Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1810. Georgetown, Col.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible between Leavenworth and Republican Mountains. Visible landmarks in the sunlit grid-plan town include the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 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?]
- 7:30 mine
- Snow fills a large portion of an abandoned building of the 7:30 (Seven-thirty) Mine, Brown's Canyon near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Possibly the result of an 1899 avalanche that took several lives and other mine buildings.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- 945 Main Street, Silver Plume
- View of the facade and side elevations of 945 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story structure has wooden siding and a false front with a pediment and decorative brackets. An enclosed staircase leads down to an...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- 945 Main Street, Silver Plume
- View of 945 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The abandoned two story false front building is in disrepair and has peeling paint. A railing on the second story balcony is missing several rungs. The balcony is supported by...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 1975
- [Victoria Tunnel] & Mendota Mine
- Men and women stand on a trail above the buildings of the Mendota Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A sign reads [?] [Tun]nel & Mendota Mine.
- Mendota Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A grave believed to be near Silver Plume
- View of a wooden tombstone beside boulders and a steep cliff wall, probably near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Words painted on a crude timber board read: "Here, Carrie J. Welton, Lay to Rest, Died Alone, Sept. 23 [?] 1884."
- Welton, Carrie J., d. 1884.--Tomb.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892?]
- A. P. Tunnel Kelso Mt Georgetown, Colo
- View of the shafthouse and tailings of the A P Tunnel Mine on Kelso Mountain near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Sliver Plume--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Abandoned Argentine Central Railway tracks
- View of abandoned railroad tracks on the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The ruined tracks lead to possibly the remains of a wooden railroad bridge.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Railroad tracks.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Railroads--Abandonment--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Pictorial works.; Clear...
- 2010
- Anne Silver Plume burro in photo
- Anne Hopkins poses with a donkey in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She wears a dress with high collar and a hat decorated with ribbon.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Hopkins, Anne, Denver, Colo. resident.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Argentine Central Railway
- View of the Argentine Central Shay No. 6 engine, the engineer in the cab and a young boy, near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1918]
- Arts at Silver Plume, formerly St. Patrick's Catholic Church
- View of the front and side elevations of Arts at Silver Plume (the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church) a commercial gallery on Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The small frame structure, has wood siding and a shingled...
- Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1990-2000.; St. Patrick's Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Commercial art galleries.; Bell towers.; Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume,...
- 1994
- Back yards, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View from the back of several wood panel, one-story residences with porches and fences in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Baltimore mine, John Catren(?), Jesse Claire, Dick Chappel
- Three men dressed in dirty overalls and hats stand in front of a wooden shack at the Baltimore mine in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the shack reads: "Private Property No Camping No Fires No Smoking."
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Baltimore Tunnel Silver Plume
- View of the power plant and the entrance to the Baltimore Tunnel near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A sign over the tunnel entrance reads: "Hazleton Consolidated M & T Co. Baltimore Tunnel".
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Baltimore Mine (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Bandstand, Silver Plume
- The hexagonal bandstand with balustrade and flanged roof was built in Silver Plume, Colorado, in 1904 and was the site of many summer concerts. The bandstand was dedicated to a lifetime resident of Silver Plume, Cora Chappel, in 1976. In the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bandstands--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1902]
- Bird's eye view, 20, Georgetown and Silverplume
- Bird's eye view of Silver Plume and Georgetown, Colorado, looking east and slightly north. The town of Silver Plume is in the closer valley, with Georgetown beyond; the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is clearly visible between the two towns,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1917?]
- Brick Pomeroy Tunnel Clear Creek Colo.
- Panoramic view of the tailings and abandoned shafthouse Pomeroy Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Pomeroy Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Bridge above Georgetown
- A passenger train of the Colorado Central Railroad passes under a bridge in the left background heading east toward Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The train travels along the Georgetown Loop, a narrow-gauge railroad that looped about...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Brownsville
- View of Brownsville, a small town that was considered a "suburb" of Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows residences along dirt roads near the bottom of Brown's Gulch. It was victimized by a number of snow and mud slides in the late...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1895]
- Brownsville, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Brownsville (later known as Silver Plume), Clear Creek County, Colorado, with residences, storefronts, mining facilities, and Clear Creek.
- Brownsville (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Burleigh Tunnel Depot, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View of the Burleigh Tunnel depot in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows an open train depot with three people standing under the roof in front of the tracks. Two women wear skirts and blouses; one man wears a suit and tie. The depot has a low gable and...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clocks & watches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Burleigh Tunnel Silver Plume
- Miners and well dressed men pose near a horse-drawn buggy and a mine ore car at the Burleigh Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Burleigh Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- C&S buildings (narrow gauge)
- Depot. Photographed: Silver Plume, Colo., September 14, 1941.
- Railroads--Buildings and structures--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Silver Plume.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S car number 1006
- Caboose. Photographed: Silver Plume, Colo., September 14, 1941.
- Railroads--Cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Silver Plume.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S car number 1006
- Caboose. Photographed: Silver Plume, Colo., 1960s.
