Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Street view in Green River, Wyoming Territory
- Men wear sack suits and overcoats, and hats or caps and pose in a row in front of businesses in Green River (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Shows a saddled horse, a wagon, and commercial signs that read: "Dixon & Grimes Groceries and Provisions,"...
- Green River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Clothing stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; General stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Benton, Wyoming Territory
- View of log and frame buildings and canvas tents in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows a Union Pacific Railroad building or depot, freight cars, and businesses with signs that read: "U.P.R.R.[?]" and "N.C. Worth." Shows covered wagons parked on...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- The first engine of the U.P.
- Men pose on Union Pacific Railroad pony locomotive no. 1 (later named the "Utah") and on the platform at a passenger depot probably in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. A conductor in uniform stands beside men in sack suits or vests. The frame...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad depots--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad employees--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Jack Morrow at Benton, Wyo. Terr.
- Men sit or stand in a row and pose in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. One of the men perched on a barrel is identified as Jack Morrow. Clothing includes vests, sack suits, bow ties and wide brimmed hats or caps. Signs on frame and canvas buildings...
- Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Liquor stores--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Morrow, Jack.
- 1868
- Street view of Benton, Wyoming Territory
- Men in sack suits and hats or caps pose outside businesses in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Signs on frame and canvas buildings read: "T.A. Kent & Co. Wines & Liquors," "Chicago Ale," "Bank," "Crockery" "Apples @ $1500," "A.H. Huyett, Wholesale...
- Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Barrels--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Dirt roads--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Cottonwood trees at Fort Steele, Wyo. Terr.
- View of a man reclined in a grassy field beside Cottonwood trees on the North Platte River at Fort Fred Steele (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows probably a bull buffalo skull on the ground nearby.
- Cottonwood--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Fort Fred Steele (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Trees--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Bridge across North Platte at Fort Steele
- Men, probably construction workers, stand on a wooden Union Pacific Railroad bridge over the North Platte River at Fort Fred Steele (Carbon County), Wyoming. Men, horses and wagons, and probably an adobe building are in the valley.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1860-1870.; Fort Fred Steele (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Bridge construction--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Railroad bridges--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Fort Steele, Wyoming Territory in 1868
- View of frame buildings and canvas tents beside the North Platte River at Fort Fred Steele (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows probably telegraph wires and barrels stacked beside buildings.
- Fort Fred Steele (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Rivers--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Fort Fred Steele--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Freund's Gun Store at Laramie, Wyo. Terr.
- Men wear suits and hats and pose with guns in front of the "Freund & Bro" gun store in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The hewn log building has a false front and painted signs that read: "Guns, Pistols, Ammunition & c.," "Rifles and Shot Guns...
- Freund & Bro. (Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Hunting--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Rifles--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Dance house at Laramie
- Men, women and boys pose outside a canvas tent painted to read "Keystone Hall" in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Men and boys wear sack suits or vests and hats. Women wear dresses with full skirts. Shows frame and canvas buildings and wooden...
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Boys--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dance halls--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Women--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Railroad shops at Laramie
- View of railroad buildings and construction workers at Union Pacific Railroad tracks and shop buildings in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows a stone roundhouse and repair shop, an unfinished railroad bed, stacks of lumber and railroad ties, a...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad shops & yards--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Railroads--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Laramie, Wyoming Territory in 1868
- View of Union Pacific Railroad passenger cars on tracks in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows sparse wooden, log and canvas buildings in Laramie.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Railroad passenger cars--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Dale Creek Bridge
- The wooden Dale Creek Bridge, a Union Pacific Railroad trestle over a rocky canyon in Albany County, Wyoming. Shows telegraph poles and guy wires near the narrow canyon.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Albany County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad bridges--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1870.; Trestles--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Dale Creek Bridge with first U.P. engine
- People stand and pose on a locomotive or on the wooden Dale Creek Bridge, a Union Pacific Railroad trestle in Albany County, Wyoming. Shows guy wires in the rocky canyon.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Albany County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad bridges--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1870.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1870.; Trestles--Wyoming--Albany County--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Hen's nest
- Round boulders identified as the "hen's nest" probably at Sherman (Albany County), Wyoming.
- Sherman (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Sherman--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Street view in Cheyenne, Wyo. Terr.
- Men in vests and hats pose outside businesses on a street in Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming. Signs on false front buildings read: "Rocky Mountain Star," "Cheyenne Meat & Vegetable Market," "Stationery, Cigars, Books, Notions" and "Gallagher &...
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Grocery stores--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1860-1870.; Newspaper industry--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Omaha, Nebraska
- View of houses, fenced lots and commercial buildings in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows a garden, brick and frame buildings, a church with a central steeple, trees and dirt streets, and the Missouri River in the distance.
- Missouri River--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1868
- City of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming Terr.
- View of a canvas tent and log buildings in Pine Bluffs (Laramie County), Wyoming. A painted sign that reads "Bakery, Saloon" is beside wooden barrels in front of the tent. A log "Grocery Store" building has a grass roof, a stone chimney, and a...
