Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- Sopris School
- View of a display at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Flags, drawings of the human form, and a miniature first-aid station are part of the display. Lettering on one flag reads: "Troop 1 Sopris."
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Home economics display
- View of a home economics class display probably at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Dresses hang on the wall near a table with displays of canned vegetables and baked goods.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dresses--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Home economics--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Denver Public Library 1929 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 1929. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Sopris School
- Boys and girls dressed as Native Americans pose with bows and arrows and on horseback at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The girls wear dresses and feather headdresses. The boys wear knickers and hats.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing adults--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School...
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Girls dressed as Native Americans sit around a pile of kindling at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear shirts, scarves, headbands, and their hair in braids.
- Camp Fire Girls--People--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Costumes--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School Children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Scouts &...
- [1915]
- 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
- Sopris washery, the fire
- View of the ruins of the washer building at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rubble, coal carts, and a damaged building. A group of men stand on a narrow-gauge railroad bridge in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1928?]
- Sopris School pageant
- Boys dressed as miners pose outdoors as part of the Sopris School pageant in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They hold axes, shovels, and lunch pails and wear overalls and hats with miner's lights.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Children playing adults--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Sopris School
- Boys and girls dance outdoors to the music of a record player at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. A teacher stands nearby and looks on.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children dancing--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Girls pose outdoors at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear costumes possibly for a play.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Costumes--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Boys dressed as Native Americans pose with bows and arrows and on horseback near the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear feather headdresses and knickers. A man in buckskins sits on a horse and holds a rifle.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Girls dance around a Maypole at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The girls wear dresses and ribbons in their hair.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; May poles--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915 May]
- Sopris School
- Girls dressed as Native Americans pose at a display at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They sit near a display fire and wear dresses, headbands, and their hair in braids. Signs read: "Santa Fe Trail Camp Fire," "Wohelo,"...
- Camp Fire Girls--People--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Scouts & scouting--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- View of a set of displays that concern food and hygiene at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. A bust of President Abraham Lincoln is nearby. Signs read: "Good Teeth Good Health," "Take [Time] To Eat [?]," and "Clean Food...
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- View of a miniature playground display at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The equipment includes teeter-totters, swings, and a slide. Lettering on a nearby banner reads: "A Boy Who is Fair and Honorable is a Credit to His...
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Models--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Boys in costumes pose near a U. S. flag at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The boys hold a lantern, hammer, saw, pick ax, and lunch pail. They wear overalls, an apron, and hats with miner's lights.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Costumes--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Boys dressed as Native Americans (tribe unknown) pose outdoors at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear headdresses with feathers and hold bows and arrows.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris, John Bianchi
- A man identified as John Bianchi and a group of unidentified men pose near a store entrance in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. John Bianchi stands with his hand on his hip and holds a pistol. ...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Firearms--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Men--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1893 and 1915?]
- Sopris statue
- A view of the Sopris statue at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The statue is of a young boy that stands on a sundial. A cement bench surrounds the statue and a man made pool is below it. The City Park Pavilion is behind the statue.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sopris, Elizabeth Allen--Monuments.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Sopris sundial
- View of the Sopris Memorial Sundial in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The statue of a small boy with a stick in his hand and sundial at his feet stands on a marble platform. On the front of the stone base a metal plaque reads: "A gift to Denver by...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sundials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sopris,...
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Frances A. Sopris
- Studio bust portrait of Frances Allen Sopris, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Sopris' curled bangs, and her hair affixed in a braided bun. Her dress bodice has a frilled, upright collar and puffed...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sopris, Frances A. (Frances Allen); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Sopris mine
- Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailing piles, and houses.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1930.; Mining camps--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1928?]
- Sopris, Co.
- View of buildings and houses at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows an elevated railroad grade near wooden shacks at the coal mining camp.
- Company towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Sopris School
- Girls attend to a doll at a first aid station at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Boys stand nearby with a toy stretcher. A bust of President Abraham Lincoln is nearby. Lettering on the first aid kit reads: "B & B First...
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing adults--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; First aid--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- View of a diorama that depicts a farm house, barn, and animals at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. A sign on the table reads: "Which."
