Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Last picture of Chipeta
- Chipeta, a Native American (Ute) woman, poses next to a tepee near Dragon (Uintah County), Utah. She is wearing a dress or skirt under a plaid shawl. An animal skin is on a tree or shrub beside the tepee.
- Indians of North America--Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Dragon (Utah)--1920-1930.; Tipis--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Chipeta.
- 1923
- Silversmith
- Shows a Native American male silversmith. He is seated and holds a hammer in one hand over a small anvil, and holds a hand bellows in the other hand. He wears a loose fitted shirt, slacks, head band, silver belt and beaded necklace.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Silverwork--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Deer
- A male deer (buck) stands in a clearing. Pine trees are in the background.
- Deer--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Buffalo
- A buffalo stands in a clearing. Pine trees are in the background.
- Bison--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Buffalo
- A buffalo stands in a clearing. Pine trees are in the background.
- Bison--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Council Bluffs, Chicago & North-Western Railway station, carriage side
- View of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company depot in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. The depot has corbiestep brick work, circular or Queen Anne arched windows, a hip roof, a stone foundation, and a porch. A polygonal turret...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Villa of Brule, the great hostile Indian camp on River Brule near Pine Ridge, S.D.
- A group of horses is gathered in the River Brule in the foreground near a Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A man stands on the bank of the river in the left midground. Numerous teepees are set up in the field in the background.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Horses--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Tipis--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
- [1891?]
- Birds eye view of complete battle ground at Wounded Knee S.D.
- Bird's eye view to the west across the valley of the Wounded Knee battleground with slain American Lakota Sioux and burial party barely visible above cottonwoods along the creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee...
- [1891? January 3]
- Two Strikes talking, Grand Council of the hostile and friendly Sioux Indian chiefs at Pine Ridge Agency S.D.
- Chief Two Strikes speaks from inside the council circle of Native American Lakota Sioux, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, as he attempts to convince the remaining Ghost Dancers to give up their weapons.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1891 January 17
- Chief Big Foot killed in the battle at Wounded Knee with his full band by the 7th Cav
- View of the twisted frozen slain body of Chief Big Foot, Native American, Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, propped up on the Wounded Knee battleground, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge...
- [1891 January 3]
- Chief Red Cloud
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Red Cloud, Native American, Oglala Lakota Sioux. He wears a pinstripe jacket, vest and shirt with a bow tie and loose brushed back hair, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891?
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- West side of the Hotel de Paris, located on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The hotel was built by the Frenchman Louis Dupuy, the proprietor, from three separate buildings, and was completed in 1890. The west side of the building...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- The mineral resources of Summit County
- View of a 156 ounce specimen of crystallized gold, known as "Tom's Baby," taken from the Gold Flake Mine on Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The specimen was named after Tom Groves, one of the miners who discovered it.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Chief Fast Thunders camp
- Native American (Sioux) men and women stand and sit on horseback, near a group of tepees, probably in South Dakota. The men and women stand near a wooden crate and various piles of wood, the women wear dresses and are wrapped in blankets, the men...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Battle of the Big Horn
- Shows the smoking guns of General Custer and his U. S. Army troops being defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1875 Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Geronimo head cheif [i. e. chief] of the Chiricahua Apaches now on the war path in Seirra [i. e. Sierra] Madres
- Studio portrait (crouching) of Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man. He holds a rifle and wears boot moccasins, a breechcloth, and scarves around his neck.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- 1885
- Standing Wolf
- Standing Wolf, a Native American (Ute) man poses outdoors in City Park, Denver, Colorado, on a blanket near a tepee. He holds a feather fan and wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, hair pipe breastplate and choker, fur pelt armband, and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Standing Wolf, Ute Indian.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Navajo hogans (Indian huts) of timber and adobe near the Grand Canyon, Arizona
- View of Native American (Navajo) hogans near the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Structures--Arizona--1900-1910.; Hogans--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, profile view
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk, standing in front of stone wall and painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, profile view
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk, standing in front of stone wall and painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, profile view
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk, standing in front of stone wall and painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tomahawks.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Gen. Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian camp in the U.S., near Pine Ridge, S. Dak., Jan. 16, 1891
- Gen. Nelson A. Miles and several officers stop on horseback and look toward a large Native American camp in the background near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are set up across the large field. A dog stands underneath one of the horses.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Gen. Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian camp in the U.S., near Pine Ridge, S. Dak., Jan. 16, 1891
- Gen. Nelson A. Miles and several officers on horseback stop in the midground looking toward a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A large dog stands with the group. Numerous teepees are set up across the large field.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- A large group of U.S. troops on horseback is in the midground in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A group of pack mules with packs on their backs is in the right midground. Numerous covered wagons are lined up...
