Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south. Rocks, bushes, and pines on Griffith Mountain are in the foreground; behind them are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school Main Street at the base of Griffith Mountain. The church...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Frisco, Colorado
- A panorama of Frisco, Colorado, shows the intersection of two dirt roads; a gable-roofed log building surrounded by a board fence is at the corner, and a gable-roofed building with an elaborate bell tower is down the road. Other small buildings are...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Saguache County Museum
- View of the Saguache County Museum on the corner of U.S. 285 and San Juan Avenue in Saguache, Colorado. The one story gable-roofed adobe building was built in 1908. A sign in front of the building reads: " Saguache County Museum," "Gift Shop...
- Saguache County Museum (Saguache, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Saguache (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Historic sites.; Saguache County Museum (Saguache, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Museums--Colorado--Saguache--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 2009
- Gold Prince Mill
- Men wear overalls, suits, hats and pose near a gable-roofed building, probably a boarding house at the Gold Prince Mill, in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. The building has dormer windows and tar paper siding. A horse-drawn wagon is parked...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Gladstone, Col., Gold King Mill
- View of the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows multi-level processing facilities with dormer windows, smokestacks, cribbing, a Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad freight engine, gable-roofed housing units and...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Gold King Mill, Gladstone, Colorado
- View of the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a multi-level, gable-roofed processing building with dormer windows, aerial tramway towers, Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company railroad tracks, cribbing,...
- Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gold King Mill
- View of probably the Gold King Mine and mill near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows multi-level processing mill, freight cars, gable-roofed buildings, a horse and forest.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Angle station, Gold Prince tram
- View of a gable-roofed aerial tramway station near the Gold Prince Mine near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows tram cables, building frame and the snow covered San Juan Range in the distance.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Gladstone
- Men and women pose in front of a row of gable-roofed buildings, probably in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a flag, a ladder, a wheelbarrow and the snow covered San Juan Range in the distance.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1910?]
- Gladstone residence
- View of a gable-roofed house with a projecting bay window and fishscale siding. Men, women and children wear formal dress and pose on the porch, probably in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gladstone
- View of gable-roofed log buildings, cribbing and an aerial tramway, probably near either the Gold King Mill or the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1910?]
- Church, Virginia Dale, Colo.
- View of a gable-roofed church in Virginia Dale (Larimer, County), Colorado. Shows the chimney, belfry and two windows.
- Virginia Dale (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Virginia Dale--1910-1920.
- [between 1910-1920?]
- Birds eye view, Yuma, Colo.
- View of gable-roofed buildings and houses in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows people, windmills, barns, sheds, fences, storage silos and possibly a water tower.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Yuma--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cyclone, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the damage and debris caused by a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows women, a gable-roofed house and downed trees.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916 May 20
- West from beet dump, Weldona, Colorado
- View of the Union Pacific railroad tracks beside a wooden bridge in Weldona (Morgan County), Colorado. Shows gable-roofed houses, buildings and a dirt road.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Weldona (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Weldona--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Weldona--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910?]
- St. scene, cyclone, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the aftermath of a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows debris, gable-roofed buildings, downed electricity or telephone poles and water.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ruins--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916 May 20
- W.H. Slee home, Walden, Colo.
- A person poses in front of the home of W.H. Slee Walden (Jackson County), Colorado. Shows a gable-roofed house, a fence, trees, a dirt road and a man.
- Slee, W. H.--Homes & haunts.; Walden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Walden--1930-1940.
- 1931?
- Gilman, Colo.
- A panoramic view of Gilman (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows one and two-story gable-roofed buildings and mines atop Battle Mountain. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, storage tanks, freight cars and the Belden mine complex lie below the...
- Battle Mountain (Eagle County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilman (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gilman--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Gilman, Colo.
- A panoramic view of Gilman (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows one and two-story gable-roofed buildings and mines atop Battle Mountain. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, storage tanks, freight cars and the Belden mine complex lie below the...
- Battle Mountain (Eagle County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilman (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gilman--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Urad Mine
- View of a gable-roofed, multi-level building under construction at the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a carpenter, piles of wooden planks, a truck, a spool and an overturned sawhorse. The man wears a hat, a plaid shirt and an...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Carpenters--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Lumber--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Creede
- View of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows gable-roofed houses, commercial buildings, a picket fence, dirt roads and parked automobiles. The Willow Creek canyon walls and Mammoth Mountain are in the distance.
- Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- A man wears a hat and stands next to a flatbed truck that contains lumber. The truck is parked beside gable-roofed barracks under construction at Camp Hale in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Lumber--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Colo. Midland R.R. station at Ivanhoe
- Two men and a tabby cat pose in front of the Colorado Midland train station in Ivanhoe (Pitkin County), Colorado. The town's name is on two signs on the building, along with "Western Union Telegraph & Cable Office," "Colo. Springs 56.8 Miles,"...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Ivanhoe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad signals--Colorado--Ivanhoe--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ivanhoe--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mount Vernon, Colorado
- Men, women, and children in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Colorado, crowd the covered porch of a gable-roofed frame building. Mount Vernon, a stage stop and post office, was founded in 1859.
