Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Major Rafael Chacón and Juanita Páiz
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Major Rafael Chacón and his wife Juanita Páiz de Chacón. Major Chacón served in the U.S. Army in New Mexico during the Civil War. He wears a uniform and has a mustache, his wife wears a long dress with a...
- Hispanic Americans--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--1860-1870.; Spouses.; Chacón, Juanita Páiz de--Pictorial works.; Chacón, Rafael, 1833-1925--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1858
- Denver Public Library 1931 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1931. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Maj. Holbrook in charge of Federal troops
- Major Willard A. Holbrook, commander of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, poses near a railroad car in either Trinidad or Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- April 29, 1914
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- Major Domo, Glen Eyrie
- View of a sandstone rock formation identified as "Major Domo" and other rock formations near Glen Eyrie (El Paso County), Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Major Marcus A. Reno, in uniform, bust (oval frame)
- Major Marcus Albert Reno, head and shoulders studio portrait in oval frame, wearing military uniform; engaged in Little Bighorn on June 25- 26, 1876, and set up a hospital during the hilltop fight to care for wounded.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert), 1835-1889.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Major Marcus A. Reno, similar view
- Major Marcus Albert Reno, head and shoulders studio portrait in oval frame wearing military uniform; second in command of the 7th Cavalry at Battle of the Little Bighorn, sent by Custer to attack the village and forced to go on defensive, he led a...
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert), 1835-1889.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Rafael Chacon
- Studio portrait of Major Rafael Chacón (retired). He is dressed in his United States Army uniform. His jackets has two rows of brass buttons, he wears a cap and has a sword at his waist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Chacón, Rafael, 1933-1925--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Retired military...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1920 October
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Maj. Seth Wiard executive officer
- Major Seth Wiard, in uniform sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He holds a phone to his ear and writes notes. On the desk...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Magnolia Band of Ouray
- The Magnolia Band poses in uniform on street in front of the Croft residence, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; instruments include bass and snare drums, tubas, trombones, cornets and clarionets. Jim Knaus, the drum major, wears a tall plume hat and...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drum majors--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Knaus, Jim.
- [1891?]
- Armistice Day
- Parade on Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes bunting, a jeep and soldiers in uniforms with helmets and garrison caps. They are identified as Brigadier General Brittenham (artillery), G. L. Moseley, Major General...
- Armistice Day--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Military parades &...
- 1942
- Log Cabin
- View of the Log Cabin, one of the first buildings built in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Governor Hunt built this cabin, when the Denver and Rio Grande railway arrived, in October 1871, it became the station restaurant. Identified...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; Log Cabin (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Governors--Colorado--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Marker on spot of Thornburgh Battle ground, monument, Sept 24 to Oct. 5 - 1879
- View of a weathered sandstone marker commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Inscription reads: "In Memory Of Officers, Soldiers And Civilians Of The...
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Gen. Miles & staff during late Indian War at Pine Ridge Agcy.
- Commander General Nelson A. Miles poses with his U. S. Army officers outside in their camp on the Native American Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. They include left to right: Captain Ezra P. Ewers, Lieutenant John S. Mallory, Captain Francis...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of Captain Smith's Veteran Company and members of the Insley Guards led by Major H. E. Insley, part of the opposition to the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors near a trench at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Insley, H....
- 1894
- Col. Royal and officers of the Third Cavalry
- U. S. Army Cavalry officers pose on a rock outcropping during the Native American Sioux campaigns, along French Creek in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. Included are: First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson, Second Lieutenant James F. Simpson, Second...
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Cavalry--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Military...
- 1876
- Colorado troops Douglas Arizona
- Panoramic view, a montage of soldiers from the First and Second Separate Battalion Colorado Infantry who march in formation at a camp in Douglas, Arizona. Men on horseback, stables, and tents are nearby. Other images of officers identified as (left...
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st. Separate Battalion, 1st--People--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st. Separate Battalion, 2nd--People--1910-1920.; Douglas (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Horseback...
- [between 1916 and 1917?]
- Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- A leafless tree frames a view of Castel D'Aiano, Italy, scene of a major Tenth Mountain Division battle. The village lies in hilly country with larger mountains in the distance.
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April, 1945
- Prospecting on the Ute Reservation, an ominous meeting
- A North American Indian (Ute) man confronts a prospector on a mountain slope in Utah or Colorado. The Ute man wears a necklace with a star pendant and holds a rifle. Men with rifles stand behind him. The prospector holds a pick axe, and looks over...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Miners--1870-1880.; Mining--1870-1880.; Pack animals--1870-1880.; Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879.
- 1879 October 25
- Wild West Show original company, ca. 1884
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Wild West Show original company
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Civil War veterans
- A large group of men is gathered outside in a grove of trees at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The group is probably comprised of Civil War veterans invited to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as guests of Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Nate Salsbury stands in the left center of a large group of men in front of a tent of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while on tour in England in 1887. Salsbury, wearing a silk top hat and suit, was the principal owner and manager of the show. He is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Indian Chiefs and U.S. officials
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group of Native American chiefs and several United States government officials, possibly after the Battle of Wounded Knee. Cody holds the hands of the two men on either...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
- [1891?]
- Lt. General von Senger (left foreground) discussing surrender terms with Maj. Gen. Hays and B.G. Don Carlton [sic], 5th Army, Verona, Italy.
- German Lt. General Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, commander of the German 14th Panzer Corps; 10th Mountain Division commander, Major General George P. Hays; and Brigadier-General Don Emerson Carleton, Chief of Staff 5th Army, Italy, discuss the...
- World War, 1939-1945--German--Surrenders.; Verona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Generals--American--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Generals--German--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Surrenders--German--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Carleton, Don Emerson, 1899-1977.;...
- 1945 May 3
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destroyed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Chimney of the Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destroyed the building a fire truck can be seen in front of the building. The two-story Late Victorian style...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Side view of the old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Side view of the old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Entrance to the old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Old Douglas County Courthouse after fire
- Exterior photograph of the Old Douglas County Courthouse located in Castle Rock, Colorado. Photograph was taken the day a major fire destoryed the building. The two-story Late Victorian style courthouse was constructed during 1889 on a downtown...
- Courthouses--Colorado--Castle Rock--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Architecture--Colorado--Castle Rock--History.
- 1978 March 11
- Meeker Colorado home of Newton Major, manager of the J. W. Hugus & Co.
- Women and men pose on and near a horse-drawn stagecoach parked by Newton Major's home in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado.
- Major, Newton--Homes & haunts.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Major Downing
- A portrait of Major Downing dressed in uniform.
- Downing, Major.; Men--1850-1900.
- [between 1850 and 1895]
- Major Domo Glen Eyrie
- View of sandstone rock formation identified as Major Domo, near the Glen Eyrie estate in El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1881]
- John Major Young was not executed & "not yet made good"
- John Major Young, Black, handcuffed, and in a white suit jacket, passes through an interior door at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Men follow him and a guard holds the door in the foreground. Convicted of killing service station...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Young, John Major.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1966
- Madjor [sic] Domo, Glen Eyrie
- Rock formation Major Domo on Glen Eyrie (Manitou Springs, Colo.), private estate of William Jackson Palmer, adjacent to Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Estates--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Palmer, William Jackson 1836-1909.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- The Aeronaut, His Book of Golden Days: The Yearbook of the Students of South High School 1928
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1928.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1928
- Iowa Mining Accidents 1893-1895 & 1906-1921.
- An alphabetical listing of people who were killed in mining accidents in Iowa from 1893-1895 & 1906-1921.
- Mine accidents--Iowa--Indexes.
- 2007
- Le Resume: 1947
- Yearbook for the year 1946 for Parker High School, located in Parker, Colorado.
- Parker High School (Parker, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1947
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 10, 1918 December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 1 and 2, 1930 January-February
- Colorado Midland Band drum major Bosworth
- Big Bill Bosworth, drum major for the Colorado Midland Railway Company band, poses with a shield and staff by the Colorado Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. He wears a uniform that includes a buckskin shirt and leggings with fringe, and a...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]