Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rugby, Colo.
- A group of men pose with raised beer glasses near the Miner's Exchange in Rugby (Las Animas County), Colorado. One man wears a white shirt, apron and probably is the storekeeper. A man standing near the door leans a pair of crutches against his...
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Willard Canon, Utah
- A group of men sit on the ground near a trail in Willard Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah. The mountains of the Wasatch Range are in the distance.
- Roads, Earth--Utah--Box Elder County--1870-1880.; Box Elder County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Willard Canyon (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Box Elder County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Box Elder County--1870-1880.; Men--Utah--Box Elder...
- [1872]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 12, 1911 March 18
- Workers near coke ovens
- Two workers stand near a row of coke ovens in the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man wearing overalls holds a rake. The other man holds a pole that extends into the opening of an oven. The men may be Italian or Hispanic....
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1880-19110.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Mining machinery
- A group of workers pose near a large piece of mining machinery probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and hats. Large piles of rocks are nearby. The mining machine is powered by electricity and has large belts, wheels, and...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Machinery--Colorado--Las Animas County--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Sopris coal tipple
- View of the tipple at the Sopris Mine in the Colorado Fuel and Iron coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows narrow gauge tracks and coal cars.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1900.; Tipples--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Empire mine, Aguilar
- View of the tipple and industrial buildings at the Empire mine in Aguilar (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and rolling hills.
- Aguilar (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Empire Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Aguilar--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Miners at Sopris
- A group of miners pose near a tipple at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Sopris Mine near Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men lean on a coal car and wear work clothes that include overalls, gloves, boots, and hats. Some of the miners...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--People--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a house made of stone, mud, and wood possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men and a boy wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, boots, bandanas, and hats. One man balances a bottle of liquor on his knee. A...
- Boys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Hastings Colo., Victor Fuel Co. camp looking east
- Aerial view of Hastings a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows tipple, washer, and screening plant. Company houses line the road that cuts through the canyon. Possibly a school or church is on a hill....
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1910.; Hastings (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.; Company towns--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Prospect Mine, showing superior grade of coal
- A burro pulls two large ore carts filled with boulders of coal at the Prospect Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Mining machinery sits on a set of narrow gauge tracks nearby. Logs and iron rails are stacked near the tracks. Fisher's Peak is in...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Stumptown
- View of the Last Chance, Amethyst, and New York mines in Weaver, near Creed, in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows industrial buildings, tailings piles, and road with switch-backs.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; New York Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Smelter
- View of a smelting complex identified as the Durango Land & Coal Company smelter in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Smoke rises from many tall smoke stacks.
- Durango Land & Coal Company--Buildings--1880-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Men with burros
- Three men stand with burros on Fifth Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. The men are dressed in work clothes and the burros are packed with equipment. One man kneels on the ground and holds a young burro in his arms. The brick...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Mine buildings at Segundo
- View of two washers and a boiler house at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Segundo in Las Animas County, Colorado. A Denver and Rio Grande Western train is on the tracks nearby.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Workers at the coke ovens at Segundo
- A group of workers stand near the coke ovens at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Segundo in Las Animas County, Colorado. The miners stand near a conveyor that loads the processed coke into train cars. A miner holds a pile of coal on...
- Coke ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Colorado National Guard soldiers lynch labor sympathizer
- Colorado National Guard soldiers prepare to lynch a man during a labor strike in Cripple Creek, Colorado. The soldiers are positioned throughout the room and many hold rifles with bayonets. One National Guardsman holds the end of a rope that is...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1893.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lynchings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1904]
- Actual photographs taken at Goldfield during bloody strike of 1904
- A crowd of striking miners, temporarily deputized by City Marshall Michael O'Connell, stand at the corner of Victor Avenue and Fourth Street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The men are members of the Western Federation of Miners labor union....
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6]
- Colorado National Guard, Cripple Creek, 1903-1904 Strike
- A mounted regiment of the Colorado National Guard ride in formation down Fourth Street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings along the street and the Gold Coin Mine building on a hill nearby.
- Colorado National Guard. Colorado.--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903 or 1904]
- London Derry [sic] Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- A group of miners pose near a mine building at the Londonderry Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The men wear work clothes. Two women sit on the ground nearby. The building is made from wood planks, has a corrugated tin roof, and...
- Londonderry Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.;...
- [1899 or 1900]
- Pagosa Hot Springs
- Men, women, and children gather around the edge of a large hot spring pool at Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Men stand near commercial buildings in the distance. Signs on businesses read: "J. N. Johnson, General Merchandise," and...
- Pagosa Springs (Colo. : Spring)--1890-1900.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Filming a movie in Steamboat Springs
- Actors and actresses, members of the cast of the movie "The Wolves of the Street" directed by Otis Thayer and produced by the Art-O-Graph Film Company, pose near the corner of 9th (Ninth) St. and Lincoln in Steamboat Springs (Elbert County),...
- Art-O-Graph Film Company--People--1910-1920.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--American--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [1919]
- Cripple Creek, Colo., Schuchs' Building
- Men identified as Philip Schuch Jr. and Earl Akin stand in the door of an assay office, signs read: "Pittsburg - Colorado Sampling Works and Assay Office, Philip Schuch, Jr.," Cripple Creek, Colorado. The business is housed in a false front...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Assayers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1900.; Akin, Dean.; Akin, Earl.; Schuch, Philip.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Wet Mountain Valley
- View of the Lutheran church, parsonage, and a church related school in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. The church is a frame structure with a small steeple extending from the roof. The parsonage is a square house with a low pitched hipped...
