Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pikes Peak from Templeton's Gap
- Ranch buildings, cows, and fences are in a meadow near a rocky ridge in an area identified as "Templeton's Gap" in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Smoke rises above a structure with perhaps a thatched roof. Snow is on Pikes Peak in the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Irrigated lands near Pueblo
- View of a farm house, barn, and fenced, cultivated fields near Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The frame house has a gabled, shingled roof, and laundry is on a clothesline. Plows and farm equipment are on the side of a dirt road. Houses and...
- Pueblo County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Pueblo County--1900-1920.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Pueblo County--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Pueblo County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- The flood at Longmont
- People hold umbrellas and stand beside railroad tracks near horses and a carriage in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado. Water from the flooded Saint Vrain Creek is around tracks and in agricultural fields near barns, houses, and fences. A Union...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.
- 1894 June 2
- Paonia, Colorado
- View of farms and orchards near the town of Paonia, Delta County, Colorado. Shows rolls of hay, barns, fences, and fruit trees. Mountains are in the distance.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1930.; Orchards--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Paonia
- View of orchards and fruit trees in bloom near the town of Paonia, Delta County, Colorado. Shows farm houses and barns. The North Fork Gunnison River is in the distance.
- Gunnison River, North Fork (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Paonia (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Paonia--1890-1940.; Orchards--Colorado--Paonia--1890-1940.; Rivers--Colorado--Paonia--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1940?]
- Town of Grand Valley, Colo.
- View of the town of Grand Valley (Parachute, Garfield County), Colorado. Shows wood frame barns, cultivated fields, and houses. Hills are in the distance.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Grand Valley--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Grand Valley--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1921?]
- Stonewall Road, town of Vigil
- View of a dirt road, farm houses, barns and cultivated fields in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Snow is on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains or the Culebra Range in the distance.
- Vigil (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Vigil--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Frenchman's lakes and Holy Cross Mts., Glenwood Extension
- View of a homestead, near possibly Frenchman Creek, and the Mount of the Holy Cross in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows log structures, a farmhouse with chimney, frame outbuildings, corrals, trees, brush and rolling hills.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Farms--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Provo Valley
- A view of the Provo Valley in Utah (Utah County) shows a man near a cabin. Farms with cultivated fields and the buildings of the town of Provo are seen in the distance.
- Provo Valley (Utah County, Utah)--1880-1890.; Utah County (Utah)--1880-1890.; Croplands--Utah--Utah County--1880-1890.; Farms--Utah--Utah County--1880-1890.; Valleys--Utah--Utah County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Harvest scene near Brookings, South Dakota
- Workers harvest hay on a farm near Brookings, South Dakota. A farm house, horse-drawn equipment and a hay wagon are near the work site.
- Brookings (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Farms--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Harvesting--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Hay--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.
- Harvest scene near Brookings, South Dakota
- Farm workers reap hay on a farm in Brookings, South Dakota. Horses, harvesting equipment, haystacks and farmhouses are seen in the distance.
- Brookings (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Farms--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Harvesting--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Hay--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Mowing machinery--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Stock farm near Dennison [sic], Iowa
- A herd of cattle stand near a barn in Denison (Crawford County), Iowa. Farm workers are nearby.
- Denison (Iowa)--1880-1890.; Cattle--Iowa--Denison--1880-1890.; Farms--Iowa--Denison--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Colo. Wheat field, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Wheat field (probably in Roaring Fork River valley near Carbondale, Colorado), reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows two men standing in waist-deep field inspecting heads of wheat.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Wheat--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A Colorado potatoe [sic] field, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Large field of potato plants in Roaring Fork River valley near Carbondale, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows horse- drawn wagon parked near potato field, small irrigation ditch channeling water, and horseback rider in field.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Pigs is pigs on the Colo. Midland Ry.
- Pig farm or ranch (probably in Roaring Fork River valley, near Carbondale, Colorado), reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows two separate pens of pigs and piglets, large stack of hay with ladder, a log building, and board fence.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Haystacks--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Swine--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A Colorado poultry yard
- Poultry (chickens, hens and roosters) in fenced yard, somewhere in Colorado; pig and piglets, water trough and hand pump for water; McClure's shadow, center foreground; wooden frame farm outbuildings, background.