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- Many U.S. troops march in rows in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are in the distance in the camp at the base of a ridge of hills.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Gen. Brook's camp, camp near Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. 17, '91
- A large U.S. Army camp, possibly for General Brooks, is set up near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are set up across the large field. Several troops stand among the tents that resemble teepees.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Military camps--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Distant view of an Indian camp, not very clear
- Photograph of a photograph of a Native American camp next to a river. Shows tipis, horses and people.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [1889?]
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, wearing Indian war bonnet, full length
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, full length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing elaborate feather headdress, two scarves tied at neck, long shirt and trousers; holding pipe in one hand.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.
- [188?]
- Indians skinning beef, beef issue day at Pine Ridge, S.D.
- A group of Native Americans skins a cow in the right center background near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Several horses and wagons are stopped near the group.
- Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Slaughtering--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, similar view
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, standing full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing elaborate feather headdress, fringed buckskin shirt, and pants.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.
- [188?]
- U. S. Signal Station, Summit of Pikes Peak
- Two engines and cars of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway (aka Cog Road) appear on track beside the U. S. Signal Station at the rock- strewn summit of Pikes Peak. Two men are visible in engine no. 1; various passengers are also shown.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- c1892
- Hermanos Penitentes procession
- Men, members of the Hermanos Penitentes, bear crosses in a Good Friday procession in Las Animas County, Colorado. One man without a shirt flagellates himself on the back and bleeds; others kneel or stand and observe. Adobe structures and fenced...
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Flagellation--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adoration--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.; Religious groups--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Officers of the Fighting 7th, at Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. '91
- Two rows of officers of the 7th Division of the U.S. Cavalry pose for a group portrait. The man in the left center of the front row wears a large fur coat. The remainder of the officers wear uniforms and several wear leather gauntlets on their...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Pueblo Mineral Palace Silver Queen
- Display of the Aspen Silver Queen in Pueblo, Colorado, features a crowned female form holding a sceptre in a wheeled, canopied boat, with an antlered deer head at the prow. Cherubs, frilly lamps, columns, and rocks in display cases complete the...
- Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890- 1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)
- 1893
- Manitou and Pike's Peak, Colorado.
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest; shows the Manitou House and Clubhouse, D&RGRR Depot, Mansions Hotel, Wheeler Building, El Paso Livery and Barker House. The Congregational Church has a bay and square corner tower; the Colorado...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Chief Rocky Bear's Home Frank Granard, chief of U.S. Scouts on horse at Rocky Bear's Home
- Frank Granard, chief of the U.S. Scouts, poses on horseback near where Chief Rocky Bear of the Oglala Sioux stands. Rocky Bear was the leader of the Sioux people who were members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West prior to Iron Tail. Several...
- Indian scouts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Granard, Frank.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Crow Dog and family at home
- Jerome Crow Dog poses with his family for a group portrait in front of a teepee. The group includes three women and a young girl in the back row, each wearing blankets wrapped around their shoulders, and four small children in the front row. Crow...
- Crow Dog, Jerome--Family--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Crow Dog, Jerome.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Crow Dog and family at home, taken in hostile Indian camp, Jan. 16, '91, near Pine Ridge, S.D.
- Jerome Crow Dog poses with his family for a group portrait in front of a teepee. The group includes three women and a young girl in the back row, each wearing blankets wrapped around their shoulders, and four small children in the front row. Crow...
- Crow Dog, Jerome--Family--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Crow Dog, Jerome.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891]
- Gen. Miles and Buffalo Bill viewing hostile Indian camp near Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. 16, '91.
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops his horse on a ridge near Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to point toward something with his left hand. In the center midground, also on horseback, is Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, who employed Cody to...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War pose for a group portrait in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Mr Nate Salsbury compliments D.F. Barry
- Six small, oval frames on a larger image include bust portraits of Gall, John Grass, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, Curley, and a photo of Sitting Bull's Camp.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Curly.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Grass, John.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Tasunka, Ota (alias Plenty Horse) the slayer of Lieut. Casey, near Pine Ridge, S.D.
- Tasunka, a Native American man also known as "Plenty Horse," stands with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders next to a large cannon in the foreground, probably on a reservation near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He rests his right hand on the...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890- 1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cannons--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Tasunka.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- What's left of Big Foot's band at hostile Indian camp, Jan. 16, '91
- A Native American man wearing a fur hat sits on a log in the right foreground next to a row of five Native American children also sitting on the log. The children have blankets wrapped around them. Four women, one older and three younger, stand...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry. Sitting Bull wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Big Foot's band of warriors
- Five Native American men, possibly members of Big Foot's band, stand in a row in the foreground near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Included in the group are, from left, Bear-That-Runs-And-Growls, Warrior, One-Tooth-Gone, Sole (bottom of foot) and...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- Indian Chiefs and U.S. officials
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group of Native American chiefs and several United States government officials, possibly after the Battle of Wounded Knee. Cody holds the hands of the two men on either...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
- [1891?]