Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 18, 1910 April 30
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 49, 1911 December 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 40, 1909 November 20
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a group of men ride on a wagon pulled by a horse and a burro and decorated with several American flags. Spectators watch from the side of the street, one on a bicycle.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- Geese at City Park Lake
- People feed geese and ducks at Ferril Lake in City Park in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Geese--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) # 620 Denver, Colo., Globeville line to stockyards
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 620, with a consist of freight cars, approaches a wye near the Denver Union Stock Yard Company stockyard in Denver, Colorado. Stock pens are near the tracks. Storage tanks and industrial buildings are in the...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver Union Stock Yard Company--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Corrals.; Meat industry.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Snow.; Stockyards.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) #638, Leadville, Colo., shows coal loading conveyor
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 638 with a tender is stopped near a coal loading conveyor in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A wedge snowplow is mounted on the front of the locomotive. A wheelbarrow is near the engine.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Conveying systems.; Railroad locomotives.; Snowplows.
- Colorado & Southeastern R.R. track near Delagua, Colo.
- View of Colorado & Southeastern railroad tracks next to a dry arroyo in Canyon Del Agua in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows electric, and telephone poles and lines.
- Colorado and Southeastern Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Canyon Del Agua (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Arroyos.; Canyons.; Railroad tracks.
- C. & S.E. #2 (2-6-0) switching, Ludlow
- View of Colorado & Southeastern steam locomotive # 2 switching a Colorado & Southern gondola car in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Hills are in the distance.
- Colorado and Southeastern Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad switching.
- CC & S.E. turntable & abandoned r.h., Hastings
- View of an abandoned Colorado & Southeastern Railroad roundhouse and railroad turntable in Hastings, a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp, in Las Animas County, Colorado. Goats graze in the bottom of the turntable. The remains of coke ovens are...
- Colorado and Southeastern Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Hastings (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings.; Coke industry.; Railroad roundhouses.; Turntables (Railroad); Coke-ovens.
- Western History Subject Index
- Brighton, Colorado. Water supply
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver tramway corporation
- Western History Subject Index
- Mines and mineral resources. Nevada
- Western History Subject Index
- Pollution. Water pollution. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Pollution. Water pollution. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- POLLUTION. WATER POLLUTION. COLORADO. WELD COUNTY
- Western History Subject Index
- Rocky Flats, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Thornton, Colorado. Water supply
- Western History Subject Index
- Medicine. Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- Mines and mineral resources, COLORADO Denver
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- Durango roundhouse
- Two Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives sit in the roundhouse at Durango (La Plata County), Colorado; a ladder leans on a gondola. A sign on one of the locomotives reads "496." A man works on one of the locomotives.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.
- (between 1950 and 1960?)
- 1st office of Rocky Mt. News
- Five men stand in front of the Rocky Mountain News building near 1301 Walnut Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story wood frame building with brick chimney. Four men wear dark suits and straw boaters or bowlers....
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1850-1860.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1850-1860.; Denver (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.
- 1859
- RMN office of early days
- View of the Rocky Mountain News building near 1301 Walnut Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story wood frame building with brick chimney.
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1850-1860.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1850-1860.; Denver (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.
- 1859
- Missouri City, Spring Gulch, Quartz Hill, Navada Gulch, and part of Central City
- Engraving of Missouri City, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows cabins, stages, trees, and pointed mountains. Also called Missouri Flats, this short lived gold town burst into existence in 1860.
- Missouri City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Missouri City--1860-1870.
- 1861
- Central City, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the young town of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Structures: log cabins and wood-frame residences and commercial storefronts.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1862
- Denver - early days flood
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood. Storefront signs read: "Ladies Emporium" and "Denver Meat Market." The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint has a tower with battlements; a horse is in the foreground.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Central City, C. T.
- View of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County before the fire that destroyed most of the town. Piles of boards behind commercial buildings near patches of snow on the ground. Signs: "Clothing & Furnishing Goods O. K. Store Wholesale & Retail,"...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Flood - Cherry Creek
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and torrents of water.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May
- Elizabethtown, Clear Creek County, from the Griffith Tunnel
- Reproduction of lithograph; shows Elizabethtown (later Georgetown), Clear Creek County, Colorado, with men and ore car.