- Railroads--Cars--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Silver Plume.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- [196-]
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; for Silver Plume, Colo. Photographed: Denver, Colo., April 2, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1935
- Catholic Church
- The Catholic Church in Silver Plume, Colorado, was built in 1876, and is constructed in the Carpenter Gothic style. Its signature features include: steeply pitched roof, elaborate bargeboard design (gingerbread), arched-pointed windows, and a...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1944]
- Catholic church
- The front entry to the Catholic Church in Silver Plume, Colorado, features two doors, hand carved in Italy in 1875, which are centered on the gable facade. They are center pointed with a moulded trim and the architrave is plain, with embrasure. The...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1970?]
- Champion baseball team of Colorado 18-
- The Colorado championship baseball team of 18??, from Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, poses wiht their manager near a rocky outcropping down in the old base ball ground. Members include: "left right- Frank Gisen, Patty Downs, Johnnie...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Baseball players--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Church, Silver Plume
- View in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, shows the brick facade of the "Grand Theatre" at the bottom of a hill and the backs of two false front buildings.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Theaters--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Clear Creek Canon, Georgetown and vicinity Colo.
- View north over Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows the mines on Republican Mountain, including: the Diamond Tunnel, Pelican, Dives, Baxter, Dunkirk and Payrock mines. Sherman Mountain and Brown's Mountain are to the west.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--SIlver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Clear Creek County, Griffith district, Terrible mine
- A dilapidated mill building stands among sage, mine tailings and low hills in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The structure was associated with the Terrible mine which operated near Silver Plume.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Terrible Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1930-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Clear Creek in Silver Plume
- View of Clear Creek in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The water level is high. The stream banks are reinforced with stones and retaining walls. There are structures on either bank of the creek, these include a bandstand, St....
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Streams.; Houses.; Catholic churches.; Bandstands.; Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Silver...
- 2010
- Colorado Central mines the blacksmith shop
- View of the abandoned blacksmith shop at the Colorado Central Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Colorado Central Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Forge shops--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Couple in wagon
- View of a man and woman in a horse drawn wagon in (possibly) Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Business signs read: "International Restaurant - Hotel."
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crow-Pohle Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house near Georgetown, Colorado, on the wagon road between Georgetown and Silver Plume on the north side of Clear Creek. The brick Gothic Revival two-story home, built by Henry Crow, features a central entrance covered by a porch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1900.
- [between 1865 and 1900?]
- Denver Cab Co. bus
- #255, White "combo" bus at Union Station, Denver, Colo. Photographed: ready for run to Silver Plume, Colo., ca. 1930.
- Buses--Pictorial works--1930-1940.; Buses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930.; Denver Cab Company.
- [1930]
- Denver Tunnel
- Panoramic view of well dressed men and a woman, they pose with a miner at the Denver Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A mine building and miner's cabin are nearby. A sign over the tunnel entrance reads: "Denver Tunnel".
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cabins--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- August 5, 1922
- Denver Tunnel
- Panoramic view, a man and boy pose by a mine ore car at the Denver Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. An automobile and mine buildings are nearby. A sign over the entrance to the mine reads: "Denver Tunnel".
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Denver Mine (Clear Creek, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- April 10, 1925
- Devil's Gate viaduct, Ry. Georgetown to Silver Plume
- View of two excursion trains, passenger cars and railroad engines, stopped on the Devil's Gate High Bridge on the Georgetown Loop between Georgetown and Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The snow covered banks of Clear Creek and rocks lie...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Diamond Tunnel Silver Plume (below Dives- Pelican)
- View of the abandoned Diamond Tunnel and Dives-Pelican mines, a covered conveyor, and tailings pile near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1940.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1940.; Diamond Tunnel (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Earl Williams, taken in front of store
- Earl Williams stands with a team of burros loaded with various types of equipment in front of the Roberts Bros. Mercantile Company in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Roberts Brothers Mercantile Company (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Silver Plume--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silver Plume--1910-1920.;...
- August 14, 1911
- Early day caboose on exhibit at Silver Plume, Colorado.
- A Colorado and Southern caboose is parked on on wooden blocks in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The caboose has an observation area on the roof with windows on all sides. Letters on the caboose read: "Colorado and Southern" and...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- False front, Silver Plume
- View looking up at the side of an unidentified false front on a building in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The building is constructed of wood plank, with a gutter running down the side of the building, which sticks up past the roof...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 1975
- Family portrait
- A mother in a dark dress poses for a family portrait with her five young children, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Four of the children are girls in light colored dresses, one is a boy with a light colored shirt, dark pants, and a large...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1898]
- Fosberg homestead and Fred Nichols sawmill
- View of the Fosberg homestead and the Fred Nichols sawmill in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Timber and lumber is in a covered shed near the mill.
- Nichols, Fred, Sawmill owner--Homes & haunts.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1940.
- 1938
- George Peak from S Clear Creek above Brownville
- View of Clear Creek and a valley from above Brownville or Brownsville (Silver Plume) (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Mount George is in the distance.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; George, Mount (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Georgetow [sic] from Argentine Central R.R.
- View north to Silver Plume, Colorado, from Argentine Central Railway completed grading; shows Georgetown Loop with narrow gauge railroad tracks in valley below.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- 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?]