Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western History Subject Index
- U. S. united states army
- Western History Subject Index
- U.S. United states army
- Western History Subject Index
- U. s. united states Army
- Western History Subject Index
- Apache.Indians. Arizona
- Western History Subject Index
- Apache Indians. Arizona
- Review of insurgent troops by Aguinaldo at San Fernando, Sept. 98.
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Yellowstone - Fort Yellowstone
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Sand Creek massacre
- Painting depicts the Sand Creek Massacre, Kiowa County, Colorado in which United States troops murdered approximately two hundred Native Americans (Cheyenne and Arapahoe) on November 29 and 30th, 1864. Shows horses, tepees, and rifles.
- Arapahoe Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.
- 1936
- 1st Colo. inf. reg. in route to Manila
- The First Infantry Regiment of Colorado Volunteers parade down 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. The troops wear uniforms and hold rifles; they are enroute to the Philippines for the Spanish-American War.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.
- [1898 May 15]
- Army post parade ground
- A group of men, possibly members of the First Infantry Regiment of Colorado Volunteers, pose in a line on the ground and propped on their elbows, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [1898?]
- March
- The First Infantry Regiment of Colorado Volunteers are enroute to the Philippines for the Spanish-American War. The troops are gathered in a park or field in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.
- [1898 May 15]
- Training army recruits
- A group of army recruits, probably members of the 1st Colorado Infantry Regiment bound for the Spanish American War, pose for a photo at Fort Logan, Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--People--1890-1900.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infantry--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Meeker, Colorado after the Meeker flood in May of 1897.
- View from bluff across the White River south of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows high water and muddy streets. Landmark buildings include the Hugus Block, the Meeker Hotel, and St. James Episcopal Church.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Militia at Ludlow
- Colorado National Guard troops, called in to suppress a coal strike, pose on railroad tracks with weapons and supplies in front of a Colorado & Southern boxcar, Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado National Guard--1910-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Militias--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miner's strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.
- [1913 or 1914]
- 10th units lead Victory Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Columns of soldiers march down a crowded tree lined avenue as paper falls from the sky. A soldier in the center of the image is carrying the American flag. According to the caption: "A platoon and the Colorguard of the 10th Mountain Division lead...
- Military parades & ceremonies--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 July 18
- Reinforcements move up the ridge, Mount Belvedere in background, Italy
- A line of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb up a ridge wearing helmets, combat fatigues, large knapsacks during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the peak of Mount Belvedere rises in the distance. The ground is partially covered...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- Man at first aid station during Silver Skis race, Mount Rainier, Washington
- A man smiles towards the camera from the first aid station during the Silver Skis Race, near a rock outcropping, on Mount Rainier. The red cross flag blows in the wind. Many 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) troops participated in the...
- Ski racing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry...
- [Winter, 1942]
- Colorado Air National Guard flyover
- View of biplanes in a flyby at a military base probably in Denver, Colorado. Shows troops, officers, and dignitaries in formation. A man with a camera is in the foreground.
- Colorado. Air National Guard.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Biplanes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Military officers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Site of Thornburg [sic] Battle
- View over site of the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Mill Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mill Creek (Rio...
- [between 1927 and 1940]
- Thornburgs [sic] monument and battlefield
- View of the sandstone monument commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1880-1920.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1880-1920.;...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Thornburg [sic] battle ground monument
- Diptych shows images of road leading to battleground and an automobile parked by the sandstone monument commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- 1936 September 7
- Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.
- View over camp of U. S. Army troops at the Native American Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows soldiers with round and rectangular walled tents.
- United States. Army.--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Father Craft the hero of Wounded Knee Fight
- Seated portrait of Father Francis M. J. Craft, a Native American (Mohawk) missionary who accompanied troops to Wounded Knee on December 28, to reassure the Lakota Sioux on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, that they were safe. He was...
- Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Mohawk Indians.; Teton Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Valley where Battle of Mission was fought
- Two Native American Lakota Sioux men wrapped in blankets, stand on a ridge overlooking the valley below the Holy Rosary Catholic Mission where the Sioux ambushed U.S. troops the day after Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Battlefields--South...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Lieu. Cloman's troop of Indian scouts P.R. Agency S.D.
- Lieutenant Cloman poses with his horse mounted troops of Native American Oglala Sioux scouts, during a drill in a snowstorm on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. They wear uniforms with fur caps and mittens and hold rifles. Tepees, wall...
- United States. Army.--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Military service--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indian scouts--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North...
- 1891
- Diagram of the Situation at the Battle of Wounded Knee at the time the Indians opened fire
- Photo reproduction of a map depicting location of United States troops and Native American Lakota Sioux, at the start of the Wounded Knee massacre, South Dakota. Shows: "soldiers tents, Indian tepees, Big Foot's tent, the Bee correspondent, General...
