Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Palisades of Cedar River, Ia
- A man wears a derby hat and holds oars in a rowboat on the Cedar River at Palisades-Kepler State Park (Linn County), Iowa. Steep rock bluffs are at the edge of the river. Trees are on top of bluffs and in the distance.
- Cedar River (Minn. and Iowa)--1890-1900.; Linn County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Palisades-Kepler State Park (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rowboats--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Grand Canon of the Colorado
- Close-up view of a sandstone rock formation at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows tiers of sandstone rock, loose rock scattered on the ground, brush, and steep slopes.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1910.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Yosemite Falls
- View of Yosemite Falls on Yosemite Creek and granite cliffs at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows trees and a dirt path below the falls in Yosemite Valley.
- Yosemite Creek (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Council Bluffs, Iowa, C. & N.W. Ry. tic[ket office]
- Close-up view of a corner entrance to the ticket office for Chicago and North Western Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. The brick building has a turret with metal Sullivanesque geometric...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Clear Creek Canon, Inspiration Point
- View of Clear Creek Canyon at what is identified as "Inspiration Point" in probably Clear Creek County, Colorado. Clear Creek is beside a railroad grade and Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway narrow gauge tracks. A man sits beside a sign on a...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1880-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Washington Park, Denver
- Westward view of Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; dirt road in foreground; wire park bench in front of shrubs; trees at right and in distance; Rocky Mountains in background.
- Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Residence and store post office Mt. Sneffles Ouray Co Colo
- Men pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk of false-fronted businesses and dwellings. Bars are on the windows, which are topped by retracted canvas awnings. A dial thermometer is on the doorframe, and potted plants are on...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- July 1890
- A Colorado irrigation ditch
- View of an irrigation ditch on farmland near the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado; two men stand on cement embankment next to sluice; mountains in distance.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Speer Blvd., Denver
- Westward view of Speer Boulevard, west of Broadway, in Denver, Colorado, a wide dirt avenue lined with saplings, street-lamps, and sidewalks. Shows Cherry Creek, gardeners at work, sprinklers, and buildings in distance, including West Side High...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Walsenburg, Colo.
- Center of panorama shows Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, with residences, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad trains, St. Mary's Catholic Church and businesses.
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Crossing the Continental Divide, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry.
- Yankee Doodle Lake, Boulder County, Colorado on Moffat Road reached by Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake); D, N. & P. passenger train on Rollins Pass (top of ridge above lake); standard gauge track looping...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Boulder County --1900-1910.; Railroad...
- 1904
- Sangre de Chisto [sic] Range from Silver Cliff
- Partial bird's eye view of Silver Cliff, Colorado and Sangre de Cristo Range, Rocky Mountains, background; wooden frame residences & buildings, church, board fences.
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1920.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama over Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows locomotives number 106 and 301 with passenger cars on the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific. People are by the dance pavilion,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Left center of panorama shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a train climbing Giant's Ladder along the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific towards the Continental Divide. The station,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Right center of panorama view shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a train climbing Giants Ladder along the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific towards the Continental Divide; Karel Park...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Karel Park Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1907 and 1913?]
- Climbing Continental Divide from Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows Tolland (formerly Mammoth) in Boulder Park, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a frame false front with an American flag, barrels, burro-drawn wagons, tent, lean-to structures and a train making its way over trestles and up...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Boulder Park (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The right side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the central business district; the three-story brick Alamo Hotel at intersection of Cucharras and Tejon Streets, the rebuilt Antlers's...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The left side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Courthouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the Spaulding, wood frame residences, Colorado Springs Transfer Company, lumber companies, F. F. Roby Company, mills and the front range...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Crystal Lake, Platte Canon, Colo. & Southern Ry.
- A man sits under a tree, looking across Crystal Lake, Jefferson County, Colorado, in the left side of a panorama view. Colorado and Southern Railway tracks wind through the canyon; shows a few wood frame structures including a station depot across...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1930.; Crystal Lake (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1930.; Lakes &...
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Fred C. Downs homestead, 2 miles west of Hayden, Colo.
- View across prairie towards Fred C. Down's homestead two miles west of Hayden (Routt County), Colorado; small wooden frame structure near edge of plowed field.
- Downs, Fred C.--Homes and haunts.; Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Grubbing and burning sagebrush on John Hick's homestead near Craig, Colo.
- Distant view of John Hick's homestead amidst sagebrush near Craig, Colorado; man & woman (in bonnet) clearing field of sage; small steep pitched wooden frame residence & outbuilding, background; burning uprooted sage.
- Hick, John--Homes and haunts.; Sagebrush--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Hllbust [sic] homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- Distant view of Hillebust homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; man plowing field with team of horses, woman walking barbed wire fence line; small residence with outhouse surrounded by sage & prairie, background.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Plowing--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Left side of panorama over Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows Argo Mine tailing and timber piles, ore car tracks, residences on Colorado Boulevard, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, a gazebo, the Natatorium, Wykoff Lumber and...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- James Peak as seen from Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama from the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver and Salt Lake Railroad) towards the snowy Continental Divide, Colorado; shows evergreen slopes and downed timber in foreground.
- James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- James Peak as seen from Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama from the Moffat Road of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (later called Denver and Salt Lake Railroad) towards the snowy Continental Divide, Colorado; shows evergreen slopes and downed timber in foreground.
