Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Donkey Derby
- View of automobiles parked on hillside with a crowd watching the Donkey Derby held on outskirts of Cripple Creek, Colorado; people seated atop wooden post corral and on opposite side near covered podium; distant view beyond hillside of Cripple...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Festivals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- View of Victor
- View of Victor, Colorado, from hillside near Midland Terminal railroad station; includes two-story brick commercial buildings, business district, one-story wooden frame residences along hillside, Gold Coin Mine, smokestack & headframe, side and...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899 or 1900]
- Indian on a hillside
- A North American Indian, probably a member of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on a hillside. The hillside is covered with heavy vegetation.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Shrubs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Ward, Colo.
- View of frame or log buildings on a hillside in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the frame Carpenter's Gothic Congregational Church (Community Church), and probably commercial buildings with false fronts and houses with gabled roofs. Tailings...
- Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- At the Iron Springs, Manitou
- View of frame and stone buildings and dirt streets on a hillside in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the Ute Iron Springs pavilion and souvenir shop with stone pillars, a hipped roof and a widows walk. A person stands in the road...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1891?]
- Barker House and Pike's Peak, Manitou
- View of frame buildings and houses on a hillside in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the two story Barker House with a hipped roof, and a livery barn on Manitou Avenue. Nearby signs read: "Use Geyserite Soaps" and "Burlington Route...
- Barker House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Snow on shale cliffs
- Snow is on a hillside below layered shale cliffs in probably Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Shows trees and sagebrush on the hillside.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Central City, Colorado, looking s. west
- View of frame houses and probably commercial buildings on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows multi-story buildings, fallen timber on a barren hillside, a house with gingerbread details, snow on a steep slope, and mine...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [1873?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of buildings on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the stone, two-story High School building with a bell tower and an iron fence, brick and frame commercial buildings on a dirt street, and houses on a barren hillside....
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [1873?]
- Gregory Gulch
- View of businesses, frame mine buildings and head frames on a hillside in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. People are in the arched doorway of the Gregory Store beside a horse-drawn wagon. Shows tailings piles on a treeless...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Robert Emmet Mine
- Smoke rises from smokestacks on a hillside at the Robert Emmet Mine probably in Lake County, Colorado. Shows frame buildings, headframes and tailings piles on a hillside.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Lead, S.D.
- Panoramic view of Homestake Mining Company buildings, railroad tracks, houses, commercial buildings, and the Black Hills in Lead (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Mine buildings are near smokestacks and ore piles on the hillside. Shows commercial...
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Lead (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Approaching Spearfish Canon, B. & M. R.R.
- Panoramic view of a rocky hillside above tracks of probably the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence County), South Dakota. People stand on tracks in front of an engine. Tree stumps and a mine shaft are on a...
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Mining--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Spearfish Canon, approaching the Canon
- Engine number "302" and a passenger car of probably the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company are on tracks in Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence County), South Dakota. A man wears a derby hat and a suit, stands on a rocky hillside, and points...
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado after first fire
- Cripple Creek, Colorado, after first fire on April 25, 1896; possibly view southwest taken from hillside near Midland Terminal Station; possibly Myers Avenue area; many canvas tents amidst debris remain from destructive fire; residences and houses...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek
- Rows of wooden frame buildings along hillside, Cripple Creek, Colorado; residences are square shaped with low and medium gable, flat and hipped roofs; man stands on roof of shanty; outhouses appear across distant hillside.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1895?]