- Chickens--Colorado--1890-1910.; Farms--Colorado--1890-1910.; Poultry--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roosters--Colorado--1890-1910.; Swine--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A Colo. dairy
- View of a dairy farm, probably Hazelwood Dairy; shows wood-frame residence with brick foundation, a wood-frame dairy barn, and cows along dirt road; a women and dog sit on front porch, a man stands next to barbed wire fence and horse-drawn...
- Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Exhibit from Vagnuer Ranch, Aspen, Colo. Colo. Midland Ry., swepstake [sic] prize winner
- View of a National Western Stock Show sweepstake prize-winning exhibit of agricultural products displayed (and possibly grown) by Vagnuer Ranch near Aspen, Colorado; display includes hay bales, beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes, jars of wheat...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1920.; National Western Stock Show.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Plowing up a homestead in Routt Co., Colo.
- Team of horses pulling plow, Routt County, Colorado; man seated on back of plow plowing virgin sod.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Plowing--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Harrowing a homestead in Routt Co., Colo.
- Four-horse team pulling a harrow over plowed sod, Routt County, Colorado; man seated on back of harrow.
- Harrows--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farming--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Harvesting celery in Colorado
- Rows of celery plants in large field ready for harvest somewhere in Colorado; horse-drawn harvester, man in rear also assisting team of horses and driver; empty wooden crates & one row of crates packed with celery, center left; men boxing and group...
- Celery--Colorado--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 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]
- Cutting dry farm rye, Moffat Road
- View of horse-drawn machinery cutting rye field, probably somewhere in Routt County, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific), Moffat Road; three-horse team, two men standing in field ready to...
- Dry farming--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Dry farm wheat, Van Tassel Ranch
- View of cut wheat in stacks across partially cut field, Van Tassel Ranch, Routt County, Colorado; Hiram & Lydia Lovell Van Tassel homesteaded in Breeze Basin area; two unidentified men, one man holding bundle of wheat; dry-land farming.
- Dry farming--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Reaping dry farm rye, Moffat Road
- View of man driving three-horse team led reaper and another man bundling cut rye probably somewhere in Routt County, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific), Moffat Road; man holding whip to drive...
- Dry farming--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Routt County truck garden
- View of variety of vegetable plants in garden, Routt County, Colorado, possibly near Hayden; truck garden.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Truck farming--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Vegetables--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Routt County truck garden
- View of onion field, Routt County, Colorado, possibly near Hayden; man inspecting onion plants, center; different vegetable crop behind onion field; possibly two man-made bee hives (or aviaries), center right; truck garden.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bee culture--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Beehives--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Onions--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Truck...
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Farm in Central City, Colorado
- A gabled, clapboard barn in the foreground is below a hill in Central City, Colorado. The one story building has a tin roof and wooden doors with cross braces that are painted a dark color. The only visible window is on the side of the building...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Farms--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1959]
- Barley raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of barley field grown without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men and two women standing in chest-high barley field, dry-land farming; log cabin with stone fireplace and wooden frame...
- Dry farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900- 1920.; Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barley--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Barley raised without irrigation, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of barley field, Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men & two women standing in chest-high barley field grown without irrigation, dry-land farming.
- Dry farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900- 1920.; Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barley--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- The milk herd, Skelton Mountain Ranch, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of small herd of dairy cattle, Skelton Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; one goat & calf amidst herd, man on horseback behind herd, barbed wire fence; cut agricultural field on hillside...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Barley raised without irrigation on the Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of a barley field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; people stand by a house, and clouds dot the sky.
- Dry farming--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900- 1920.; Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barley--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Irrigating thinned lettuce on the project farm (K. Itow)
- K. Itow clears soil from an irrigation ditch amid rows of young lettuce on the project farm, Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. He wears a straw hat and has gloves in his back pocket. Other Japanese...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Farming--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.;...
- 1943 June 4
- A Grand Valley truck garden, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of "truck garden" with cantaloupes & other vegetable plants, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man bending down in garden examining cantaloupe; distant view of Grand Mesa & roof top.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Truck farming--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Savery Co., Broomfield
- Workers in Brighton, Colorado, make compost for growing mushrooms. A man spraying a hose stands atop a mixer, and others in bib overalls load a conveyor belt elevator feeding it. Fields and trees are in the background.
