Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Odometer
- A man sits astride a mule hitched to wooden wheeled odometer, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A dense forest surrounds the grassy clearing.
- Odometers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Measuring--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Mules--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
- [1871.]
- Steamy Point, Yellowstone Lake
- View of the rocky shore of Yellowstone Lake, near its outlet in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows steam vents.
- Hydrothermal vents--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Waterfronts--Yellowstone National...
- [1871.]
- Warden Edmund H. Martin 1900-02
- Warden Edmund H. Martin, of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in a black bow tie and has a medal on his lapel.
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Martin, Edmund H.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1902]
- Walsen Colored Club
- View of the Walsen Colored Club, a miners' club building for African-American miners at the mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with clapboard siding and a false front. Clerestory windows sit on top of a...
- African Americans--Structures--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Walsen
- View of the coal mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rows of wood frame one story homes and unpaved streets. Smoke rises from the power plant chimney stacks.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- General view of Morley and store
- View of the mining town of Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, with towers and stucco exterior, sits on the hill above the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande tracks. The workers' four-room...
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Colo. Supply Co. Store Morley
- An automobile sits in front of the Colorado Supply Company store, camp doctor's office and boarding house in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with vigas and towers. Boys stand in the corner of the building.
- Colorado Supply Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Medical offices--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Morley school
- Teachers stand with their pupils in front of the elementary school in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with a dormer.
- Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Segundo School
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame two story building with covered entryway. The sign above the door reads: "Jerome School. Dist. No. 61. Segundo."
- Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1909?]
- Cardiff
- View of the coal bins above the Colorado Midland Railway tracks in Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows miners houses and boarding houses, and the post office in a long building with a false front near the railroad tracks. The schoolhouse...
- Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1902?]
- A.T. & S.F. depot
- Spectators stand on the banks of the flooded Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado, across the river from the demolished Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. Shows the arched walls of the Cardenas Hotel arcade.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Morley club
- View of the miners' club building in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a stucco building with a false front and a fence. A shed roof shades the front entrance.
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Segundo ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Train cars sit on tracks near the Colorado and Wyoming Railway roundhouse.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Trinidad flood across from Cardenas Hotel
- View of flood damage on the banks of the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a residence with collapsed exterior walls and damaged wooden fence. Flood waters rise to the front door of the house.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Company houses Morley
- A chicken stands in the dirt road that runs in front of miners' houses built by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows square four-room stone residences with hipped roofs and covered entryways.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company town architecture--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Redstone ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Coal cars sit on Denver & Rio Grande railway tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Primero Club
- View of the miner's club house in Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame building with a front porch.
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Primero school
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame with a covered entry and cupola. The sign above the door reads: "Gass School. District No. 61. Primero."
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio club
- View of the miners' club in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with a covered porch, false front and flag pole. A horse stands tethered to the front porch pole.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio, Mexican church at Torres
- View of a probably Catholic church in the mining town of Torres, in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a stucco building topped by a cupola with a bell.
- Torres (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio school
- View of the school in the mining town of Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wooden structure with a covered entryway and cupola.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Tercio washery and ovens
- View of the coal washers and coke ovens in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows coal cars and tracks of the Colorado and Wyoming Railway.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Tabasco washery
- View of the coal washer and bins at the Tabasco Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. A man, probably mine manager James Cameron, stands at the stairs.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Redstone
- View of the mining camp at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the company store with hipped roof and front porch. The sign over the door reads: "The Colorado Supply Co. 1900." Shows the corner of the Redstone Inn.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Redstone--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Rifle area earth filled dam under construction
- View of dam construction near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; men pose and hills are in the distance.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area
- View of dam construction near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men pose by East Rifle Creek; a trestle with a flume is in the distance.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area ranch
- View of a ranch probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; snow covers haystacks, barns, a house, and hills. Cattle are in a corral.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Unidentified ranch
- View of a ranch near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; cattle feed on hay in a corral. Snow covers houses, haystacks, and mountains.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Animal feeding--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Woman's portrait
- Photo of a studio portrait of a woman with a loose hair style and flowered collar.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Mt. San Rafael Hospital, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Mount San Rafael Hospital in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The three-story rusticated stone building has dormers and chimneys. Shows the laundry building with a tall chimney.
- Mount San Rafael Hospital (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Westward Ho!
- View of a Romantic painting depicting Westward expansion. Shows pioneers, wagons, horses, women in distress, men with guns on horses, and rugged landscape.
- Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1830-1900.; Westward movement--1830-1900.
- c1904
- Redlands from Smiley Heights
- View of Redlands from Smiley Heights in San Bernardino County California. Shows orange tree groves and mountains in the distance. A cluster of oranges on a tree vignette the landscape.
- Redlands (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Smiley Heights (Redlands, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Orange orchards--California--Redlands--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Ouray
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado; shows the Beaumont Hotel, County Courthouse, and public school building. Cascade Mountain is in the distance.
- Cascade Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?)
- Revenue mills
- View of mills at the Revenue Mine complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows Sneffels Creek, clear cut trees, forests, and Mount Sneffels.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sneffels Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?)
- Town of Dolores
- Aerial view of the town of Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows houses, barns, outbuildings, and commercial structures. The Dolores River and a portion of Haycamp Mesa are in the distance.
- Dolores (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Dolores--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Luby Family
- The Luby family, in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, poses in suits, lace collars, and puffed sleeves. One of the children has a knotted silk scarf; the other has flowers in her hair.
- Luby family--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Placerville family
- A family poses on their porch with their dog, Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Placerville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Placerville--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Placerville--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Rocky Ford, Colo., Union Station
- People crowd the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad depot parking lot in Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, with automobiles, bicycles, boy on crutches,and a perambulator. Ladies wear straw and flowered hats, United States flags drape the...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Idaho in 1866
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1866
- View of Black Hawk Point
- Reproduction of lithograph; shows Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado, with Gregory Gulch, Chase Gulch, Clear Creek, houses, businesses, and mining facilities.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1862
- From left assay office and structures of Timberline Hotel
- View of Holy Cross City, Eagle County, Colorado; shows log buildings and a team of horses.
- Holy Cross City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Holy Cross City
- A man sits by a frame shed in Holy Cross City, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Holy Cross City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Bert's picture
- Image shows a head and shoulders portrait of a man identified as Bert L. Rhoads. The vignette has a decorative frame and rests on a chair, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rhoads, Bert.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Bird's eye view of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; shows the Hotel Utah, the State Capitol building, and the Mormon Temple.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Hopi woman
- Portrait of unidentified Native American woman (Hopi) making a basket.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Basket making--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tabby, Chief of the Utes
- Vignette head and shoulders portrait of a Native American Ute man, identified as Tabby. The elderly man has a full head of hair, long whiskers at each corner of his mouth, and wears a kerchief, overcoat, shirt, and vest.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Uinta Indians--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Tabby, Chief.
- 1892
- Gold exhibit at their office, consisting of specimens of native gold
- View of gold ingots, some from mines of the Ibex and Antioch Mining Companies of Leadville, Colorado.
- Antioch Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.)--Products--1880-1900.; Ibex Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.)--Products--1880-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mt. of the Holy Cross (copy)
- View of Mount of the Holy Cross, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Tabor, Horace A. W.
- Studio portrait of Horace Austin Warner Tabor, Colorado prospector, mine owner, and United States Senator.
- Legislators--Colorado--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--1880-1900.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Bonnie Apts
- View of the Bonnie Apartments in Denver, Colorado, at 1825 Logan Street; features include brick corbeling and a covered entry.
- Bonnie Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]