Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- (Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- "Bailey Bridge" at Malandrone, Italy
- The bridge at Malandrone was needed to support the Tenth Mountain Division's attack on March 3, 1945. To complete it many men died. The Germans shelled the draw continuously while the work was under way, and twice knocked it out. Once complete, the...
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [March] 1945
- "McOnagill" riding "Nancy Manks" without saddle or bridle
- Spectators watch a man on a bucking bronco from the other side of a fence in Craig, Colorado. Two men stand in the corral and watch the horse leap into the air as the rider hangs onto the animal's back. A two story, wood-frame storefront with a...
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Broncos--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- 1910
- "Soapy Smith's" saloon, Skagway, Alaska
- Jefferson Randolph (Soapy) Smith poses with a bartender and unidentified men at his saloon in Skagway (Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Borough), Alaska. A United States flag with a portrait on the front, a mirror, and a flag with a single star and six...
- Smith, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1898--Death & burial.; Gamblers--1890-1900.; Skagway (Alaska)--1890-1900.; Barrooms--Alaska--Skagway--1890-1900.; Bars (Furniture)--Alaska--Skagway--1890-1900.; Interiors--Alaska--Skagway--1890-1900.; Swindlers &...
- [1898]
- "Taking Some Steps Back in Time" speech
- A Brief History of Auraria
- A gathering at Custer Battlefield monument
- Full length group portrait of eight men posed near the monument to the soldiers killed at Little Big Horn. From left to right: Corporal Hall, Dr. Henry Rinaldo Porter, Captain Edward Settle Godfrey, Captain Frederick William Benteen, Captain...
- Battlefields--Montana--1880-1890.; Military personnel--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--Montana--1886.; White Swan, (Crow warrior), 1851 or 2-1904.; Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898.; Edgerly, Winfield Scott, 1846-1927.; Godfrey, Edward...
- [1886]
- A Murdered Joseph "Little Joe" Roma
- Joseph Roma's body lies on the floor beside a chair, a mandolin, and music stand, Denver, Colorado. Joseph "Little Joe" Roma, was a north Denver grocer, killed by gangsters.
- Grocers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dead persons--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Homicides--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Roma, Joseph.
- February 19, 1933
- A view on the Sweet Water near Three Crossings
- A man with a rifle stands by a grave marker enclosed in a wooden picket fence in Natrona County, Wyoming; the gravestone reads: "B.T. Killed by Indians." Tents and the Sweetwater River are in the distance.
- Natrona County (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Rivers--Wyoming--Natrona County--1870-1880.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Wyoming--Natrona County--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1878]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- Abbo and Lewis Livery
- This livery in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, has lettering on the false front (topped by birdhouses): "Abbo & Lewis Livery Feed and Sale Stable Carriage House." People (with horses and dog) pose; they are (l to r): Mrs. Emma Lewis Abbo,...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1900.; Livery stables--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Adelina Sandoval
- Studio portrait of Adelina Sandoval, a resident of Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. She sits in a chair, wears a simple light colored dress, and her hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women.; Sandoval, Adelina, 1890-1982--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1907]
- Adult male lobo wolf and young
- Two wolves killed by biological survey hunters hang by their hind legs from ropes tied around a wooden pole on the Diamond Bar Ranch northeast of Silver City (Grant County), New Mexico.
- Wolves--Control--New Mexico--Grant County--1910-1920.; Grant County (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Dead animals--New Mexico--Grant County--1910-1920.; Wolf hunting--New Mexico--Grant County--1910-1920.
- 1919
- After the killing
- A cowboy works to untie the body of a man killed at the stake during a reenactment in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man playing the dead man may be John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Death.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Alabama Fatal Mining Accidents : 1905, 1912-1921
- List of fatal mining accident victims in 1905 (Virginia City Mine only) and 1912-1921, taken from the 1912-1921 Annual report of coal mines, State of Alabama, and from the website http://www.gendisasters.com/al/ "Alabama mine explosions". Gives...
- Mine accidents--Alabama--Indexes.
- 2007
- Albert Mortgareidge alias Albert Morganside, Ralph R. Orlando, killed by stray bullets : not one of the rioters (1929)
- Albert Mortgareidge, convict at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses for his mug shot (front and profile) with shaved head and a jacket with wide, horizontal stripes and a number card: 15000.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Identification photographs--Colorado--Canon City--1920- 1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Mortgareidge, Albert.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Annual History Book University Park P.T.A. 1961-1962
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- Anton Wood : 11 years old youngest prisoner
- Anton Wood, a.k.a. "Kid Wallace," inmate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in pinstriped shirt, suspenders, checked tie, and number card:"3199."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Wood, Anton.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Arizona Fatal Mining Accidents ; 1912-1929
- Index of Fatalities of Arizona miners between the years 1912 and 1929. Information is recorded alphabetically and included are: the name of the victim, date of the accident, county in which the mine is located or the mine company, whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--Arizona--Indexes.
- 2007
- Auraria Remembered
- Ball players sitting on the monument
- Two baseball players sit on top of the Thornburgh monument with their baseball gloves. The two part sandstone monument commemorates the Thornburgh battle in 1879 during the last days of September and early days of October. The top stone has names...
- Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Meeker (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1918]
- Bank and store in Meeker showing street at right where robbers were killed.
- View along of the Hugus Block, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; two story brick and stone building that housed a mercantile and Bank of Meeker where three bank robbers botched their crime on October 13, 1896. A horse drawn carriage parks in...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897 September 8
- Barnum elementary School: Ghosts of the Five Frontiers play script
- Battle of the Big Horn
- Shows the smoking guns of General Custer and his U. S. Army troops being defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1875 Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Beef distribution, Indians and wagons in open plains
- Probably semi-monthly ration or beef distribution day, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; large group of Dakota Native Americans scattered throughout the open field, sitting, standing, some on horseback, others in horse drawn wagons and...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1890-1900.