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Church schools--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.; Lutheran churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.
- [between 1872 and 1900?]
- Pueblo, Colo.
- View of the city of Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows houses and a large building.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Prospect shaft on east side of Grouse Mtn., Cripple Creek
- Two miners stand near a headframe at a mining prospect on Grouse Mountain in the Cripple Creek mining district (Teller County), Colorado. A horse is hitched to a winch. The town of Victor is in the distance.
- Grouse Mountain (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horses--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Teller County--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Teller...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Old Las Animas, Colo.
- View of the main street in the town of Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings including the "People's Hotel" and the "Merchant's Hotel." Horses and covered wagons are on the dirt road. A sign on one of the shops reads...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1870-1880.; City & town life--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.
- 1874
- View of Main Street from Post Office
- View of Main Street from the corner of Ammons Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The post office is housed in a rusticated stone structure with arched windows. Shows commercial buildings and horse-drawn wagons.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- View of a street in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings. Signs on businesses along the street read: "Harris & Kohn, Dry Goods & Clothing," "Miller & Koch," "Hardware," and "Flourtis." A man...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Leadville, Colorado
- Pedestrians stand on the sidewalks near a road identified as Harrison Street in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Horse drawn wagons make their way down the dirt road. Signs on businesses read: "John Lieninger, Books and Stationary," "Crockery and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; City & town life--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Grand Canyon of the Colorado
- View from Hance trail of rock formations in the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Spring Gulch Mine in Gulch (Spring Gulch), Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows industrial buildings and a water tank.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.;...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- D. & R.G. in Trinidad
- The waters of the Purgatoire River flow over the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company tracks in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. People stand on a railroad bridge that extends over the river.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1904]
- Stonewall
- View of cabins at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company's camp Whispering Pines near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows log cabins and split rail fences.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1910-1930.; Stonewall (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Camps--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.; Log Cabins--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Stonewall, Duling cave
- View of a dirt road and hill near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rock formations on the hill.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Hills--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- M. & P. P. Ry. the plains from Minnehaha
- View of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway tracks with large boulders and rock formations in Englemann Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Morrison looking west up Bear Creek
- View of the town of Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows Bear Creek, a Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad train with a load of lime rock, the railroad depot and turntable, a church, commercial and residential buildings. A sign reads:...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Coal miners
- A group of miners pose in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes including overalls, work pants, jackets, boots, and flannel shirts. The men wear oil wick caps with lamps. One man smokes a pipe.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Paonia
- View of orchards and fruit trees in bloom near the town of Paonia, Delta County, Colorado. Shows farm houses and barns. The North Fork Gunnison River is in the distance.
- Gunnison River, North Fork (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Paonia (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Paonia--1890-1940.; Orchards--Colorado--Paonia--1890-1940.; Rivers--Colorado--Paonia--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1940?]
- El Jebel Temple, Denver
- Exterior view of El Jebel Temple on 18th (Eighteenth) & Sherman Street in Denver, Colorado. The Moorish style structure features onion domes, spires, Moorish arches, and inlaid terra cotta tiles. The building houses the Masonic lodge of El Jebel...
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--Buildings--1900-1920.; El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Masonic...
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Denver County Court House, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Denver County Courthouse (Arapahoe County Courthouse) on Fifteenth (15th) and Tremont Street in Denver, Colorado. The structure is a stone Italianate building with entablature, copper dome, and a cupola. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Town of Grand Valley, Colo.
- View of the town of Grand Valley (Parachute, Garfield County), Colorado. Shows wood frame barns, cultivated fields, and houses. Hills are in the distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Grand Valley--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Grand Valley--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1921?]
- Durango Public Library
- View of the Carnegie Library at 1188 East 2nd (Second) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The one-story Beaux-Arts Mediterranean Revival building, designed by William E. and Arthur A. Fisher, has a stucco exterior and red tile roof.
- Durango (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Durango--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- YMCA Grand Junction
- View of 5th (Fifth) Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), a stone building with a portico and rooftop terrace, is under construction. Wood scaffolding surrounds the front entrance. A sign...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hot springs hotel, Wagon Wheel Gap
- The Hot Springs Hotel and baths sit on a slight hill in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows cottages, a bathhouse, a building with porches or verandas, and Blue Creek.
- Blue Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo. : Town)--1890-1910.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Wagon...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Moffat
- A man, woman, and children stand on the porch of the J. W. Hockaday Hardware store in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. Wagons, wheels, gears, and cans are displayed in the shop window. A large sign on the false front of the building...
- J.W. Hockaday Hardware (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Cliff House, Manitou Springs, Colorado, at the foot of Pikes Peak
- View of the Cliff House hotel in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The four-story frame building has a wrap around open porch, balcony, dormers, bay windows, and awnings. Guests sit on the porch. Horse drawn carriages and a car are on the...
- Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Jasper, Colorado
- View of the town of Jasper in the Platoro Mining District (Park County), Colorado. Shows log and frame buildings and a horse-drawn buggy. Mountains are in the distance.
- Jasper (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Jasper--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Kanab, Utah
- View of Kanab (Kane County), Utah. Shows a mesa, barns, fields, possibly vineyards, houses, and an industrial building. A wide valley is in the distance.
- Kanab (Utah)--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Utah--Kanab--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Kanab, Utah
- View of Kanab (Kane County), Utah. Shows fields, barns, houses, a church, and probably a school. A deep cut valley is in the distance.
- Kanab (Utah)--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Utah--Kanab--1900-1930.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]