Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mountain sheep in a freight car
- Big Horn sheep eat probably hay on the snowy ground outside Denver and Rio Grande Railroad freight car number "3438" in Colorado. A ram stands inside the car.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1910-1930.; Mountain sheep--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1910-1930.
- Settlement
- View of a settlement in (probably) Colorado. Cars are parked by a house surrounded by hills and forest. A log cabin and a tent are nearby.
- Log cabins--1910-1930.; Wooden buildings--1910-1930.
- Pack train
- Loaded burros or horses approach on a dirt road in (probably) Colorado; hills are in the distance.
- Dirt roads--Colorado--1890-1900.; Pack trains--Colorado--1890-1900.
- Little Laramie River
- View of the Little Laramie River in (Albany County) Wyoming. Shows brush and shrubs.
- Albany County (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Little Laramie River (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Rivers--Wyoming--Albany County--1890-1910.
- Con. Virginia and California joint shaft, Bonanza mine
- View shows mining buildings at the Combined Consolidated Virginia and Consolidated California shaft owned by the Bonanza firm, Virginia City, Nevada. A sign on the mill building reads: "C & C shaft."
- Mine buildings--Nevada--1870-1880.; Nevada--1870-1880.; Mining--Nevada--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Deadwood stage of 1876 Old Silver Top
- View of the Deadwood Stage, called "Silver Top," in Deadwood (Lawrence County) South Dakota. The driver holds a shotgun; one of the men on the ground is Tom Grant.
- Grant, Tom.; Deadwood (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--South Dakota--Deadwood--1870-1880.; Transportation--South Dakota--Deadwood--1870-1880.
- 1876, January 22
- Lieut. J. J. Crittenden, 20th Infantry, fell here in Custer Battle, June 25, 1876
- View of man painting letters on the grave cross of Lieutenant J. J. Crittenden, of the 20th Infantry, who died in the Little Bighorn Battle in 1876, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Battlefields.; Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)--1870-1880.;...
- 1877
- Two Strike band Pine Ridge
- View of Chief Two Strike's band of Native American Oglala Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, wearing dance costumes including headdresses, hair pipe breastplates, leg bands with bells, body paint and breechcloths.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1891
- Receiving mail at Tagish Post
- View of a group of miners awaiting mail distribution, Tagish Post Office (?), Alaska.
- Correspondence--Alaska--1890-1900.; Miners--Alaska--1890-1900.; Mining--Alaska--1890-1900.; Postal service--Alaska--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Miles Canyon
- Half tone reproduction shows the Miles Canyon portage at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; a paddle wheel boat is in the Yukon River. Railroad ties and people are on the dock; tracks are by log buildings and canvas tents. Signs read: "Canyon Hotel and...
- Whitehorse (Yukon)--1890-1900.; Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.; Rivers--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.; Stern...
- 1898
- Freighting around White Horse from Miles Canyon in 1898
- Half tone reproduction shows the Miles Canyon portage at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; men pose on a dock by the Yukon River. Crates are stacked by a platform scale; horses are by railroad flat cars.
- Whitehorse (Yukon)--1890-1900.; Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)--1890-1900.; Crates--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.; Horses--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Group of miners working No. 6 below Hunker
- A group of miners pose standing near a wheelbarrow, Yukon Territory. One man holds a pan full of placer ore, the others hold shovels; mining construction is behind them.
- Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Miners--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Mining--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.
- 1899
- No. 17 Eldorado, looking up French Gulch
- View of the No. 17 Eldorado mining operation in French Gulch, Alaska shows: sluices, tailings, cabins.
- Mine buildings--Alaska--1900-1910.; Mining--Alaska--1900-1910.
- 1899
- City of Victor Colo. altitude 9747 ft.
- Aerial view of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows houses, a mine headframe, tailings piles and buildings in the business district. Hills and mountains are in the distance.
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- 1900
- George W. Kramer residence
- View of the George W. Kramer home at 1151 Logan Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch and bay window.
- Kramer, George W.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1904
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Looking across to snowy Arapaho Mountains from Rollins Pass, Colorado; Moffat Road of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad).
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- James Peak from Continental Divide, Moffat Road
- Overview of snowy James Peak (elevation 13,294 feet) and two lakes taken from Continental Divide on Moffat Road, Colorado; other peaks in distance. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad).
