Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Hunting party
- Studio portrait of a bison hunting party; the men are identified as General Fuller, L.C. Ellsworth, C.W. Wright, and W.N. Byers, Joe Boyd, and Edwards. The men wear suits and hats, one man wears a fringed buckskin coat, they hold rifles. Shows...
- Bison hunting--1870-1880.; Men--1870-1880.; Boyd, Joe, resident, Hugo, Colorado.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.; Ellsworth, Lewis C.; Wright, C. W.
- 1873
- Temple Buell lived there in 1923 - 906 Grant
- View of a residence at 906 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado; features a tile roof, arched windows, a round bay, terrace, and portico.
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mr. and Mrs. William N. Byers and family
- A group portrait of the Byers family, probably in Denver, Colorado. Identification from left to right: possibly Flora Thomas - Mrs. Byers sister, Mrs. Frank Byers, Mrs. W.N. Byers (Elizabeth), Mr. William N. Byers, possibly a granddaughter and Mr....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, Frank S.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896 Jan. 1
- W. N. Rhodes & lion cubs
- Mr. W. N. Rhodes holds two lion cubs at Elitch Gardens Amusement Park in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Lions--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rhodes, W. N.
- 1897 April 25
- W.N. Byers with friends
- A group portrait of, left to right: a young girl identified as Eda Wolfersberger, William N. Byers, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Wolfersberger, and W.F. Robinson in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. The group leans against a log railing surrounded by...
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Friendship--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1895 Sept
- Fourteenth Street, Denver
- View of newly constructed Administrative Offices of the Denver Public Schools at the corner of 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Tremont Place in Denver, Colorado. The building has brick pilaster strips topped with stone rondelles and rosettes, a...
- Denver Public Schools--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Administrative agencies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923
- Home of W. F. Robinson Pennsylvania
- View of the Mary Byers Robinson and William Francis Robinson residence at 1225 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The house has a covered porch and contrasting bargeboard.
- Robinson, Mary Byers--Homes & haunts.; Robinson, W. F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Group portrait at a park
- A group of men and women sit or stand and pose in a clover field near trees in possibly Wolhurst (Arapahoe County), Colorado beside Wolhurst Lake. A frame building, possibly a boat house, is near the lake. Women wear dresses, puffed sleeves, fitted...
- Wolhurst (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wolhurst Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Wolhurst--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Byers House & Spgs.
- The large Byers House stands near the Colorado River (formerly the Grand River) in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. W. N. Byers, publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, purchased 160 acres, including the hot springs, for about $55,000 in 1864;...
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Where Walter and Anna Halsey first met
- View of a (possibly Presbyterian) mission school in probably northern New Mexico. Men and women, boys and girls, teachers and students pose in front of the adobe building with a pitched roof. An adobe house and a two story building are beside the...
- Adobe buildings--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Church schools--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Students--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Teachers--New Mexico--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a wool suit, and neck tie. The top button of his jacket is fastened. A handkerchief is tucked in his jacket pocket and he rests his elbow on a carved stone pillar prop.
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Western History Subject Index
- Babcock, W. N. and company
- Western History Subject Index
- Smith, W. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Snow, W. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Hailmann, w. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Roberts, W. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Wallace W. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Searcy, W. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Shangle, W. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Tilley, W.N
- Western History Subject Index
- Toll, W. N
- Western History Subject Index
- Masters, W. N
- A view of the Sangre de Christo from west Victor.
- Unidentified mines with tailings on a hill in Victor (Teller County), Colorado; Sangre de Cristo mountain range in background.
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Hills--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- September 2, 1897
- Mabel Hatch
- Studio portrait of Mabel Hatch. She wears a dress with piping, collar, and necklace with a pendant.
- Hatch, Mabel.; Women--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- W. F. Robinson & Co. printers
- Interior view of a printing business in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a desk, telephone, shelves of paper, and a sign: "Office of W. F. Robinson & Co. Printers."
- W. F. Robinson & Co. Printers (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903, April 12 (Easter)
- Georgetown & vicinity
- View northeast from Leavenworth Mountain over Georgetown, Colorado, shows scattered wood frame residences, sheds, outhouses, a few lob cabins and false fronts. The Hall Smelter with smoking stack is on Chimney Rock; the Hamill House with a picket...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1869]
- Georgetown & vicinity
- View southeast from over Georgetown, Colorado, shows wood frame residences, sheds, outhouses, a few log cabins and false fronts. A smelter with smoking stack shows on Chimney Rock; Hamill House is east of Chimney Rock. Some frame construction is in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1869]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- View of the Colburn Hotel at 10th Avenue and Grant Street, Denver, Colorado.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Denver early days Larimer St.
