Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- J. D. Miller Meat Market
- Tom Higby, Louis Miller, Jacob D. Miller stand on boardwalk under the J. D Miller and Bro. Meat Market corrugated metal awning. Frank Kalb sits on a two-horse delivery wagon, while little Joe J. Miller sits in a pony cart pulled by a Shetland...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Meat industry--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Pony Express rider, 1861
- A Pony Express rider is pursued by mounted North American Indians beside the Sweetwater River in probably Natrona County, Wyoming. The Pony Express rider wears a hat, buckskin jacket, fringed gauntlets, and boots with spurs. He holds a pistol.
- Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Pony express--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Julesburg, Colorado
- View of a monument in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County, shows a bronze plaque set into a river rock and concrete base. This first plaque of a Pony Express Rider has "Pony Express" written under it and reads "This memorial is the property of...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Julesburg--1970-1980.
- June, 1972
- Jay Alire on pony
- Jay Alire, at about five years old, poses on a pony near his house at 2825 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver Colorado. He wears a felt cowboy hat, a striped, short sleeved shirt, and chaps. The pony has a leather saddle with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding.; Alire, Jay--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Horsemanship--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1955
- Pony Express rider changing horses, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider prepares to mount a fresh horse at a Pony Express station on the Oregon Trail in Wyoming. One man holds the horse while another prepares to put saddle bags on the animal. The exhausted horse's reins are on the ground. The...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Horses--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Pony express--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Pony Express rider ambushed by Indians, Wyo.
- North American Indians, with rifles and bows and arrows, perch behind rocks and near a cliff as they get ready to ambush a Pony Express rider in Wyoming. The Pony Express rider is in a valley, beside an eroded cliff wall. Horses stand behind the...
- Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Ambushes--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Pony Express--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--Wyoming--1860-1870.
- 1934
- Pony Express rider chased into station by Indians
- A Pony Express rider chased by a group of Indians races towards a Pony Express station. Men with rifles stand outside the station. One man holds a fresh horse for the rider. The station is constructed of stone and has a sod roof. Mountains and a...
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Chasing--1860-1870.; Fighting--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Pony express--1860-1870.; Stone buildings--1860-1870.; Transportation facilities--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward...
- 1933
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony express
- "Mitzi" Rhoads with Shetland pony
- Mary Elizabeth Rhoads, daughter of Harry M. Rhoads, holds the reins to a Shetland pony; her grandfather, Harry Fisher Rhoads, waves a hat. The pony has a child's saddle and blanket.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Grandparents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Shetland ponies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Fisher.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975--Family.; Rhoads, Mary...
- [1921?]
- 1st prize ponies, Master George Shields, young son of the president of the carnival. Accompanied by Miss Augusta Wright.
- George Shields and Augusta Wright ride in a pony cart, decorated with evergreen sprigs and crepe paper flowers, at the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The children wear straw hats ; hers is wide brimmed and flowered. A man...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Pony rides
- Ponies stand in a corral in City Park in Denver, Colorado. Pony rides were offered as one of the many amusements in the park. A sign next to the corral reads: "Pony rides 10 [cents]".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Ponies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- City Park, pony and cart
- A young boy drives an open carriage, with a woman in the passenger seat, through City Park in Denver, Colorado. The woman wears a dark colored, full skirt, jacket and hat. The boy wears a broad brimmed hat. The pony whinnies as he stands on the...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1908
- Clay C. Blough's pony
- Clay C. Blough's pony is hitched to a post outside of the Cozens- Lemmon Mercantile Co. in Fraser, Colorado. Snow blankets the area and other false front buildings line the street. Mountains identified as the Snowy Range, part of the Continental...
- Fraser (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- St. Mary's Station, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider approaches Saint Mary's Station (Rocky Ridge Station), a Pony Express station and military garrison on the Oregon Trail in Fremont County, Wyoming. A man with a fresh horse waits in the middle of the Oregon Trail. Soldiers...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Saint Marys Station (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.) 1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Saint Marys Station--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Saint Marys Station--1860-1870.;...
- 1933
- Western History Subject Index
- Haslam, Robert H. (Pony Bob)
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Bobby Herrera
- Bobby Herrera, poses on a pony in front of a house at 10th (Tenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Bobby is dressed as a cowboy, he wears a western hat and a leather vest and chaps decorated with metal conchos....
