Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Beet sugar plant, Longmont, Colo.
- Exterior view of Longmont Sugar Company sugar beet plant, Longmont, Colorado; Longmont Sugar Company became part of American Sugar Refining Company which became part of Great Western Sugar Company; shows horse-drawn wagon on dirt road approaching...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Beets--Colorado--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Longmont Sugar Company (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- How we cook in Colorado : choice recipes
- Cookbook created with submissions from the Ladies of First Baptist Church.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1907
- Great Western Sugar Company Plant and office
- View of the Great Western Sugar Company plant and office in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a large processing plant with a tall smokestack and round silos. The plant is constructed of brick and has large windows across the length of...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Brighton (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sugar industry.; Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Beet sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--Pictorial works.; Brighton (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1989
- Sugar City
- View of horse-drawn beet wagons, near and on a ramp, at the National Beet Sugar Company factory in Sugar City (Crowley County), Colorado. Workers pose beside the wagons.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sugar City--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Sugar City--1900-1910.; Sugar...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sloan beet dump
- View of freight cars at the sugar beet loading facilities at the Great Western Sugar Company near Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. A woman stands next to a wood frame building while workers dump sugar beets into C.B.& Q. (Chicago, Burlington and...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1925?]
- National Sugar Mfg. Co., Sugar City, Co.
- View of the multi-story buildings of the National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, includes large dumps of sugar beets.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.
- 1915
- National Sugar Mfg. Company grounds
- View of the multi-story buildings of the National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, includes large dumps of sugar beets and the grounds with two story residences, grass and planted trees.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Sugar City
- View of the National Beet Sugar Company factory grounds near Missouri Pacific railroad tracks in Sugar City (Crowley County), Colorado. Shows a convoy of beet wagons pulled by a steam engine and storage buildings and houses. Railroad cars and the...
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Sugar City--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sugar City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sugar beet dump
- An enormous pile (50,000 tons) of sugar beets is near the Great Western Sugar Co. plant in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. A portable piler works in a clearing between piles.
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Beets--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Sugar pans, sugar factory, Eaton, Colo. 1902
- The sugar pans at the sugar factory in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, are tall wood vats girdled by pipes with valves. Cylindrical hoppers are above the vats, and a balcony is supported by a metal column. Workers pose sitting, standing, or leaning...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Eaton--1900-1910.
- 1902
- I. S. Co. Sugar City
- View of a sugar beet processing factory in Sugar City (Crowley County), Colorado; features brick pediments and a smoke stack. Women pose by a wire fence.
- Sugar City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Sugar City--1880-1890.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sugar City--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Sugar City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Great Western Sugar Co.
- View of Colorado Burlington and Quincy or Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the Great Western Sugar plant in Sterling (Logan County), Colorado. Factory complex includes warehouses, a smokestack, and a water tower.
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Water towers--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Switcher at Loveland, Colorado plant
- View of a Great Western Sugar Company switcher locomotive on tracks at the Great Western Sugar Company plant in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows a multi-story, brick, sugar processing building.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Equipment & supplies--1940-1950.; Loveland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Loveland--1940-1950.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sugar Building Exterior
- Exterior photograph of the Sugar Building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Sugar Building is located in the heart of Denver's early warehouse district. Designed by the architectural firm of Gove and Walsh as a four-story warehouse, a...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Sugar Building Exterior
- Exterior photograph of the Sugar Building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Sugar Building is located in the heart of Denver's early warehouse district. Designed by the architectural firm of Gove and Walsh as a four-story warehouse, a...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Sugar Building Exterior
- Exterior photograph of the Sugar Building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Sugar Building is located in the heart of Denver's early warehouse district. Designed by the architectural firm of Gove and Walsh as a four-story warehouse, a...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Great Western Sugar
- Interior view of a Great Western Sugar Company warehouse in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Sacks of sugar are piled to the ceiling; each is printed with the words "Extra Fine Dry Granulated Sugar."
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Main Street, Sugar City, showing five-foot canal
- View along the National Beet Sugar Company's Twin Lakes Canal on Main Street, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado. Canal water is from the Arkansas River to irrigate the beet fields.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--Sugar City--1900- 1910.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Twin Lakes Canal (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Sugar...
- [1900]
- National Sugar Mfg. Co., Sugar City, Co.
- View of the multi-story National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, with smoke pouring from smokestacks.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sugar City--1940-1950.
- 1945
- Great Western Sugar Company
- View of a Great Western Sugar Company beet processing factory in (probably) Colorado; shows tanks, a smokestack, and catwalks.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Rocky Ford sugar factory during World War II
- View of American Crystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, shows brick buildings with arched windows, silos, and a smokestack with lettering: "Crystal Sugar," and plank bins loaded with sugar beets.
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1940-1950.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1940-1950.