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Middle Park from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- View of Middle Park, Colorado, from Rollins Pass on Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake); snowcapped Rocky Mountains, center background.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1904.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Tolland and Mammoth Park from Ladora, Moffat Road
- Aerial view of Tolland, Colorado, and South Boulder Creek, lake and valley from Ladora Station on Moffat Road; Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake Railroad) spur, siding and water tank at Tolland, right center; Tolland...
- Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- North from Tunnel No. 6, Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad) standard gauge tracks along the Colorado foothills from Tunnel Number Six; includes distant view of the Plains, telegraph poles and wires paralleling track, a...
- Plains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Street scene, Moffat Colo.
- View of a dirt street and buildings in Moffat (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows probably construction workers at probably the Moffat Hotel, a two-story brick building with quoins and a hipped roof. Ladders are against windows. Frame houses,...
- Moffat (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1910.
- 1906?
- The modern curio peddler, Little Bear, Chief of the Crees
- Standing portrait of Little Bear, chief of the Cree Native Americans carrying a staff, bow and arrows and a sack; he wears trousers, jacket, hat with scarves tied around his head and shoulders.
- Cree Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Little Bear, Cree Chief.
- 1907
- Otoe Indians visiting the IOI ranch "in full panopy [sic]"
- Native American (Otoe) men, dressed in ceremonial outfits, pose on horseback. They are on a small spit of land near a river on the IOI ranch, possibly in Kansas.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Oto Indians--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Ranches--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Denver parade
- Men march and ride bicycles in a parade in downtown Denver, Colorado. Women ride in a horse-drawn wagon as part of the procession. Signs on buildings read: "Koehler's," "Crooke & Fuller Mine & Mill Supplies," and "Sam Wittow."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cycling--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1907 September
- Seeing Seattle on the auto cars
- Well dressed men and women pose in an electric open touring car, in Seattle, Washington. Letters read: "Seeing Seattle." A tour guide holds a megaphone, letters on it read: "Seeing Seattle See It Again in 1909."
- Electric vehicles--Washington--Seattle--1910-1920.; Seattle (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Buses--Washington--Seattle--1910-1920.; Passengers--Washington--Seattle--1910-1920.; Tourists--Washington--Seattle--1910-1920.
- 1907?
- Smuggler Mine, Aspen, Colo.
- Miners pose near the shafthouse of the Smuggler Mine near Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1908
- The Elkton Mine
- View of the Elkton Mine and tramway near Elkton (Teller County), Colorado. Men and women board an electric trolley car near miners' cabins. The side of the shafthouse reads: "[The Elkt]on Con. M. And M. Co."
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Elkton Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Street...
- 1908
- Squaw Dance, Pine Ridge S. D.
- Native American (Sioux) men and women during the Squaw Dance on the Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota. Some of the women are dressed in costumes which include long skirts, shirts accented by elk tooth designs, and headdresses. Other women sit on...
- Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1900-1910.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--South Dakota--1900-1910.; Women--South Dakota--1900-1910.;...
- 1908
- Colonel Cody, by his tent on the show
- Colonel W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) stands in front of his tent. He wears a light colored vest, shirt and pants with a dark tie and a cowboy hat.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1900-1910.; Celebrities--1900-1910.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- 1908
- Raton Tunnel
- A view of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe locomotive as it leaves the Raton Tunnel probably in Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a mountain landscape and a herd of cattle.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Raton Pass (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Passes--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.;...
- 1908
- Glendive, Mont
- View of a Northern Pacific Railroad wreck at Glendive (Dawson County), Montana. Men stand by derailed passenger coaches, a locomotive, and smoke.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Glendive (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.; Railroads--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.
- 1908 August 11
- Glendive train wreck
- View of a Northern Pacific Railroad wreck at Glendive (Dawson County), Montana. A man looks at the wrecked locomotive and passenger coaches.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Glendive (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.; Railroads--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.
- 1908 August 11
- Glendive train wreck
- View of a Northern Pacific Railroad wreck at Glendive (Dawson County), Montana; shows the wreckage of the day coach, smoker, and mail cars.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Glendive (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.; Railroads--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.
