Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Eagle's Roost, Garden of the Gods
- View of sandstone rock formations identified as Eagle's Roost in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows dirt paths and trees near the rock spires.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Echo rocks - Glen Eyrie
- View of the rock formation identified as Echo Rocks at the Glen Eyrie estate, El Paso County, Colorado. A fence follows a dirt road.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Gateway to the Garden of the Gods
- A horse and buggy sits near the Gateway sandstone rock formations at the entrance to the Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gateway to the Garden of the Gods
- View of Pikes Peak and Gate Rock in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy stops on a dirt road near the sandstone rock formation.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Up 17th in Denver from Union Depot
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows downtown buildings, streetcar tracks, "National Tube Works," and the Arapahoe County courthouse.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ruins of the Crested Butte Mine disaster
- View of snow covered burned buildings and mining equipment at the Crested Butte Mine in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows houses and industrial buildings. Smoke rises from a chimney.
- Crested Butte Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Disasters--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Crested Butte from the north west
- View of frame houses and commercial buildings in the Slate River valley in Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on false-front or gabled buildings read: "Bowman House" and "Butte Stable." The three-story clapboard Elk Mountain House is...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1890.
- 1883 July
- Durango, 1889, D. & R.G.R.R.
- Panoramic view of houses, commercial buildings, and churches in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably the San Juan Smelter. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot is near the smelter. Shows brick commercial buildings on...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Durango (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Main St., Grand Junction, south side
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story buildings have arched windows and wide eaves with brackets. Signs read: "Hardware & Stoves," "The Famous Clothing,"...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Corner of Fourth and Main Streets
- Men stand and pose outside commercial businesses on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story brick commercial buildings have arched windows, flat roofs, and brackets below the cornice. Signs read: "Cameron &...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Law enforcement officers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Crowley, Tim, marshal.
- [1884?]
- St. Elmo excursionists at the La Veta Hotel, Gunnison
- A crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages are outside the four-story brick and stone Victorian La Veta Hotel at 219 South Boulevard in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel has stone lintels, a mansard roof with a widow's walk, a...
- La Veta Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1885 September 6
- A scene at Manitou Springs, D. & R.G.R.R.
- People stand near the Soda Spring Pavilion and a gazebo near a bridge over Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the frame Cliff House Hotel with awnings over windows, frame Victorian houses, and trees on hillsides.
- Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1885 and 1889]
- Ouray, looking down the Uncompahgre River
- Aerial view of frame houses and buildings in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with false fronts, the Uncompahgre River, and the layered rock of the Amphitheater.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Silverton, D.& R.G.R.R. San Juan
- Panoramic view of frame houses and commercial buildings in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows the Grand Hotel with dormer windows, the Congregational Church, and Animas River. Trees and patches of snow are on Anvil Mountain.
- Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Iron Springs Hotel and [?]
- View of the Iron Springs Hotel in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The multi-story frame hotel has a mansard roof, dormer windows, and a porch. Frame houses and the Ute Iron Spring Chateau with a faceted conical roof and finial are in...
- Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Como Lake and South Park, D. & S.P.R.R.
- View of Como Lake in Park County, Colorado. Shows grassy plains around the lake in South Park, the grade for Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad tracks; houses or tents in King (Como) are in the distance.
- Como Lake--1880-1890.; King (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Park County--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Park County--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Park County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1888?]
- After a mountain storm, Ouray
- In Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, clouds and the snow-dusted Amphitheater are above frame and log buildings.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883]
- 1346 Palmer Lake Eating House G. G. Russel Prop. D. & R. G. R. R.
- Four men and one woman stand outside of the eating house near the shore of the lake in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad are in front of the building. The "Lunch Room" has a hipped roof, gables,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake Eating House (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1888?]