- Elizabethtown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Cheyenne Indians attacking a working party on the Union Pacific Railroad
- Native American (Cheyenne) men on horseback ride toward white men who have their guns drawn.
- Cheyenne Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.
- 1867 August 4
- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Second Baptist church in Colorado - 2 miles north of Wetmore.
- The congregation of the second Baptist church in Colorado poses in front of their church in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. The building is a clapboard structure with a front gable, a gabled vestibule, and a transom.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Wetmore--1870-1880.; Children--Colorado--Wetmore--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1870-1880.
- 1870?
- M. B. Gill, Ft. Morgan, Colo.
- Six men and three young girls stand in front of a sod house in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. One of the men next to the girls appears to be wearing a skirt.
- Gill, Mark B.--Family--1870-1880.; Gill, Mark B.--Homes & haunts--1870-1880.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1870-1880.
- 1871
- Old City Drug Store, corner Huerfano and Tejon St., Pikes Peak from Colorado Springs
- Frame businesses flank Huerfano Street in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and Pikes Peak is in the background. Signs read: "Drugs & Millinery," and "Goodrich & True."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Drugstores--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Bergen Park, Colorado
- Reproduction of pencil sketch; shows a church in Bergen Park, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Bergen Park (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Eureka in 1877, San Juan Co., Colorado
- Reproduction of bird's eye view rendering; shows Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado, and landmarks: 1. Colorado Lode 2. Old Trapper 3. Suamanda 4. Oporto 5. Garibaldi 6. Niagara 7. Centennial 8. Jackson 9. Shakespeare 10. American 11. Mc Kennie 12....
- Eureka (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1877
- Dakota Indians enroute for rations near Deadwood, South Dakota
- A large assembly of Native Americans (possibly Sioux)are gathered on horseback as they make their way to a rations station in Deadwood, South Dakota. Shows carriages, umbrellas, and wickiups.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--South Dakota--1870-1880.
- 1877
- Cherry Creek flood - Larimer Street
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in the Auraria Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows Larimer Street, a cupola, a destroyed bridge, horse car tracks, and people. Signs read: "West Lindell," "Colorado State Lottery," "Brown's Star Bakery,"...
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- 1878 May 22
- Circus Parade
- A circus parade on "F" Street in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, features an ornate circus wagon and elephants wearing howdahs. Spectators line the sidewalks; ornate brick business buildings have awnings and signs: "T. B. Hays wholesale and...
- Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Circus parades--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Elephants--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Salida
- View over the Denver & Rio Grande railroad yards, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows tracks, freight cars and sheds, with wood trestle bridges over the Arkansas River and businesses and residences in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Wetmore
- Early view of the town of Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, shows five men standing outside of a tent, dilapidated log cabins, frame and commercial buildings built among trees and brush, and snowy mountains.
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Home of Orville Jones 3 miles n. of Wetmore
- The eight members of the Orville Jones family, including two women and three children, pose in front of their home in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. The vertical board house has an addition to one side and one on the back, a front gable, and a...
- Jones, Orville--Family.; Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Jones, Orville.
- 1880?
- Early Manitou bird's eye
- Bird's eye view of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east, from the summit of Mount Manitou; shows the Cliff House, The Mansions, Manitou Bath House, and Manitou School. Grade has been cut for the D. & R. G. Railroad, no track has been laid....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- College laundry about 1432 No. Tejon Eastend
- Colorado College laundry, Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is a frame building with gable and dormer.
- Colorado College--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1900.
- 1882
- Denver Orphans' Home
- Boys and girls stand in a circle and pose in the backyard of a small house used as an orphanage while the Denver Orphans' Home is constructed. Shows children in swings on a swingset. Three women caregivers stand with the children.
- Denver Orphans' Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Backyards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Children swinging--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- 1882
- Denver Orphans' Home
- Orphans and their caregivers pose in the backyard of a small house used as an orphanage until the Denver Orphans' Home is completed. Boys and girls sit on benches, boxes, and the ground. The girls wear dresses; some wear bows in their hair. The...
- Denver Orphans' Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Backyards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1882
- La Junta's Harvey House in pioneer days
- Guests, employees, and some of the citizens of the town of La Junta, Colorado, pose on the steps of the Harvey House in Otero County. Railroad tracks pass next to the building, and a handcart is in the foreground. Architectural features of the...
- La Junta (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.
- 1882