Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fort Union, and distribution of goods to the Assiniboines
- North American Indians (Assiniboine) are gathered near tepees and lodges outside of Fort Union, a fur trade post, near the Montana boarder in North Dakota. The Fort is a log stockade with guard towers. Trade goods in crates and barrels are on the...
- Assiniboine Indians--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fort Union (N.D.)--1850-1860.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fur trade--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Indian encampments--North Dakota--Fort...
- ca. 1854
- The train robbers [art original].
- Crime in art.; Criminals--Pictorial works.; Painting, American.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [n.d.]
- Scene at the completion of the U.P.R.R. mural painting, Union Station, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Close-up view of a painted mural in the Union Station interior in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The mural depicts a Union Pacific locomotive, a man with a sledgehammer, Native Americans, dignitaries, a photographer, a United States flag,...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Commemoration--1940-1950.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.; Murals--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Old Fort Kearney, Neb.
- View of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail at Fort Kearny in Kearney County, Nebraska. Wagon masters with bullwhips, men with rifles, and women and children meet with military officers who sit on horseback. Shows ox-drawn...
- Fort Kearny (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Platte River (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Fort Kearny--1850-1870.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Buffalo stampede across the Platte River, Old Fort Kearney, Neb.
- Buffalo stampede across the Platte River near Fort Kearny in Kearney County, Nebraska. Men on horseback with rifles hunt the animals. A wagon train is on the Oregon Trail near the fort. Shows ox-drawn Conestoga wagons. An American flag is on a flag...
- Fort Kearny (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Platte River (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Bison hunting--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Upper California crossing of the Platte River [sic], Neb.
- View of a wagon train on the Overland Trail. Conestoga wagons approach or ford the South Platte River at the Upper California Crossing in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Shows ox-driven wagons, people camped beside wagons, and North American Indians on...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sedgwick County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Camping--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Covered...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Old Fort Laramie, Wyo.
- A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming. Oxen drawn Conestoga wagons ford the Laramie River. North American Indian tipis are on both sides of the river. The adobe fort has towers and battlements. Laramie...
- Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)--1840-1850.; Goshen County (Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1840-1850.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Laramie Peak and La Bonte Creek, Wyo.
- A wagon train moves toward a steep valley on the Oregon Trail in Albany County, Wyoming. La Bonte Creek is in the valley and Laramie Peak is in the distance.
- Albany County (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; La Bonte Creek (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Laramie Peak (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Streams--Wyoming--Albany County--1850-1870.; Valleys--Wyoming--Albany County--1850-1870.; Wagon...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Split Rock, Wyo.
- A wagon train is circled near the Oregon Train, beside the Sweetwater River, in Natrona County, Wyoming. Men on horseback herd oxen from the camp and covered wagons to the river. Shows Split Rock, a granite rock formation.
- Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Split Rock (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cattle--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Old Fort Bridger, Wyo.
- View of Fort Bridger on the Oregon Trail in Uinta County, Wyoming. Shows a stockade with log buildings and another with horses. A wagon train is camped in a circle near the Blacks Fork river. Horses and oxen graze nearby. A Conestoga wagon fords...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1850-1870.; Blacks Fork (Utah and Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Fort Bridger State Historic Site (Fort Bridger, Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Blue Mountains, Ore.
- A wagon train follows the Oregon Trail through the Blue Mountains in Oregon. Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen ford a small stream and climb a steep pass in the distance. Men, women and children walk or ride beside the wagons. The men carry rifles.
- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Oregon--1850-1870.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Passes (Landforms)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Wagon trains--Oregon--1850-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Old Fort Hall, Idaho
- Pioneers camp beside their covered wagons outside of Fort Hall on the Snake River in Bannock County, Idaho. The fort has mud brick walls with corner towers and a gate. Tents and tipis are in the trees near the river. A pack train moves along the...
- Bannock County (Idaho)--1840-1860.; Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1840-1860.; Camping--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Salt Lake Valley, Utah
- A Mormon wagon train travels down the steep Mormon Trail into the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah. The men, women, and children ride in wagons, are on horseback, or walk beside the ox-drawn Conestoga wagons. Streams flow into the Great Salt Lake in...
