Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sitting Bull's camp, near Standing Rock Agency, many tepees, Missouri River in background
- View of Chief Sitting Bull's camp at the Standing Rock Agency south of Fort Yates, in Sioux County, North Dakota. The Missouri River is in the distance. Shows Native American (Sioux) tepees camped above the river bottom with drying or tanning racks...
- Missouri River--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Curing (Preservation)--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- Young hunter
- A boy poses with a rifle; he wears coveralls, a sweater, and a straw hat. A tent is in the distance.
- Boys--1910-1930.; Rifles--1910-1930.
- Burro rider
- A woman rides a donkey sidesaddle in (probably) Manitou Springs (El Paso County) Colorado; a house with a covered porch and surrounded by a stone wall is in the distance.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Sidesaddle riding--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- Pack train
- Loaded burros or horses approach on a dirt road in (probably) Colorado; hills are in the distance.
- Dirt roads--Colorado--1890-1900.; Pack trains--Colorado--1890-1900.
- Camping in Bear Creek in early days about 1885
- A man stands in bushes near a meadow in (probably) Bear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado; people, tents, a horse, a carriage and pine trees are in the distance.
- Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1880-1890.; Meadows--Colorado--Bear Creek Canyon--1880-1890.
- Dump Mtn. La Veta Pass
- A Denver and Rio Grande railroad train with two locomotives climbs Veta (La Veta) Pass in Huerfano County Colorado. A man poses on the locomotive. A train is on Dump Mountain in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Dump Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- Canon of the Grand about 12 miles above Glenwood
- View of the Colorado River and Glenwood Canyon, in Garfield County, Colorado. Telegraph lines span the cliffs; the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad grade is in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1900.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- Cascades of the Columbia
- View of The Cascades, an area of rapids on the Columbia River, in Multnomah County, Oregon; a railroad trestle and bridge span the water; mountains are in the distance.
- Cascades, The (Or.)--1880-1900.; Columbia River--1880-1900.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1880-1900.; Rapids--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1900.
- Fish wheel Upper Cascade, Columbia River
- A flat boat with a fish wheel is moored in the Columbia River in Multnomah County, Oregon. A ferry boat and islands are in the distance.
- Columbia River--1880-1900.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1880-1900.; Fishing--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1900.
- Columbia River near Viento
- View of the Columbia River, near Viento, (Hood River County), Oregon; snow dusts the ground by brush. Mountains and a rock formation are in the distance.
- Columbia River--1880-1900.; Hood River County (Or.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Oregon--Hood River County--1880-1900.
- Rooster Rock, Columbia River
- View of Rooster Rock, a basalt pillar, a beach, and evergreen trees beside the Columbia River in Multnomah County, Oregon. A steamboat is in the distance.
- Columbia River--1880-1910.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1880-1910.; Rooster Rock (Multnomah County, Or. : Pillar)--1880-1910.; Beaches--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Rivers--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Rock...
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) # 620 Denver, Colo., Globeville line to stockyards
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 620, with a consist of freight cars, approaches a wye near the Denver Union Stock Yard Company stockyard in Denver, Colorado. Stock pens are near the tracks. Storage tanks and industrial buildings are in the...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver Union Stock Yard Company--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Corrals.; Meat industry.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Snow.; Stockyards.
- C. & S.E. #2 (2-6-0) switching, Ludlow
- View of Colorado & Southeastern steam locomotive # 2 switching a Colorado & Southern gondola car in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Hills are in the distance.
- Colorado and Southeastern Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad switching.
- CC & S.E. turntable & abandoned r.h., Hastings
- View of an abandoned Colorado & Southeastern Railroad roundhouse and railroad turntable in Hastings, a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp, in Las Animas County, Colorado. Goats graze in the bottom of the turntable. The remains of coke ovens are...
- Colorado and Southeastern Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Hastings (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings.; Coke industry.; Railroad roundhouses.; Turntables (Railroad); Coke-ovens.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) # 629, Globeville Branch, Denver, Colo.
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 629 with a tender and caboose travels through the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Houses, buildings and the Omaha-Grant smelter smokestack are in the distance. Snow covers the ground.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Snow.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) #638, Leadville, CO
- View of a Colorado & Southern freight train in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Steam locomotive # 638 has a wedge plow mounted on the front. The consist includes a flat car piled with lumber, boxcars and a caboose. Houses, and snow covered Mount...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Snow.; Snowplows.; Spring.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) #638, Leadville, Colo., depot
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive #638 with a caboose, is stopped at the railroad depot in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Snow covered log and frame houses and sheds are near the tracks. Mount Elbert and Mount Massive are in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations.; Railroads.; Snow.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-2) #807 (?) east of Boulder, Colo.
