Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- National parks, Colorado, Mesa Verde
- View of men and women at Mesa Verde National Park, New Mexico; cliff dwellings are in the background.
- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- Western History Subject Index
- Blalnik, John
- Western History Subject Index
- Another red skin hit the dust
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado. Public welfare, department of
- Western History Subject Index
- Goldrick, Owen J
- Western History Subject Index
- Guiterman, Arthur
- Western History Subject Index
- Hadley,-Chalmers
- Western History Subject Index
- Arapahoe County. Kansas Territory
- Western History Subject Index
- Hollenback, Frank, Rufus
- Western History Subject Index
- Orizaba mines company
- Western History Subject Index
- Livestock. Cattle. Brands
- Western History Subject Index
- Landis, James M
- Western History Subject Index
- Spanish American war. Colorado volunteers
- Western History Subject Index
- Surveys
- Western History Subject Index
- Teton Mountains. Name
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Cemeteries. Riverside
- Western History Subject Index
- Tourists. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Pueblo County, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Radio. Denver
- Counties Outside of Denver Draft Quotas 1917 : Men Called To The Colors In Counties Outside Denver
- A transcription of an original article in the Denver Post pertaining to "the fact that the official quotas of men to be called into the national army thru the first draft were not completed for Denver and other Colorado counties when the drawing...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- Undated
- An Introduction to Colorado Marriages 1858-1939
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Southeast corner of 4th and River, home of Geo. R. Shaeffer
- This hewn log cabin in Canon City, Colorado, has snow on its sagging shingle roof. A man holds the reins of a horse with a child on it, and a woman and child look out the door. A power pole is by a bay window and a brick chimney; a box is mounted...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Log cabins--Colorado--Canon City--1850-1860.
- 1858
- From a water color by T. S. Brandegee in 1871, showing the north side of Main Street between 3rd and 4th
- People and a wagon are among commercial buildings and dwellings in Canon City, Colorado. Low hills are in the background. Writing at the bottom reads: Canon City - T. S. Brandegee - 1861.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1861 or 1871
- Soda Springs 1864
- A man in a suit sits nexts to rocks that form a shelter over the Soda Spring, in Canon City, Colorado. Men sit by a wooden flume above that is supported by rock piers. Boulders are all around, and foothills are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Major General Grenville M. Dodge Commander Department of the Missouri.
- Head, shoulders and chest portrait of Major General Grenville M. Dodge, shows the commander with a full beard wearing a military issue double breasted winter coat, a bow tie and hat. Dodge was a civil and military engineer and Chief Engineer of the...
- Military officers--1860-1870.; Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916.
- 1865
- Brown Company's Works at Georgetown, Colo.
- Smoke rises from a smokestack at what is identified as "Brown Company's" reduction works in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men stand beside wooden mine or processing buildings. Shows a tower on scaffolding and vented, gable roofs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Stewart's reduction works at Georgetown, Colo.
- View of wooden mine processing buildings, identified as "Stewart's reduction works," beside Clear Creek in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a horse-drawn wagon beside the reduction works, and brick chimneys on the buildings. Snow is...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- "Barton House" at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men and women pose in front or on the second-story balcony of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men sit on a horse-drawn stagecoach. The frame hotel has a hipped roof with dormer windows, brackets and overhanging...
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; People--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Georgetown Silver Works at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men pose in front of frame silver processing buildings identified as the "Georgetown Silver Works" in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a smokestack, icicles on a wooden flume and frame buildings with vented, gable roofs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Douglas Mt. near Georgetown, Colo., Stagecoach
- Men in hats and overcoats pose beside a horse-drawn stagecoach in front of Douglas Mountain in Jefferson County near Georgetown, Colorado. Shows snow on the ground and men in the driver's seat wrapped in blankets.
- Douglas Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Men--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1870.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Georgetown Colorado in 1867
- View of frame houses, log cabins and commercial buildings in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows snow on the streets and in the valley. Commercial buildings read: "Billiards," and "Livery Feed & Sale Stable." Shows the painted, frame...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Sid's Store at Blackhawk, Colo.
- View of storefronts in Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. A round clock hangs from an iron hook outside a frame building with a false front and a sign that reads: "Enterprise Book Store." Signs on brick buildings read: "F.W....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Book stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1867
- International Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska
- Men in suits and overcoats stand on the porch of the International Hotel (Herndon House) in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The four-story hotel has center balconies, a flat roof, and signs on first-floor businesses that read: "Union Pacific...