- Mormon pioneers--Utah--1840-1850.; Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1840-1850.; Great Salt Lake Valley (Utah)--1840-1850.; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Utah--1840-1850.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--1840-1850.; Sunrises &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho
- View of Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho shows a Northern Pacific train near the shore with a boat and boathouse nearby. Mountains are in the distance.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1950.; Pend Oreille, Lake (Idaho)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Idaho--1930-1940.; Railroads--Idaho--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Hopi Snake Dance, Arizona
- Reproduction of a painting shows a Native American Hopi Pueblo Snake Dance with dancers wearing kilts and body paint, carrying snakes in their mouths and hands, Hopi Mesas, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1900-1910.; Snake dance--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- James Peak and Boulder Park, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- Photograph of a painting, artist unknown, of James Peak (elevation 13,294 feet), Boulder Park, Colorado (also called Mammoth, later called Tolland) and "Giants Ladder" of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake);...
- James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Toltec Gorge
- View from Rio de Los Pinos at base of Toltec Gorge, in northern New Mexico; train approaches tunnel near rim of gorge (Denver & Rio Grande Railway)
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1900-1920.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Harmon, Charles H.
- [between 1903 and 1920?]
- Taos Indian at fireplace
- Photograph of a painting by E. Irving Couse shows a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man as he kneels before a lit fireplace and a large decorated pot; he wears a loincloth, armband, and moccasins. A painted symbol in upper left corner reads: "Santa...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Public relations--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1920.; Taos Indians--1900-1920.; Fireplaces--1900-1920.
- [between 1900-1920?]
- Georgetown Loop
- Copy of a Charles H. Harmon painting shows the Georgetown Loop, High Bridge in Clear Creek Canyon; Argentine Central Railway (Colorado and Southern) trains on track.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harmon, Charles H.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting by W. Bancroft (possibly William Henry Bancroft) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Colorado; two elevations of standard gauge track with two passenger...
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Charles H. Harmon painting of Georgetown Loop
- Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon; Georgetown Loop, High Bridge and Argentine Central Railway; numerous painted trains on track, some retouched by McClure.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harmon, Charles H.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Hagerman Pass, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Reproduction of promotional lithograph depicting Colorado Midland Railway at Hagerman Trestle, Tunnel & Pass, Colorado; shows Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track over Hagerman Trestle, snowsheds, passenger train approaching Hagerman...
- Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Hagerman Pass--1900-1920.; Graham, Charles, 1852-1911.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting by W. Bancroft (possibly William Henry Bancroft) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Colorado; romanticized canyon view with three Short Line trains at top...
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Short Line.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Georgetown Loop, C. & S. Ry.
- Photograph of a painting of Georgetown Loop, Colorado and Southery Railway; artist is unknown; shows High Bridge with train passing over and additional train past Loop.
- Bridges--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1927]
- Wall Street
- Reproduction shows painting of Wall Street (Delphi), Boulder County, Colorado; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railroad tracks; businesses include: hotel, store, barn, boarding house, blacksmith shop, and Wall Street Tunnel.
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company--1890-1900.; Wall Street (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- 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]
- Glacier Lake
- Painting of Glacier Lake, Colorado, by Charles H. Harmon; image photographed by L.C. McClure; painting depicts spur to Glacier Lake with Colorado and Northwestern Railway excursion/passenger train and picnic pavilion, romanticized view of Rocky...
- Glacier Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Rowboats--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Harmon,...
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Hell Gate on the Colo. Midland Ry.
- Photograph of a painting by an unidentified artist; painting depicts Hell Gate reached via Colorado Midland Railway; double header train pulling around extremely steep canyon bend.
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Clear Creek Canon
- A train makes its way down Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. Clear Creek is nearby.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Jefferson...
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Dump Mt La Veta Pass
- A train makes it's way over La Veta (Veta) Pass near Dump Mountain in Huerfano County, Colorado.
- Dump Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Huerfano County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Huerfano County--1870-1890.
- [between 1861 and 1881]
- Mt. Morrison Incline RR [art original].
- Mountains in art.; Railroads--Colorado.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.); Morrison (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mount Morrison (Colo.); Watercolor painting, American.; Gouache painting.;
- [1961]
- Train time at Holyoke [art original].
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.; Gouache painting.; Railroads--Colorado.; Watercolor painting, American.; Holyoke (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [1961]
- Catacolo = KATAKOLON [art original].
- Watercolor painting captures a scene from 1934 Odyssey Cruise (from July 17 to August 11) on the privately chartered S.S. Cracovia.
- Painting, American.; Travel in art.; Olympia (Greece : Province)--Pictorial works.; Mediterranean Region--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [1934].
- Painting of Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad
- Photograph of a painting (artist unknown) depicting Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad (formerly Colorado & Northwestern Railway), Colorado; three elevations of narrow gauge tracks winding around mountain ridge with passenger train crossing...
