Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2000?
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission Church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2001?
- Catholic church, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Catholic Church in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The building is constructed of cinder block with a white stucco exterior. The large steel-framed windows have clear glass. A glass block cross light the stairwell of the...
- San Francisco Church (San Francisco, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; San Francisco Church (San Francisco, Colo.)--2000-2010; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; San...
- 2001
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building has doors and shuttered windows....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building's roof creates an overhang...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1970-1980.; San Francisco (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 1972?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Robert Garrison terracotta frieze at the Denver Botanical Gardens
- View of a portion of a terracotta frieze sculpted by Robert Garrison (1895-1945) at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, in the Chessman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. These panels were originally part of a frieze on the...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--Facilities--1990-2000.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Botanical gardens.; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Pioneers.; Garrison, Robert, 1895-1945, sculptor.; Denver Botanic...
- 1998
- Luther Bean, Mr. & Mrs. Colie King, (early Alamosa settlers), Alamosa, ranch, Colo.
- Luther Bean, Mr. and Mrs. Colie King, (early Alamosa settlers), and their dog pose on their Alamosa ranch, Alamosa County, Colorado. They stand in front of a log cabin and a roughly constructed brick chimney with a few smooth river cobbles placed...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ranches--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.; Bean, Luther.; King, Colie.
- [1960]
- The Ute scare in Colorado - the Indian signal fire - settlers abandoning their ranches and flying to Meeker for safety
- Reproduction of a drawing depicting settlers and ranchers fleeing from log cabins on horseback and in a wagon with belongings, to Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1880.; Pioneers--Colorado--1860-1880.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Massacre of Minnesota settlers
- Native American Sioux fight white settlers, during the Minnesota uprising.
- Dakota Indians--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Minnesota--1860-1870.; Fighting--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Rebellions--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1864?]
- Rayado scene, early settlers
- Men, women and children pose in front of the adobe Lucien Maxwell house in Rayado (Colfax County), New Mexico. The house has a portal (porch) with spindle posts and decorative brackets, a pitched roof and chimneys. A dog stands near the people.
- Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 1818-1875--Homes & haunts.; Rayado (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Rayado--1890-1900.; People--New Mexico--Rayado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Chama
- View of the abandoned Chama Post Office near the corner of Road l.7 and Road 22.3 in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. The one-story adobe structure has a textured stucco exterior and shaped parapet. Letters painted on the building read: "U.S....
- Chama (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings.; Post offices.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.; Post office buildings--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.; Chama (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1967?
- Pagosah Healing Waters
- View of a wagon with a sign that reads: "Pagosah Healing Waters," in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. The tall, enclosed wagon has a barrel shaped roof and is light colored with dark trim and advertises hot spring baths. A building in...
- Pagosah Healing Waters (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Carts & wagons.; Signs (Notices).; Springs.; Pagosah Healing Waters (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Wagons--Colorado--Pagosa...
- 1993
- Ute Council Tree, Delta, Colo.
- View of the Ute Council Tree, the historical meeting place of the Ute Tribes, at 530 Gunnison River Drive in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. The cottonwood tree is 85 feet tall. A square sign at the base of the tree describes the history of the 200...
- Ute Council Tree (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Trees.; Ute Council Tree (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Historic trees--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.;...
- 1992
- Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Calhan
- View of the Paint Mines Interpretive Park located in the Calhan Paint Mines Archaeological District near Calhan (El Paso County), Colorado. This El Paso County park encompasses many multicolored geological structures, spires, hoodoos, and sculpted...
- Paint Mines Interpretive Park (Colo.)--1990-2000.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Paint Mines Interpretive Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic sites--Colorado--El Paso County--Pictorial works.; Parks--Colorado--El Paso County--Pictorial...
- 2006
- Bingham Hill Cemetery, Laporte, Colo.
- View of the Bingham Hill Cemetery located at the northeast corner of North Overland Trail and Bingham Hill Road, Laporte, Colo. The cemetery was founded in 1862 and contains over 120 graves of settlers and later inhabitants of the area, including...
