Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Remains of first building in Hancock
- View of the last remaining building in Hancock (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has caved in, and the remaining logs of the structure are worn. The walls are built with interlocking logs, and the caved in roof is flat wooden planks with log...
- Arps, Mount (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hancock (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Log buildings.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--Pictorial works.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hancock--Pictorial works.; Arps, Mount (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Conrad Moschel memorial
- View of a carved memorial for Conrad Moschel on the face of a rock in Castlewood Canyon near Castlewood Canyon State Park, Douglas County, Colorado. Small trees and shrubs cover other words carved into the stone, and there is a small, white obelisk...
- Castlewood Canyon--1970-1980.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials.; Moschel, Conrad, d. 1864--Monuments.; Moschel, Conrad, d. 1864--Monuments--1970-1980.; Monuments--Colorado--Douglas County--Pictorial works.; Castlewood...
- 1977
- Colorado Yule Marble Company Mill, Marble, Colo.
- View of the Colorado Yule Marble Company Mill site located at Park and West 3rd Streets in Marble, Colorado. The mill was opened in 1905 by Colonel Channing Frank Meek to refine the snowy white, Yule Marble quarried above the town. Today, the...
- Colorado Yule Marble Company (Marble, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Stone industry and trade--Colorado--Marble--2010-2020.; Marble (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado Yule Marble Company (Marble, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stone industry and...
- 2010
- Henson, Colo.
- View of the ghost town of Henson located 4 miles west of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Founded in the 1870s, some cabins, a boarding house and mining structures and equipment still remain. The town was home to the Ute-Ulay mine.
- Henson (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ghost towns.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Henson--Pictorial works.; Henson (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993
- Ramsey-Koenig Ranch, Larimer County, Colo.
- View of the Ramsey-Koenig Ranch located at 16321 Pingree Park Rd., Larimer County, Colo. The ranch was homesteaded by Hugh Ramsey in 1919 and is currently the site of Colorado State University's Pingree Park Campus. Several log and rough-cut board...
- Ranches--Colorado--Larimer County--2000-2010.; Larimer County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ramsey-Koenig Ranch (Larimer County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Colorado State University--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Ranches--Colorado--Larimer County--Pictorial...
- 2002
- Super Mart
- View of Super Mart, a neighborhood market located at 5102 St. Paul Street in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A clapboard house has been converted into a commercial structure. The steep gables of the house remain and a shed style...
- Super Mart (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grocery stores.; Super Mart (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1978
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Lance
- A Native American (Plains) lance. The point is constructed of metal and the handle is a rake handle. It is decorated with a rawhide band painted red, a braid of black hair wrapped in rawhide painted red, eagle feather and buffalo fur.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Lances--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Rockmont College development campaign
- "Carl Nelson, campaign chairman of fund for Rockmont College, is given a gift of $40,000 by a donor who wished to remain anonymous," Longmont, Colorado. The two men wear suits and large grins and stand in front of a chart that reads: "Rockmont...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.; Rockmont College (Longmont, Colo.)
- August 1967
- Tearing down barracks for start of IOOF building
- View of the remains of the old army barracks and later first home of the Herald newspaper, Meeker, Colorado; in process of tearing down to make way for the IOOF Hall; only walls remain.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barracks--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Demolition--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Denver, Civic Center
- Only the wooden porches remain of a brick terrace building razed in preparation for Civic Center expansion, Denver, Colorado. A workman pulls a wheelbarrow near piles of bricks, other residences show around the empty lot.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado after first fire
- Bird's-eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado after first fire on April 25, 1896; view possibly west of town taken from hillside near Midland Terminal Station; possibly Bennett Avenue area; many commercial business buildings still remain.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1990.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado after first fire
- Cripple Creek, Colorado, after first fire on April 25, 1896; possibly view southwest taken from hillside near Midland Terminal Station; possibly Myers Avenue area; many canvas tents amidst debris remain from destructive fire; residences and houses...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- West, Cripple Creek after the fire
- View west across building remains from first fire on April 25, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; many commercial buildings still remain in business district; evidence of construction of new wooden framed buildings is in the foreground; Mt. Pisgah...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Bon-Ton Saloon Main St. Only cold blooded murder in Nevadaville committed just to the right of building.
