Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- William F. Cody driving Deadwood Stage
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody drives the Deadwood Stagecoach, pulled by three teams of mules, probably in Concord, New Hampshire in 1895. A man sits next to Cody, and several passengers ride inside. A banner reading "1868 Home Again 1895"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1895?]
- Graham-Gallup House
- Photograph of the exterior brick work on the Graham-Gallup House located in Denver, Colorado. The 1895 Graham-Gallup House, a vernacular Queen Anne style 2.5 story masonry building, with an irregular plan and a steeply pitched cross gabled roof,...
- Gallup, John C.--Homes & haunts.; Graham, David--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Graham-Gallup House
- Photograph of the exterior brick work, stone work, and horizontal windows on the Graham-Gallup House located in Denver, Colorado. The 1895 Graham-Gallup House, a vernacular Queen Anne style 2.5 story masonry building, with an irregular plan and a...
- Gallup, John C.--Homes & haunts.; Graham, David--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Graham-Gallup House
- Photograph looking from the front door towards the entryway and solid hand carved wood staircase in the Graham-Gallup House located in Denver, Colorado. The 1895 Graham-Gallup House, a vernacular Queen Anne style 2.5 story masonry building, with...
- Gallup, John C.--Homes & haunts.; Graham, David--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Graham-Gallup House
- Photograph of the exterior of the Graham-Gallup House located in Denver, Colorado. The 1895 Graham-Gallup House, a vernacular Queen Anne style 2.5 story masonry building, with an irregular plan and a steeply pitched cross gabled roof, represents...
- Gallup, John C.--Homes & haunts.; Graham, David--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Graham-Gallup House
- Photograph of the exterior of the Graham-Gallup House located in Denver, Colorado. The 1895 Graham-Gallup House, a vernacular Queen Anne style 2.5 story masonry building, with an irregular plan and a steeply pitched cross gabled roof, represents...
- Gallup, John C.--Homes & haunts.; Graham, David--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Gillett, Colo. bull fight, Aug. 24-26, 1895
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, (the third day planned was cancelled) takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event. The bull is coming out of the gate...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bulls--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- August 1895
- Denver & South Park Alpine tunnel opening
- A view of the Alpine Tunnel, East Portal on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway in Chaffee County, Colorado. This is as it appeared on May 25, 1895 while it was being inspected prior to reopening. Railroad ties lie in a pile in front of the...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1895 May 25
- Fourth of July celebration, Victor
- Close-up view of Chief of Midland Band, Fourth of July celebration, 1895, Victor, Colorado; shows man in costume with feathered headdress holding large pointed staff, a young boy in street-clothes with suspenders and another man in costume with...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Celebrations--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Holidays--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Mexican bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- Bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, in the wood bullring at the race track in Gillett, Colorado. Joe Wolfe organized the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. The matador, Jose Marrero (with cape) and one of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Marrero, Jose.
- [August 1895.]
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1895 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1895 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1895 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1895 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) 1895 house
- Exterior photograph of a 1895 house at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Violet Fay
- A child's grave in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery is covered with flowers including roses. Tombstone sculpture depicts a lamb; inscription reads: "Violet Fay - Dau. of F. & F.E. Gorham, Dec. 16, 1895 - Aug. 6, 1900."
- Gorham, Violet Fay, 1895-1900--Tomb.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Anaconda
- View across rooftops of Ananconda in Teller County, Colorado; includes wood frame gabled and hipped houses, log cabins, log houses, false fronts, lean-tos, outhouses, with wood shingle, sod, and plank board roofs; laundry hangs on clothesline in...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Roofs--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Mexican Bull Fight ticket
- A ticket for the Mexican Bull Fight held August 24, 25, and 26, 1895, in Gillett, Colorado, has a picture of a bull, a matador, a banderillero, and a picador in a bullring filled with people. Written around the edges is: "Mexican Bull Fight,...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Tickets.
- [between 1942 and 1960?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Cowell, Charles.B
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) barn
- Exterior photograph of a barn at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. When...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park)
- Photograph looking to the south west of the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Page 5115
- Cripple Creek, 1895
- Two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings on southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon is tethered to fire hydrant at corner of street; lettering on windows include: "Palace...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Ice rink in the Leadville Ice Palace, 1895
- Interior view of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace skating rink, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. Cobble & Kerr built the 80 x 190 foot long rink with wooden trussed roof designed by architect C.E. Joy. Ice arches are along the edges of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice skating rinks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1895 and 1896]
- Black Hawk Colo., after the flood, July 30, 1895
- View from ground level of a street crowded with people after the flood of 1895 in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows a woman seated with umbrella, one woman standing with umbrella and propped against a leaning pole, and one woman with her left arm behind...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Mildred Katherine Pantlind
- Studio bust portrait of Mildred Katherine Pantlind, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Pantlind's curly hair is parted down the middle and pulled back. Her dress is finished with a dark colored netting or tulle, and has oversized...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pantlind, Mildred Katherine.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895, June 13
- Harry Ewing Wagner
- Studio portrait of Harry Ewing Wagner, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Wagner's hair is parted down the middle. He wears a coat, a shirt with an upright collar and a light colored bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Wagner, Harry Ewing.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Arena erected for the Bull Fight, Gillett, Colo. August 24, 25, 26, 1895.