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Laporte--1990-2000.; Laporte (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bingham Hill Cemetery (Laporte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Laporte--Pictorial works.; Laporte (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2000
- Robert Garrison terracotta frieze at the Denver Botanical Gardens
- View of a portion of a terracotta frieze sculpted by Robert Garrison (1895-1945) at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, in the Chessman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. These panels were originally part of a frieze on the...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--Facilities--1990-2000.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bison hunting.; Botanical gardens.; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Garrison, Robert, 1895-1945, sculptor.; Denver...
- 1998
- Freight wagon
- Hispanic American sheepherders pose near sacks of wool and with freight wagons loaded with sacks of wool near the Denver and Rio Grande railroad station in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a freight car near the wood frame station.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons.; Railroad stations.; Shepherds.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
- ca. 1900
- Rio Grande style weaving Jerga.
- View of a Rio Grande style weaving known as a jerga woven around 1885 by Francisco Antonio Gallegos in Arroyo Seco (Taos County), New Mexico. The striped rug has a central seam where two narrow weavings are sewn together.
- Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Rugs.; Textiles.; Gallegos, Francisco Antonio--Associated objects--Pictorial works.; Rugs--New Mexico--Arroyo Seco--Pictorial works.; Textile fabrics--New...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Erinea Trujillo Vigil and grandchildren
- Group portrait of Erinea Trujillo Vigil and her grandchildren in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. They are identified as Front row L to R: Jususita Romero, Tonita Romero, Adelia Vigil; Back row L to R: Luis Romero, Magdalena Vigil, Erinea...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children.; Families.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Erinea Vigil--Pictorial works.; Grandparent and child--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1918
- Rumaldo Manzanares
- Portrait of Hispanic American Rumaldo Manzanares, one of the first settlers of La Plaza de los Manzanares (a.k.a Manzanares, Garcia, in Costilla County), Colorado. He moved to Colorado from Tierra Amarilla in northern New Mexico. The elderly man...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Older people.; Manzanares, Rumaldo--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Pictorial...
- ca.1900
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 36, 1909 October 23
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 11 and 12, 1926 November-December
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Southern Plains (Ute?)) doll. The head is buckskin with buffalo fur for hair; the body is muslin and is covered with a blue wool dress trimmed with red cotton binding. The sleeves are long with purple stripes; the yoke,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dolls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Mr. and Mrs. Joel Estes
- Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Estes, founders of Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. She wears a ruffled bonnet.
- Spouses--1880-1890.; Estes, Joel.
- 1897
- Carriage from Stonewall to Trinidad
- A group of passengers stand outside the J.W. Shouse General Store in Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man identified as Jim Ryan sits in the drivers seat of the Trinidad and Stonewall carriage. Women and children sit in the passenger...
- Stonewall (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Stonewall--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Stonewall--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Stonewall--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Conejos County, Pioneer Monument on Mormon Church ground, Manassa
- A stone monument in a dome shape honors the Mormon settlers, on the grounds of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Manassa, Conejos County, Colorado. The bronze plaque reads: "This Memorial Is The Property of the State of Colorado, Mormon...
- Manassa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Manassa--1960-1970.; Mormons--Colorado--Manassa--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Conejos County, Manassa, plaque on monument on Mormon Church ground
- Detail of bronze plaque on the stone monument honoring the Mormon settlers, on the grounds of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Manassa, Conejos County, Colorado. The bronze plaque reads: "This Memorial Is The Property of the State of...
- Manassa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Manassa--1960-1970.; Mormons--Colorado--Manassa--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Joseph L. Wescott
- Outdoor standing portrait of Joseph L. Wescott, one of Grand Lake's original settlers, includes the photographer's shadow. Wescott wears trousers, vest, and a wide brim hat.
- Wescott, Joseph L.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ouray, head chief of the Utes
- Portrait of Chief Ouray, Native American Indian, spokesman for the Utes, peacekeeper between his people and ever increasing number of white settlers. He wears long neat braids, thin facial hair, a tailored vest and shirt with a beaded choker around...
- Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1870-1880.; Ouray.