- Mount Vernon (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Louis Wyman pack outfit
- View of the Louis Wyman pack outfit, in Silverton, Colorado; shows men on horses, standing women and children, and men in surreys lined up in front of a two story, gable-roofed log cabin. Over its door, a sign reads: Store - Post Office. Wyman sits...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Wyman, Louis.
- 1880?
- Panorama of Marble, Colorado
- Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings and commercial buildings, including the fire tower, built in 1910. The Thode Lumber Company is housed in the white building (with three little windows) across the street. The white,...
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1918?]
- Goodrich & True dry goods
- Buckboards and wagons with open bows are in front of "Goodrich & True," a frame, gable-roofed business with bargeboard, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1877?]
- Power House, Steamboat Springs in which W. F. Swan had an interest - Mr Carver ran the power house and was part owner
- View of the powerhouse, Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado, features the gable-roofed brick building with gauge-arched windows and a smokestack; icicles hang from the eaves.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.
- 1908?
- Trinidad from the west
- Bird's eye view of Trinidad, Colorado, looking southwest, probably from Prospect Point. Gable-roofed, frame, brick and adobe dwellings and businesses with chimneys and fenced yards are in the foreground. Fisher's Peak is in the background.
- Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885?
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; includes a one- story gable-roofed wooden building with a hill behind it; stone fence and a log fence in front.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--(New) Cardinal--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Gateway - 1959
- View of a gable-roofed church built of masonry or cinder block in Gateway, Mesa County, Colorado; features a square spire with vents and a cross on the top, glass brick windows, and a vestibule on the front; boy sitting on the steps and three 1950s...
- Gateway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Gateway--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Kokomo's school, 1963
- View of the weathered schoolhouse sitting on a hill in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado; features a wooden two-story gable-roofed building with a bell in the tower above the entrance, front door sheltered by a peaked roofed porch, and lunette window...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Georgetown
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown
- Southeast view of Georgetown, Colorado toward, the road to Green Lake, to the left of Leavenworth Mountain. Visible landmarks include the Clear Creek County Courthouse, a white wood construction building with a false front with "Clear Creek Court...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1980.
- [between 1930 and 1976?]
- Georgetown, Colo, 26
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown buildings
- View of a two story log house in Georgetown, Colorado, with three men standing in front of the door; the center figure, with one leg and crutches, is Ben C. Catren, and the figure on the right, with a beard, is William N. Byers, the founder of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.; Catren, Ben C.
- [between 1870 and 1903?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado, probably at the foot of Griffith Mountain. The gable-roofed building has a pointed-arch window with mullions on the second floor, and a door flanked by two windows on the first floor....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado, probably at the foot of Griffith Mountain. The gable-roofed building has a pointed-arch window with mullions on the second floor, and a door flanked by two windows on the first floor. A...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- 2401: Georgetown C. C. R. R. Spiral Loop in the Distance
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible; shows Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, school, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown - Colo, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, south towards Leavenworth Mountain. The valley leading to Silver Plume is to the right; Chimney Rock, a large rock formation with a tall chimney emitting smoke from a smelter is in front of the valley in the distance....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Community Church, Frisco
- The Community Church, a gable-roofed one-story building with an elaborate bell tower, sits by the side of a road in Frisco, Summit County, Colorado. Tall craggy mountains are behind the church and in the distance.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Del Norte
- A small gable-roofed clapboard church in Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, has double doors in a vestibule on the front, and a simple cross at the apex of the roof, over the vestibule. Tall trees are near the entrance, and sunlit laundry hangs on a...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Del Norte--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Del Norte
- A small gable-roofed clapboard church in Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, has double doors in a vestibule on the front, and a simple cross at the apex of the roof, over the vestibule. A wooden walkway leads to the door, and tall trees are near the...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Del Norte--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Empire Catholic church
- The small weathered Catholic church in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a one-story gable-roofed clapboard building with a simple cross at the apex of the roof over the front. The tall narrow windows are boarded up; a stone wall in front of...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Empire
- A one-story gable-roofed building marked "Stable" in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has an attached overhang where a wagon with is parked. "Empire Fire Dept." and linear decoration are painted on the wagon, and it holds a ladder. A...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--North Empire--1960- 1970.; Stables--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Empire
- The one-story gable-roofed brick schoolhouse at Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, sits on a hill. On the front of the building a sign beneath the decorative shingles under the eaves reads, "Empire School," and a sign on the shingled porch over...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1942
- Empire
- A two-story gable-roofed log building with two one-story wings on either side is by a road in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The main section has a porch which also serves as a balcony, with a railing on the second level; a large...
- Empire (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Empire
- A weathered two-story gable-roofed building in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, was the lodge for Macinac Tribe No. 29, the local order of the Improved Order of Red Men, founded in 1833 in Baltimore, Maryland. The building became a museum in...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Empire, Red Man Hall (& Museum)
- Red Man Hall, a two-story gable-roofed wood building in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, was the lodge for Macinac Tribe No. 29, the local order of the Improved Order of Red Men, founded in 1833 in Baltimore, Maryland. The building became a...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1967