Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Spanish Peaks
- View of the Spanish Peaks, located south of La Veta, Colorado, from plain; at left, East Spanish Peak rises 12,683 feet; at center, West Spanish Peak rises 13,626 feet; pine tree at right foreground; wooden fencing criss-crosses plain.
- Spanish Peaks (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Central City, Colorado
- Image of Central City, Colorado, taken at the turn of the century from the southwest. In the foreground is the ball park, railroad tracks, and the train depot. A black puff of smoke rises from the train as it arrives at the depot. Along Main...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910.]
- Ride to the sky
- A gondola lift on a cable rises 800 feet up Prospect Mountain on the south side of Estes Park, Colorado. Evergreen trees mingle with businesses and residences on curving streets in the town below, amd grow on the surrounding hillsides and craggy...
- Ski lifts--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1970.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Vine still grows at site of Campion home E. 8th Ave & Logan St. New skyscraper rises in background
- View of the Campion home site at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; an apartment building has a Moderne style mosaic finish.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1965 May 19
- Western History Subject Index
- Places. Colorado. Peaks [From: Hart, John Lathrop Jerome: "Fourteen Thousand Feet ...]
- San Juan Nepomuceno Mission, Ortiz, Colo.
- View of San Juan Nepomuceno y San Cayetano Mission church 6 miles southwest of Antonito on U.S. 285 in Ortiz (Conejos County), Colorado. The mission revival style chapel has a curvilinear parapet which rises from the corner piers to meet the...
- San Juan Nepomuceno y San Cayetano Mission (Ortiz, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ortiz (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic churches.; San Juan Nepomuceno y San Cayetano Mission (Ortiz, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Ortiz--Pictorial...
- 1992
- St. Mary's Orthodox Church. Calhan
- View of St. Mary's Orthodox Church located at 19485 North Calhan Highway, Calhan (El Paso County), Colorado. The white clapboard structure has an open front hexagonal bell tower whose domed top is crowned by an Orthodox cross. A similar tower rises...
- St. Mary's Orthodox Church (Calhan, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Calhan (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Orthodox churches.; St. Mary's Orthodox Church (Calhan, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Orthodox Eastern church buildings--Colorado--Calhan--Pictorial works.; Calhan...
- 1995
- Old Rock Schoolhouse, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the Old Rock Schoolhouse located at 504 Maroon Ave. in Crested Butte, Colorado. Built in 1893, the two-story, coursed, rough-faced stone building has a central, square front bay with separate boys' and girls' entrances on either side. The...
- Schools--Colorado--Crested Butte--2000-2010.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Schools--Colorado--Crested Butte--Pictorial works.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Huerfano County Courthouse, Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of the Huerfano County Courthouse located at 401 Main Street, Walsenburg, Colo. The two-story building is constructed of rough-faced local sandstone. The facade rises four stories to a prominent bell tower with pedimented dormers and a...
- Huerfano County Courthouse (Walsenburg, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Courthouses--Colorado--Walsenburg--1990-2000.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Courthouses.; Huerfano County Courthouse (Walsenburg, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1993
- Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building
- View of the entry to the Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building on the University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The three story building was designed by M+O+A...
- Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building (Aurora, Colo.)--2000-2010.; University of Colorado Denver. Anschutz Medical Campus--Buildings--2000-2010.; Aurora (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Health care facilities.; Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building...
- 2009
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 47, 1911 November 18
- Coke ovens at El Moro
- Smoke rises over the coke ovens at the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. Loose bricks, ladders, and tools are nearby.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Tipple & washer, Gray Creek
- View of the tipple and washer at Gray Creek coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Smoke rises from a smoke stack. Rolling hills are in the distance.
- Gray Creek (Colo. : Town)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Coke ovens at Gray Creek
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Gray Creek, a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and railroad cars.
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Gray Creek (Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Unidentified coal town
- Aerial view of an unidentified mining town possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a large town with substantial brick and frame buildings including a church. Smoke rises from the smoke stacks of mine processing buildings. Frame houses sit...
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Walsen
- View of the coal mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rows of wood frame one story homes and unpaved streets. Smoke rises from the power plant chimney stacks.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Segundo ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Train cars sit on tracks near the Colorado and Wyoming Railway roundhouse.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Redstone ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Coal cars sit on Denver & Rio Grande railway tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Amethyst and Chance mines, Creede, Colo.
- Children stand on the slope of a hill near the Amethyst and Chance Mines in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailing piles. Smoke rises from smoke stacks.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895 July 17
- Legal Tender Mill
- View of the mill building at the Legal Tender mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A man stands on a horse drawn wagon and unloads wood. Smoke rises from the smoke stack.
- Legal Tender Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Smelter
- View of a smelting complex identified as the Durango Land & Coal Company smelter in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Smoke rises from many tall smoke stacks.
- Durango Land & Coal Company--Buildings--1880-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ruins of the Crested Butte Mine disaster
- View of snow covered burned buildings and mining equipment at the Crested Butte Mine in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows houses and industrial buildings. Smoke rises from a chimney.
- Crested Butte Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Disasters--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Westcliffe Hotel
- People and a horse-drawn wagon stand near furniture, stacks of belongings, and mattresses in a dirt street in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably a hotel fire. Shows dressers, bed boards, mirrors, and chairs amid...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Furniture--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Leadville, Colorado
- A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage and poses beside probably ore car tracks at a mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Smoke rises from a frame mine building. Log houses, tailings piles, and headframes are on the treeless hillside.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pikes Peak from Templeton's Gap
- Ranch buildings, cows, and fences are in a meadow near a rocky ridge in an area identified as "Templeton's Gap" in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Smoke rises above a structure with perhaps a thatched roof. Snow is on Pikes Peak in the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Coke ovens and Italian coke pueblo at Tercio, Colo.