- Pine Bluffs (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Pine Bluffs--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Pine Bluffs--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Pine Bluffs--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Sidney, Wyoming Terr. [sic]
- View of buildings, Union Pacific Railroad flatbed cars, tracks and a roundhouse in Sidney (Cheyenne County), Nebraska. Shows oxen, frame buildings and canvas tents. A sign reads "Saloon" near probably the depot.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Sidney (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Sidney--1860-1870.; Railroad roundhouses--Nebraska--Sidney--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Railroad shops ot [sic] North Platte
- View of brick railroad buildings beside Union Pacific Railroad tracks at North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. Shows a locomotive beside probably a water tank and a windmill, a roundhouse, and machine shops with chimneys and vented roofs.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad roundhouses--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Railroad shops & yards--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Windmills--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Central Block, Omaha in 1868
- People and a horse-drawn stagecoach are outside the Central Block, a three-story brick commercial building on Farnam Street between 13th (Thirteenth) and 14th (Fourteenth) Streets in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows sidewalks and telegraph...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Ware's Block, Omaha in 1868
- Men stand and pose in second story windows or outside the Ware Block, a two-story brick commercial building in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows arched windows with tracery, a flat roof with bracketed eaves and signs on businesses that read:...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Barrels--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Dry goods stores--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Third and Main Streets, taken in 1868 the buildings were erected in 1860
- Men in top hats ride donkeys on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Scene includes frame and brick commercial buildings with arched windows and signs: [illegible]. Low hills are in the background, and ruts in the dirt are in the foreground.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Donkeys--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Sam Dugan [i.e. Sanford Dougan] hanged by vigilantes at Denver
- Sanford Dougan, was lynched by a mob after being accused of murder in Denver, Colorado. He hangs from a tree and is dressed in a coat, slacks and boots. Shows a hat on the ground, handcuffs, a noose, and a hatchet stuck in the tree trunk. Frame and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Hangings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Dougan, Sanford.
- 1868 December 2
- Outlaws hanged at Laramie by vigilantes, Big Ned, Con Wagner, Ace [sic] Moore
- Three men, left to right: Big Ned [Wilson], Asa Moore and Con Wagner, hang from wooden beams beside a log wall in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows men in vests or jackets, slacks and boots and arms bound with rope.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Hangings--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Moore, Asa.; Wagner, Con.; Wilson, Ned, Big Ned.
- 1868 October 18
- Steve Young, hanged at Laramie by vigilantes
- A man identified as Steve Young and known as "Long" Steve Young, hangs from a telegraph pole on a dirt road in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. "Long" Steve Young wears a vest, a jacket, boots and has his legs bound with rope. Shows a hat on the...
- Thornburgh (Hotel : Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868 October 19
- Main Street looking west from the corner of 3rd, in 1868.
- Stone and brick buildings line dirt street in Canon City, Colorado. Two have arched windows, others have bracketed or stone cornices. Men and horses loiter; lumber and barrels are on boardwalk fronting a business with a sign reading: "Webb &...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.
- 1869
- Building Devil's Gate bridge over Weber River
- A Union Pacific Railroad locomotive is on railroad tracks near the wooden Devil's Gate trestle over the Weber River in Weber Canyon, Utah.
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1860-1870.; Weber Canyon (Utah)--1860-1870.; Weber River (Utah)--1860-1870.; Canyons--Utah--1860-1870.; Railroad bridges--Utah--1860-1870.; Rivers--Utah--1860-1870.; Trestles--Utah--1860-1870.
- 1869 July 20
- Between Second & Third St's.
- Covered and freight wagons are parked on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows wood and brick false front commercial buildings, and one and two story buildings. Signs read: "Boot Maker," "Hardware," "Baldwin House," "C. Makley...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Sterographs.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Santa Fe Avenue
- View of Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado, shows the west side of Santa Fe Avenue between 4th (Fourth) and 5th (Fifth) Streets with horse- drawn wagons and an early bicycle parked in the street. One and two-story wood frame buildings with gable...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.
- 1870
- The old Livery barn on the southwest corner of 6th and Main Streets
- This two-story brick livery in Canon City, Colorado, has stone window heads and corbeling atop the false front. A projecting sign reads: "Canon City Livery Feed Sale Stables." Men and horses stand by the open door, which has a carriage in it; a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stables--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1871
- St. Vrain Block, Longmont, Colorado east side of Main Street.
- "The St. Vrain Block was on the east side of Main Street, in 300 block. It housed the Chicago-Colorado Colony office, shown at left, the St. Vrain Hotel and offices. It burned to the ground in the fire of 1879. Byron L. Carr, lawyer, is shown...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1880.
- 1872
- Library Hall & Longs Peak, Longmont, Colo. built in 1871 by C. C. Calkins and where the 1st male child, B. W. Calkins was born, in the City of Longmont.
