Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ogden, Utah
- A panoramic view of Union Pacific railroad trestles over the Weber River, and buildings in Ogden (Weber County), Utah in the distance. Shows the Union Pacific roundhouse and horse-drawn carriages on a dirt road. Men sit or stand on a hillside....
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1890-1910.; Ogden (Utah)--1890-1910.; Weber River (Utah)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Ogden--1890-1910.; Railroad bridges--Utah--Ogden--1890-1910.; Trestles--Utah--Ogden--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ophir Loop - Rio Grande Southern Ry.
- A view of the Ophir loop near Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado shows a Rio Grande Southern Railroad engine with passenger cars. Railroad trestles and bridges are visible in the distance.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910?]
- Tanglefoot Curve, D. & R.G. Ry.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad track loop with wooden snowsheds and trestles, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1880-1890.; Trestles--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Tanglefoot Curve
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railway track loop with wooden snowsheds and trestles, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1880-1890.; Trestles--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Ogden, Utah
- A panoramic view of two Union Pacific railroad trestles over the Weber River with Ogden (Weber County), Utah in the distance. Shows the Union Pacific roundhouse, Midland Produce Co. freight car and Fred Keisel and Co. building. Two carriages are...
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1890-1910.; Ogden (Utah)--1890-1910.; Weber River (Utah)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Ogden--1890-1910.; Railroad bridges--Utah--Ogden--1890-1910.; Trestles--Utah--Ogden--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Salida Tipple, Salida, Colo.
- View of the Salida Tipple, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows corrugated metal buildings on trestles over coal cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Salida (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Salida--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Salida--1920-1930.; Trestles--Colorado--Salida--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 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]
- Rock Creek Canon, Moffat Road
- View of three levels of Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific) standard gauge track in Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado, Moffat Road; wooden trestles, track on top portion of canyon ridge looping to opposite side; tunnel,...
- Rock Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- The loop near Georgetown
- View of valley with Colorado Central Railroad's Georgetown Loop; shows railroad tracks, two trestles above Clear Creek, utility poles, roads, distant town of Georgetown, Colorado with surrounding mountains.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Trestles--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [1889?]
- Ophir Loop
- View of Ophir Loop, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows the south fork of the San Miguel River, tracks and trestles of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, pine forests, and mountains.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1920-1940.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1920-1940.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1920-1940.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Cathedral Spires and trackage of the great loop at Ophir, Colorado on the Rio Grande Southern
- View of the Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires), and trestles and tracks of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad on the Ophir Loop, Ophir, San MiguelCounty, Colorado.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1900-1910.; Ophir (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.;...
- 1909?
- Texas Creek, Colorado, at the Junction of the D&RGW's main line and Westcliffe Branch
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad trestles over Texas Creek, Fremont County, Colorado; also shows a wooden bridge and sheds.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Texas Creek (Fremont County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.;...
- September, 1925
- D & RG Ry. crossing, Gunnison River, Robideaux [sic], Delta Co. Colorado, 1886
- View of the Gunnison River and Denver and Rio Grande Railway trestles near Roubideau (Delta County), Colorado. Buildings and possibly a tent are on the riverbanks, and mesas are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Delta County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Delta County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Delta County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Delta...
- 1886
- Long Ravine bridge - 120 ft. high, 678 ft. long, near view
- View of Central Pacific Railroad track, trestles, and shelters at Long Ravine bridge, near Blue Canyon (Placer County), California.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Blue Canyon (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Railroad bridges--California--Blue Canyon--1860-1890.; Trestles--California--Blue Canyon--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1885?]
- "The Loop", U. P. D. & G. Ry.
- Panoramic, northeastward view of the "Loop," a circuitous, narrow-gauge railway route above Georgetown, Colorado; owned by Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf; two trestles in distance; buildings of Georgetown visible beyond distant trestle; pine trees in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- The Loop, U. P. D & G Ry
- Panoramic, northeastward view of the "Loop," a circuitous, narrow-gauge railway route above Georgetown, Colorado, owned by the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway; station and track southwest of Loop in foreground; two trestles in distance;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- High bridge on Rainbow Route
- View of bridges and trestles over the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River at the confluence with the Gunnison River near Sapinero (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad trestle, an old highway bridge and a steel...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- Sapinero Arch at the top
- View of snow on rocky slopes beside bridges and trestles over the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River near the confluence with the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad trestle, an old highway...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- Texas Creek Bridge, Westcliffe Branch
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad trestles at Texas Creek on the Westcliffe Branch in Fremont County, Colorado. One trestle crosses the creek, the other bridges a ravine.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Texas Creek (Fremont County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ophir Loop - Sunshine Mountain in distance
- View of Rio Grande Southern Railroad narrow gauge trestles at the Ophir Loop in San Miguel County, Colorado. A frame building is to the side; Sunshine Mountain is in the distance.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1890-1900.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel Mountains (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sunshine Mountain (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Loop
- Panoramic, northeastward view of the "Loop," a circuitous railway route above Georgetown, Colorado, owned by the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway; station and narrow-gauge track southwest of Loop in foreground; two trestles in distance;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- The Loop
- Panoramic, northeastward view of the "Loop," a circuitous, narrow-gauge railway route above Georgetown, Colorado, owned by the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway; pine trees in foreground; two trestles (smaller trestle and High Bridge) visible in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Trestles, thousands of tons of man-made steel
- Exterior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant with elevated railroad track or steel trestle, blast furnace, stove, and smokestack.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Glacier Lake, Colo. & N.W.R.R.