- View of a Colorado & Southern freight train near Boulder in Boulder County, Colorado. Dark smoke issues from the locomotive. Farms and houses are in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- Colorado & Southern Ry., Valmont Power Plant near Boulder, Colo.
- A Colorado & Southern freight train headed by a steam locomotive passes Valmont Lake and the Valmont Power Plant near Boulder in Valmont (Boulder County), Colorado. The city of Boulder is in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Valmont Power Plant (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Valmont Reservoir (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Power plants.; Railroads.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) # 634 Jersey cut-off at Denver Stockyards
- View of Colorado & Southern steam locomotive 634 with a box car and caboose in the Denver Union Stockyards in Denver, Colorado. A packing house is in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver Union Stock Yard Company--Buildings.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Meat industry.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Stockyards.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) 643, 605, Denver roundhouse
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotives #634 and #605 are stopped near the roundhouse in Denver, Colorado. The turntable is in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad roundhouses.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-7) # 807 south of Fort Collins, Colo.
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 807 with a consist of freight cars travels through open country near Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado. Trees are near the track. The Front Range is in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-2) #807, 15th Street, Denver
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 807 with a consist of freight cars, is stopped near 15th (Fifteenth) Street in the railroad yards in Denver, Colorado. A railroad employee stands near the front of the engine. A flat car with containers is...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Shipping.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0)s 629, 648, Denver
- Colorado & Southern railroad locomotives no.'s 629 and 648, in tandem with a tanker car, travel towards a viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows a railroad crossing signal, boxcars and a warehouse. A smokestack is in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) # 647, Fort Collins, Colo.
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive no. 647 with a consist of freight cars travels though the railroad yards in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. A storage tank, coaling tower and silo are in the distance. Lettering on the silo reads:...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- Shooting buffaloes with Colt's revolving pistol
- A man on horseback wears a fringed buckskin shirt and chaps, and shoots an American buffalo with a Colt revolving pistol. The man carries a rifle in a rifle case on his back. Native American, plains Indians with fringed leggings and feathers in...
- Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--1850-1860.; Bison hunting--1850-1860.; Horseback riding--1850-1860.
- 1857
- Mormons in a kanyon [sic] of the Rocky Mountains
- Mormon emigrants in covered wagons travel on a dirt road in a canyon in the Rocky Mountains. A man on horseback with a whip drives oxen on the trail. Shows a stream in the valley and mountains in the distance.
- Mormons--1850-1860.; Covered wagons--1850-1860.; Emigration & immigration--1850-1860.; Herding--1850-1860.; Horseback riding--1850-1860.
- 1857 April 18
- The city of San Francisco, California, from Second Street, above Folsom
- Men ride horseback and men, women and children promenade near a park above San Francisco, California. Shows houses and commercial buildings. Ships in San Francisco Bay are in the distance.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1850-1860.; Cities & towns--California--San Francisco--1850-1860.; City & town life--California--San Francisco--1850-1860.; Horseback riding--California--San Francisco--1850-1860.; Parks--California--San...
- 1857 July 11
- Colorado City, 1860
- View of Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows wood frame and stone false fronts and a two- story hotel (known as the El Paso House, Holmes House, Baird & Smith Hotel) with hip roof and dormer; Pikes...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Denver
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Oxen and horses are beside wagons. Signs on frame and brick commercial buildings read: "Wholesale Groceries," "H. Burton Storage & Commission," and "Missouri...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1860
- 15 St Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) (F) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wood and brick business district buildings read: "Broadway Store Dry Goods & Clothing Wholesale & Retail", "Tappan & Co.", "Chemicals Paints Oils Brushes & Glass", and "Drugs"....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1863
- Old view of Denver
- View shows wooden residences and the brick Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal church, Denver, Colorado. The Cherry Creek, Platte River Confluence is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Scene on Monument Creek
- A man stands near conical-shaped limestone columns with flat caps of resistant rock in Monument Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows scrubby vegetation, a stand of trees is in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Scene on Monument Creek
- A man poses by conical-shaped limestone columns topped with flat caps in an open field of scrub brush and grass in Monument Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Pine trees are in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver flood
- View of brick and frame houses and commercial buildings in Denver and Auraria during a Cherry Creek and South Platte River flood. A brick house near the standing water of Cherry Creek has a gabled rood and gingerbread details. Signs on flooded...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- West end South Adams village
- View of frame buildings with gabled roofs in a town near hills and trees. Probably an ore pile and ore car tracks are near a river. One or two story buildings are near probably a barn and timber piles. Cultivated crops are near deciduous trees. A...