- International Hotel (Omaha, Neb.)--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Hotels--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; People--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1867
- U.P.R.R. Station, Willow Island, Nebr. in 1867
- View of Union Pacific Railroad car roofs and tracks in Willow Island (Dawson County), Nebraska. Shows a windmill and frame railroad buildings. People stand on the depot platform.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Willow Island (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.; Windmills--Nebraska--Willow Island--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Mud house at Ogalalla, Nebraska
- Two women and a child sit on the ground beside a frame house with a shingle roof and sod siding in Ogallala (Keith County), Nebraska. The women wear dresses with full skirts. The house has a wooden lintel above a window, and a bench, a barrel and a...
- Ogallala (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Sod buildings--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.; Women--Nebraska--Ogallala--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Plum Creek with soldiers encamped
- Soldiers sit or stand outside canvas tents in Plum Creek (Lexington) in Dawson County, Nebraska. Rows of tents are near a windmill and probably a water tank. Shows Union Pacific Railroad passenger cars, a frame depot and false front commercial...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Plum Creek (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Military camps--American--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.; Tents--Nebraska--Plum Creek--1860-1870.;...
- 1867
- Sioux tepees at North Platte, Nebr.
- Native American (Sioux) women and men and soldiers in uniform stand near tepees in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. The women wear shawls and skirts and hold young children. Shows dogs, possibly wagons and equipment.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Tipis--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.
- 1867
- North Platte Bridge
- View of a wooden bridge over the North Platte River in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. Union Pacific Railroad tracks are on the narrow bridge.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Railroad bridges--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Grand Island, Nebraska in 1867
- View of frame buildings in Grand Island (Hall County), Nebraska. People are on the porch of the "OK Store" and a horse drawn wagon is parked in the street. Shows a "Saloon," wooden sidewalks, houses with fenced yards, a church with a bell tower...
- Grand Island (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bars--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Fremont, Nebraska in 1867
- View of frame houses, stacked lumber, fenced yards, a windmill and a water tank probably beside Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Fremont (Dodge County), Nebraska.
- Fremont (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Fremont--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Bridge over Loup Forks at Columbus, Nebraska
- Men and saddled horses stand on a wooden bridge over the Loup River in Columbus (Platte County), Nebraska. Shows horse-drawn carriages on the bridge and trees at the edge of the river in the distance.
- Columbus (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Loup River (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--Columbus--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Elkhorn Station, Nebraska
- View of frame and log buildings and probably a Union Pacific Railroad water tower at Elkhorn Station in Douglas County, Nebraska. Shows people near buildings, a horse-drawn wagon, laundry on a clothesline, livestock in a meadow, and grassy hills.
- Elkhorn Station (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Elkhorn Station--1860-1870.; Water tanks--Nebraska--Elkhorn Station--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Central City, Colorado
- View of brick, stone and frame commercial buildings and houses in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows fences, houses, road grades and mine operations on treeless hillsides. Buildings include a church with a bell tower and cross and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Golden, Colorado in 1868
- Side view of the two-story Loveland Block, (W.A.H. Loveland Building and Territorial Capitol Building) with a gambrel roof, dormer windows and Queen Anne arches in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. The stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second)...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Golden, Colorado
- View of buildings and houses in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows the back of the W.A.H. Loveland Building, the stone Astor House Hotel on 2nd (Second) Street (later 12th, Twelfth Street), and probably a flour mill. Shows Clear Creek in...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Wolf [sic] Hall, Denver, Colo.
- The three-story Wolfe Hall school building, an Episcopal school for girls at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. Boys stand in front of a picket fence. The brick building has windows with hood molding, sills and tracery,...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- United States Branch Mint at Denver
- Men pose in front of the brick United States Mint at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Holladay Street (later Market Street) in Denver, Colorado. Men wear hats or caps and suits. The building has a central tower with battlements and a round window, a...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Denver in 1868
- View of a wooden bridge over the South Platte River, possibly at 15th (Fifteenth) Street, near the confluence with Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Horses drink from the river. Shows buildings and houses in Denver in the distance, wheel ruts in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868