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee...
- [1891]
- Supply train in corrall [sic], near Custer City
- United States soldiers pose next to a corral of supply wagons with loosened canvas covers, near Custer City, Black Hills, Dakota Territory. Wagons brought tons of provisions to replenish the troops sent on Native American campaigns.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Monument at Massacre Hill of Fetterman's Hill, Wyo.
- A man and young boy pose in front of a tall stone column with a bronze plaque, commemorating the Fetterman Fight or the Fetterman Massacre, (known to the Sioux as the Battle of the Hundred Slain.) Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux, led...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866--Commemoration--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Oglala Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Fetterman...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- My horse, Dave Dapple Gray, on detail the day of the massacre
- Reproduction of a painting of the December 21, 1866 fight between the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux and William J. Fetterman's troops. Shows a wagon and dead bodies, Native Americans with bows and arrows and on horseback, and a wounded horse.
- Dakota Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866.; Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Oglala Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Fetterman, William J.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- View of wide ambush country surrounding Fetterman Hill
- View over the wooded slopes, site of the Fetterman Fight, in the Powder River area in Wyoming, here Red Cloud, a Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux chief led thousands of Sioux against Colonel William J. Fetterman and his troops, in December 1866.
- Dakota Indians--War--Wyoming--1940-1960.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866.; Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1940-1960.; Oglala Indians--War--Wyoming--1940-1960.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909--Homes & haunts.; Fetterman, William J.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Wagon Box Fight
- Stone memorial marker with a bronze plaque commemorates the Wagon Box Fight, (Wagon Box Battle) between the United States Army and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the last major conflict of the Bozeman Trail conflicts (Red Cloud's...
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Wagon Box Fight,...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Site of Wagon Box Fight
- Possibly the site of the Wagon Box Fight, between the United States Army and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne warriors; last major conflict of the Bozeman Trail conflicts Red Cloud's War) on August 2, 1867, Wyoming. A corral of wagon boxes helped...
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Dakota Indians--War--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Battlefields--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Wagon Box Fight, Wyo.,...
- [1931?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Troops march in the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The men wear military uniforms and caps and hold rifles over their shoulders, one holds a sword and one beats a snare drum. A younger man in front carries an...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Marching--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Marker on site of Wagon Box Fight near Story, Wyoming
- Stone memorial marker with a bronze plaque commemorating the Wagon Box Fight, (Wagon Box Battle,) between the United States Army and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the last major conflict of the Bozeman Trail conflicts, August 2,...
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Wagon Box Fight,...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Custer's battlefield near Crow Agency, Mont. cross where Custer fell
- A man stands on the hill overlooking "Custer's Last Stand," the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, southeast of the Crow Agency, Montana. Tombstones mark the graves of troops of Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry who fought Native...
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Montana--1920-1930.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1920-1930.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration--Montana--1920-1930.; Little Bighorn Battlefield...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Adobe Walls battlefield
- View of the battlefield of Adobe Walls near Stinnett, Texas, where Native American (Kiowa) men lead by Quanah Parker fought General Nelson A. Miles' troops. A mesa overlooks the prairie landscape.
- Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925--Homes & haunts.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--Homes & haunts.; Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874.; Indians of North America--War--Texas--1930-1940.; Kiowa Indians--War--Texas--1930-1940.; Adobe Walls Site...
- 1935
- Luck
- Three cavalry soldiers lead a parade of army troops in formation along a Denver street, August 1, Colorado Day. The men are from Fort Morgan, a WWI assembly point. Spectators, including bicyclists, look on from the sidewalks.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- 1917 August 1
- Luck
- Army troops, wearing uniforms and carrying rifles, parade in formation along a Denver street on August 1, Colorado Day. The men are from Fort Logan, a WWI assembly point.
- Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- 1917 August 1
- Fort Logan World War I
- A long line of troops, some in uniform, others in civilian clothes, march along a walkway next to the barracks, Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers. Some carry Army musette bags.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Troops march along a road at Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers. Some wear uniforms.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- View across board open space to a long line of uniformed troops marching back to the their two story barracks, Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A large group of troops, some in uniform, others in civilian clothes, assemble in front of their two story brick barracks, Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Troops gather in front of one of the Quartermaster warehouses with musettes and canvas shoulders bags, Fort Logan, Colorado. 106 Class ten wheeler No 524, an 1890 Baldwin, heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train ready to depart from this WW I...
- Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Long line of troops ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado stand beside the train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Uniformed troops of infantry men board a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars, about to depart Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many wear uniforms consisting of jackets, jodhpurs, gaiters, boots...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]