- Broomfield (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Broomfield--1920-1930.; Mushrooms--Colorado--Broomfield--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Savery Co., Broomfield
- Workers in Broomfield, Colorado, make compost for growing mushrooms. A man spraying a hose stands atop a mixer, another loads a conveyor belt elevator feeding it.
- Broomfield (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Broomfield--1920-1930.; Mushrooms--Colorado--Broomfield--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Savery Co., Westminster
- The Savery mushroom farm in Westminster, Colorado, has a paved area flanked by block barns. Repeating gables top both buildings, and piles of compost and elevators are in the background. Men in suits and white straw hats look on.
- Westminster (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Westminster--1920-1930.; Mushrooms--Colorado--Westminster--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Gillett
- An iron fire hydrant is at the side of a dirt road that runs throught Gillett, Teller County, Colorado. Several low wood buildings with farm animals nearby are in the distance, with mountains behind.
- Gillett (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Gillett--1940-1950.; Farms--Colorado--Gillett--1940-1950.; Fire hydrants--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Mushroom farm in Westminster, Colorado
- This interior view of the Savery mushroom farm in Westminster, Colorado, shows a bed crowded with ripe, white fungi. A man in a suit, tie and fedora picks one in the background.
- Westminster (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Westminster--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Mushrooms--Colorado--Westminster--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Rear view of Zang's Hotel
- A woman and a man stand in a yard near farm animals, including hogs, a horse, and a dog, near a masonry building with a gable in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A man stands behind the picket fence behind the same building. A man...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Water towers--Colorado--Creeke--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Residence and farm, Edgewater, Colorado
- A house and farm buildings in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado, are next to a dirt road. The brick house is one story with a gable roof, a porch, and a picket fence in front; a tall smokestack and a silo are near the three other buildings that...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1900-1950.; Farms--Colorado--Edgewater--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- C. S. P. gardens
- Fields of crops at the State Penitentiary farm in Canon City, Colorado, are flanked by roads; the stone garden house and outbuildings are at the end. Rock walls and a wooden gate form an enclosure in the foreground, with a hay feeder and loading...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- Green Hill orchard
- Men stand on the porch of a one-story frame dwelling near the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado; one wears an apron. A frame outbuilding has lettering on its roof: "Green Hill Orchard." Barrels, a wagon, and a rock lined path are in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1935
- Pheasants
- Pheasants at the State Penitentiary farm in Canon City, Colorado, mill in their frame and chicken wire run. Gable roofed shelters grace the interior of each of several coops, a man in the central one spreads feed. Exterior outbuildings in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Pheasants--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Prison farm different view
- Adobe walls divide hog pens at the State Penitentiary farm in Canon City, Colorado. Pigs crowd troughs; sod topped shelters, hay feeding racks and plank fences are in each area. A coupe automobile with its top down is by the wall, and a horse-drawn...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Dairy barn ranch
- Open beams span the interior ceiling of the State Penitentiary dairy in Canon City, Colorado. Shaded, hanging electric lamps are centered over the concrete floor, which is flanked by feeding Guernsey cows, facing out. Open factory windows line some...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- Benjamin H. Eaton residence, Greeley
- Buildings of the Benjamin H. Eaton farm in Greeley, Colorado, include gambrel and gable roofed barns, sheds, and fenced livestock pens. A granary and two-story brick house are to the right.
- Eaton, Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1940--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Looking East, Glendale Stock Farm
- Eastward view from the Glendale Stock Farm near Aspen, Colorado; plateau with fenced rangeland, hay bales; range of Rocky Mountains in distance.
- Farms--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- View from Bungalo [sic]
- View from bungalow, probably near the Roaring Fork River Valley between Glenwood Springs and Aspen, Colorado; shows juniper trees, a residence surrounded by fenced farmland in distances, and foothills.
- Farms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919?]
- Cutting dry farm wheat in Colorado
- View of a dry wheat farm during harvest time on Colorado eastern plains; two men stand in foreground holding wheat sheaves; at mid-ground, one person stands near sheaves, another drives a horse-drawn combine, and a third is on horseback; three...
- Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Farms--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting machinery--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]