- [between 1880-1889]
- Beef distribution, showing slaughtered cattle, people seated on fence
- Semi-monthly beef (rations) distribution day, probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; log corral with Dakota Native Americans and other men in corral standing next to or over slaughtered cattle, sitting on corral's railing, or on horseback,...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Billie Garnett aka Billie Hunter
- Billie Garnett, alias "Billie Hunter," poses for a full-length portrait while wearing a feather headdress and a breast plate, possibly made of bone. He holds his right hand on the gun in his holster and holds a round shield with feathers on it in...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Garnett, William, ßd 1855-1928.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Biography. Cody, W.F. Portraits 1900 (prints)
- supplied the Kansas Pacific Railroad with buffalo. He later toured the United States and Europe with "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." He died Jan. 10, 1917 at the home of his sister, May Cody Decker, in Denver, Colorado. He is buried on Lookout...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Parsons, Mark.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Birdseye view of the canyon at Wounded Knee S.D.
- Bird's eye view of the snow covered ravine where many Native American Sioux sought shelter during the fight at Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; shows frozen bodies where soldiers fired and killed from both sides of the...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1890-1900.;...
- [January 1891]
- Bob Ford's (slayer of Jesse James) old bar, at which he was killed
- Bob Ford's bar in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, is a canvas tent with a ladder leaning next to it and a wood crate near it. A log cabin is under construction in the background. The steep, rocky hills that surround the town are...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1892]
- Bonito Chiricahua Chief
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Bonito, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man. He holds a rifle and wears moccasin boots, ammunition belt, bead necklaces, and kerchief.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rifles--1880-1890.; Bonito.
- 1884
- Boon brothers graves moved from site east of Salida, Colorado near airport brothers, killed in Lake County War.
- Gravestones in Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado, are incised with handshake and Masonic "square and dividers" symbols. They read: "David Boon died Jan. 23. 1875, aged 31 ys.10.m.13.d." and "Samuel C. Boon died Jan.24.1875. aged 30 yrs. 5...
- Boon, David--Tomb.; Boon, Samuel C.--Tomb.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- British Columbia Fatal Mining Accidents : 1887, 1896-1942
- Index of the Fatal Mining Accidents occurring in British Columbia Canada in the years 1887, and 1896-1949. Information is arranged alphabetically and includes: the name of the victim, date of the accident, colliery/mine name (town), whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--British Columbia--Indexes.
- 2007
- Buffalo borders at carcass of freshly killed cow elk
- Two cowboys in woolies chaps and felt hats kneel beside a headless elk carcass killed by wolves. One cowboy holds up a bison head. Two saddled horses frame the men and carcass on the ground. Dogs sniff the ground behind the men.
- Wolves--Control--1920-1940.; Bison--1920-1940.; Cowboys--1920-1940.; Elk--1920-1940.; Horses--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1934?]
- Buffalo horn
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) black buffalo horn. It is polished and perforated and was possibly used as an adornment on a headdress. Notes from Colorado Historical Society records: "From a buffalo killed by Rev. S. W. Albone".
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Horns--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bison--18080-1890.
- 1880
- Bureal [i.e. Burial] of the dead at the battlefield of Wounded Knee S.D.
- A civilian burial party and U.S. Army officers pose over a mass grave trench with bodies of Native American Lakota Sioux killed at Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--189-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian...
- [1891 January 3?]
- Capitol Hill Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 1
- Capitol Hill Review
- Capt. Browns Leadville company
- Capt Brown's Leadville Company, Deputy Army, poses outdoors near Big Bull Mountain, Teller County, Colorado; they were brought in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894. The men hold rifles and wear hats. One man holds a U. S. flag. A...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cannons--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Brown,...
- 1894
- Capt. Tom Custer
- Seated studio portrait of Colonel Thomas Custer, Seventh Cavalry, who was killed at Little Big Horn, 1876, in uniform.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--United States--1870-1880.; Custer, Thomas Ward, 1845-1876.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- [187-?]
- Captain Algernon E. Smith, in uniform, bust
- Captain Algernon Emory Smith, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing military uniform; killed at Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876 acting as regimental quartermaster and commanding Company E of the 7th Cavalry.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Smith, Algernon Emory.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Captain Owen Hale, standing, in uniform, 3/4 length
- Captain Owen Hale, 3/4 length standing studio portrait, wearing military uniform, hat on side table; assigned to 7th Cavalry, Captain of Company K but was on detached service at St. Louis, Missouri, during Battle of Little Bighorn; engaged with...
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1870-1880.; Hale, Owen, 1843-1877.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Ceiling detail at Campion residence
- Interior view at the Campion home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows a ceiling with plaster molding.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ceilings--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 December 11
- Cellar at Ludlow Colony where women and children were killed
- A man inspects an underground shelter at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado, in which women and children died during a fire set by the Colorado National Guard.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arson--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Centerville stone of George Harrington, killed June 17, 1874, in the Lake County War
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado. shows a single grave site marked by a large cut stone with the top portion showing the raised image of a cross; illegible inscriptions of the life dates of the deceased; stone in a...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Central City 1895
- Ex-sheriff Oscar Williams poses in Gilpin County, Colorado, by the Coredon shaft, tailings, and sheds.
- Sheriffs--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Williams, Oscar.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Charles R. Fish residence
- Exterior view of the Fish House, Georgetown, Colorado. The building has a full-length gable with a bay window, fish-scale shingles, and embellished barge boards, and a porch. Over the doorway there is a square tower with fish-scale shingles. A...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Fish, Charles R.
- [between 1875 and 1877?]