Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gregory Gulch 1947
- Mines and piles of mine tailings dot the hillsides surrounding Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is named after John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. A dirt road intersects two wider dirt roads that run...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [1947?]
- Gregory Gulch 1947
- Mines and piles of mine tailings dot the hillsides surrounding Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is named after John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. A dirt road intersects two wider dirt roads that run...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Stone...
- [1947?]
- Victor, Colorado
- Panoramic view of frame buildings and clapboard houses in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine tailings and dirt roads. Mine building signs on or near Squaw Mountain read: "Gold Coin" and "Shaft No. 3," "The Victor Ore [?]," and "The...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Central City
- View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Houses and buildings line dirt roads.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1954 February 17
- Veta Pass, South from Mule Shoe
- View of Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) from a loop in the Denver and Rio Grande railroad track identified as the Mule Shoe in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows siding cars and dirt roads.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colo. 1890-1899 circ. (prints)
- A horse-drawn carriage travels up Eureka Street in the foreground of this view of Central City, Colorado. The stone McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop is in the right foreground at the base of a hill. Tailings from the Huddleston Mine...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Green Mtn. Dam
- View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows graded earth, automobiles, mountains, buildings and winding dirt roads.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit Company (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit Company--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Temple Square, Salt Lake City
- Aerial view of Temple Square at the corner of Main and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the granite, six-spire Salt Lake Mormon Temple with the Angel Moroni sculpture, the Mormon Tabernacle, the Brigham Young...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Monuments.; Assembly Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1900-1910.; Salt Lake Temple--1900-1910.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Mormon...
- 1900
- Pasadena and the Sierra Madre Range
- Panoramic view of Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows houses, trees, cultivated fields, orchards, and dirt roads. The San Gabriel Mountains are in the distance.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.; Orchards--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Garden of the Gods
- View of sandstone rock formations and Gate Rock at Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. People are in horse-drawn covered carriages on dirt roads. Bushes and trees are on hillsides and a cow is near steep rock...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Goldman's Grocery Store, Central City, Colorado
- Men stand or sit and pose in front of the Miller Block Building on the corner of Main Street and Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado, "1874" is carved in a corner pediment on the cornice, Young men sit in the Goldman's store...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Gate way to Garden of the Gods
- View of the sandstone rock formation Gateway at the Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. A dirt road leads through the formation. A hitched horse and buggy stand on one of the dirt roads. Evergreen trees, dry grass, and dry shrubs dot the...
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Belvedere Hotel
- The Belvedere Hotel in Montrose, Colorado, features a mansard roof, dormers, a second floor balcony, balustrade, an open front porch, brick walls, and a small yard. The building is on a corner bordered by dirt roads.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Belvedere Hotel (Montrose, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Russell Gulch, Colo.
- The mining district of Russell Gulch was about four miles southwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. About $35,000 in gold was reportedly mined every week when the area was first discovered by William Green Russell in 1859. Several...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1900.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Central City, Colo. 1860
- Several large buildings stand along Main Street in early day Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Gold was first discovered in the region by John H. Gregory in 1859 and spurred the town's growth. Additional buildings stand along Eureka Street...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Log...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Creede, Colo.
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings, houses and log cabins in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad depot beside the railroad tracks, and a sign that reads "Hotel, Cafe, Bar." A boxcar is on...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Creede (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1950-1960.
- 1951 April
- Conejos, Colo.
- View of a dirt road in Conejos (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows adobe houses, a post and wire fence and flowers. A church is in the distance.
- Conejos (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cities & towns.; Dirt roads.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Conejos--Pictorial works.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Conejos--Pictorial works.; Conejos (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1967
- Road crew, Costilla County
- Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dirt roads.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery); Laborers.; Road construction.; Tracklaying vehicles.; Gallegos, Diego Antonio--Pictorial works.; Blue...
- [1935?]
- Main St. San Luis, Colo.
- A man stands in the middle of Main Street in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows one and two story adobe buildings around a large, open, dirt plaza.
- Hispanic Americans--Structures--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--Structures--1880-1890.; San Luis (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns.; Dirt roads.; Plazas.; Cities and towns--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Dirt roads--Colorado--San...
- [1880?]
- San Luis, Colo.