- Photograph of painting by Charles H. Harmon; Glacier Lake center background and Sunset, Colorado, left foreground; shows Sunset depot, buildings and residences; trestles and three elevations of narrow gauge track and Colorado and Northwestern...
- Glacier Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1910.; Harmon, Charles H.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Silver Bell Mine Co., Ophir station
- View of a Silver Bell Mine trestle over a dirt road in Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows a metal building, probably part of the mill, at one end of the trestles and a sign that reads: "Silver Bell Mines Co." The Rio Grande Southern...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Buildings--1950-1960.; Ophir (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.
- [1954?]
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado
- View of a Colorado Fuel and Iron Company blast furnace in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a furnace stack and a row of stoves at Minnequa Steel Works. An engine house, pipes that connect to a boiler house, coke and ore bins, and Denver &...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Factories--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1930.; Furnaces--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1905 and 1930?]
- Victor
- A view of Victor (Teller County), Colorado, shows railroad trestles, wood frame houses, public buildings and stands of trees.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Atchee, Uintah Ry. Colo.
- View of Atchee (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows West Salt Creek, the Uintah Railway shop and yards, coal trestles, a narrow gauge flat car with wooden tanks, a coal tender and passenger cars. A water tank is near the shop buildings. Houses and...
- Uintah Railway--1900-1910.; Atchee (Colo.)--1900-1910.; West Salt Creek (Garfield County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad shops & yards.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Leadville
- View of Carbonate Hill mining district in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows mill buildings, smokestacks, mine tailings, headframes, and ore cart trestles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Tunnel No. 1 Col. Midland R.R.
- View of Colorado Midland Railroad tracks, trestles, and tunnel number one, near Manitou Springs in El Paso County, Colorado. Houses dot the hills.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- East from Iron Springs Sta. Col. Midland R.R.
- View of Colorado Midland Railroad tracks, tunnels, and trestles near Manitou Springs in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- The Loop near Georgetown
- Men stand on and around a Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company locomotive on the Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a frame building; trestles span Clear Creek.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1880-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Loop from near Silver Plume
- A man and a donkey loaded with poles stand on Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company tracks near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the Georgetown Loop. Two trestles span Clear Creek near a wooden structure.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1880-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Loop
- View of the Georgetown Loop and High Bridge of the Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows locomotive and cars on the High Bridge, locomotive and cars directly underneath the bridge beside Clear Creek,...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1880-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men and a horse-drawn wagon stand near mine buildings, tailings, and a tipple. Shows the National Hotel and Gold Mining Stock Exchange, the Golden School building, the Catholic Church,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Panorama of Climax, Colo.
- Aerial view of the molybdenum mining town of Climax (Lake County), Colorado. Shows workers houses, industrial buildings, trestles and the frozen settling basin.
- Climax Molybdenum Company--1940-1950.; Molybdenum mines and mining--Colorado--Climax--1940-1950.; Climax (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1940-1950.; Settling basins--Colorado--Climax--1940-1950.
- [between 1943 and 1944]
- The Loop
- Photograph of a drawing shows an aerial view of the Georgetown Loop, above Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and possibly a Union Pacific Railway train on a curved trestle. A train is beside Clear Creek under the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drawings.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1897?]
- Mt. Carbon, Colo
- Mount Carbon, in Gunnison County, Colorado, was a coal and timber town. The lumber mill is a complex of industrial buildings, with mill housings and smokestacks. Rail tracks and other structures are built on trestles.
- Mount Carbon (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939?]
- Leadville in background
- View over the mining district east of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, includes Wolftone Mine with dark smoke pouring from tall stacks, the Arkansas Valley Smelter in distance, trestles carrying the Graham Park Branch and the Wolftone spur over...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Left side of panorama from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad tracks, ore cart trestles and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Flood out by Bennett
- View of the Kiowa Creek flood damage, Bennett, Adams County, Colorado, shows driftwood piled against trestles of the Union Pacific Railroad bridge. People walk on the tracks; sand and water are in the foreground.
- Bennett (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kiowa Creek (Adams County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- South from Rock Creek Canon, Moffat Road
- Right center of panorama view over Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado, includes rocky cliffs along Moffat Road railroad tracks and trestles of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Norhtwestern and Pacific Railway).
- Rock Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Hydraulic gold mining
- Three braced pipes descend an eroded cliff at this placer gold mine operation in California or Colorado. Wood trestles provide support; the penstock tops the bluff.
- Gold mining--1870-1890.; Hydraulic mining--1870-1890.; Mining--1870-1890.; Penstocks--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Flume on granite wall
- Flume built on a rock cliff and trestles: water diversion for hydraulic gold placer mining.
- Flumes--1900-1930.; Gold mining--1900-1930.; Hydraulic mining--1900-1930.; Mining--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Forbes, Colorado
- View of houses in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; also shows ore car trestles.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Cripple Creek Milling Co
- View of the Cripple Creek Milling Company, in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado; shows mining ore processing facilities, sheds, water tanks, trestles, tailings, and automobiles.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1910-1930.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Tanglefoot Curve
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railway track loop with wooden snow sheds and trestles, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Tanglefoot Curve D. & R. G. Ry.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railway track loop with wooden snow sheds and trestles, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- King Lease - Camp Bird Mine looking north toward Ouray
- Mining sheds and ore car trestles are among tailing piles at Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1920.; Camp Bird (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cimarron, Colorado
- View over Cimarron, on the Gunnison River and Cimarron Creek, at the head of the Black Canyon, Montrose County, Colorado; shows the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks, trestles, water tank, and scattered wood frame buildings.
- Cimarron (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1934 and 1941]