Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado horses
- Close view of two draft horses in an empty field at the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado; shows inmates wearing caps holding reins of bridled horses, hay-filled horse-drawn wagon with seated driver, unhitched team with man...
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Group of Indians, shows travois
- Group of unidentified Native Americans grouped around two travois hitched to horses with one colt nursing; unhitched oxen team behind group; women and small child sit on ground with blankets wrapped around them and dogs laying next to them; men...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ox teams--1880-1890.; Prairies--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Animas Forks
- Wood buildings with false fronts line a rocky dirt street in Animas Forks, a town about 13 miles northeast of Silverton, Colorado. An unhitched wagon is in the left foreground near a store with a large wood sign "General Merchandise" over its...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1900.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1876 and 1900?]
- "Hotel" shotgun style
- View of a long, one-story log building, probably a hotel, in Lay (Moffat County), Colorado. The building has several entrances, lattice work, and a square bell tower or cupola centered on the roof. A person stands beside a pig, chickens, a saddled...
- Lay (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Lay--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Lay--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Idlewild
- Men stand beside a horse-drawn, open stagecoach that reads: "Middle [Park] Stage" in Idlewild (Grand County), Colorado. The log Stage Station building has a gabled, corrugated metal roof and a porch with a sign that reads: "Idlewild." An unhitched...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- El Paso Livery Stable burning, fire 1896
- View towards El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) and "A" Streets, consumed in flames and smoke after explosion of stored dynamite at stable during second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; billows of black smoke...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Colo. Cripple Creek, street scene, Bennett Ave.
- View east of one and two-story wooden frame false front commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; flag pole is in center of street at furthest point from camera;, mule-drawn and horse-drawn freight wagons turn around in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1895]
- Cripple Creek after the fire
- View of devastation after first fire on April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; undamaged log cabin with falsefront and gable roof is located on outside edge of devastated area; scene includes unhitched wagon, men standing in street and sifting...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- View towards James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; small log cabin, team of horses hitched to plow or harrow, man standing next to winch, unhitched wagon.
- Kilpatrick, James--Homes and haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Duck raising in Routt County
- View of woman in bonnet and flock of ducks in barnyard pen, Routt County, Colorado, possibly near Hayden; small A-frame shelter for ducks, man leaning on wire mesh fence for duck pen; barn and other wooden frame structures, unhitched wagon &...
- Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ducks--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Stables--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- U.S. Gov't School teachers, farmers, buildings- Towaoc
- View of the U.S. Government school (probably Ute Mountain School), Towaoc, Motezuma County, Colorado; two houses have stucco sides, framed windows, small porches, and chimneys; one house has a gable roof, one has a hip-and-valley roof; three school...
- Indians of North America--Education--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Towaoc (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Ute horsemen "monte game" at Towaoc
- View near Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado, of Native American (Ute) men and women; one group of men on horseback and a group who sit in a circle, possibly gambling, next to a brush shelter; one man stands near the brush shelter and looks on;...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Social life--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Gambling--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Large hogan, for medicine sing
- View of a large Navajo hogan, possibly a medicine lodge, at Shiprock, New Mexico. The hogan door frame is draped with a blanket on either side. Two wooden handled hoes are propped up on either side of the doorway. Piles of wood are on either side...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1908?]
- Mtd. Navajo about to kill a steer
- View of Native American (Navajo) and white men in a Navajo camp, Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The camp consists of an adobe brick and wooden slat building, a brush shelter, a wooden rail fence, possibly a corral, and a pile of cut timber. One man...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Camps--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Summer camp Shiprock Agency, Yeibitchai [sic]
- View of Native American (Navajo) men walking toward a brush shelter in a summer camp at Shiprock Agency, Arizona. A pile of cut timber lies near the brush shelter. A wooden rail fence, possibly a corral, stands to the side of the brush shelter. One...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1900-1910.; Yei Bichei (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Hefferman's Trading Post - inside corral
- View of two white men standing outside of Hefferman's Trading Post, a brush and branch roofed porch surrounded by a wood and wire fence, possibly near Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. A one story adobe and stone building behind the porch has a gable...
- Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Dragging it into camp
- View of Native American (Navajo) men in a camp, Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The camp consists of a brush shelter, horses and wagons, and a wooden rail fence in the background. One man sits on the seat of a hitched wagon. A dead cow is tied to the...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indian...
- [1908?]
- Curtis Coal Mine
- View of the Curtis Coal Mine works, El Paso County, Colorado. A Wooden building with a slanted floor stands on wooden beams, raised above the ground. Two wooden trestle bridges, one leading from the mine and another from the side of the building,...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Mesa Verde- Far View House
- View of men standing on ancient Native American (Anasazi) mesa-top ruins, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Men, some holding wooden handled tools, stand near and on the ruins of Far View House. An unhitched wagon...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Far View House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1916
- Hopi Indians
- View of Volizo Camp, near Mishongnovi, Second Mesa, Arizona. An unhitched wagon with a wooden barrel in it stands near a stone building with a metal stovepipe. A group of people, one wearing an apron, sit and stand between the stone building and...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Second Mesa (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Carts &...
- August, 1899
- Hopi Indians
- View of Volizo Camp, built by the Bureau of Indian affairs near Mishongnovi Pueblo, Second Mesa, Arizona. A group of Native American (Hopi) men stand near a stone and adobe building. Near the building are unhitched wagons and a buggy. A pile of...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Hopi Agency--1890-1900.; Hopi Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation...
- August, 1899
- 31. Navajo Indians Shiprock
- A group of Native American (Navajo) men, a woman, child, and baby in a cradleboard pose outdoors near an unhitched wagon at Shiprock, New Mexico. The men are wrapped in woven blankets and wear headbands. The woman wears a dress and shawl. The girl...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- Taos Pueblo South Pueblo- children
- Native American (Taos) children pose outdoors near the south-side Pueblo at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The three and four story adobe cluster homes stand nearby. Three hornos and an unhitched wagon stand near a wooden flat roof structure with no...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Albequerque [sic], N. M. Santa Fe R R Depot
- View of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railroad depot, connected to the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Three men stand near the stucco Mission style building. Shows three unhitched flat-bed wagons and trolley tracks in the street.
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1920.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1911]
- Mess hall Shiprock Agency.
- View of the Mess Hall at Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The three story brick and stone building has an elevated porch, under which an unhitched two wheeled wagon sits. Trees grow near the porch.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1920.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1920.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1920.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indian reservations--New...
- [1910?]
- Corn Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men and women take part in a Corn Dance at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear wrapped boots, mantas, shawls, and tablita headdresses. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts that hang from leather...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- San Ildefonso Pueblo
- A Native American (Tewa) man poses outdoors, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. He stands near an adobe horno. An unhitched wagon and pueblo buildings with covered porches, chimney pots, and wooden vigas stand nearby.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1890-1900.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Ovens--New Mexico--San...
- September, 1895
- San Ild. Pueblo
- View of one and two story adobe cluster homes at San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Two adobe hornos stand near the homes. An unhitched wagon stands beneath a wood pole roof. The homes have wooden vigas, canales (down spouts), and chimney pots.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1910.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- April 21, 1908
- El Paso Stables
- Men, on horseback, in vehicles, and on foot, pose near the El Paso Stables, Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, as part of the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival. Shows a two wheel buggy and chariot decorated with greenery and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Awards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Chariots--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Tepees, a horse, and a mule
- A horse and a mule stand near two tepees. The horse has a bridle and saddle, the mule has supplies tied to its back. An unhitched wagon stands near a bush.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Horses--1890-1920.; Pack animals--1890-1920.; Tipis--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Kings chicken ranch
- View of King's Chicken Ranch, Colorado. A dog sits near a one story house with a covered porch. Utility buildings and chicken coops are visible. An unhitched wagon is parked near a fence. Mesas are in the distance.
- Kings Chicken Ranch (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Chicken industry--Colorado--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--1890-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Farm machinery sheds
- Shows the farm machinery sheds at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The building is a long open wood stable with a slate shingled roof; an unhitched wagon is on the side of the building. The Denver County Farm (Denver...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Red Cross fruit ranch, Clifton, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; wooden frame structures in middle of orchard; residence, garage and barn; several unhitched wagons and carriages stored in open sheds and early automobile; ceramic pitcher in...
- Clifton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Red Cross Ranch (Clifton, Colo.)
