Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Tunnel boarding houses
- View of wood frame boarding house facilities, mill processing buildings and sheds at the Revenue Mine complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The two-story boarding houses have gabled roofs and sash windows. The multi-level shaft house is...
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mine and boarding houses
- View of a mine, boarding houses, and utility buildings near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A sign on one of the boarding houses reads: "K T Boarding House".
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Panorama of the Watson Wagon Road from Georgetown to Argentine 11 1/2 Miles
- Transparency of an etching showing a panoramic view of the wagon road between Georgetown and West Argentine, Colorado in Clear Creek County. Landmarks include: "Part of McClellan Mountain," "Graham & Irwin Peaks," "Kelso Mountain," "Hannan...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Railroads, Denver, South Park & Pacific station, Alpine Tunnel (later Colorado & Southern)
- Interior view of the dilapidated boarding house hotel, at the west portal of the Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes old bunk beds, one leans on another bed, a small table, debris, boarded up window, and a broken chair....
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1940-1950.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison County--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass
- View from slope above shows the dilapidated boarding house hotel, Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot, and stone enginehouse at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado. Two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- August 6, 1939
- Conqueror Boarding House at North Empire
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, dormer, covered porch, and stone foundation. Wooden steps lead up the slope; doors and windows are missing. The smaller...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Pryor, W. S.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Miners at the Smuggler boarding house
- Miners pose outdoors near the boarding house at the Smuggler Mine near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Mills, Emma Gold Mining Co., Dunton, Colo., the Emma mill and boarding house
- View looking down on a mining complex owned by the Emma Gold Mining Company shows both the "old" and the "new" mill, and the boarding house, Dunton, Dolores County, Colorado. The new mill is situated adjacent to the old mill, and the boarding...
- Dunton (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Dunton--1880-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Dunton--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Dunton--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Inside N. London boarding house
- View of snow inside the ruins of the boarding house at the North London Mine in Park County, Colorado. Shows fallen timbers and walls through an open door in the boarding house interior.
- North London Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Park County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Park County--1970-1980.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Park County--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Park County--1970-1980.; Snow--Colorado--Park...
- 1972
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Boarding houses
- Juniper Hots Springs, Routt County, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the small community of Juniper Hot Springs, Colorado, in Routt County shows one and two-story commercial storefronts with gables and false fronts, a residence, and a boarding house on the street. Two men stand in front of the open...
- Juniper Hot Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Juniper Hot Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Nevada, Colo.
- View of Nevadaville (formerly Nevada City), Gilpin County, Colorado, dusted with snow, includes businesses, homes, ore processing sheds, wood piles, people on porches, boardwalks, Letcher Street below the dump, Kenosha Street, Main Street,...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1887?]
- Conqueror Mining Company Dormitory
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, covered porch, and stone foundation. North Empire was the center of the Empire mining district; the Conqueror Mining...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1940-50.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Tollerburg
- View of Tollerburg, a Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation town, Las Animas County, Colorado, shows the mine store house in center, the C. F. & I. company store is the square building and in the back center is the boarding house. The mine office and...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1930-1940.; Tollerburg (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tollerburg--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Summitville, Colo.
- View shows Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado, South Mountain, and mines. Hand written notes on front of image point to: "Iowa (mine), Winchester (mine), Annie open cut (mine), French (mine), Chandler (mine), Mill, Gauge boarding house,...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.; South Mountain (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Summitville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.
- September, 1935
- Smuggler mine
- View of the Smuggler mine, mill, boarding house, and covered tramway, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Smuggler Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Miguel County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Tram tower and Pennsylvania tunnel of Smuggler mine
- View of Smugglers-Union mine, Pennsylvania Tunnel, mill, boarding house, and tram towers, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Miguel County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1910-1920.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- General view Battle mt. and it's mines from Independence
- View of Battle Mountain with the Portland, Black Diamond, and Doubtful mines and boarding houses, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Black Diamond Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Doubtful Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller...
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Funeral on the mountain
- Funeral procession for Superintendent Charles M. Baker, murdered during a WFM labor strike, at the Smuggler-Union mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. Miners carry a flower covered casket and stand on the porch of the boarding house.
- Baker, Charles M., mine superintendent--Death & burial.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel...
- 1902
- Mrs. Brunel's Boarding House. 380 Curtis Street, Denver, Col.
- View of Mrs. Brunel's boarding house on Curtis Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows people, an ornate picket fence, and houses with bay windows and a balcony.
- Brunel's Boarding House--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Mr. & Mrs. (Frank & Anne) Blair
- Frank and Anna Blair pose on the concrete foundation of their boarding house in Basalt, Colorado. Mrs. Blair wears an apron over her dress and a granny cap. Mr. Blair wears overalls. The boarding house has a stone foundation, hewn logs, a gable...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Blair, Anna.; Blair, Frank.
- [1895?]
- Osage education, Pawhuska, Oklahoma
- Native American (Osage) students pose in front of the girls' dormitory building at the agency boarding school in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The children wear uniforms and carry American Flags. Ironically, the Osage were among the most outspoken in their...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Osage Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Pawhuska--1880-1900.; Osage Indians--Oklahoma--Pawhuska--1880-1900.; Pawhuska (Okla.)--1880-1900.; Dormitories--Oklahoma--Pawhuska--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- First evacuees to arrive at the Granada railroad station
- Japanese men arrive from the Merced Assembly Center, California, by train, carrying suitcases and boarding school buses on their way to Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A United States soldier in...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Political prisoners--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.
