Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mule encampment, Italy
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division mule encampment is in a valley surrounded by wooded mountains with pines and leafless deciduous trees. Three assembly lines are visible as the mule drivers saddle the mules. Rows of unsaddled mules, pack saddles...
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Native American women on horseback
- Three Native American women, Cecille Magpie Vanderburg, Felicity Delaware, and Sara Ogden Magpie, pose on horseback on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The women sit in wood-framed saddles. The blankets underneath the saddles are...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Sunday service, the choir Pete Smythe, John Day, Buck Evans, Verg Reynolds, Dr. Glenn Cody, Johnny Boyle.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies stand beside a memorial to deceased riders during the Empty Saddles memorial service near Estes Park in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Members of the "choir," identified left to right as: Pete...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National...
- 1957 July 14
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- #280 Grables' Harness Shop note: "Drummer" on right
- Two women and three men stand in front of a tack shop in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two saddles are mounted on luggage trunks on opposite sides of the entrance to the store. A plate of peaches is on top of a trunk. An elderly man stands...
- Paonia Harness Boot & Shoe Shop (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saddlery--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Saddles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 13, 1908
- Men with horses under tent
- A man stands in front of a horse tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He rests his left hand on a saddle hanging on a rope in front of him. Another man stands in the left background in front of the tent. Additional saddles and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Saddles--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Ute indian abodes
- A Native American man wearing beaded leggings (Ute) stands outside of a tepee and holds woven blankets over his arm. Saddles and other tepees are nearby.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--1890-1910.; Saddles--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1908]
- Custer's last battle, "boots and saddles"
- General Custer's Seventh Cavalrymen in uniforms in tall boots, rifles, and securing saddles for the battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.;...
- January 1892
- S. D. Elliott harness and saddles
- This storefront in Canon City, Colorado, has a gabled cornice with a sign below reading: "S. D. Elliott. Harness & Saddles." Bearded, suited men stand in the entry; one has a gold chain looped in his vest. A girl and boy flank them; girl wears a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Saddlery--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sunday Service, president Rick Ricketson eulogizes "Empty Saddles" Howry, Dahl Sr., McLaren, Converse, Starnes.
- Rick Ricketson, president of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, stands at a makeshift shrine in a high mountain meadow in probably Gilpin County. Roundup Riders members are side by side on horseback for a Sunday service honoring deceased members of...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Crosses--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Monuments &...
- 1956 July
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- saddles
- Western History Subject Index
- saddles indian
- Western History Subject Index
- Saddles
- Fourth of July, Trinidad
- View of men and women at a Fourth of July parade in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Women wear dresses and stand on a horse-drawn cart beside a plow decorated with American flags. Signs on horses read: "O[ur?] Machines Succeed 'Where...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1900 July 4
- Hotchkiss
- Men and women stand on sidewalks in front of the Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company store in Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado. Women wear long dresses and elaborate hats; a man wears a suit, and a boy is on a tricycle. Window displays show neckties,...
- Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Street in Pueblo
- A horsecar is stopped near a cottonwood tree on Union Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows people and horse-drawn wagons near sidewalks and brick or frame businesses with signs that read: "H. Logan & Co. California Saddles," "A.T....
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1890.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1883]
- Steer, Rifle area
- A man on a saddled horse poses in front of a frame building or depot, he has lassoed a young steer, the rope is tied to the saddle on a burro, possibly Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men wear suits and ties or scarves and stand beside the steer...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cattle--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Log cabin, Pyramid
- A man poses beside a saddled horse in front of an aspen log cabin in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. A man stands beside a gutted deer that hangs from a rafter. Rifles are attached to saddles.
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Deer hunting--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Sneffels post office and burros
- Men pose with burros with pack saddles outside of the hand-hewn post office and general store in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground and debris is scattered around the buildings.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pack train in the San Juan Mountains
- Men and a pack train of burros gather around a wood frame mine building, probably in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. The burros have pack saddles. Shows a pile of chopped wood, an outhouse and the snow covered mountainside.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Tack shop
- Interior view of a horse & carriage supply store in Denver, Colorado. Saddles, blankets, and harnesses are on display. Men work in the shop.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Saddlery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Quiltitch Implement and Vehicle Company, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Quiltitch Implement and Vehicle Company on North Commercial Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This brick building has rusticated stone accents, glass brick, and dentils along the roof line. Buggies, a carriage, and a...
- Quiltitch Implement & Vehicle Co. (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.; Transportation industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1920?]
- Donkeys loaded with wood
- Several donkeys loaded with split logs stand on a dirt street in a town probably in New Mexico. Signs on buildings read: "Saddles," "Park House," and "Daily Optic, News and Job Office, Book Binding."