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Horseback riding.; Ponies.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1948
- Children at City Park, Denver
- Children sit on rocks near the edge of a water filled ditch or pond in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A woman walks down the sidewalk with a child. The pony track and children's farm are in the distance.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Union Pacific Train No. 38
- Union Pacific Railroad locomotive number 38 (Pony Express) vents smoke at Borie (Laramie County), Wyoming; the interlocking signal tower is a two story frame building with a bay window. A man on the dock uses an order fork. Shows pneumatic...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Borie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Borie--Wyoming--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Borie--Wyoming--1950-1960.; Railroad signal towers--Borie--Wyoming--1950-1960.;...
- 1954
- 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?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony express. California
- Western History Subject Index
- Wells Fargo and company
- Pony Express changing horses at station
- Shows a painting of Pony Express riders and horses by a log building.
- Pony express--1890-1820.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Pony Express changing horses at station
- Shows a painting of Pony Express riders and horses by a log building.
- Pony express--1890-1820.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Underground sampling - Pony Express mine, Uncompahgre Nat'l. Forest
- View of three miners working in the Pony Express mine, Ouray County (Uncompahgre National Forest), Colorado. Two of the men use a spike and sledgehammer to drive a blasting hole as another looks on from a ladder.
- Blasting--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pony Express Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Barn and sheds, Ft. Bridger - old Pony Express stable
- These log and stone buildings at Fort Bridger (Uinta County), Wyoming, were once Pony Express facilities. The barn has a second story hay loft door with hoist pole; sign reads: "USA Work Program WPA."
- Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--1930-1950.; Barns--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1930-1950.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1930-1950.; Historic sites--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1930-1950.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1930-1950.; Pony...
- [between 1938 and 1945?]
- Pony rider ambushed by Indians, Wyo.
- North American Indians with rifles hide behind rocks and near a cliff as they prepare to ambush a Pony Express rider in Wyoming. One man stands on the cliff and acts as a lookout. Horses stand behind the men.
- Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Ambushes--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Pony Express--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--Wyoming--1860-1870.
- 1934
- Pony rider passing outpost of telegraph construction
- A Pony Express rider waves at a telegraph line construction crew on possibly the Oregon Trail. The crew waves back. North American Indians, on horseback, are on a ridge nearby. A wagon train and snow capped mountains are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Linemen--1860-1870.; Pony Express--1860-1870.; Telegraph lines--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1860-1870.
- 1936
- Pony Express and stage station, Red Buttes, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider and a stagecoach leave the Red Buttes station in Natrona County, Wyoming. A lineman works on a telegraph line as a crew, with a mule-drawn wagon, secures the pole in the ground. The station consists of two log buildings with...
- Stagecoach stations--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1879.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Linemen--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1933
- Pony rider leaving Red Buttes, Wyo.
- Men, one with a bullwhip, wave to a Pony Express rider as he races away from Red Buttes Station in Natrona County, Wyoming. The station is a log building with a stone chimney and a sod roof. Covered wagons are camped near the North Platte River on...
- Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1879.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Pony Express--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1937
- Pony rider crossing N. Platte at Red Buttes, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider and his horse ford the North Platte River in a snowstorm, near Bessemer Bend, in Natrona County, Wyoming. Red Buttes is in the distance.
- Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Horseback...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Pony rider in winter
- A Pony Express rider approaches a stream in a driving snowstorm. A wolf watches the horse and rider. Mountains are in the distance.
- Blizzards--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Pony express--1860-1870.; Streams--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Pony Express rider at Lake Tahoe, Cal.
- A Pony Express rider, probably in Nevada, rides down a snowy slope in probably the Carson Range. Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains are in the distance.
- Carson Range (Nev. and Calif.)--1860-1870.; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--1860-1870.; Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Lakes & ponds--1860-1870.; Pony express--Nevada--1860-1870.; Snow--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- $75 reward! : stolen -- Sunday evening, September 15th, 1872 ... Canadian horse pony.
- Poster that offers a $75 reward for the return of a Canadian horse pony stolen from Daniel Witter of Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crimes--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Horse stealing--Colorado--Denver.
- 1872
- Pony Express rider Gordon Welles
- A pony express rider wearing jeans, a short sleeved shirt, cowboy hat, and cowboy boots, sits on top of a horse, as he hands a mailbag to an older man in a suit in Central City, Colorado. The older man stands on the bottom step of a marble stairway...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Pony express--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- August, 1940
- Western History Subject Index
- Bromley, James Frwen
- Western History Subject Index
- de la Fontaine, Oliver Robert (Death Valley Rid)
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony express
- Western History Subject Index
- Pony Express