- [1907?]
- Four Indian braves on dress parade after the trouble of 1891
- Native American (Sioux) men pose outdoors near an unhitched wagon at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The men wear beaded moccasins, hair pipe breastplates, metal armbands, fur pelts over their shoulders, and feather headdresses; two men hold...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--South...
- 1891
- Chief Fast Thunders camp
- Native American (Sioux) men and women stand and sit on horseback, near a group of tepees, probably in South Dakota. The men and women stand near a wooden crate and various piles of wood, the women wear dresses and are wrapped in blankets, the men...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.
- 1891
- White Bull Indian
- White Bull, a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) man, poses outdoors near an unhitched wagon and a log building, probably near Dupree, South Dakota. Another wood building is nearby. The side of the wagon reads: "Dupree, S. D."
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--South Dakota--1930-1940.; Log cabins--South Dakota--1930-1940.; White Bull, Joseph, 1849-1947.
- 1938
- Cottages, Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Woods Lake Resort with log cabins or cottages at edge of Woods Lake, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows over ten log cabins, one main log building with unhitched carriage near large stack of...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Indian Camp of today
- A man walks near a tepee and a tent in a Native American (Shoshone) camp on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Unhitched covered wagons are near tepees and tents. Wooden buildings are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Tipis--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- W.M. Arthur's Ranch, Cattle Creek Mesa, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of W.M. Arthur Ranch & agricultural field, Cattle Creek Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man & woman standing near wooden frame building, canvas tent, unhitched wagon & other agricultural equipment, center...
- Arthur, W.M.--Homes & haunts.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Packing house on Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of packing house, Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man on mule-drawn wagon packed with crates of fruit, another mule-drawn wagon parked at side of building; unhitched wagon & carriage in stalls of...
- Clifton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Clifton--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Clifton--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Indian camp with tepees and wagons
- Over 15 Dakota Native American tepees camped on open plains or prairie with rolling hills in distant background; several Dakota Native Americans in camp, drying or tanning racks set up near tepees, several wagons with bent pole frames and one...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Food drying--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Pasture with several sheep, houses in background
- Log building with sod roof, root or earth cellar and additional house or building in background with sheep and pasture in foreground; wooden post corral and sod roof barn, and unhitched wagons.
- Corrals--1880-1890.; Farms--1880-1900.; Log cabins--1880-1890.; Sheep--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Sitting Bull's family, his two wives and daughters, and an unidentified little boy
- Dakota Chief Sitting Bull's family, his two wives (Seen by the Nation and Her Four Robes) and daughters and one little boy outside tepee; women wear dresses and shawls; young male wears hat, jacket and slacks; shows drying or tanning hides on rack...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Her Four Robes.; Seen by the Nation.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.
- [188-?]
- Loveland, Colo.
- View of residential street, Loveland, Colorado; shows dirt street bordered by trees on both sides with cement sidewalks, two-story brick residences, and unhitched carriage in yard.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Residential streets--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Idaho Springs, Colo.
- View of Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows wooden frame residences and buildings, back of central business district at center left, and unhitched wagons in the foreground.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Pottery burner, Laguna, N.M. on the Santa Fe Ry.
- Distant view of smoking kiln taken from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway railroad line near Laguna, New Mexico; Laguna Pueblo woman stands next to kiln and rock wall, unhitched wagon, adobe/rock building, and four post structure with stick...
- Laguna (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Kilns--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ponca Indian camp on 101 Ranch, Oklahoma
- Hand-colored postcard depicting Ponca camp on the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma. Two unhitched wagons are stopped in the left foreground in front of a group of large teepees. Two people ride horses in the right midground, and another person stands with his...
- Ponca Indians--Oklahoma--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Keota, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Keota, Colorado in Weld County shows unhitched wagons outside the livery, hitched wagons in front of the lumber store and lumberyard and "Livery & Feed Davis & Trumbo," "Keota Lumber Co." signs.
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Keota, looking north
- Panoramic view of the town of Keota, Colorado in Weld County shows unhitched wagons outside the livery. Hitched wagons are in front of the lumber store and lumberyard. Signs "Livery & Feed Davis & Trumbo," "Keota Lumber Co. Coal Lumber Feed...
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1916]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1911 March 4