Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- St. Mary's Catholic Church
- View of the north side of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Central City, Colorado. Formerly St. Patrick's, the original structure was damaged in the fire of 1874, and for almost twenty years the congregation worshipped in a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1893 and 1899]
- Alamosa High School, burned Apr 1930
- The burned out Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is a two-story brick shell, which burned April 26, 1930. Townspeople gather outside the smoke blackened brick building with its missing roof. Automobiles and trucks fill the...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Burned mill, Ward
- View of the ruins of a burned ore mill in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the stone foundation, the remains of metal processing machinery and burned timbers.
- Ward (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Antlers fire
- A view of the burned remains of the Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso county), Colorado. The hotel was destroyed in a fire on October 1, 1898. Shows a large section of burned rubble, spectators on the surrounding streets and local...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898 October 1
- Ouray railroad station
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad depot, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the weathered depot with flared eaves, decorative brackets, wainscot, and shingles.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1948]
- Springfield
- View of Main Street businesses, Springfield, Las Animas County (later Baca County), Colorado, includes Jett Hardware, Wagner Hotel, Main Cafe, Dr. Culp. Office, Kaiser General Store, and "Rock Island CTX Plows."
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Central City after fire 1874
- View of Central City, Colorado, after the fire of 1874. A burned out brick building is surrounded by debris in the foreground. Burned out buildings litter the background. Smoke rises from one of the buildings in the center of the photograph. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fires--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Alamosa High School, rebuilt and occupied in Aug 1932
- The side view the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is of the two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930 and was then rebuilt and occupied in August, 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Auditorium, Alamosa High School, Apr 26, 1930
- Interior view of the burned out auditorium in the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado includes partial outside walls around rubble, charred wood beams and bent metal structural interior supports. The metal framework of...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Catholic Hospital, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Catholic Hospital in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1880 and which burned in 1911. The two-story brick building has an overhanging cornice at the roofline, seven double-hung windows on the second floor, and four windows and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Catholic Hospital (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1899
- McClellan Hall, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of McClellan Hall, on the south side of Sixth (6th) Street between Taos and Rose Streets, Georgetown, Colorado. The building was a movie theater which was restored as a public gathering place in 1946 and named after an earlier...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Remains of jail after fire 1946
- View of remains of the county jail in Georgetown, Colorado, a red brick two story building built in 1883, after it burned in 1946. Two glassless windows in the brick wall are charred around the edges, and debris is visible inside. A burned bush...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Jails--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Colorado - Georgetown
- View of the corner of Taos and Sixth (6th, Alpine) Streets, south up Taos, in Georgetown, Colorado. The lot on the left was the site of the McClellan Opera House, which burned in 1892; remnants of floors are visible. The side of the building beyond...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Old school house Silver Plume in 1883, 84, or 85?
- The first schoolhouse in Silver Plume, Colorado, was constructed around 1872, and burned in 1893. Many young children and their teacher (seated at right), are arranged in a semicircle near the building. Most of the children are holding open their...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1885]
- Silvr [sic] Plume
- View west in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the remnants of the central business district after the fire that burned on November 5, 1884. A man on horseback appears in the near foreground and is looking at the damage. Many of the foundations of the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Fires--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Creede fire
- Smoke rises from the smoldering ashes of the fire that burned part of the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Piles of brick and debris litter the foreground where only a portion of a brick wall remains standing. A chimney from another...
- Creede (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1930-1940.
- 1892
- Front porch looking north [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- View of the front veranda, looking north, of the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; includes cane chairs and rockers, fabric hammock, oriental rugs, potted geraniums and other flowers along porch rail; glass...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Porches--Colorado--Antonito--1890-1910.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- St. Joe National Forest, Shoshone Co., Idaho
- Burned trees are on a hillside near a steep chute or flume in Saint Joe National Forest in Shoshone County, Idaho. A man sits on a burned log beside a canvas tent and a timber and tarpaper shack near railroad tracks. A Milwaukee Lumber Company...
- Milwaukee Lumber Company--1890-1910.; Saint Joe National Forest (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Shoshone County (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Flumes--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Forest fires--Idaho--Shoshone County--1890-1910.; Forest reserves--Idaho--Shoshone...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Nederland, Colorado (prints)
- A dead tree stump lies among rocks in the foreground of this view looking toward Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. The Caribou Mill, owned by A.D. Breed, stands in the midground in the town. A large smokestack protrudes from the roof of the...
- Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Black Hawk, Main St., Gilpin Co., Colo.
- View southwest from Swede Hill of Main St. Black Hawk, Colorado; shows The Gilpin Hotel and Ben Olsen's Saloon building. Across the street is a rectangular, stone, flat-roofed building and the Black Hawk Boiler and Sheet Iron Works (owned and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.
- 1971
- High School, Fruita, Colorado
- The high school in Fruita, Colorado is a large two-story brick building; the central section, built in 1904, has an arched entrance, second-floor arched windows, and a bell tower on the gable roof. Writing below the tower reads, " Fruita Union High...
- Fruita (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Fruita--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1934.]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- Only building standing on Bennett Ave. after fire
- View of two images depicting first fire, April 26, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; top image depicts flames and smoke moving towards Bennett Avenue; large crowds are on boardwalk and horse-drawn wagons and enclosed commercial wagons are on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Burned trolleys
- View of two trolleys burned during the Denver Tramway Company labor strike in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Strikes--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroad strikes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- Dr. Holmes' office & burned cross
- View of a cross burned in Clarence F. Holmes' yard by the KKK near his office at 2602 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "Industrial Real[ty] Co. [...]"