- Salida, Colorado
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot, passenger coaches and a freight car by the Monte Cristo Hotel, a bridge across the Arkansas River, houses and businesses in broad flat river valley with the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Snow slide ruins Ruby Camp, Ruby Chief Mine
- View of Ruby, Gunnison County, Colorado, snowslide ruins of a mining shed. Also also called Irwin, for Richard Irwin, who found some of the richest deposits of "ruby" silver ore in the area; Ruby Chief Mine was destroyed in a snowslide.
- Ruby (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.
- July 1883
- Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs
- View along Pikes Peak Avenue towards the Antlers Hotel and Pikes Pike, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes business district with signs: "Antlers House Livery J. E. Hundely," "Hamilton's Livery," "M. T. O'brien Saddles," "Bacon &...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1888
- The Antlers
- View of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a five-story brick and frame building with dormers, bays, half-round towers, a porch, stairways and a balcony to a terraced lawn with a retaining wall.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Kit Carson's last staging into Aspen on approach of the D.& R.G. R.R.
- View of the last stagecoach run in Emma, Pitkin County, Colorado, shows a crowd around Kit Carson's stagecoaches and horse-drawn wagons, a balloon-stacked engine and freight car of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, foothills are in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Emma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Carson, Kit 1809-1868.--Homes & haunts.
- 1887
- Miners of the Forest Queen Mine, Ruby Camp
- Miners from the Forest Queen mine pose in Ruby Camp, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Forest Queen Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ruby (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Henry and Johnson
- View of two Native American (Ute) men and a white man sitting by a storefront; the Utes are identified as Henry and Johnson.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Henry, Ute chief.; Johnson, Ute Indian.
- 1880
- A scene in Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Soda Spring Pavilion and the Cliff House. The Pavilion is a frame structure with a cross-gable roof and a cupola with flagpole; the foundation is knee- high rusticated stone. The east half is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff...
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Scene on Fountain Creek at Manitou
- Downstream view of Fountain Creek, or 'Fontaine qui Bouille', in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. Taken from the level of the streambed just upstream from the confluence with Ruxton Creek, this image affords a clear view of the footbridge...
- Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ute Iron Spring, Manitou. D. R. G. R. R.
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The frame octagonal pavilion has latticework and projecting bays; a man and a woman stand in one of the entries. The pavilion has a shingled, faceted...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- At the Forest Queen mine, Irwin
- View shows miners work on a hillside at the Forest Queen mine near Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Log retaining walls support the hillside and tailings. A wagon is parked nearby.
- Forest Queen Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883]
- Tunnel to Forest Queen
- Miners pose near the entrance to the Forest Queen mine, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Forest Queen Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883]
- Hotel Glenwood Grand Ave.
- Men stand in a line around the sidewalk outside of the Glenwood Hotel in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Features of the Victorian building on Cooper Avenue include: balconies, round bay...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Glenwood Hotel (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1884 and 1888]
- The D.& .S.P.R.R. above timberline, Alpine P[ass]
- View of probably a snow shed near the Alpine Tunnel on the Denver and South Park Railroad, Alpine Pass (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows two tunnel openings and timber ceiling planks. Logs lean against short posts to form possibly a snow fence...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Elk Mountain Pilot Office
- Men with beards or moustaches wear suits with long coats, boots, and hats and pose beside the Elk Mountain Pilot newspaper office in Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. The log building has a false front, a chimney, and a sign that reads: "Pilot...
- Elk Mountain Pilot--Buildings--1880-1890.; Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Gothic, and Gothic Mt. rising 3,000 ft. above
- Panoramic view of buildings in Gothic (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows trees and the steep rock face of Gothic Mountain. Shows log and frame buildings and houses with windows, gabled roofs, and timber fences.
- Gothic (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gothic Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gothic--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Woodstock snow slide ruins
- View of a collapsed frame, probably one-story house, in Woodstock near Pitkin (Gunnison County), Colorado west of Alpine Pass. A wooden plank supports an unstable wall. A brick chimney, wooden shingles, and rafters are in the debris pile of the...
