Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Obituary Project 1969-1990, Revised
- The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
- Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
- Descendants of Francisco Lopez and Maria de Villafuerte
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Francisco Lopez and Maria de Villafuerte.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Juan de Leon
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Juan de Leon.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Descendants of Pedro Varela
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Pedro Varela.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Abel D. Breed ca. 1875
- $1,000 and tons of ore had been blocked out as a reserve. That year, Breed sold the mine to a group of investors from Holland for about $3 million with a cash down payment of $1.5 million. The mine is probably most famous for producing the silver...
- Capitalists and financiers--1870-1880.; Silver coffeepots--1870-1880.; Silver mining--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Breed, Abel D.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Descendants of Francisco Montoya
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Francisco Montoya.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Main street, Silver Plume
- View of storefronts on Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Signs read: "Dicksons", "Cafe & Soda Fountain" and "Rooms."
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Cafes--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Storefronts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.;...
- June 2, 1940
- Arts at Silver Plume, formerly St. Patrick's Catholic Church
- View of the front and side elevations of Arts at Silver Plume (the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church) a commercial gallery on Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The small frame structure, has wood siding and a shingled...
- Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1990-2000.; St. Patrick's Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Commercial art galleries.; Bell towers.; Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume,...
- 1994
- Stores, Silver Plume
- View of dilapidated store fronts in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Both have false fronts, one with an arched cornice.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Storefronts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- The Coloradan: Vol. II No. 3
- Article and front cover of The Coloradan, pertaining to First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1893 May 1
- Descendants of Andres Garcia and Ana Francisca
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Andres Garcia and Ana Francisca .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Miners home, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View of a dilapidated, two story, wooden house in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, with two porches, railings, shutters, and bird houses.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Old hotel, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View of a dilapidated, two story, wood hotel in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, with a porch, railing, and broken windows.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Stores, Silver Plume
- A sign above the entrance to an empty falsefront building reads: "Grand Theatre" on Main Street, Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Other buildings include the Buckley Bros. store and the "A. O. E." building.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- May 30, 1940
- Church, Silver Plume
- View in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, shows the brick facade of the "Grand Theatre" at the bottom of a hill and the backs of two false front buildings.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Theaters--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Silver Plume old house
- View of a weathered wood house, with a porch and railing, in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Back yards, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View from the back of several wood panel, one-story residences with porches and fences in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Silver Plume
- View shows residences lining a dirt road in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- House, Silver Plume
- A single story residence in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, features both cross gables and a flanged, hipped roof, gingerbread ornamentation, and a decorative arched window.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Silver Plume, old house
- A three story residence in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, features a hipped roof, dormers, covered front porch, and entabulature over the window frames.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- May 39, 1940
- Silver bricks
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company workers pose by stacked silver ingots in Empire Forks, Clear Creek County, Colorado; metallurgist Richard Pearce is to the left.
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1870-1880.; Metallurgists--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Empire Forks (Colo.); Mining--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Silver--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.;...
- 1875
- Hayden Canal Corp above Ouray Silver Ledge Mill
- View of the abandoned Silver Ledge Mine and Mill near Chattanooga (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Chattanooga (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Silver Ledge Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- August, 1941
- Silver Lake Galena Hill
- View of the abandoned Silver Lake Mine and Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. King Solomon Mountain is nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Silver Lake Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Silverton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Rose Mary Echo Silver Dollar Tabor
- Portrait of Rose Mary Echo Silver Dollar Tabor, daughter of Baby Doe and Horace Tabor, in a wide brimmed straw hat.
- Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tabor, Silver Dollar, 1889-1925.
- 1903
- Silver Horn, Frank Rush, and Tsaitokey
- Silver Horn, Tsaitokey, Native American (Kiowa) men and Frank Rush, a white man, pose outdoors. Silver Horn holds a hatchet pipe and a walking stick. Tsaitokey holds a bow, arrows, and a dream catcher. Silver Horn wears moccasins, body paint, a...
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Kiowa Indians--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Silver Horn.; Tsaitokey.; Rush, Frank.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Silver Cliff fire house
- View of Silver Cliff Town Hall, Custer County, Colorado; shows a frame building with arched transoms, belfry, signs: "Custer County Museum," "Silver Cliff Town Hall," "1879," a fire department ladder wagon, and a safe.
- Custer County Museum (Silver Cliff, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1950-1960.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1950- 1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Silver...
- November 27, 1959
- Silver Plume, looking down the canyon
- View east, down Clear Creek valley, of Silver Plume, Colorado, including a residence in the foreground with Clear Creek on the south side of the it. In the distance is the Silver Plume schoolhouse. In between the house and the school is the Silver...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1940.; Valleys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1938]
- Silver Plume
- View southeast in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows a man standing on a rock high above Clear Creek valley. To the south is the cut for the Argentine Central railroad tracks ascending Leavenworth Mountain from Silver Plume. Clear Creek, Silver Plume,...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Silver World Printing
- View toward northwest of original 1875 wood frame newspaper office, Silver World Printing, at southwest corner of Fourth and Silver Streets, Lake City, Colorado; shows front gable and false front wing with "Silver World Printing" sign, two...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Wooden Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Denver Public Library 1937 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1937. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1995
- Clear Creek in Silver Plume
- View of Clear Creek in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The water level is high. The stream banks are reinforced with stones and retaining walls. There are structures on either bank of the creek, these include a bandstand, St....
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Streams.; Houses.; Catholic churches.; Bandstands.; Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Silver...
- 2010
- Silver Square 3333 Blake
- Blake street elevation of the Silver Square Lofts, located at 3333 Blake Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The early twentieth-century industrial building is constructed of red brick with a pediment and coursing. The...