- [between 1877 and 1880]
- Historic Strauss cabin dedication
- Near Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, people attend a dedication ceremony for the Strauss Cabin, home of Robert Strauss, one of the first settlers in the Poudre River Valley. The hewn log building has gables and chimneys.
- Strauss, Robert--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building dedications--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- October 22, 1977
- James Pinkham's block house
- View of log house of James Pinkham, a French-Canadian trapper, shows a two-story extension built in 1875 as a stockade for defense against raids, Pinkhampton, (Pinkham) Grand County, Colorado
- Pinkham, James O.--Homes & haunts.; Pinkhampton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pinkhampton--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Norval [sic] Ranch, oat field, Moffat Road
- View of two unidentified men standing in neck-high alfalfa field (or oats?), Norvell Ranch, Routt County, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific), Moffat Road; large field; ridge in bakcground....
- Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Oats--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad...
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Wheat field, Norval [sic] Ranch, Moffat Road
- View of two men standing in shouder-high oat field, Norvell Ranch, Routt County, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific), Moffat Road; large oat filed bordered by trees. James L. & Robert E....
- Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Oats--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, is a town of tent dwellings and simple, one-story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo., 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Lampings, Bailey
- Mrs. and Mrs. Lamping pose for a portrait on their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Bailey, Colorado. Mrs. Lamping, with her hair pulled back, wearing small, round, wire glasses, sits in a chair. Mr. Lamping wears a suit and stands with his hand on...
- Lamping, James A.--Anniversaries.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- December 12, 1938
- Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Denver Red Light district "Blue Row"
- A man looks at a brick wall in Denver, Colorado, with gauge arch windows and bricked in door openings, purported to be "Blue Row," an early prostitution section of the city.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1944 August 1
- Emigrant's attacked by the Comanches
- Reproduction of a engraving of a battle between Native American Comanche on horseback and white settlers in covered wagons.
- Comanche Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Campaigns & battles--1850-1860.; Covered wagons--1850-1860.; Horseback riding--1850-1860.
- [1852]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Native American (Sioux) men and a white man and woman reenact an Indian attack on white settlers at their cabin in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, London England. The Sioux men wear moccasins, leggings, and feathers in their hair or feather...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--England--London--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--England--London--1890-1900.; London (England)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--England--London--1890-1900.; Historical...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cattle Ranch on the Cimarron, Colorado
- View (probably) of Captain W. M. Cline's ranch, (one of the canyon's first settlers) Montrose County, Colorado; shows the Cimarron River flowing towards the townsite of Cimarron; scene includes several men on horseback in front of a horse corral,...
- Cimarron (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Cimarron--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- A street in Arrowhead
- Group of early settlers pose in middle of tall trees on the uncleared Aspen Street, Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. Two log structures are in the forest and one has a sign: "Graham's Meals 25 cents." Mrs. Graham and her young son and daughter sit with...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pioneers--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1910.
- 1977
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View of dilapidating clapboard residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, Yugoslavian settlers, Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Their son Jacob, "Jakie" built them the false front with three evenly spaced side entrances and...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Clapboard siding--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Brighton pioneers
- These South Platte Valley pioneers, probably at the Hagus homestead in Brighton, Colorado, include men women, and children in sack suits, bowlers, puff shouldered blouses and jabot collars. They are identified as: back row, left to right, Nick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Brighton--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1891]
- Beaver Ranch house about 1898
- Men, women and children and two dogs pose on front porch of the ranch house, Beaver Ranch, Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado. The house features board and batten construction, shingle roof and decorative porch brackets. A ornate wicker baby...
- Conifer (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Conifer--1880-1890.
- 1898
- Beaver Ranch house
- Men, women and children pose on the front porch of the Beaver Ranch house, Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado, including the Bennetts, the owners. The house features board and batten construction, shingle roof, decorative porch brackets and a...
- Conifer (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Conifer--1880-1890.
- 1898
- Beaver Ranch lower end
- View down valley of Beaver Ranch, Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows a cut hay field, barbwire fence, and tree covered hills. The ranch was homesteaded by John Kennedy, in the 1860's, one of the first Mormon settlers in the area.
- Conifer (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Conifer--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Conifer--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]