- [between 1941 and 1945?]
- National Sugar Mfg. Co., Sugar City, Co., Factory site
- View of the ruins of the multi-story National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, shows crumbling brick walls with interior full of rubble.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Sugar City--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Eaton factory, the Great Western Sugar Co.
- A view of the Great Western Sugar Company (formerly the Eaton Sugar Company) includes a large five-story building with a two-story attached section, a smokestack emitting smoke, a tall water tower, a yard with benches around the large building, and...
- Great Western Sugar Company--1900-1940.; Eaton (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Eaton--1900-1940.
- [between 1905 and 1940?]
- Sugar beet plant
- Men stand and pose beside round, steel machinery with cog wheels, wooden scaffolding, ropes, and pulleys at the Great Western Sugar Company sugar beet factory probably in Scottsbluff (Scotts Bluff County), Nebraska. The four-story brick building...
- Great Western Sugar Company--1910-1920.; Scottsbluff (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Factories--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.
- 1916 September 24
- Great Western Sugar float
- Men pose in a parade float in (probably) Sugar City (Crowley County), Colorado; banner reads: "The Great Western Sugar Co."
- Great Western Sugar Company--Public relations--1910-1920.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Harvesting sugar beets
- Farm workers, horse-drawn wagons, and mule-drawn equipment harvest beets somewhere in Colorado, probably Front Range or Eastern Colorado; shows large sugar beet field, several mule-drawn & horse-drawn wagons loaded or ready to be loaded with sugar...
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Beets--Colorado--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Western History Subject Index
- Beets and beet sugar ,
- Sugar beet workers
- Sugar beet laborers Pedro Arellano, Frank Gallegos, Felipe Arellano, Antonio Avan Arellano and Eulogio Arellano, probably in Denver, Colorado, wait to be transported to sugar beet fields near Fort Collins. The men wear hats or caps, jackets, pants,...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- ca.1929
- Sugar factory in course of construction
- View of the construction of a multi-story National Beet Sugar Company factory building in Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Sugar City--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Warehouse, sugar factory, Greeley, Colo.
- Two men stand at opposite ends of a hand cart stacked with sacks of sugar at the Great Western sugar plant in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. One worker holds the handle of the cart in his right hand. Sacks of sugar are stacked to the ceiling of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- View from top of beet shed looking north
- View of sugar beet piles at the Great Western Sugar Plant in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Fort Collins--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Fort Collins--1890-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.
- 1904 November 27
- Switcher at Fort Morgan, Colorado Plant
- View of a Great Western Sugar Company switcher locomotive beside a bin of coal, possibly at a refueling station at the Great Western Sugar Company plant in Fort Morgan (Morgan County), Colorado.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1920.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- The Loveland 0-4-0, "dinky"
- View of a switcher locomotive at the Great Western Sugar Company plant in Loveland (Larimer County), Colorado. A freight car labeled "GW" number "433" with a wooden railing hauls sugar beets.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Equipment & supplies--1970-1980.; Loveland (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Beets--Colorado--Loveland--1970-1980.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Loveland--1970-1980.; Railroads--Colorado--Loveland--1970-1980.; Sugar...
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- Grand Junction sugar factory, 1910
- Partial view of Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company (became Western Sugar and Land Company) factory, south end of 12th (Twelfth) Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a three-story hipped roof brick factory with center tower or turret. Light...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- Silver Square 3309-3333 Blake
- View of Silver Square Lofts at 3309-3333 Blake Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the elevations on Blake Street. These early twentieth-century industrial buildings are constructed of red brick. One building has a...
- Silver Square Lofts (Denver,Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Condominiums.; Industrial facilities.; Silver Square Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 2003 February
- Silver Square 3317 Blake St.
- View of Silver Square Lofts at 3309 Blake Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the elevation on Blake Street. The early twentieth-century, two-story, industrial building is constructed of red brick. The building has a...
- Silver Square Lofts (Denver,Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Condominiums.; Industrial facilities.; Silver Square Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 2006 March 20
- Sugar beets at the factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows sugar beets and railroad cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1925 September
- Delta Sugar Factory
- View of part of the Holly Sugar facility in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; the concrete building has a smokestack and metal roofs.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Jct. front of main factory building. Warehouse in foreground.
- View of part of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; features a smokestack and monitor roofs.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows brick buildings, a smokestack, and pigeons on the monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows brick buildings and Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad cars.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of a ramp, a Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows railroad cars and the Bookcliffs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Inclined planes--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory, Grand Junction - end view of warehouse
- View of part of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; a railroad boxcar is by the brick warehouse.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack, and concrete buildings with a monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack and the brick power house.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack near the brick warehouse.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows sheds, a smokestack, and concrete buildings with a monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack and a brick building with a monitor roof.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack, brick buildings, and catwalks.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]