- This one-story, brick fronted building in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has an arched door and windows. This was Thomas H. Lawry's Bon-Ton Saloon, on Main Street. Window mullions remain; tailings are in the background.
- Lawry, Thomas H.--Homes & haunts.; Bon-Ton Saloon (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Silver Dollar Saloon Main St Nevadaville
- Silver Dollar Saloon, on Main Street in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is frame and has a false-front finished with wrinkled tar paper. Double doors remain; the windows are gone. The brick Bon-Ton Saloon adjoins to one side.
- Bon-Ton Saloon (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Silver Dollar Saloon (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Dismantling of old Western Colorado Power Co., residence at Tacoma, Colorado by an employee of the D&SNGRR for reassembling elsewhere
- A man dismantels part of the second floor of a wood frame residence owned by the Western Colorado Power Company, La Plata County, Colorado. Only the rafters remain on the hip roof. A ladder leans on the wood siding.
- Tacoma (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Tacoma--1980-1990.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Tacoma--1980-1990.
- 1982 November 6
- After the fire
- Ruins in Wild Horse, Cheyenne County, Colorado, are from a fire started by the cream station stove. Masonry walls of the (possibly) Albany Hotel remain.
- Wild Horse (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.; Ruins--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.
- July 1, 1917
- The main house in this picture, lower left, was built by David E. C. Austin, sometime after 1885
- View over the ghost town of Turret, (Camp Austin) Colorado in Chaffee County, shows abandoned, dilapidated, log buildings on the grassy hillside.
- Austin, David E. C.--Homes & haunts.; Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- 1975
- Teller Camp
- A few walls remain amid the remnants of wooden buildings that have succumbed to weather and age, Teller Camp (City?) Grand or Jackson County, Colorado.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Jackson County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Jackson County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Old abandoned mine mill, Nev.
- Stone foundations and the framework of a wooden building are all that remain of an abandoned mining mill somewhere in Nevada.
- Nevada--1900-1920.; Mills--Nevada--1900-1920.; Mining--Nevada--1900-1920.; Ruins--Nevada--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Central City after fire 1874
- View of Central City, Colorado, after the fire of 1874. A burned out brick building is surrounded by debris in the foreground. Burned out buildings litter the background. Smoke rises from one of the buildings in the center of the photograph. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fires--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Central City, Colorado
- This is the earliest known photograph of Central City, Colorado, which was probably taken in the early 1860s. The image shows a dirt road flanked by log cabins. Mine tailings scar the hillside, and a few trees remain at the top of the hill. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869]
- Old mission in ruins
- View of the Native American Santa Clara Pueblo mission ruins, New Mexico, shows a collapsed roof and sides with front entry wall partially standing; cross grave markers remain in front cemetery burial ground.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1930.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1930.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Remains of jail after fire 1946
- Exterior view of remains of the county jail in Georgetown, Colorado, a red brick two story building built in 1883, after it burned in 1946. The corner of the building is visible; on the second story all windows have been destroyed, and daylight...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Jails--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Indians clearing up 1st Inf. camp P.R. Ag. S.D.
- Native American Lakota Sioux help the First Infantry break camp, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. A few tents remain, women wrapped in blankets sit and watch from snow piles. Possibly Red Cloud wearing an overcoat, scarf, hat and sunglasses poses...
- United States. Army. Infantry--1890-1900.; 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.; Teton...
- [February 1891?]
- High in the mountains
- Two men pose on burros by a mountain lake, probably in the Rockies of Colorado. Both men wear suits, ties, coats, and caps. Patches of snow remain along the ridge line.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Kittredge Castle
- View of the Charles Marble Kittredge residence (William Lang architect) at 6925 East 8th (Eighth) Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features rusticated stone, arches, and battlements. Sign reads: "Holland Hall."
- Kittredge, Charles Marble, 1858-1940--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Lang, William A.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Creede fire
- Smoke rises from smoldering ashes of the fire that burned part of the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County. Only chimneys of the destroyed buildings remain standing. Unaffected commercial buildings are in the background. Trees dot the...