- Commercial streets--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Donkeys--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Fuelwood--New Mexico--1870-1900.; Pack animals--New Mexico--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- The Antlers and Pikes Peak
- View of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado from Pike's Peak Avenue. The hotel is of rusticated stone and wood construction with a turret and finial, half-timbered dormers, corbiestep parapet, and wrap around porch....
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- An early view taken from the front door of the Meeker Herald building
- View from front door of Meeker Herald building, across boardwalk to Main Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, includes the picket fence of army garrison parade grounds, the Independent Organization of Odd Fellows Hall, Antlers Hotel, Hartke...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Horses in tent
- A group of horses is gathered under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the horses lies on the ground while the others stand. Several saddles and harnesses are on the ground in front of the tent. Lettering painted on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- "The Infamous Silverton Brass Band" at Outlaw Bar & Cafe playing for their free drink! 5:30 PM.
- Members of the Silverton Brass band, wearing period costumes of straw, top, and bowler hats and long dresses, play their instruments inside of the Outlaw Bar and Steakhouse on Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Bar decor...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- "The Infamous Silverton Brass Band" at Outlaw Bar & Cafe "four songs for their Coors"
- The Silverton Brass band prepares for a performance inside of the Outlaw Bar and Steakhouse on Main Street (Third, 3rd) in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Interior decor includes a hanging wagon wheel chandelier, model ships, saddles, antlers, a...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- Salida Harness Co. Salida, Colo.
- Interior view of the Salida Harness Company, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, inlcudes saddles, horse collars, harnesses, tack, steamer trunks, suitcases, leather valises, trunks, glass display cases with belt buckles, gloves, and feed bags.
- Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Leather goods stores--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Saddlery--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs
- View along Pikes Peak Avenue towards the Antlers Hotel and Pikes Pike, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes business district with signs: "Antlers House Livery J. E. Hundely," "Hamilton's Livery," "M. T. O'brien Saddles," "Bacon &...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1888
- The "Antlers"
- View of Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a stone and frame building with dormers, bays, a stepped pediment, half-timbering, and a round tower with Pikes Peak. Businesses and trees flank Pikes Peak Avenue; sign...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Souvenir of Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Two women pose in a Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy with a single crepe paper flower spanning the wheel and flower canopy over their heads, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear flowered, ribboned hats and white dresses and men in...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Artificial flowers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Horsemen trailing
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party; one man wears fringed leggings, blanket tied around waist, shirt, beaded arm bands, beaded hair pipe necklace, scarf tied around neck, and wrapped braids; a rifle rests across his lap; horses with saddles...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute war party
- View of Native American (Ute) men on horseback, a scout party, face away from the camera; men wear moccasins, leggings, and feathers in their hair; each has a rifle; all horses have bridles and saddles.
- Indian scouts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- A Ute war party
- View of Native American (Ute) war party on horseback with rifles drawn; they wear moccasins, pants, and feathers in their hair; all horses have bridles and saddles.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--War--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Horsemen crossing the Los Pinos
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party on horseback; they cross the Los Pinos River, La Plata County, Colorado; three men have rifles, one a pistol; all wear moccasins, fringed leggings, blankets, shirts, and braided hair; four have feathers in...
- Indian scouts--Colorado--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--Colorado--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute horsemen trailing
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party on horseback; they wear beaded leggings, shirts, braided hair, feathers in their hair; one wears an amunition belt and an armband on upper arm; horses have bridles decorated with metal and saddles; two men...
- Indian scouts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute horsemen trailing
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party on horseback; they look on as one man on foot, with rifle drawn, looks directly at the ground in front of him; men wear leggings, ammunition belts, shirts, and feathers in their hair; horses have saddles,...
- Indian scouts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Horsemen crossing the Los Pinos
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party, mounted on horseback, as they cross the Los Pinos River, La Plata County, Colorado; all men carry rifles, wear moccasins, fringed leggings, blankets, shirts, and braided hair with feathers; all horses have...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--Colorado--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Horsemen crossing the Los Pinos River
- View of a Native American (Ute) scouting party mounted on horseback as they cross the Los Pinos river, La Plata County, Colorado; three men have rifles, one a pistol; men wear moccasins, fringed leggings, blankets, shirts, and braided hair; some...
- Indian scouts--Colorado--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--Colorado--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scout party pose on horseback; men wear moccasins, leggings, amunition belts, scarves around necks, braided hair and feathers in hair; two men wear hair pipe breast plates, one man wears a dark shirt with long strand of large...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Trailing
- Posed Native American (Ute) scout party, a man on horseback with second horse; a second man stands and cradles a rifle while he looks at the ground directly in front of him; both wear leggings, shirts, belts, armbands, braided hair covered with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ute men on horseback
- Native American (Ute) scout party pose outdoors on horseback; all men have rifles; men wear moccasins, leggings, amunition belts, scarves around necks, braided hair and feathers in hair; one man wears a dark shirt with long strand of large beads...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899