Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ward, Colo.
- View of buildings and mine tailings on hillsides in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows frame and log buildings, dirt roads, utility poles, and a church or school building with a bell tower.
- Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Manitou, Colo.
- View of frame, multi-story houses on hillsides in a canyon near Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. One house has a steep pitched, hipped roof; dormers; and a brick chimney. Other houses have mansard roofs. A rounded gazebo ,possibly over a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Golden, from the C.C. Round House
- Panoramic view of the Colorado Central Railroad Company roundhouse and depot, railroad tracks, and frame and brick buildings in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Clear Creek is near commercial buildings and houses. South School and the...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Golden (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Men pose on the balcony of a frame building with a false front, or on horse-drawn sleighs stacked with bales of hay in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. A frame commercial building has dormers, a gabled roof, a false front, first and second...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Feed stores--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Hay--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Ophir, Colo.
- Panoramic view of log and frame buildings in Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. Houses, commercial buildings, and Ophir school are in the Howard Fork Valley town. Mine buildings and steep road grades are on hillsides in the San Juan Mountains...
- Ophir (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Redstone
- View of the Redstone Castle near the Crystal River, a valley, and manicured grounds of the Cleveholm Manor in Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Built by John Cleveland Osgood, the stone and half-timbered Redstone Castle has turrets and several...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Cleveholm (Redstone, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1930.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1930.
- [between 1902 and 1925?]
- A scene at Manitou Springs, D. & R.G.R.R.
- People stand near the Soda Spring Pavilion and a gazebo near a bridge over Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the frame Cliff House Hotel with awnings over windows, frame Victorian houses, and trees on hillsides.
- Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1885 and 1889]
- Central City, Colo. C.C.R.R.
- View of brick commercial buildings and frame houses on hillsides in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows one and two-story buildings on Main Street with signs that read: "Westman & Newell, Hay, Grain, Feed & Coal," "Forestry Hall, Smoke...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Glenisl [sic], Platte Canonn [sic], C. & S. Ry. Co.
- View of the Glenisle Hotel and the North Fork South Platte River in Glenisle (Park County), Colorado. The three-story hotel has a rotunda, a hipped roof and a balcony with a log railing. Cottages and houses are on canyon hillsides. A man sits on a...
- Glenisle Hotel (Glenisle, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Los Pinos Valley, looking east
- A man sits on a rock above the valley of the Rio de los Pinos (Los Pinos River) and Denver and Rio Grande tracks in Conejos County, Colorado, or Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Shows a man in the door of a caboose on a rail spur, trees, rocks, the...
- Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1890.; Railroad cabooses--1880-1890.; Valleys--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Lake City
- View of log cabins and frame buildings beside the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, and brick commercial buildings in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Talus is on steep hillsides.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mine, Central City District
- View of a wood frame cabin, two log buildings and a privy at an unidentified mine in the Central City Mining District in Gilpin County, Colorado. Dead pine trees cover the nearby hillsides.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins.; Log Buildings.; Mining.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Blue Ridge west of Millboro
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway tracks run between wooded hillsides in the Blue Ridge Mountains in probably Bath County, Virginia.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company--1900-1910.; Bath County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Hills--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Blue Ridge, Sugar Hollow
- View of Sugar Hollow in Bath County, Virginia. Shows wooded hillsides. A plantation sits in the valley.
- Bath County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Sugar Hollow (Bath County, Va.)--1900-1910.; Plantations--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Valleys--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Los Angeles
- Panoramic, aerial view of commercial buildings, frame Victorian houses, and trees in Los Angeles, California. Signs on multi-story buildings read: "Harness & Saddlery," "Franklin," and "Highland Villa, 1886." A brick building has tunnel archways....
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.; Houses--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Lead, Homestake Mine
- Panoramic, aerial view of mine buildings of the Homestake Mining Company in Lead (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Ore car tracks and a steel bridge connect with the tunnel of the Golden Star Mill. Shows Homestake's surface works, the Old Abe...
