Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1920 August
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Wild West Show parade
- Two teams of horses pull a wagon with a boat on it during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man in uniform sits on the buckboard of the wagon. Additional men in uniform sit inside the boat on top of the wagon. Several women on...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boats--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- First Bank, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of A. A. Ireland Real Estate and Mining Property, building shared by Bank of Cripple Creek (also called First National Bank), Cripple Creek, Colorado; six men pose on front steps of one-story false front with shed roof wood frame...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Masonic Temple and [illegible]
- Destruction from second fire on April 29, 1896 on Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows Masonic Temple, Second (2nd) Street, and Myers Avenue intact in background, a group of men examining the piles of debris and remains from fire, and a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- Church Sunday School picnic at Sunset, Colo. Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific RR.
- People pose by the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific tracks and depot, Sunset, (originally Penn's Gluch) Boulder County, Colorado. They are dressed in their finest for the Sunday School picnic excursion. A residence, tent, lunch room and grocery store...
- Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Sunset (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Cripple Creek, the stream for which the town and district were named
- View of Cripple Creek drainage meandering through edge of town, near Third (3rd) Street and Meyers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes hillside with snow, telegraph or utility poles, and distant view of additional residences on hillside.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- C. C. H. S. foot-ball team
- Cripple Creek High School football team of 1910 at Union Park, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two rows of young male football players with sweaters, knickers, cloth-padded helmet, lace-up boots, shin pads or thick wool socks, and turtleneck sweaters or...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Football players--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of "Lunch Room" restaurant canvas tent on rustic log frame, Cripple Creek, Colorado; canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters Short," "Sandwiches...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]
- The Village beach, Grand Lake
- Partial view of boats docked on sandy shore of Grand Lake, Colorado near town of Grand Lake; one boat moored to small wooden pier; another boat with three people heading onto lake; edge of town with small wooden frame buildings or shacks.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beaches--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Tenth Legion Lode Clear Creek
- View of the shafthouse, mine buildings and area surrounding the Tenth Legion Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Tenth Legion Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Silver...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Hallat [sic] Mtn. and Flat Top, Bierstadt Lake
- Partial view of Bierstadt Lake (elevation 9416 feet), Larimer County, Colorado towards Hallett Peak (elevation 12,725 feet) and Flattop Mountain (elevation 12,324 feet); Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park; heavily timbered shoreline of...
- Bierstadt Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flattop Mountain (Grand County and Larimer County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hallett Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Longs Peak from Bear Lake
- Partial view of Bear Lake (elevation 9475 feet), Larimer County, Colorado towards Longs Peak (elevation 14,255 feet); Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park; tree-lined & rocky shoreline, trees on opposite shore appear to have been burned...
- Bear Lake (Larimer County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Forest fires--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Limestone walls, Kanab Wash [sic]
- View of limestone, layered rock walls and talus in a narrow section of Kanab Canyon above Kanab Creek (Coconino County), Arizona.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Creek (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Streams--Arizona--Coconino...
- 1872
- UP train, engine number LA-1 + additional diesel units, engine type EMC E2
- Train #103, City of Los Angeles, 14 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: Cheyenne, Wyo., February 13, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Cheyenne.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- Commissioners and directors of the U.P.R.R.
- Men, identified as the commissioners and directors of the Union Pacific Railroad, stand in a row near railroad tracks and pose with a long piece of paper in probably Lincoln County, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Railroad officials wear suits with...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1860-1870.; Lincoln County (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Business men--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Generals--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Men--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad...
- 1866, October
- Camp site of engineering party, time of construction, Helena and Northern R.R. Montana
- View of the summer camp for engineers, E.H. McHenry, Research Engineer, on the Marysville Branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad (Helena and Northern Railroad Company) probably near Homestake Pass in Jefferson County or Silver Bow County, Montana....
- Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Construction camps--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Tents--Montana--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Blackhawk lies at the mouth of Chase Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad track forks in the foreground with one portion leading to the Polar Star Mill at right. The Empire Mill stands in the midground, and the Boiler Room...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Teams hauling mine boiler 1890's
- Four teams of horses work to pull a mine boiler up a dirt road near Dumont in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Two additional teams of horses work from behind to push the boiler up the slight hill. A man sits on top of the boiler to lead the teams....
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dumont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boilers--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Dumont--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- D&RGW 550 on 4 units, eastbound
- View of the "Exposition Flyer," a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger train pulled by locomotive #550, near the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Gilpin County, Colorado. Snow-covered mountains are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Exposition Flyer (Express train)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.
- [between 1944 and 1949?]
- D&RGW 553 or Audits, with train #17
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #553 pulls the Exposition Flyer, with observation cars, through Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. The train is beside the Colorado River near vertical canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Exposition Flyer (Express train)--1940-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- 1948 June 14
- Exposition Flyer in Glenwood Canyon
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #553 pulls the Exposition Flyer, with observation cars, through Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. The train is beside the Colorado River near vertical canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Exposition Flyer (Express train)--1940-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- 1948 June 14
- First CZ meet, Grizzly
- Two California Zephyr express trains meet at a railroad siding (Grizzly) in Garfield County, Colorado, beside the Colorado River. The Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives and passenger cars travel in opposite directions on parallel tracks....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grizzly (Colo. : Railroad siding)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield...