- Coal miners pose in front of brick and stone coke ovens at Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Possibly Hispanic or Italian men wear overalls or work shirts and ragged slacks and caps. Wheelbarrows, shovels, a hose, and piles of stone are near...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke...
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Spring Gulch Mine in Gulch (Spring Gulch), Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows industrial buildings and a water tank.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.;...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Gulch (Spring Gulch) in Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from the engine of a Colorado Midland Railway Company train. Shows Spring Gulch Mine, a tipple, tailing piles, houses, and industrial...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1920.; Mining camps--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- Monte Vista, Colorado
- Panoramic view of commercial streets, a park, and a train at the Monte Vista depot in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Men and women stand near the half-timbered and brick depot with a gabled roof. Horse-drawn carriages and a car are near...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Monte Vista (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo
- Smoke rises from smokestacks and blast furnaces at the Minnequa Plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight cars are on tracks over an irrigation...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Factories--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1920.; Irrigation...
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- Oil shale plant beside Colorado River
- View of the oil shale demonstration plant beside the Colorado River near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks of the multi-story building, probably an oil shale retort. Denver and Rio Grande tracks are beside the river,...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1910-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Durango, 1889, D. & R.G.R.R.
- Panoramic view of houses, commercial buildings, and churches in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably the San Juan Smelter. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot is near the smelter. Shows brick commercial buildings on...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Durango (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.
- 1889
- After the fire, Jimtown
- People stand and pose in a dirt street at Jimtown (Creede) after a fire in Mineral County, Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of debris in what had been a business district. Shows Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks and Willow Creek near burned...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 June 6
- The Junction
- Men and women stand beside Willow Creek and the rubble of a fire in the business district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. A woman wears a dress and holds probably a horseshoe in the air....
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- Cor. Wall St. and Creede Ave., after the fire
- Men stand and pose at the corner of Wall Street and Creede Avenue after a fire in the commercial district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. Buildings with gabled or flat roofs are in the canyon...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- Sopris mine
- Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailing piles, and houses.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1930.; Mining camps--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1928?]
- El Moro, washery fire
- Smoke rises from a hillside where the ruins of a coal washing building smolder at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows coal in railroad cars, industrial buildings, and equipment. A hogback is in...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1870-1910.; El Moro (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Fires--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.; Mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1910.;...
- [between 1876 and 1908?]
- Floresta
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mine at Floresta (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows wood frame and log industrial buildings. Smoke rises from the powerhouse smokestacks.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Floresta (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Floresta--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Floresta--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Floresta--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1902?]
- Vanadium plant, Placerville
- A man stands on the railroad tracks near a vanadium plant in Placerville (San Miguel County), Colorado. He wears a felt hat, suit, and a cigarette dangles from his mouth. A team of horses pulls a wagon up a dirt road toward the plant. Dark smoke...
- Vanadium industry--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.; Placerville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Coal mine
- View of an unidentified coal processing mill in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame coal mill, timber scaffolding, a brick powerhouse with smokestacks, and piles of lumber on the ground near buildings. Smoke rises from coke ovens...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal Mine, Tercio?
- View of a coal mine processing plant in probably Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably a power house. Shows coal trams and railroad tracks, a tipple, and frame or brick houses and mine buildings.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Goldfield
- View of mine buildings, gold processing buildings, tailings piles and probably a Golden Circle Railroad Company bridge in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks and Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe freight cars are on railroad...
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.
- between 1897 and 1902?
- Goldfield
- View of a railroad bridge or tipple, tailings piles and probably Golden Circle Railroad Company tracks in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. A man stands on railroad tracks and smoke rises from smokestacks on a hillside in the distance.
- Golden Circle Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1902]
- Larkspur
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks and frame farm houses, fences and a cultivated garden in Larkspur (Douglas County), Colorado. Smoke rises from a train in the distance near a tree covered butte.
- Larkspur (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buttes--Colorado--Larkspur--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Larkspur--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Larkspur--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- At Bent Co. Fair
- Panoramic view of teams of oxen hitched to covered wagons on a race track at the Bent County Fair in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows crowds of men, women and children beside a fenced track, parked cars and people in a frame announcer's...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cover wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Fairs--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Ox teams--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Lake City, Colo.
- Men wear suits and hats and stand beside smoldering ruins of a brick building after a fire in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of wood debris in probably a business district. Snow is on nearby houses.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
- 1901 June 15
- 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
- U.S. Vanadium
- View of vanadium processing buildings and houses in the town of Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. Smoke rises from U.S. Vanadium processing buildings and possibly Manhattan District Uranium Mill Site buildings. Houses and the San Miguel River are...
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1936 and 1945?]
- Vanadium prop.
- View of a U.S. Vanadium Corporation processing mill near Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows corrugated metal sided buildings and tailings piles on a hillside.
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1936 and 1945?]
- Castle Rocks, O.& C.R.Y.
- View of Castle Crags, a granite rock formation in Shasta County and Siskiyou County, California. Granite towers and spires are above a steep snowy slope and fir trees. Smoke rises from the forest.
- Castle Crags (Shasta County and Siskiyou County, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--California--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]