- Creede (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Caribou cemetery, 1950
- Caribou Cemetery northwest of town, Boulder County, Colorado; few gravestone markers remain; one has a iron fence around the plot; evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Caribou cemetery fenced 1953
- A woman in a dress walks behind a barbwire fence around Caribou Cemetery northwest of town, Boulder County, Colorado. A few gravestone markers remain; one has a iron fence around the plot. Evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Eldorado Springs fire
- Only the stone chimney and fireplace remain at one of the cottages that burned during the fire of December 28, 1929, at the resort in Eldorado Springs, Colorado.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1929 December 28
- Dyersville
- View of a collapsing building in the ghost town of Dyersville, Colorado, in Summit County. Evergreen forest in background.
- Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- St. Jacob
- The interior view of the Saint Jacob mine near Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado, shows that only rafters, rubble, and a set of ore cart tracks remain.
- Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Mining--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.
- 1950
- Fulford remains of mill
- Rusted machinery, waste lumber, and a crumbling framework are all that remain of the mill in Fulford (Eagle County), Colorado.
- Fulford (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Idaho Springs Alma Lincoln mine
- Framework, a large piece of machinery, and a concrete foundation are all that remain of one of the buildings associated with Alma Lincoln mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1950
- Geneva Gulch : smelter site
- Only the rock foundation, broken timbers, and a pile of dirt remain of the smelter used in Geneva Gulch (Park County), Colorado.
- Park County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Smelters--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Geneva Gulch : smelter site
- Only the rock foundation, broken timbers, and a pile of dirt remain of the smelter used in Geneva Gulch (Park County), Colorado.
- Park County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Smelters--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Cell house #3 being razed after 1929 riot
- Black and white convicts work atop ruins of a brick cell block destroyed during the 1929 uprising at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. They hold iron bars and sledge hammers. On the wall below them, porcelain toilet bowls remain...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1932
- General Mesa Verde headquarters ruins
- Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park is nestled underneath a large, rock overhang. Several of the rock walls of the cliff dwelling remain standing. Snow covers the pine trees and shrubs in the foreground as well as the ledge above the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A group of unidentified men, some standing, some sitting, gathers on the ledge of Nordenskiold's Ruin No. 12 in Mesa Verde National Park. Jesse Nusbaum's stepson, Deric, stands second from the right. Portions of the cliff dwelling remain standing...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Nordenskiold House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [1926?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- acre-sized catchment to store rain water.; Dam-like structures with a railing and sets of stairs leading up to them are covered in a blanket of snow at Mesa Verde National Park. Portions of stone walls forming the dams remain uncovered. Some of the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dams--Colorado--1920-1930.; Water supply West (U.S.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- The dead on Monte Belvedere
- Sunset of the first day of the World War II attack on Mount Belvedere, the dead of both sides remain where they had fallen. Two corpses lie in the snow at the base of a slope.
- Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; War casualties--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- View of Camp Hale dismantled
- View of Camp Hale after it had been dismantled, taken from a road. At the edge of the hills some buildings remain, and one of the old white barracks stands in the center of the valley amid the foundations of the rest. Snow in the valley is melted...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1945]
- Russell Gulch, Colo.
- The mining district of Russell Gulch was about four miles southwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. About $35,000 in gold was reportedly mined every week when the area was first discovered by William Green Russell in 1859. Several...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1900.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- General Mesa Verde headquarters ruins
- Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park lies under an immense rock overhang. Several window openings remain in the standing walls of the cliff dwelling. Snow covers the landscape on top of the cliff. Large pine trees with snow-covered limbs...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- General Mesa Verde headquarters ruins [graphic]
- The ruins of Casa Colorado, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, lie under a large, rock overhang in the side of a cliff. The top portion of the dwelling's outer-most wall has eroded. Several small window openings remain intact in the...
- Casa Colorado (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- A cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park is tucked under a rock overhang. Shown from below, several window openings remain intact in the ruins. The cliff has several layers of rock with varying widths. Trees line the top ledge of the overhang...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]