- View of fields on the outskirts of San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Adobe buildings, a house trailer, a church and houses are in the town. A large mesa is near the town and painted rocks form letters that read: "San Luis, Oldest Town in...
- Hispanic Americans--Structures--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Structures--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cities & towns.; Dirt roads.; Plazas.; Cities and towns--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Dirt roads--Colorado--San...
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- Georgetown, Colo.
- View of frame buildings and houses in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the frame Barton House hotel, the Victorian Hamill House, a mine smokestack, cabins, timber piles, and dirt roads. Snow is on mountains above the Clear Creek...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [1873?]
- Ouray
- An aerial view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado, with The Amphitheater in the distance; shows houses, public buildings and dirt roads.
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Goldfield
- Panoramic view of mines, tailings embankments, and frame houses in Goldfield, (Teller County) Colorado. Shows the Town Hall building, an abandoned automobile, sheds, outhouses and dirt roads.
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.
- 1933 November 10
- Rico from below
- View of Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Shows wood frame structures of Rico Argentine Mining Company, frame residences, commercial buildings, and dirt roads. The Rico Mountains are in the distance.
- Rico (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rico Argentine Mining Company Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rico Mountains (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rico--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- North Empire
- North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, consists of log and frame dwellings and commercial buildings. Wagons and lumber are in the dirt streets; hills in the background are covered in dead trees and dirt roads.
- North Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Russell Gulch
- View of Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame houses, privies, mining facilities, and dirt roads.
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- West end
- View of a row of identical frame buildings, possibly miner's residences, in a mountain valley. Shows talus beside a creek bed, piles of wooden boards, trees, bushes, and dirt roads.
- Houses--1860-1870.; Mining--1860-1870.; Streams--1860-1870.; Valleys--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Mining, Gilpin County
- A large mine shafthouse stands in the midground on a hillside between two dirt roads. A few small buildings stand near the shafthouse. A railroad track curves through the left foreground, possibly near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Ward, Colo.
- View of the mining town of Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Log cabins and buildings and wood houses and commercial buildings line the dirt streets. Privies are located throughout the town. Many houses and buildings have log retaining walls.
- Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.; Dirt roads.; Log buildings.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Otto Mears toll road
- View of the toll road built between Ouray and Ironton by Otto Mears. The dirt road was excavated into the side of the Uncompahgre Gorge beside the Uncompahgre River in Ouray County, Colorado. A saddled horse and a wagon are on the road. Rivulets of...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uncompahgre Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons.; Dirt roads.; Rivers.; Toll roads.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St. south
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a dirt street lined with large yards, cement sidewalks and various varieties of trees. Shows lawns, eucalyptus trees, palm trees, ornamental fruit trees, bushes, agave plants, a cement sided...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St. north
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a dirt street lined with large yards, cement sidewalks and various varieties of trees. Shows lawns, deciduous trees, palm trees, ornamental fruit trees, bushes, plants, a cement sided ditch,...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St., palms
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows front yards landscaped with a variety of palm trees, Norfolk Pine trees, ornamental and fruit trees, eucalyptus trees, and a variety of ornamental bushes and flowers. The sidewalk has a...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Pasadena, Cal. Marengo Ave.
- View of Marengo Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The avenue is lined with pepper trees that overhang the dirt street. Shows landscaped yards.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Dirt roads.; Residential streets.; Pepper-tree.
- c1899
- Pasadena, Cal., Orange Grove Ave.
- View of Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a wide dirt street with horse-drawn carriages. Two carriages are parked by large pepper trees. The sidewalks are lined with palm and pepper trees. Landscaped yards and...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches.; Dirt roads.; Houses.; Residential streets.
- [1899]
- Pasadena, Cal. Marengo Ave., east
- View of Marengo Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The avenue is lined with pepper trees that overhang the dirt street. Sidewalks, flowering trees, junipers, and a stone pillar topped with a planter that contains greenery are...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Dirt roads.; Residential streets.; Pepper-tree.
- [1899]
- Roadside rest stop
- View of a rural dirt road in South Korea. Groups of people sit and stand near a large pine tree. A vendor's stand is under the tree. Mountains are in the distance.
- Korea (South)--1950-1960.; Dirt roads.; People.; Pines.; Rest stops.; Koreans.
- [between 1952 and 1953?]