- Cities & towns--1860-1870.; Croplands--1860-1870.; Mine railroad cars--1860-1870.; Mining--1860-1870.; Rivers--1860-1870.
- 1866
- T.C. Durant, Esq. & heads of depts. U.P.R.R.
- Thomas C. Durant poses with some of the directors of Union Pacific Railroad departments; they stand beside railroad track and engine "14" in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The men wear suits with frock coats, overcoats, ties, felt caps, derby...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Business people--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad employees--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Durant, Thomas C.
- 1866 October
- View of Omaha, N. T. from Capitol Hill (2)
- View of brick and frame houses and buildings in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows the brick church and frame steeple of probably the First Congregational Church on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, wooden fences, a dirt road beside commercial...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Missouri River--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Courthouses--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.;...
- 1866 October
- View of Omaha, N.T. from Capitol Hill (1)
- View of brick and frame houses and buildings in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows wooden fences, dirt roads and the Missouri River in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Missouri River--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1866 October
- Mud house at Ogalalla, Nebraska
- Two women and a child sit on the ground beside a frame house with a shingle roof and sod siding in Ogallala (Keith County), Nebraska. The women wear dresses with full skirts. The house has a wooden lintel above a window, and a bench, a barrel and a...
- Ogallala (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Sod buildings--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Women--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Bridge over Loup Forks at Columbus, Nebraska
- Men and saddled horses stand on a wooden bridge over the Loup River in Columbus (Platte County), Nebraska. Shows horse-drawn carriages on the bridge and trees at the edge of the river in the distance.
- Columbus (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Loup River (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Lookout Mountain, Cascades, Columbia River
- View of a settlement in Hood River County, Oregon; shows frame buildings, a blockhouse, and picket fences. Lookout Mountain is in the distance.
- Hood River County (Or.)--1860-1870.; Lookout Mountain (Hood River County, Or.)--1860-1870.; Blockhouses--Oregon--Hood River County--1860-1870.; Farms--Oregon--Hood River County--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Our Indian war sketches
- North American Indian (Arapahoe) men sit with military men in uniform, and smoke a calumet (pipe) near an Indian camp. The Indian men have long hair, necklaces or earrings, and sit wrapped in robes. One man wears a feather in his military hat....
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Calumets--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--1860-1870.; Military scouts--1860-1870.; Smoking--1860-1870.
- 1867 June 29
- Golden, Colorado in 1868
- Side view of the two-story Loveland Block, (W.A.H. Loveland Building and Territorial Capitol Building) with a gambrel roof, dormer windows and Queen Anne arches in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. The stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second)...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Golden, Colorado
- View of buildings and houses in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows the back of the W.A.H. Loveland Building, the stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second) Street (later 12th, Twelfth Street), and probably a flour mill. Shows Clear Creek in...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--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
- Promontory, Utah
- View of Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad tracks, a switch and railroad signal at Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah. A man stands beside the tracks. Shows a railroad car on a Shoo-Fly (temporary track), telegraph poles, a United...
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Railroad cars--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.; Railroad signals--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.;...
- 1869
- The Union Pacific Railway: Salt Lake City, Utah
- Aerial view of Salt Lake City, Utah. shows houses, streets, people, and the dome of the Mormon Tabernacle. The Wasatch Mountains are in the distance.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1860-1870.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Utah--Salt Lake City--1860-1870.
- 1869 August 7
- Promontory, Utah
- View of Union Pacific Railroad or Central Pacific Railroad tracks, a switch and railroad signal in possibly Promontory (Box Elder County) or Uintah (Uintah County), Utah. Shows a water tower, a railroad car, wooden wagons, tents and frame buildings...
- Cities & towns--Utah--1860-1870.; Railroad signals--Utah--1860-1870.; Railroad tracks--Utah--1860-1870.
- 1869 June 30
- Burning Rock cut, Green River Valley
- Two men stand on the edge of the Burning Rock Cut, a Union Pacific railroad cut, under construction in the Green River Valley Area of Utah. A mule drawn wagon and construction workers are on the far side of the cut. Buttes and a desolate landscape...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Emery County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Green River Valley (Utah)--1870-1880.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Utah--Emery County--1870-1880.; Railroad cuts--Utah--Emery County--1870-1880.
- 1870