- The wood bullfight ring used for the Mexican bullfight on August 24 and 25, 1895, within the racetrack at Gillett, Colorado, is empty; snow is on the ground around it, and trees on the hills behind are leafless. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- 1895
- August 24-26, 1895
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895 (the event was cancelled on August 26), is taking place in the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Western History Subject Index
- Gillett, Colorado: Bullfights
- Page 5072
- Page 5212
- Page 5291
- Page 5348
- Gravestones, Augusta Tabor, Riverside Cemetery, Denver
- View of gravestones for August Tabor, block 7, lot 78, Riverside Cemetery, 5201 Brighton Boulevard, Elyria Swansea neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows grave markers and flower arrangements. A vertical, polished granite marker has a rough-faced...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cemeteries.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Tomb.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Markham monument, Fairmount cemetery
- View of the Markham monument located in Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec Street in the Windsor neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This chest style tomb features a sculpture that depicts the biblical story of "The Good Samaritan". It shows a...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Windsor (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Markham, Mary F., d. 1893--Tomb.; Markham, Vincent D., d. 1895--Tomb.; Fairmount Cemetery...
- 2000
- Simon Montez family
- Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez pose with their two children. Jose A. Montez sits on his fathers lap. (6 months, born February 13, 1895) and Santiago Montez stands in front of his mother. (2 years old). Simon sits in a chair, wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Children.; Infants.; Spouses.; Women.; Montez, Emma Valdez--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez, Simon--Family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1909 March 13
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 41, 1909 November 27
- Idaho Springs
- Firemen pose in front of the fire department in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Some pull their hand-drawn fire wagon, others pose in front of the wagon; a boy sits on top of the hose cart. They wear uniforms with spiked shoes. Some...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Fires stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- View of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the shaft house, tipples, tailings, a log retaining wall, a pile of lumber, and a privy. A man poses near the shaft house.
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.
- 1895 Feb. 28th
- Alpine tunnel
- A view of the Alpine Tunnel, East Portal, on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway in Chaffee County, Colorado. This is as it appeared on May 25, 1895 while it was being inspected prior to reopening. Railroad ties lie in a pile in front of the...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1895 May 25
- Campion summer home, Twin Lakes, Colorado
- View of John Francis Campion's "Country Villa" built in 1895, Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado; mountains are part of the Sawatch Range.
- Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1920.; Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1895 and 1920]
- Near Alpine tunnel
- Snowbanks surround two Denver, Leadville and Gunnison railroad trains that are stopped on railroad tracks near the East Portal of the Alpine tunnel in Chaffee County, Colorado. A man sits on the back platform on one train.
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1895 May
- Ranch of Mr Henry Gilbert at Melvin, Colo
- This ranch in Melvin, Arapahoe County, Colorado, consists of a one-story frame house, outbuilding, and trees. A windmill is in the background, and a man poses by a white picket fence in the foreground.
- Gilbert, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Melvin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Melvin--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Horse-drawn calliope, Cripple Creek
- View of horse-drawn calliope, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly sponsored by the Elks fraternal order; features two teams of horses pulling wagon with calliope and male musician aboard; several men are standing on boardwalk behind...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Calliopes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Cripple Creek up to date
- Bird's eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado northwest from Gold Hill (possibly Anchoria-Leland Mine area) with Mount Pisgah in the background; surface mine buildings and tailings are in foreground; scene includes business commercial district with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Electric light plant equipment
- An electric light plant car bearing Nate Salsbury's name is in the foreground on a cobblestone street near Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Salsbury was the owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Lettering on the side of the car...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Power plants--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1895?]
- George L. Beam
- Head and shoulders self portrait of George Lytle Beam; he wears a jacket with matching vest, plaid bow tie and a wing-tip collar.
- Photographers--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- 1895?
- Fig. 116. Interior lodge.
- Reproduction of a book illustration of the interior of a Native American (Navajo) medicine lodge. The illustration shows a small fire in the center of the building. A hole in the roof allows the smoke to rise out of the building.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Navajo Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1920.; Interiors--1890-1920.; Lodges--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915]
- Augusta and Horace Tabor's house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, on East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1931