- Woodstock (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Avalanches--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Ruins--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.
- 1884?
- Main St. Silverton, D.v.R.G.R.R.
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings on Main Street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. People and horses are on sidewalks and in the dirt street. Signs on buildings read: "Matthews Walton," "San Juan Bakery," "City Meat Market," and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Box Canon
- Men pose beside a Denver and Rio Grande engine and caboose in a canyon identified as Box Canyon in probably Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows steep rock walls and a creek beside the railroad grade.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883?]
- Climbing to Alpine Tunnel by the locomotive trail
- A view of the approach to the Alpine Tunnel in Gunnison County, Colorado shows railroad tracks and cars of the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad in an area with snow-covered mountains and pine forests.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1889?]
- Alpine Pass D & P.R.R.
- A view of Denver, South Park, and Pacific locomotive number 43 and railroad cars on the west side of Alpine Pass (Altman Pass) at Woodstock (Gunnison County), Colorado, shows three men on top of the locomotive. A stand of pines and log cabins are...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Woodstock (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1889?]
- Gunnison Court House
- Exterior of the Gunnison County Courthouse, Colorado, shortly after construction; landscaping is not complete; men and women stand outside the entrance. Jail facilities are evident by bars on some windows.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Main Street
- Beer hall patrons pose in front of the Gunnison Brewery, Beer Hall, west side of Main Street between Virginia and Georgia, Gunnison, Colorado. The two-story brick false front building features arched windows and doorways with keystones. Also shows...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Beer halls--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Schluter and Spengel Groceries and Hardware
- Group of men pose on the boardwalk of the Schluter and Spengel Groceries and Hardware store, Gunnison, Colorado. Goods on display in front of store include: a shovel, pick ax, metal bucket, whisk brooms and a caste iron stove. Hand-painted signs...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Manitou from the East D. & R. G.
- topped corner tower. Manitou School, bell tower. wooden bridge across Fountain Creek A two story gable- roofed house with chimneys is in the lower left. Pike's Peak ; View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest; shows the Manitou House...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- Gunnison from the N.E.
- View from the northeast over Gunnison, Colorado, shows scattered wood frame buildings in a broad valley.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- April 1881
- Gunnison from jump off
- View northwest over early Gunnison, Colorado, from the breccia cliffs of the Palisades, shows formations of volcanic pumice and ash with boulders and cobbles of harder volcanic rock enclosed. The town and Tenderfoot Mountain are in the distance.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- A burro pack train in Gunnison Main Street looking slightly to southwest, from near corner of Tomichi Avenue
- Men gather in front of the F. D. Steele Hardware store with their burro pack train, Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado; shows empty sacks strapped on burros' backs, men on horse-drawn wagons, a bank, a bakery, and the two-story brick Hartman...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- April 1883
- Center of east M. St. Gunnison
- A crowd gathers in front of the H. R. Hammond stable, east Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado. A four horse team pulls a wagon loaded with men and women; a covered wagon has letters painted on side: Gunnison & Ruby. Other signs include: "Stabling &...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Gunnison, first house on Gunnison townsite located on west side of railroad track of Crested Butte branch, and slightly east (?) of Tomichi Avenue
- A miner sits outside a crudely built log cabin, Gunnison, Colorado, with his pick ax and shovel. The shack is known as the Sylvester Richardson cabin and the first one in town. The structure has logs of varying sizes chinked with mud, a low sagging...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Indians trading at Gunnison
- Traders on horseback and townspeople pose in front of the Brann & Bloch, Gus. Levi & Co. General Merchadise store in Gunnison, Colorado.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Trading posts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1880 and 1885]
- Teachout's residence
- Group of people pose on the porch of the Teachout house, Gunnison, Colorado. The wood frame side gable house has a brick rear addition with a bay window. A man poses with dog in a trick sit position outside the fenced yard with a few horses.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1883]