- Silver Square Lofts (Denver,Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Condominiums.; Industrial facilities.; Silver Square Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 2003 February
- Silver Square 3309-3333 Blake
- View of Silver Square Lofts at 3309-3333 Blake Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the elevations on Blake Street. These early twentieth-century industrial buildings are constructed of red brick. One building has a...
- Silver Square Lofts (Denver,Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Condominiums.; Industrial facilities.; Silver Square Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 2003 February
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows Silver Cliff Mill Sampling Works (probably) and frame houses.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Ciff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Siver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1885]
- Silver Plume baseball
- Team portrait of the Silver Plume baseball team with coaches and bat boy, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, includes: standing- 1- , 2-Harry Smith, 3-Jerry Buckley, 4-Tom May, 5-Jack Jones, 6-, 7-; Sitting- 1-, 2-Will Buckley, 3-Pomeroy,...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Baseball players--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Family of the interpreter, Frank [i.e. Franc] C. Goings
- Julia Goings, wife of Franc C. Goings, a North American Indian (Sioux) interpreter for the performers in "The Red Man", poses with her children in front of a painted backdrop of Yellowstone Falls, in the dirt arena at the Empress Hall at the Golden...
- Dakota Indians--England--London--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--London--1900-1910.; Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Children--England--London--1900-1910.; Clothing &...
- 1909
- Silver Plume
- View north in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the mines on Republican Mountain. Included are: the Diamond Tunnel the Pelican, Dives, and two Baxter mines, the Dunkirk and the Payrock.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- [Between 1880 and 1884]
- Silver Plume
- View in Silver Plume, Colorado; shows Silver Street, Republican Mountain, concentrating mill at the bottom of the Diamond Tunnel waste pile, and Clear Creek in the near foreground. Downtown Silver Plume is between the mill and the creek.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pay Rock Mill Silver Plume Colorado.
- Miners pose near a geared hoist at the Pay Rock Mill on Clear Creek near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pay Rock Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Ore...
- 1880
- Silver Plume
- Piles of mine tailings dot the rocky hillside above Silver Plume, a mining community west of Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Wood frame buildings stand along the dirt streets of the town. A log rail fence borders a railroad track.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- 1885 Colorado State Census : Arapahoe County : Including the City of Denver and Portions of Present Day Adams and Arapahoe Counties
- Comprehensive index created of the 1885 Arapahoe County, Colorado State Census created by The Colorado Genealogical Society. Geographically included in the index is: present Denver, Arapahoe and Adams counties. Information included in the index...
- Colorado--Census--19th century.; Denver (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Arapahoe County (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Census records.
- 2002
- Griffin Memorial, Silver Plume Mountain
- View of the Griffin Memorial on Silver Plume Mountain near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The monument marks the grave of Clifford Griffin, the co-owner of the Seven-Thirty Mine. On June 19, 1887 Griffin committed suicide and shot...
- Griffin, Clifford, 1847-1887--Monuments--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Monuments & memorials.; Obelisks.; Griffin, Clifford, 1847-1887--Monuments--Pictorial works.; Monuments--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.;...
- 2010
- Monument to Italians killed in avalanche
- View of an obelisk, the Italian Monument, in the Silver Plume Cemetery in Silver Plume, Colorado. The tall granite monument reads, "Sacred to the Memory of the Ten Italians, Victims of an Avalanche. February 12, 1899. Erected By the Public." The...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Monuments & memorials.; Obelisks.; Monuments--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Memorials--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Obelisks--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 2010
- The Geyser, Silver Cliff Colo.
- A group of miners at the Geyser Mine in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado pose near the mill. Some men hold shovels, a pick axe, candles with lanterns, and hammers. They wear overalls, canvas coats and wide, slanting brimmed hats with high...
- Geyser Mine (Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Silver Lake, Colo.
- View of men in a rowboat on Silver Lake, San Juan County, Colorado. A man in the boat points a rifle. A mine complex is in the distance. Shows a wooden ore chute, shaft house, smokestacks, tailings, boarding houses and cribbing. There were three...
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Lake (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rowboats--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ophir Loop Silver Bell Mine and Mill
- View of the town of Ophir Loop and the Rio Grande Southern Ophir Loop railroad bridge (butterfly trestle 44A) over Howard Fork (a stream) in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows the railroad trestle, the RGS railroad depot and the Silver Bell Mine,...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Howard Fork (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Bell Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns.; Mills.; Mining.; Ore industry.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad stations.;...
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Silver Plume Base Ball Team
- The Silver Plume Baseball team poses on the steps of Saint Patrick's Catholic church, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Ten of the young men are wearing their uniforms (one dark, the others in light pinstripes), one man is in a suit, and...
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1920- 1930.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Baseball players--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Denver Theater premiere of "Silver Dollar"
- View of the premiere of the movie "Silver Dollar," about Silver Dollar Tabor, at the Denver Theater, in Denver, Colorado; shows a crowd of people on Glenarm Street and signs: "Silver Dollar."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture premieres--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tabor, Silver Dollar, 1889-1925.--Portrayals.
- 1932, December 2
- Silver Plume and Georgetow [sic] from Sunrise Peak
- Bird's eye view towards distant Silver Plume and Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado and across Rocky Mountains from Sunrise Peak; Silver Plume and Georgetown in canyon below; aerial mine tram with carts, foreground right; switchback road on...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Old C. and S. railroad pavilion - Silver Plume, Colo.
- The pavilion at Silver Plume, Colorado, was used by the Argentine Central Railroad as a waiting area for tourists taking the ride to the top of Mt. McClellan. The building has a hipped roof, rectangular shape, one story, and arched windows and...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Advertisements--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Pavilions--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1938 and 1950]