- 1949 Mar. 21
- CZ eastbound in Salt Lake Valley - KF Steel Plant
- View of the eastbound California Zephyr, pulled by Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive #601, in the Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah. Shows the train, with domed observation cars, near the Wasatch Mountains. The KF Steel plant is in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Utah--Salt Lake County--1940-1950.; Railroads--Utah--Salt Lake...
- 1949 Mar. 15
- D&RGW 4-8-4 and westbound train #1 at Hanging Bridge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive and train #1 passes over Hanging Bridge in Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. The Arkansas River flanked by vertical granitic walls is near the railroad grade. The Royal Gorge suspension bridge spans...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Arkansas River--1940-1950.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Royal Gorge Bridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1940-1950.;...
- 1947 Jun. 1
- #1 in Royal Gorge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #5481 pulls train #1 through the Royal Gorge beside the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Hanging Bridge and the sheer walls of the canon spanned by the Royal Gorge suspension bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Arkansas River--1950-1960.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge Bridge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1950-1960.;...
- 1951 Jul. 21
- Trinidad, Colorado
- Engine #1009 of the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad is stopped in front of another train on tracks in Trinidad, Colorado. Two unidentified men stand near the engine looking down the platform toward additional men walking toward them....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The Arapahoes from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Looking across to snowy Arapaho Mountains from Rollins Pass, Colorado; Moffat Road of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad).
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Cakes of steel, Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp.
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, an iron and steel manufacturing plant with furnace, slag ladles, and interior ore-cart track.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Poncha Springs
- hill. Additional buildings are in the plain in the distance.; Stereographic view of a woman standing with two young men in the right midground near a house at Poncha Springs, west of Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Several tents are set up in...
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Grand Canyon, D.R.G.R.R.
- View of the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad track with a third rail to accommodate narrow-gauge and standard gauge trains. Steep canyon walls are on either side of the Arkansas River and tents are...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Arkansas River--1880-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1886 and 1895?]
- Tapping out one of the most dramatic and spectacular moments of the steelworker's routine
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; shows molten steel streaming into ladle from blast furnace with slag ladles nearby.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Ready for a trip in Cheyenne Cañon
- View of two team horse-drawn wagon filled with tourists ready for sightseeing in Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; shows others on burros, one woman holding an umbrella for shade atop burro, additional horse-drawn carriages and surreys, covered stable...
- Carriages & coaches--Colorado--El Paso county --1890-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Vista of Pike's Peak from Monument Valley Park, Colo. Springs
- Massive logs forming handrail of wooden footbridge crossing Monument Creek in Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; distant view of snow covered Pikes Peak and water tower on hill in background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Nathan Salsbury with Albert Scheibel
- Albert Scheibel and Nate Salsbury sit on wood folding stools in front of a wood table in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in England. Scheibel was the secretary of the show, while Salsbury was the owner and manager. Salsbury wears a derby...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Cossack
- A Georgian Cossack rides a horse through a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Several additional horses are in the left background. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop at the far...
- Cossacks--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horse shows--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Georgian Cossack, Data (David) Kadjaia.
- A Georgian Cossack, Data (David) Kadjaia, leader of the riders, balances on the back of a horse running in a grassy area, during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a wool hat and a long coat. Additional people on horseback are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horse shows.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks.; Kadjaia, Data (David).
- 1899
- William F. Cody and group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in front of a tent with several men and women while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Paris. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the show, sits on the far right wearing a light-colored suit....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A man drives a round wagon pulled by two teams of horses through a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Lettering on the side of the wagon reads "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." A woman, possibly William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's wife, Louisa...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Catholic cemetery at La Garita, Colo.
- View of the Catholic cemetery in La Garita, Saguache County, Colorado, includes an expanse of the San Luis Valley with gravestones and markers clustered together. Gravestones are wood, stone or cast cement, some broken and in disrepair. The snowy...
- La Garita (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cemeteries--Colorado--La Garita--1970-1980.
- March 18, 1974
- Day nursery, Pueblo
- Interior view of Pueblo Day Care Center (day nursery), in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a children's play room. Girls and a boy hold toys such as baby dolls and rubber balls. The room has wooden floors, area carpets, a play pen, and shelving with...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Day care--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Nurseries--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Playrooms--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- February 1939
- The largest cottonwood tree in Colorado
- View of large cottonwood tree called "The Old Monarch" in the middle of the block between "C" and "D" Streets on South Union Avenue, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a horsedrawn stagecoach parked next to the tree and the "Topeka House," a two-story...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Trees--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.
- 1879 June 29
- Out of service, st. car, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of abandoned street railway car number 83 in Pueblo, Colorado, with "Fairmount Park" in the window. The car is parked next to a one-story, low gable roof concrete block structure. An additional street railway car, not in service, in the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Young woman at doorway, Georgetown residence
- A young woman in a dress stands at the doorway to a house identified as the Thomas Woodley home in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story frame house has a bay window, lace curtains and a fenced yard. Shows a log building nearby,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- ca. 1889
- Women and child on porch of Georgetown residence
- Two women and a girl stand on the porch of a two story frame house in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The house has dormer windows and decorative brackets on the porch. The house has a fenced yard, and a wooden plank sidewalk.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sunken Garden, Speer Blvd., Denver
- View of Sunken Garden on Speer Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, designed by Jacques B. Benedict; shows landscaped area with flower gardens & walkways, water sprinklers, and Denver skyline including Arapahoe County Courthouse dome, Evans Chapel (church...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 2, 1952 October 20
- Stapleton International Airport
- Park Hill United Methodist Church Historic Building Application Forms