- Colorado, 1895
- View northeast towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside; scene includes railroad narrow gauge spurs, engine with passenger cars, hopper and freight box cars on additional spurs, wooden frame residences on hillside, canvas tent on wooden frame,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1895]
- Cripple Creek with High Line Electric Interurban
- Man dressed in three-piece suit and bow-tie stands on hillside above Cripple Creek, Colorado; Highline Electric Interurban car is behind him; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway electric car is on track on hillside; Mount Pisgah is on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek
- View of residence in foreground and distant view of Cripple Creek, Colorado; house is built into rocky hillside and is a one-story with wooden frame, gable roof, horizontal slats, shingles, center brick chimney, and stovepipe in center of lean-to...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- View west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town (formerly Fremont prior to incorporation as Cripple Creek); three men and a woman stand on hillside with direct view towards Bennett Avenue; scene includes telegraph...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town; scene includes row of outhouses, vertical slat wooden frame outbuildings and residences, post corral, and stone root cellar with sod roof built into hillside; clothes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 7
- 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
- Gregory Diggings monument plan
- The proposal for the Gregory's Diggings monument to commemorate John Gregory's discovery of gold in Clear Creek Canyon is laid out on the hillside. On the left is a post with a sign that reads "Speed Limit 12 mi. per hour Keep Muffler Closed" and a...
- Gregory, John H.--Monuments--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1932?]
- Soda spring and Hotel Steamboat Spgs. Colo.
- Southward view of the Steamboat Cabin Hotel and soda spring in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; shows Yampa River between hotel and hillside and railroad tracks of the Denver & Salt Lake Railway (aka Moffat Road) at base of hillside across river.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Steamboat Cabin Hotel (Steamboat Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Central City
- A deteriorating, masonry, two-story building with a hipped roof and a double-bracketed cornice is on a grassy hillside in Central City, Colorado. The rectangular-shaped windows, which have no panes, have stone sills and mantles. The entry, which...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Methodist Church, Central City, 1939
- St. James Methodist Church is on the intersection of Eureka and County Road Streets in Central City, Colorado. The church is the oldest Protestant congregation and church in Colorado. Built into the hillside, the building was completed in 1872 and...
- St. James Methodist Church (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Mack Brewery, Central City
- The Mack Brewery, owned by Jacob Mack, is on a rocky hillside in Central City, Colorado. The brewery, which operated between 1877 and 1855, is a two story structure with a false front and a balcony supported by timbers. Large rectangular windows...
- Mack Brewery--1920-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Bachelor, looking n.w.
- The buildings of the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado, decay on a hillside. Old boards lie on the grass in the foreground. Dilapidated buildings are nestled against groups of trees in the background on the grassy slope, and a forest covers the...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Hillside - 1942
- The view of Eastman's, in Hillside, Colorado, shows a two story building with a modified false front, a sign over the door, and two gas pumps in front of the building. It has a large dirt parking area around it, and a residence (?) nearby.
- Hillside (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Hillside--1940-1950.
- 1942
- At the Forest Queen mine, Irwin
- View shows miners work on a hillside at the Forest Queen mine near Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Log retaining walls support the hillside and tailings. A wagon is parked nearby.
- Forest Queen Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883]
- Creede, Colorado
- The town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is in a steep, rocky canyon with a rocky hillside in the foreground. Buildings include one and two-story wood-frame houses and commercial buildings. Evergreen trees grow on the rocky hillside.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Beaver Creek station and pavilion on Colorado Central R.R., No. 168
- The pavilion at Beaver Brook, Colorado (Jefferson County) in Clear Creek Canyon is a polygon-shaped, open building with a roof and cross-braces in front of each window opening. Wooden stairs lead up the hillside to the gazebo. Seven people stand on...
- Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pavilions--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- The mines at Gilman two miles west of Red Cliff, Colo. Empire Line
- The mines of Gilman, Colorado, in Eagle County are situated on the hillside below the town. Log retaining walls support the erroding hillside beneath the mine.
- Gilman (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Pack train returning to Avery for supplies for fire fighters, St. Joe National Forest, Idaho
- View of a pack train of horses or mules on a hillside above canvas tents in Saint Joe National Forest in probably Shoshone County, Idaho. Tents are over frame floors, porches and stairs. Utility wires are near a hillside.
- Saint Joe National Forest (Idaho)--1920-1930.; Shoshone County (Idaho)--1920-1930.; Camps--Idaho--Shoshone County--1920-1930.; Forest reserves--Idaho--Shoshone County--1920-1930.; Packtrains--Idaho--Shoshone County--1920-1930.;...