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Lead (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mills--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mine Buildings--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Lead, Homestake Mine
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame buildings in Lead, in the Black Hills (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Shows frame houses, mine buildings, and smokestacks of the Homestake Mining Company. Trees are on hillsides, and utility poles and fences are...
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Lead (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mine Buildings--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- The Snowy Range from Mont Alto, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company narrow gauge tracks in Left Hand Canyon near Mont Alto Park in Boulder County, Colorado. Left Hand Creek is beside tracks, and dirt wagon roads on hillsides probably include Gold Hill...
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Indian Peaks (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Left Hand Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Left Hand Creek (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sawtooth Mountain (Boulder...
- [1901?]
- Longs Peak
- Panoramic view of a valley near Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows trees on hillsides, rock formations, and snow on Longs Peak in the distance. Shows fallen trees and rocks on a steep slope and a pond in a grassy meadow.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- "Phantom Curve" D. & R.G.R.W.
- Panoramic, aerial view of a Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company tracks at what is identified as "phantom curve" in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows railroad grades on hillsides, patches of snow, trees and rock formations. Probably a passenger rail...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Conejos County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1886?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Aerial view of frame and brick commercial buildings and houses in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the Catholic Church on a hillside below the staircase of St. Aloysius Academy (The Sisters' School) with a central cupola. Buildings on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1891]
- Marshall Pass
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway engine and passenger car on tracks near Marshall Pass (Saguache County), Colorado. Women wear dresses and hats and stand near a caboose. A man poses on an engine that reads: "D. & R.G.R.W. 273". Railroad...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Manitou
- Panoramic view of houses and commercial buildings in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the rounded driveway and gardens of the Manitou House Hotel. The frame 3-story hotel has wrap-around porches, and is beside a 2-story laundry...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Garden of the Gods
- View of sandstone rock formations and Gate Rock at Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. People are in horse-drawn covered carriages on dirt roads. Bushes and trees are on hillsides and a cow is near steep rock...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colo., Central City, Gregory Gulch
- Gregory Gulch, site of first gold strike in Central City District, Gilpin County, Colorado, consists of frame millhousings and mining facilities built on steep hillsides. Dwellings flank a brick, one- story commercial building with arched windows....
- Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Fremont in early days the present townsite of Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of early sparse settlement of Fremont, Colorado in 1891; consolidated and renamed Cripple Creek in 1892; several log buildings under construction are interspersed with several canvas tents; distant view of hillsides.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1891 November 1
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Cripple Creek, Apr. 10th 1892
- Bird's eye view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); scene includes one and two-story log and wooden frame flat and gable roof buildings and numerous canvas tents scattered throughout town and on hillsides; identified...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 April 10
- Tutt and Penrose Cabin built 1891 Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Harry Leonard and Spencer Penrose stand in front of Tutt and Penrose cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story log cabin built in 1891 with low gable and sod roof; two saddled horses are teethered to corner of cabin; cabin includes stovepipe and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Leonard, Harry.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.
- Feb. 1894
- South from Bull Hill, Cresson mine - right
- View looking south from Bull Hill, Cripple Creek, (Teller County), Colorado, shows mines on the hillsides, the largest being the Cresson mine.
- Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Mine entrances
- View of mines in (possibly) Lake County, Colorado; sheds and tailings dot hillsides; mountains are in the background.
- Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Jemez church ruins
- View of Native American (Jemez) Spanish mission ruins of San Jose de los Jemez church at the historic Giusewa Pueblo, near Jemez, New Mexico. Hillsides, trees, bushes and probably cholla cacti are near masonry ruins.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Jemez Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Giusewa...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Manhattan, Nev
- View, from Mustang Hill, of Main Street, Manhattan, Nevada. Men and women walk on the dirt street. Wooden buildings, some with false fronts, line the street. Prominent signs read: "Pioneer Manhattan Insurance [?] Co." and "Painting". Tents dot the...