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dioramas--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Models--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Home economics
- Girls prepare food in a home economics class at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The girls wear aprons and bonnets. One girl reads a book titled "Cooking Book One."
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children cooking--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Home economics--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- View of a diorama at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The display depicts a town with houses and commercial buildings.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dioramas--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Models--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Boy scouts pose near a large U. S. flag at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear scout uniforms with field boots and wide-brimmed hats.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Flags--American--1910-1920.; Scouts & scouting--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Denver Public Library 1936 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 1936. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- 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
- Colo. & Southern on Sopris branch
- View of the remains of a Colorado and Southern Railway trestle destroyed in a flood near the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Purgatoire River meanders past the ruins of the bridge.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1910.;...
- [1904]
- Sopris, old washery
- View of a coal washer and probably a boiler house at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Houses are in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.;...
- [between 1894 and 1928?]
- Sopris club
- Men work on the construction of the clubhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The building is a concrete block structure with a low pitched, hipped roof. Prominent buttresses support the two...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Sopris School
- Boys and girls pose outdoors as part of the Sopris School pageant in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The girls wear dresses and hold pails. The boys wear overalls and wide-brimmed hats.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children dressed as adults--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Mount Sopris Jerome Park
- View of Jerome Park in Pitkin or Garfield County, Colorado. Mount Sopris is in the distance.
- Jerome Park (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Denver Public Library 1928 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 1928. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Sopris, private houses
- View of wood frame houses at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coops, fenced yards, hornos (ovens), and outhouses. A dog is by a feed trough. Snow covers the ground.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1880-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.
- [between 1887 and 1928?]
- Sopris, private houses
- View of miner's houses at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal sheds, coops, outhouses, and fenced yards. Snow covers the ground.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1928?]
- Sopris, Little Italy
- Clothes hang on lines in the yards of wood frame houses at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. The neighborhood, identified as "Little Italy," consists of houses, outhouses, and coal sheds. Picket...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1880-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.
- [between 1887 and 1928?]
- Vista of Mt. Sopris and Roaring Fork Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Mount Sopris (elevation 12,823 feet), northwest edge of Elk Range of Rocky Mountains, and Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado; wooden frame residence and log cabin amongst trees in center; Roaring Fork River, center.
- Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- The Fryinpan [sic] Valley and Mt. Sopris, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Fryingpan River valley and Mount Sopris, Colorado; Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track by river; farm and agricultural land; brick residence and prominent brick building (possibly a school), center left; storm clouds top the peaks.
- Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1890-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Belle Sopris
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Belle Sopris, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Sopris has fine, curled bangs, and her hair is pinned up in a twist. Her dress bodice is made of eyelet lace with a soft, rounded collar. She wears a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Sopris, Anna Belle.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Richard Sopris, 1878-81
- Studio portrait of Richard Sopris, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, from 1878 to 1881. Mayor Sopris has a beard and wears a coat and a bow tie .
- Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; Sopris, Richard E.
- 1891
- Mt. Sopris, from junction of Rock Creek and Roaring Fork
- View of the junction of Rock Creek and the Roaring Fork River in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows a rocky embankment, pine trees, Aspens and Colorado Midland Railway tracks. In the distance are framed buildings, possibly Carbondale. Mount Sopris is...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1897?]
- Mt. Sopris from mouth of Red Canon, Colorado Midland R.R.
- View of the Roaring Fork River and Colorado Midland Railway Company tracks in probably Pitkin County, Colorado. Shows rocks in the creek and pine trees. Mount Sopris is possibly in the distance.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Miner playing dead
- A miner is on the ground near a train of loaded mine railroad cars at a mine probably near Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. A group of men stand in the distance.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1920.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Valley of the Grand
- View of the Colorado River in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows farms, Mount Sopris, and Glenwood Springs.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- City Park Pavilion
- Two children stand next to the pool at the Sopris Memorial at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The Sopris Memorial features a stone seat, a pool and a small statue of a boy with a sundial at his feet. The Pavilion is in the background, it features...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sundials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Sopris Mount