- 1920
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose near a herd of horses on a hillside in Rio Blanco County, Colorado near Yellow Creek. The men are on horseback or stand nearby and wear cowboy hats, jackets, boots with spurs, chaps, gloves and carry lariats. Horses are in a temporary...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- 1911
- Mountain railroading [graphic]
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the "Dostal Block," a sign on the building reads "W. Aitcheson". A mine is on a hillside in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A dirt road winds through a hillside near Mesa Verde National Park. Tracks have formed where vehicles traveled along the roadway. Small shrubs and grass line the hillside. The steep edge of a mesa is in the distance.
- Roads, Earth--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesas--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Castle Rock, Colo.
- The tailings from a mine spill down the hillside adjacent to Castle Rock near Blackhawk, Colorado. Railroad tracks wind around the bottom of the hillside in the foreground. A large ranch, possibly that of the Gundy family (a Gilpin County pioneer...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Quartz Valley (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A group of large pine trees is in the foreground of this view of Montezuma Valley from the North Rim of Mesa Verde National Park. Several clusters of rocks protrude from the steep, shrub-covered hillside. Plains in the background contrast the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Montezuma Valley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pines--Colorado--1920-1930.; Valleys--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Mountain City, 1899
- A train engine emits a large cloud of smoke along the snow- covered hillside above Mountain City, Colorado, in the winter. (Mountain City was never considered its own municipality but part of Central City in Gilpin County.) The train is heading up...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- North Clear Creek. Hidden Treasure Mill
- across the creek from the tracks. A building stands in the background at the base of a rocky hill. The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway run around the hillside in midground.; The Hidden Treasure Mill in Gilpin County, Colorado, stands in the center of...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- A group of men rides horses down a snowy road in Mesa Verde National Park. The road is built into a steep hillside. The rider on the far right is probably Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson. Pine trees line the rocky hillside.
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- A horse-drawn wagon stands on a dirt road built into a steep hillside, possibly Knife Edge Road, in Mesa Verde National Park. Workers are gathered near the wagon, where several large slabs of rock also lie. Additional men stand above them on the...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Hale House, Central City, 1899
- house. Additional houses stand on the hillside in the background.; The two-story home of Horace M. Hale stands on a hillside covered in snow in Central City, Colorado. Hale was named principal of the Central City public high school in 1865. He...
- Hale, Horace M.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Central City.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Beaver Brook railroad depot
- Stereographic view of men and women standing on the platform and stairs in front of the ticket office at Beaver Brook Station near where Beaver Brook meets Clear Creek on the border of Clear Creek and Jefferson counties in Colorado. A sign on the...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Dance halls--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Manitou Springs Texaco fuel depot
- View of a Texaco fuel depot in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows a fuel tank, a corrugated metal sheds, and a horse drawn fuel wagon with a hooded cab. Men pose by a car, in suits, ties, and Fedora or straw hats. Letters of the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fuel tanks--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1920-1930.; Gasoline--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1920-1930.; Texas Company.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Breckenridge, Colo. on the C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Breckenridge, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track in town and along hillside, wooden frame buildings and residences, churches, school, depot with freight cars, Ten Mile Range, and mine...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Central City, Colorado
- Photograph of Central City, Colorado that overlooks a mine in the foreground, a dirt road with two vintage cars on it, and mine tailings on the hillside. Wood-frame houses and electricity poles dot the hillside. The lower hill is barren, and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--[1910-1930]; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Central City, Colo.
- An early view of Central City, Colorado, probably taken in the early 1870s. In the foreground is a rocky hillside with a view that looks down the hill toward the town; shows many wood-framed buildings, most of which did not survive the fire of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- Victor
- Rear view of three wooden frame residences on hillside, Victor, Colorado: a two-story wooden frame house (with medium gable roof, two chimneys, and outhouse), a one-story wooden frame house (with bellcast mansard roof, stone foundation, and four...
- Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]