mountain include the Diamond Tunnel and the Pelican mine. Pendleton Mountain fronts the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Centennial Mill & viaduct Georgetown, Colo.
- A miner poses on the tramway trestle near the Centennial Mill at Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The mill is near a demolished building. A Colorado and Southern (C&S) locomotive is nearby.
- Centennial Mill (Georgetown, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Ore...
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Power House Doric tunnel
- Miners sit with a dog near the powerhouse of the Doric Mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The side of the building reads: "Doric Gold Mines. Limited".
- Doric Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Georgetown mine
- View of the head frame, tailings, and building of a mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Power house Kelly Tunnel Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the power house at the Kelly Tunnel Mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Kelly Tunnel Number Four Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Power plants--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Tramming ore mouth of tunnel Argentine M & M
- Miners pose by a mine ore car at the entrance to the Argentine Mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A mine building is nearby.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Argentine Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Miners
- Miners pose with burros and an ore car by the entrance to a mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Mine railroads Cars--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- La Moe Tunnel
- Interior view of the La Moe Tunnel near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; La Moe Tunnel (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Mill
- View of an ore mill near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Burleigh Tunnel Silver Plume
- Miners and well dressed men pose near a horse-drawn buggy and a mine ore car at the Burleigh Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Burleigh Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Gold Belt Tunnel Silver Plume Colo.
- Miners pose with sledge hammers by a miner ore car near the entrance to the Gold Belt Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Gold Belt Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Mindota Mine Silver Plume, Colo.
- Miners pose near the power plant and buildings of the Mendota Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Mendota Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [betwen 1940 and 1960]
- Grand Lake, looking south, Middlepark, Colo. No. 6
- Panoramic view overlooking the community of Grand Lake, Colorado, situated on the shores of Grand Lake in Grand County. The trees on the banks of the river reflect off of the water.
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Graymont Hotel, Colo.
- A man sits in a buggy pulled by a horse in front of the hotel in the town of Graymont, Colorado, in Clear Creek County. Three women, two men, two children, and a dog stand on the sidewalk in front of the building; one of the women holds a child. ...
- Graymont (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Graymont--1880-1890.
- [1884?]
- Old Town Grand Lake, Colo.
- Two men drive a burro-driven cart down a grassy plain through the community of Grand Lake, Colorado, in Grand County. A woman and three children stand nearby and watch.
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Georgetown basketball team
- Studio portrait of players and coaches of the Georgetown basketball team. Players in sleeveless jerseys, with the letter "G" with wings, and padded pants stand behind three seated men. One man in a turtleneck sweater holds a basketball with "G.G."...
- Basketball players--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.
- 1906