- Hate crimes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cross burning--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ku Klux Klan (1915-)
- [1925]
- Built about 1890, burned Dec. 8, 1911 [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- View of the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows the two-story wood frame Victorian house built around 1890 (later burned in 1911); features include a corner polygonal turret with tent roof, front gable attic...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Antonito--1890-1910.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Dining room, burned Dec. 8, 1911 [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of the dining room in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; includes bronze female figures flanking the columned entry to the wood paneled room, Gothic revival dining table and chairs, and...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Antonito--1890-1920.; Interiors.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Old Palisade Hotel, burned, Gunnison
- View of east side of Main Street taken from the First National Bank, Gunnison, Colorado, shows a parade with band and mounted uniformed men in front of the ruins of the burned stone two-story Palisades Hotel (formerly Tabor House). Spectators look...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.; Palisades Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)
- 1905
- Burned Tree, Baltimore Ridge
- A tree with bare branches stands at timberline on Baltimore Ridge northwest of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado; fragmented stratus clouds dot the sky.
- Timberline--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Baltimore Ridge (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Trees--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Gutted Alamosa Milling & Elevator Company, Alamosa
- View of the burned out Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co. building on the south side of the Alamosa Rail Yard in Alamosa, Colorado. The exterior is brick and covered in soot.
- Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.--Buildings--1990-2000.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings.; Ruins.; Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa...
- 1993
- Fountain Gulch Fire
- View of the Fountain Gulch Fire from Interstate Highway 70 near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows smoke and burned trees in the distance.
- Interstate 70--2000-2010.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Forest fires.; Forest fires--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Pictorial works.; Fountain Gulch Fire, Colo., 2002--Pictorial works.; Interstate 70--Pictorial works.; Clear Creek County...
- 2002
- Fountain Gulch Fire
- View of the Fountain Gulch Fire from Interstate Highway 70 near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows smoke and burned trees in the distance.
- Interstate 70--2000-2010.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Forest fires.; Forest fires--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Pictorial works.; Fountain Gulch Fire, Colo., 2002--Pictorial works.; Interstate 70--Pictorial works.; Clear Creek County...
- 2002
- Old Douglas County Courthouse
- View of the old Douglas County Courthouse at 301 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. The building is made of rhyolite, has a large square clock tower with dual arches topped by a cupola, large windows, two stories and a basement with windows....
- Colorado. District Court (18th Judicial District : Douglas County)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Castle Rock (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Courthouses.; Douglas County Courthouse (Castle Rock, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Colorado. District Court (18th Judicial...
- 1973
- History of Denver
- Ruins of the Crested Butte Mine disaster
- View of snow covered burned buildings and mining equipment at the Crested Butte Mine in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows houses and industrial buildings. Smoke rises from a chimney.
- Crested Butte Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Disasters--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Red Mountain after the fire, Aug. 12, 1892
- View of frame buildings and tailings piles at Red Mountain (Ouray County), Colorado. Men stand beside a log cabin with a canvas tent roof. Shows charred tree stumps and probably burned building foundations. Log cabins and frame structures, and...
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.
- [1892]
- After the fire, Jimtown
- People stand and pose in a dirt street at Jimtown (Creede) after a fire in Mineral County, Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of debris in what had been a business district. Shows Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks and Willow Creek near burned...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 June 6
- Lower Creede after fire
- Men and wagons are in streets of the burned business district in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows piles of debris and a canvas tent beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks in a valley.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 June
- Lake City, Colo.
- View of smoldering ruins of buildings after a fire in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A boy is beside burned wood from houses or businesses. Shows utility poles, wires and a church with a steeple nearby.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
- 1901 June 15
- La Jara, Colo. opera house
- View of a large, two-story, brick opera house in La Jara (Conejos County), Colorado. The building has corbelled cornices and a gabled roof, arched windows and an arched entrance, and buttresses on the sides of the building. Shows a wooden fence...
- La Jara (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--La Jara--1900-1910.
- between 1906 and 1910
- Recen
- A teenager a hat poses in a dry creek bed near Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, a schoolhouse and mine buildings in Kokomo and probably Recen, shows patches of snow on a hillside.
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1901?]
- Ten Mile Avenue, Kokomo
- View of log and frame buildings and commercial businesses on Ten Mile Avenue in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. Shows timber debris in the dirt street, scattered buildings near probably East Fork Arkansas River in the valley and snow on mountains...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1881?]
- A.C. Moulton residence after lightening and fire, Meeker
- View of the frame A.C. Moulton residence in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Men pose beside a picket fence. Furniture is covered with sheets outside the yard. Shows timber debris on the burned gable roof.
- Moulton, A. C.--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Lightning strikes--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [1902 July]
- Denver firemen inspecting fire damage on unidentified bldg
- Firemen ,from the Denver Fire Department, inspect the ruins of a burned building in Denver, Colorado. They wear uniforms, hats, and boots.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Two women sitting by the river, arm in arm
- Outdoor portrait of girls by the South Platte River and the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Tomahawk; pipe
- Shows a Native American Sioux wood and steel blade tomahawk from Rosebud, South Dakota. The wood handle is squared, burned and has rings of brass tacks around it.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Calumets--1860-1870.; Tomahawks--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Tomahawk
- A Native American tomahawk. The handle made of wood and has designs burned into it and lines of brass tacks. The handle is metal material.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Tomahawks--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Antlers Hotel fire
- A crowd looks at the charred debris of the Antlers Hotel following a fire that destroyed the hotel on October 1, 1898. Only the smoke stack and burned debris from the walls are left standing. The town of Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Campion summer home, Twin Lakes, Colorado
- View of John Francis Campion's "Country Villa" built in 1895, Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado; mountains are part of the Sawatch Range.
- Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1920.; Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1895 and 1920]