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad Company.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Seven Castles, Colo. Midland
- Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon depicting rock formation Seven Castles near Basalt, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; passenger train is paralleled by Fryingpan River in valley.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [1907?]
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting (artist unknown, possibly John Arthur Ricker) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, also called Cripple Creek Short Line, possibly depicting Victor or Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [1903?]
- Colorado Midland Ry. Hagerman Pass, Colo. Pike's Peak Route.
- View of Hagerman Pass, on the Colorado Midland Railway Company route, in Lake County, Colorado. Shows snowsheds, the great Hagerman Trestle, a passenger train, and the construction camp for the Busk Ivanhoe Tunnel, with a water tank, railroad...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lithographs--1890-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [1893]
- Waiting [art original].
- Union Station waiting room.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Pastels (Visual works)
- 1986
- Wagon train in Ute Pass [art original].
- Mountain passes--Pictorial works.; Painting, American.; Mountains in art.; Wagon trains--Pictorial works.; Ute Pass (Summit County, Colo.)
- 1967
- [Depot at Palmer Lake] [art original].
- Railroad stations--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1961
- Cable Car Barn 18th & Lawrence
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the "Cable Garage" at 1801 Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. (Formerly the Denver City Cable Railway Company cable house.) The brick building has arched windows; cars are parked nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Old Fort Hall, Idaho
- A pack train moves along the Oregon Trail near Fort Hall in Bannock County, Idaho. The fort is constructed of mud bricks and has towers, a gate, and gun slots. North American Indians (Shoshone or Bannock) on horseback approach the entrance to the...
- Indians of North America--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Bannock County (Idaho)--1840-1860.; Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Idaho--Fort...
- 1937
- Mitchell Pass at Scott's Bluff, Neb.
- A wagon train travels over Mitchell Pass on the Oregon Trail in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (later Scotts Bluff National Monument.) A man on horseback, and a wagon master with a bull whip, are near a Conestoga wagon pulled by twelve oxen. Eagle...
- Eagle Rock (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Mitchell Pass (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff County (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff...
- 1936
- Pony rider passing outpost of telegraph construction
- A Pony Express rider waves at a telegraph line construction crew on possibly the Oregon Trail. The crew waves back. North American Indians, on horseback, are on a ridge nearby. A wagon train and snow capped mountains are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Linemen--1860-1870.; Pony Express--1860-1870.; Telegraph lines--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1860-1870.
- 1936
- Chimney Rock and Platte Valley, Neb.
- A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches the North Platte River in Nebraska. Men, women, children and dogs walk or ride in bullock drawn Conestoga wagons. Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff are in the distance. People wave at a Pony Express rider...
- Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pony express--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Rock...
- 1934
- Old Fort Mitchell near Scott's Bluff, Neb.
- View of a U shaped building and a stockade with horses at Fort Mitchell in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. People gather around a campfire near a covered wagon. Cavalry troops ride toward a pack train on the Oregon Trail. A wagon train and Scotts...
- Fort Mitchell (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Scottsbluff (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cavalry--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--1860-1870.; Forts &...
- 1933
- Sweetwater Station, Wyo.
- View of Sweetwater Station, a stage stop, Pony Express station, and military post for the protection of emigrants, on the Oregon Trail in Natrona County, Wyoming. Shows a stagecoach, a wagon train with covered wagons drawn by oxen, a man on...
- Independence Rock (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Sweetwater Pony Express Station (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1933
- Echo Canyon, Utah
- View of a wagon train on the Mormon Trail in Echo Canyon in Summit County, Utah. Covered wagons pulled by oxen, and men, women and children on foot and on horseback travel beside Echo Creek. Shows red canyon walls above the trail.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1850-1870.; Echo Creek (Utah)--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer Historic National Trail--1850-1870.; Summit County (Utah)--1850-1870.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.; Cliffs--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.;...
- 1933
- Early modes of transportation, Independence Rock, Wyo.
- View of covered wagons pulled by oxen, horse-drawn covered wagons, a stagecoach, a Pony Express rider, people on horseback and on foot on the Oregon Trail near Independence Rock on the Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. Tepees, a wagon...
- Independence Rock (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Split Rock (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1932
- Sunflower Trail in Neb. [sic]
- View of a wagon train on the "Sunflower Trail" (probably the Mormon Trail.) Shows ox-drawn and mule-drawn covered wagons, men, women, and children on foot, and men on horseback. A man herds horses with a bullwhip. Mountains are in the distance.
- Mormons--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--1850-1870.; Families--1850-1870.; Pioneers--1850-1870.; Wagons trains--1850-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1850-1870.
- 1932