- Manhattan (Nev.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.; Streets--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.; Tents--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.; Wooden buildings--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.
- [either 1905 or 1906]
- Barry, Colo., from Gold Hill no. 472
- A panorama of the mining camp of Barry, Colorado, in Teller County, a component camp of Anaconda, shows a main street surrounded by wood-frame, commercial storefronts with false fronts and one-story, wood- frame, box-shaped structures with gables....
- Barry (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.
- April 4, 1893
- Allegheny Riv.
- Overlook view of the Allegheny River in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, shows smokestacks and surrounding hillsides.
- Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Pittsburg (Pa.)--1900-1910.; Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburg--1900-1910.; Smokestacks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburg--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company Mill
- View of Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company gold extraction mill ruins in Boulder County, Colorado; mine facility has stone walls on hillsides.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Nancy Mine (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wallstreet (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Prospector's cabin near Slavonia
- View of a dilapidated log cabin among trees and rocky hillsides, near Slavonia (Routt County), Colorado.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Routt County--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Routt County--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- 380 Creede Camp
- The town of Upper Creede in in the valley, in a steep, narrow, rocky canyon in Mineral County, Colorado. Buildings include one and two- story, wood-frame and log commercial buildings and residences; some are under construction. Evergreen trees grow...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Creede proper, looking up
- The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad winds through the town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado. Buildings include one and two- story commercial storefronts with false fronts and residences. Trees grow on the hillsides of the steep,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- July, 1892
- Creede, Colorado
- Lower Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is nestled in a narrow, steep, rocky valley. Patches of snow cover hills that surround the town. Tents are scattered among the one and two-story wood-frame residences and structures. Evergreen trees grow...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- No. 7 ore-cars D.& R.G.R.R., Creede, Colo.
- Ore cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad extend over the tracks in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Wood-frame residences and commercial storefronts parallel the tracks. Railroad buildings and machinery are among the tracks....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Zang's Hotel, Creede, Colorado
- Men, a woman, and three dogs are in front of "Zang's Hotel," and "Zang's Hotel Annex" in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural elements of the building include clapboard siding, a balcony, lattice- work, a false front with a cornice,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Creede, Colorado
- Upper Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is in a narrow, steep, rocky valley. Buildings include one and two-story, wood-frame commercial storefronts and residences. A wooden bridge with rails spans Willow Creek. Trees grow on the steep hillsides...
- Creede (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- On the trail to Fern Lake, Oct 30
- The Continental Divide, covered in snow, is at the end of a narrow valley with trees on the steep hillsides, near Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Angular bare branches stand in front of a grove of tall evergreens.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Creede, about 1906, after being rebuilt after fire
- In this panorama of the rebuilt town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, taken after the fire, snow is on rooftops and hillsides. Buildings include commercial storefronts, mills, and residences.
- Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- Creede, about 1906, after being rebuilt after fire
- In this panorama of the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County, snow is on rooftops and hillsides. Commercial buildings, including "Zang's Hotel," and residences are on both sides of the street. Wagons, lumber, and debris are at the base of the...
- Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- Creede, about 1906, after being rebuilt after fire
- In this panorama of the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, taken after the town was rebuilt after a fire, there is snow on the rooftops and hillsides. Buildings include commercial storefronts, mills, and residences.
- Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- Creede, about 1906, after being rebuilt after fire
- In this panorama of the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, snow dusts the rooftops and hillsides. Buildings include residences and commercial structures.
- Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- Creede, Colo.
- The town of Creede, Colorado is situated at the mouth of a steep, rocky, narrow canyon in Mineral Conty. Trees grow on the steep hillsides above the town.
- Creede (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Engineer Mt. from OOH point
- Engineer Mountain shows steep hillsides, and cliffs along the summit, in Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1960-1970.; Mountains--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1964