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street at 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn buggies are parked near the edge of the street. Signs on buildings read: "Flour and Feed," "Rocky Mountain News," "News Block," "S. A. Grant...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- Interior view of lounge, Colburn Hotel, Denver, Colorado; shows wicker furniture (chairs, table and couch), piano, Oriental rugs, hanging lamps, and brocade window valences and curtains.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lounges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- Interior view of dining room, Colburn Hotel, Denver, Colorado; shows cane-backed chairs and tables set with tablecloths and dinnerware.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- Interior view of the Colburn Hotel in Denver, Colorado; shows a lobby with highback chairs, Oriental rugs, tile floor, mailbox, square columns and coffered ceiling.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- View of Colburn Hotel in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with arched windows and a wrought iron canopy over the entry. Letters read: "The Colburn."
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Fifteenth Street, Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, storefronts, horses and buggies, covered wagons, and a team of oxen. Signs read: "McDonald & Hannah Tailors," "Berry and Hexter Co. Clothing House," "D. G. Peabody," "T. S....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Horse...
- [between 1868 and 1875?]
- Silver mine facility, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a silver ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows mining sheds, stacked timber, and mountains.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silver mine facility, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a silver ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows mining sheds, smokestacks, men, and teams of oxen with wagons.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Ox teams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Greyhound lode, (Galena.) Cheyenne mountain
- Women watch a group of men dig for silver inside a pit with shovels and mallets on Cheyenne Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1880.; Silver mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- Residence of Mrs. W. N. Byers 1310 South 14st [sic]
- Women sit on the porch of the William Newton Byers house at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick house has a low pitch roof, chimneys, balcony, and covered porch.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889]
- Cascade, Colorado, 1900?
- View over Cascade, (Cascade Canon) Ute Pass, at the foot of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, includes the resorts and railroad tracks. The Ramona, a three-story hotel with encircling verandas around the striped dome and conical roofed towers...
- Cascade (El Paso county, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Cascade--1900-1910.
- 1900
- The Swimming Pool, Glenwood Springs, 1266
- Water gushes out of the fountain in the middle of the Natatorium in the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House are next to the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [March 24, 1896]
- RMN office of early days
- View of the Rocky Mountain News building near 1301 Walnut Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story wood frame building with brick chimney.
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1850-1860.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1850-1860.; Denver (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.
- 1859
- Rocky Mountain News, 389 Larimer St.
- View of the Rocky Mountain News building shared with the Overland Stage Line on Larimer Street between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style brick two-story...
- Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company--Buildings--1880-1890.; Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- 1885
- Camp for boys of Byer's Home for Boys
- Tents in the summer camp for the E. M. Byers Home for Boys sit in the Pike National Forest between the towns of Shawnee and Grant in Park County, Colorado. Shows canvas tents in a flat meadow and a wooden cabin.
- Byers Home for Boys (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1920.; Park County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camps--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Blake St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and people.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Blake St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, and people. A sign reads: "Brown's Star Bakery."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Holliday St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, and people.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Lawrence St. looking down
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, bridge ruins, and people. Signs read: "Brown's Star Bakery" and "Leather Shoes Wool Pelts, Robes & Tallow."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Retaining...
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Larimer St. looking down
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows brick storefronts, bridge fragments, and the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- 1878 May 22
- Larimer Street
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in the Auraria Neighborhood of Denver; shows Larimer Street, a cupola, a destroyed bridge, horse car tracks, and people. Signs read: "West Lindell," "Colorado State Lottery," "Brown's Star Bakery," "Denver Marble...
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- 1878 May 22
- Byers, William N., early years
- A portrait of William Newton Byers, Denver journalist, founder of Rocky Mountain News, civic leader, president of Festival of Mountain and Plain, and postmaster. He sits on a chair with tassels and holds a paper.
- Business people--American--Colorado--1860-1870.; Journalists--American--Colorado--1860-1870.; Postmasters--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- [between 1867 and 1868]