- "Library Hall, the large building left center, was built in 1871, and served as Longmont's first school, town hall, library and community center. It was paid for and partly furnished by Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, of New York, for whom the park, one...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1880.
- 1872
- West side of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado
- View of 300 block, west side of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, includes the first Emerson & Buckingham Bank. Building replaced by brick structure about 1875. Farm machinery shows beside the "Furniture" store. A row of young trees is planted in...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1880.
- 1872
- The Wet Mountain Valley hay store on the northeast corner of 6th and Main Street in 1872
- The Wet Mountain Valley hay store in Canon City, Colorado, is a two-story frame building with a gable roof and posters on it reading: "Pearline for Easy Washing," "Coming Soon Gentry Bro's Famous Shows," "War Malone wedding is co(?)," "Coming the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Hay--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1872
- The home of Geo. Rockafellow, Sr., between first and second Streets on the north side of Main
- This two-story residence in Canon City, Colorado, has a cottage roof with a square gazebo at the peak. The portico is topped by a balcony; a ladder leans against it, and people pose on it. A picket and stone fence encloses the yard, and a man and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1872
- The McClure House, northwest corner 4th and Main
- The McClure House, in Canon City, Colorado, is a three-story brick building with a flat roof, bracketed cornice, and stone sills and keystones. Men pose on the boardwalk that is lined with a rail fence; women look out the windows. A corner...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Main Street between 2nd and 4th, north side showing freighting wagons operating between Canon City and Leadville
- Covered wagons and teams of horses line Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in suits pose on the tire tracked dirt; two-story brick commercial buildings have cornices, chimneys, open porches, and a sign: "H. Sartor Saddles & Harness."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Horse teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Mack's lumber yard N W corner Main & Sixth St.
- The office of this lumberyard in Canon City, Colorado, is a frame saltbox structure with a false front. Curving lines of letters on it read: "Easte(?), Chic(?), Wholesale, mouldings, lath, shingles, hardwood, picket fence, glass, cement, plaster,...
- Lumberyards--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1875
- The Soda Springs on the left and the Iron Springs
- This eight-sided gazebo in Canon City, Colorado, is made of branches, some twisted into flourishes. Deer antlers top the plank roof, and men and a woman sit on benches in back. A rubble wall is at the base of the rocks in the background, with a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1877
- The first pavilion erected over the Soda Springs 1877
- This eight-sided gazebo in Canon City, Colorado, is made of branches, some twisted into flourishes. Deer antlers top the plank roof, and a man in a derby stands by the entry. Rocks and foothills are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gazebos--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1877?
- Historic Jackson House at Poncha Springs, Colorado built in the late 1870's, still in use in 1967.
- People pose on balcony and on porch of the two-story frame Jackson Hotel in Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Jackson Hotel (Poncha Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Corral in Canon City, Colorado
- A corral on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, holds men, horses (some blanketed), and covered and uncovered Texas wagons. A hewn log cabin has a sign over the door: "Camp House;" men pose in front. Snow covered scene features the first...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Corrals--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Corral on Main Street between 5th and 6th, north side
- This corral on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, holds men, horses (some blanketed), and covered and uncovered Texas wagons. Brick, two-story residences around 6th (Sixth) and Macon Streets are in back of the corrals. Snow covered mountains are...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Corrals--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- The return of the hunters
- Hunters in Canon City, Colorado, pose by a horse-drawn wagon loaded with antlered deer carcasses. They wear ammunition belts and hold their rifles by the barrel, butts to the ground. A two-story, frame building in the background has signs:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hunting--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- The southeast corner of Main and 4th Streets, 1878, showing James Clelland's store and Engleman & Thompson's store
- This two-story brick building in Canon City, Colorado, has a bracketed wood cornice with pendants and letters reading: "Engleman Clelland's." Window lettering reads: "Millinery fancy goods boots and shoes dry goods notions clothing groceries and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Millinery--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1878
- The Colorado State Penitentiary in 1878, showing the first stone wall
- The penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, consists of a pair of three-story structures (one with a mansard roof) and the surrounding wall and tower, with a gated arch in the foreground. All are of random ashlar stone. Trees front the main...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1878
- Main Street between 3rd and 4th, showing oxen teams and covered wagons
- Covered wagons and teams of oxen crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in vests pose on the dirt; two-story brick and stone commercial buildings have chimneys and arched windows. The 1872 Clelland block has an open porch and a bracketed...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Main Street between third and fourth north side
- Commercial buildings on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, have striped, canvas awnings, bracketed cornices, open porches, arched windows, balconies, and are fronted by boardwalk, crates, a barber pole, bare trees, and horse drawn wagons,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Main Street between 4th and 5th showing covered wagons and ox teams
- Covered wagons, ox and horse teams, people, buckboards, and a boy on a tricycle crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Oxen eat from a line of hay crossing the dirt thoroughfare; men and barrels are on the tree lined boardwalk. Frame and brick...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878