- August 28, 1942
- Alpine Station
- Exterior view of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot and boarding house at Alpine Tunnel, (11,546 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes a group of five people by the dilapidated small front gable clapboard structure built in...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1960-1970.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.
- 1960
- The town [sic] of Alpine Tunnel, 1944
- View east of the ruins of buildings and abandoned tracks at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes the hand hewn stone Granite Hotel and engine house, wood frame operator's shack and the combination depot, dining room and...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1940-1950.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- 1944
- Panoramic photograph of Eldora, looking north.
- Panoramic view of Eldora (Boulder County), Colorado; numbered locations are: "1. power house, Mogul Tunnel, 2. Bank of Eldora, 3. residence of Mick Langley, 4. grocery store, J. Greenlee, 5. Weldon House (board), 6. residence, John H. Kemp, Happy...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1899 August
- Colorado Southern Ry., West Portal, Alpine Tunnel
- View of the ruins of Alpine Station near the West Portal of the Alpine Tunnel in (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows the abandoned telegraph station and boarding house and the ruins of the engine house. Railroad ties on the abandoned Colorado &...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1950-1960.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Gunnison County--1950-1960.;...
- 1956
- U.S. school for Indians, Pine Ridge, S.D.
- Several teepees are set up in the midground in front of a large boarding school for Native Americans in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A few wagons are stopped among the teepees. The large school has two wings and a main entrance.
- Indians of North America--Education--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--Education--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Capitol Hill Neighborhood Plan
- Miner's Boarding House, Henson, Colo.
- View of the Miner's Boarding House in the ghost town of Henson located 4 miles west of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. The two-story building has pressed exterior metal siding with a prominent second story shed dormer.
- Boardinghouses--Colorado--Henson--1990-2000.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boardinghouses--Colorado--Henson--Pictorial works.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- Office & boarding house, Treasury Tunnel
- View of a dirt road and buildings at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A car on the road faces the mine office. The building has a hipped roof and tar paper siding. A car is parked beside the brick chimney of a boarding house.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Keams Canyon, Government Indian School
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows the Keams Canyon Boarding School in Keams Canyon (Navajo County), Arizona. Native American (probably Hopi) women in long dresses and hats, walk beside a long barracks-like adobe...
- Hopi Indians--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Keams Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Boarding...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Boston Mine Boarding House
- This shingle sided structure in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has one side of its gable roof built into the hillside. John Dumont built the structure, used as a dormitory for employees of the Boston Mine Company (active between 1872...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Dumont, John M.
- 1960
- Conqueror Boarding Home
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, dormer, covered porch, and stone foundation. Wooden steps lead up the slope; many doors and windows are missing. The...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965?]
- Conqueror Boarding House North Empire
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, dormer, covered porch, and stone foundation. Wooden steps lead to the porch; many doors and windows are missing. The...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Conqueror Boarding House No. Empire
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, dormer, covered porch, and stone foundation. Wooden steps lead to the porch; many doors and windows are missing. The...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Stout boarding hotel
- Quarry workmen stand outside of the stone boarding hotel in Stout (also known as Petra), Colorado in Larimer County.
- Stout (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Stout--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Gold Prince mine - boarding house, tram, and small mill
- View looking down on the Gold Prince mine, San Juan County, Colorado, shows the boarding house, tram, and mill, all situated above timberline.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Highland Mary Mine - 1st building in San Juan County - Highland Mary boarding house
- View of the Highland Mary Mine boarding house, in the Cunningham Gulch mining area, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mountains and a hewn log building with covered porch.
- Highland Mary Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Smuggler mine, boarding & apartment houses
- View of the Smuggler-Union mine, mill, and boarding house in Savage Basin, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Savage Basin (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Miguel County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1910-1920.
- [between 1934 and 1941?]
- Street scene looking down 16th Street with a Denver traffic officer standing safely in tramway boarding zone
- A Denver police officer stands at a tramway boarding zone on 16th (Sixteenth) Street near California Street in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles line the street and pedestrians walk on a nearby sidewalk.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928
- Boarding house "White House" at Highland Mary - also called "Howling Mary"
- View of a burro pack train with timbers by Highland Mary Mine boarding house, in the Cunningham Gulch mining area, San Juan County, Colorado. The frame house has a covered porch and mountains are in the background. Men and women look on.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.;...
- 1906
- Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- View of a group of Native American Lakota Sioux sitting on the ground with men mounted on horseback and boarding school behind them, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Some wear headdresses, roaches, body paint, and dance bells on leg bands.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Boarding schools--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1891
- Agricultural Boarding School, Standing Rock Agency, D. T.
- View of the Agricultural Boarding School at the Standing Rock Agency on the border of North and South Dakota (the Dakota Territory) shows dormitory buildings, a church, and a log building. The school catered to Native Americans (Sioux) who can be...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency.--1880-1890.; Agricultural high schools--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota...
- 1887 May 1
- Mrs. Power's boarding house
- View of a boarding house at Stout and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows people and a horse drawn buggy.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Dumont's Boarding House - the German House - in Idaho Springs about 1900.
- View in Idaho Springs, Colorado, of the German House (owned by the Dumont family in 1901) and several men, women and children standing in front of it; building constructed of horizontal clapboard with two doors (one open with electric light over...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Fort Defiance
- View of two, two story, brick buildings and a fortification and corral at Fort Defiance, Arizona. The corral area has shelters covered with brush roofs. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of two brick buildings, one of which is under construction, Fort Defiance, Arizona. Native American (Navajo) girls stand between the two buildings. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of two brick buildings at Fort Defiance, Arizona. A woman stands near a newly finished building. Metal beds with pillows are between the buildings. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]