- 1908 August 11
- Indian camp, near Ponca City, Okla.
- View over a flat, open plain near Ponca City, Oklahoma, shows Native American (Ponca) tepees, wagons, horses, and an American Flag.
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1900-1910.; Ponca Indians--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1900-1910.; Ponca City (Okla.)--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1900-1910.; Tipis--Oklahoma--Ponca City--1900-1910.
- 1908 August 16
- Near Glendive, Mont
- View of a Northern Pacific Railroad wreck at Glendive (Dawson County), Montana. Men stand by a day coach, baggage car, locomotive, and mail car.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Glendive (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.; Railroads--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.; Spectators--Montana--Glendive--1900-1910.
- 1908 August 8
- New Consolidated mill, Goldfield, Nev.
- View of the New Consolidated mill building, Goldfield, Nevada.
- Goldfield (Nev.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Nevada--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Mining--Nevada--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1908?
- Little Crow Indian cemetery, on Oak Creek
- An elderly Native American (Crow) stands near a grave at the Little Crow Indian Cemetery on Oak Creek, possibly Wyoming. Other grave stones are in the area, a wooden church building is in the background on a vast plain.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--1900-1910.; Graves--1900-1910.
- 1908?
- Golden Cycle Mine
- View of the Golden Cycle Mine near Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Golden Cycle Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Indians, Dakota
- Two white women wearing long skirts and necklaces with crosses pose outside a tepee with a Native American Sioux man with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he wears a hair pipe breastplate, vest with quillwork and leggings.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Geronimo carving buffalo meat for his Indians
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, stands near a slain buffalo in Oklahoma. Other men and boys, some of whom wear feather headdresses, stand nearby. One man holds a staff decorated with feathers.
- Chiricahua Indians--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Bison hunting--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Shamans--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- 1909
- Geronimo- the greatest Indian chief- as a U. S. prisoner
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, a U. S. prisoner, poses outdoors near a group of tents. He wears a woven blanket and beaded cap.
- Chiricahua Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Prisoners--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Geronimo, 1829-1909--Capture & imprisonment--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Red ticket wagon
- Men pose by a painted ticket sales wagon for the Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East show; they include: (L to R) Charles Metius, Treasurer, C. N. Thompson, Legal Adjuster, and Benny Keeler, Ticket Seller." Ed Dowling stands on...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Staff.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Show--People.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1909
- White Ticket Wagon
- Men pose by a painted ticket sales wagon for the Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Show; they include: (L to R) Charles Metius, Ben Keeler, John Stevens, Ed Dowling, and Harry Kiel. Painted signs on the wagon read: "Reserved Seats," "Buffalo [B]ills...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Staff.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Show--People.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1909
- North on Sherman Ave. from 16th Ave.
- View north on Sherman Street from 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue towards Central Presbyterian Church (17th Avenue & Sherman) and El Jebel Temple (18th Avenue & Sherman), Denver, Colorado; tree-lined cement sidewalk, billboard in front of church "Dr....
- Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1909
- En route to Mt. McClellan, Colo.
- Tourists pose near an Argentine Central Shay locomotive and tracks on Mount McClellan in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Well dressed men, women and children stand or sit near the tracks and on snow banks.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.;...
- 1909 Jun. 18
- Switching beets, Brush, Colo.
- Men stand near a Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy train in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado, with a shipment of sugar beets. The locomotive is inscribed with number "1232". A smoke stack is in the distance.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Sugar...
- 1909 Nov. 25
- Dredge at Hahns Peak placers
- "Eleanor", a hydraulic placer gold mining dredge in Hahns Peak, Routt County, Colorado.
- Dredges--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.; Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Albion St. Mother Leets last home Denver
- View of the Leet home at 1630 Albion Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch.
- Leet, Modeste--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Man on a circus horse
- A circus equestrian sits on a horse that kneels with one leg extended near a circus wagon at the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man is dressed in a jacket and pants, with a side stripe, and he holds a cap in his hand. A...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Trick riding--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Flood scenes
- Intersection of Main St. and Gregory St. after flooding, 1910. George Stroehle & Sons, Boiler and Sheet Iron Works and "Bull" Durham buildings are visible among the wreckage. Seven people (one blurred) and a dog are seen interspersed among the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.
- 1910