- James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Panoramic view of Denver
- Right side of the panorama view from Capitol building, Denver, Colorado; shows a turret, the Brown Palace Hotel, Hotel Metropole on Broadway and view north along Sherman Street past the Central Presbyterian Church.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Panoramic view of Denver
- Center of panorama view from Capitol building, Denver, Colorado, looking northwest up 16th (Sixteenth) Street; shows Arapahoe County Court House, Majestic Building, and the Brown Palace on 17th (Seventeenth) and Broadway. Signs read: "A. T. Wilson,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Snowy Range from Bellview Mtn. [graphic]
- The right side of the panorama view from a rocky slope of Mount Bellview, Gunnison County, Colorado, looks over vast expanse of mountains with a snowy range in distance.
- Bellview, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado Gunnison County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Snowy Range from Bellview Mtn. [graphic]
- Left side of panorama view shows a man on a rocky slope of Mount Bellview, Gunnison County, Colorado; he looks over a vast expanse of mountains with a snowy range in distance.
- Bellview, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado Gunnison County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- View across sagebrush and prairie towards James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; man standing next to log cabin, horse- drawn wagon, three logs forming tripod or winch.
- Kilpatrick, James--Homes and haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Poncha Pass
- Right side of panorama view from Bull Hill shows slopes with mine tailings, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- View towards James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; small log cabin, team of horses hitched to plow or harrow, man standing next to winch, unhitched wagon.
- Kilpatrick, James--Homes and haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Long's Peak and agricultural scene near Longmont, Colo., C. & S. Ry.
- Panoramic view of Rocky Mountains along the Front Range, Longs Peak and agricultural field near Longmont, Colorado reached via Colorado & Southern Railway; stacks of hay in rows across several fields, barn, farm, residences.
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Lower Cary Ranch, 8 miles west of Hayden, Colo.
- Distant view of Lower Cary Ranch (John Wilson Cary's relatives' homestead), 8 miles west of Hayden, Colorado; view across sage meadow to pastures with horses grazing in field; ranch buildings, residence & hay stacker, center left.
- Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Meadows--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Moffat Road Terminal, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
- Exterior view of "Moffat Road" Denver & Salt Lake Railroad station, Steamboat Springs, Colorado; engine and passenger train parked at depot, "The Royal" horse-drawn wagon & others; Yampa River, foreground.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Yampa River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Undeveloped land west of Craig, Colo.
- View across prairie & sagebrush, west of Craig, Colorado.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Craig, Colo.
- Distant view of Craig, Colorado; wooden frame residences & buildings, churches, school.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Sangre de Christo [sic] Range from DeWeese Reservoir
- View across De Weese Reservoir (Custer County) six miles north of Westcliffe, Colorado; also called DeWeese-Dye Reservoir; woman seated on rock by shore; wooden frame structure, background left; distant view of Sangre De Cristo Range, Rocky...
- Custer County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; De Weese Reservoir (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Custer County--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Custer County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Staking out a homestead
- Two men about 30 feet apart hold a rope between them, probably near Craig, Colorado; early surveying for homestead boundaries, sage prairie.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Homesteading--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Surveying--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Arkansas Valley
- View from Midland Hill towards Arkansas River valley near Buena Vista, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; farm house, center right; snowy Rocky Mountains, background.
- Arkansas River--1910-1920.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Midland Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farmhouses--Colorado--1910-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [1911]
- Colo. Midland wildflower excursion
- View of large group of men, women & children holding bouquets of wildflowers posed behind Colorado Midland Railway passenger train, somewhere in Colorado; observation car number 111 preserved at Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado;...
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Wildflowers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- High Bridge over the Loop, above Georgetown, Colo., C. & S. Ry
- Complete view of Colorado & Southern Railway's High Bridge with narrow gauge track underneath bridge in Clear Creek Canyon above Georgetown, Colorado; part of Georgetown Loop; retouched double header passenger train crossing bridge; Clear Creek...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890- 1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Lake San Cristoval (sic)
- Partial view of Lake San Cristobal, Colorado; copy glass plate attributed to L.C. McClure, possibly original photograph by William H. Jackson.
- San Cristobal, Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Elk Rang [sic] from Treasure Mtn.
- Center of panorama view northeast from Treasure Mountain across an evergreen valley to the Maroon Bells of the Elk Range.
- Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Elk Rang [sic] from Treasure Mtn.
- Right side of panorama view northeast from Treasure Mountain across an evergreen valley to the Maroon Bells of the Elk Range.
- Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Sluice mining
- View of men placer mining probably somewhere in Colorado; men working with sluice box & shovels in streambed; copy glass plate attributed to L.C.McClure.
- Sluices--Colorado--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right center of panorama view north over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal works, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, sheds and the town of...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows Colorado River and sandbar, orchards with rows of fruit trees and scattered wood frame residences and sheds; eroding slope of Mount...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view north over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows an irrigation canal works, orchards with rows of fruit trees and a few scattered wood frame residences, tents and sheds; the...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama view south east over fertile Grand Valley, Colorado, reached via the Colorado Midland Railway, shows the irrigation canal, orchards with rows of fruit trees and wood frame residences and lean-tos. Grand Mesa rises in distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- July 12, 1911