Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Royal, Utah Near Castle Gate, Utah, Carbon County. Town was originally known as Bear Canyon. Changed to Cameron, changed to Rolapp, changed to Royal when mine was purchased by Royal Coal Company in 1920's. Station sign still reads Rolapp in this...
- View of Royal, Carbon County, Utah; shows Denver & Rio Grande Western freight cars, coal mine tailings, company buildings, and sandstone cliffs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Royal (Utah)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Gray's and Torrey's Peaks
- View of Grays Peak, Colorado (elevation 14,270 feet), and Torreys Peak (elevation 14,267 feet) from above timberline; Grays Peak named after Asa Gray of Harvard and Torreys Peak named after John Torrey of Princeton, botanists who climbed together....
- Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- Western History Subject Index
- Charity organization society
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver area Community chest
- Western History Subject Index
- Mile high united way
- N. S. H. S. Exponent
- This is a newsletter for Northside High School. It provides information on club activities, up coming events, and other happenings around school. It contains a military section and advertisements for local businesses. It is published on the 15th...
- North Side High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.
- April 15, 1893
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- Western History Subject Index
- United Charities of Denver (card 1)
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Berger's Add thru Bonnie Brae Annex: Berkeley Addition block notes
- The Rossonian
- View of the of the Rossonian, formerly the Rossonian Hotel, now an office building, at 2650 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Built in 1912 as the Baxter Hotel, it is a Beaux-Arts style building with a brick exterior...
- Rossonian (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Office buildings.; Commercial facilities.; Rossonian (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1999
- Father Lucas, Most Precious Blood Catholic Church
- Father Lucas, Assistant Pastor, poses in front of Most Precious Blood Catholic Church (Sangre de Cristo Church), 511 Church Place in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Father Lucas has curly dark hair and wears a western-style shirt. The...
- Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--1980-1990.; San Luis (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Catholic churches.; Priests.; Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.;...
- 1982
- Milliken House
- View of the Milliken House at 1638 Galena Street in Aurora, Colorado. The two story Queen Ann style house has a cross gabled roof and is built of brick. It has a stone chimney, a two story, wrap-around porch supported by columns, and a porch...
- Milliken House (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Historic buildings.; Milliken, H. M.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Milliken, H. M.--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Milliken House (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1991
- Abandoned Argentine Central Railway tracks
- View of abandoned railroad tracks on the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The ruined tracks lead to possibly the remains of a wooden railroad bridge.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Railroad tracks.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Railroads--Abandonment--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Pictorial works.; Clear...
- 2010
- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the remains of a wooden ore chute on the abandoned Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a large metal pipe in the distance.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the exterior of the remains of an ore loading chute along the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The structure is built against a hill. The wood is warped and sections of the exterior are missing....
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and...
- 2010
- Heart of the Rockies Medical Center, Salida
- View of the Salida Hospital (later Heart of the Rockies Medical Center, previously the Railroad Hospital) at the corner of 1st and B streets in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is a large, two-level light brick building with a wide...
- Salida Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Salida (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hospitals.; Salida Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hospitals--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.; Salida (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Stratton Hall, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.
- View of Stratton Hall located on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, Colo. Built between 1902-1904, the three-story building is constructed of golden-brick, stands on a Lyons sandstone foundation, and was one of the first buildings with...
- Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--1990-2000.; State universities and colleges--Colorado--Golden--1990-2000.; Golden (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--Pictorial works.; State universities and...
- 1994
- Tiny Town, Morrison, Colo.
- View of Tiny Town located at 6249 South Turkey Creek Road, near Morrison, Colo. Work on the miniature town, originally called Turnerville, began in 1915. The designer and builder was George Turner, owner of the Turner Moving and Storage Company....
- Amusements--Colorado--Morrison--2000-2010.; Tiny Town (Jefferson County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Amusements--Colorado--Morrison--Pictorial works.; Tiny Town (Jefferson County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Mishawaka Inn, Bellvue, Colo.
- View of the Mishawaka Inn located at 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue, Colo. The inn is one of the buildings surrounding the Mishawaka amphitheater. The amphitheater's ownership has changed hands many times over the years and countless...
- Amphitheaters--Colorado--Bellvue--2000-2010.; Bellvue (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mishawaka Amphitheatre (Bellvue, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Bellvue--Pictorial works.; Bellvue (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril
- View of a bronze plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril installed in Confluence Park, in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Plaque reads: "Two rivers that were here before there was a city still come together:...
- Confluence Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parks.; Plaques.; Ferril, Thomas Hornsby, 1896-1988. Two rivers.;...
- 1977
- Samuel J. Gilmore House
- View of the Samuel J. Gilmore House (1889; John J. Huddart, architect) at 2401 Emerson Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-story, brick, Queen Anne-style single family residence with rusticated stone trim, a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Gilmore, Samuel J.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Gilmore, Samuel J.--Homes & haunts.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 20, 1912 May 18
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 7 and 8, 1925 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 5 and 6, 1930 May-June
- Garfield school
- Architectural drawing of Longfellow School at 13th (Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Schools--1880-1890.; Longfellow School (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Schools--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Main St - St Elmo, Colo
- Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, consists of frame businesses and dwellings flanking dirt street. Cars and jeeps are parked; people walk nearby. The town was originally called "Forest City," but the name was changed to "Saint Elmo," after a...
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965?]
- The New Clarendon Hotel
- Illustration depicts exterior of Clarendon Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the hotel is a two-story wooden frame flat-roof structure with a falsefront, side entry and doorway underneath porch with balustrades, and pairs of double-hung flat windows;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- The gallery
- Interior view of the gallery of the Colorado Springs Opera House, El Paso County, Colorado, called the "Garden of the Gods." The balcony curves forward towards the stage and the lower ornate cast iron seats are divided in sections with a curved...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Balconies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View along Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, inlcudes the Antlers Hotel, Dr. B. P. Anderson residence, the Count Pourtales residence, the Alta Vista Hotel, people, buggies, and bicycles with Cheyenne Mountain is in the...
- Anderson, B. P., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs
- View west along Pikes Peak Avenue business district, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a crowd of men in front of the "[Colorado] Springs Mining Stock Exchange," trolley tracks, and a street car. The Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak...
- Board of Trade and Mining Exchange (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Crowds--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Stock...
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Colorad [sic] State Capitol
- Exterior view of Colorado State Capitol, Denver, Colorado; gold leafed dome, view from corner of Grant Street & Colfax Avenue; grounds improved, grade changed & iron fences put-up to protect lawn in 1901; tree- lined cement sidewalks, street...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Domes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- McRae Cafe
- Interior view of McRae's Cafe, 105 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the dining area with bar and dining tables and two chairs set with linens, menus, silverware, napkins, salt and pepper shakers and covered...
- McRae's Cafe (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Quincy Building on 17th and Curtis Street
- A view of the Quincy Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows pedestrians, automobiles, lamp posts and local businesses. Signs on buildings read: "Cut Rate Drugs Corbetta Ice Cream", "Norton's Cigar Store", and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 to 1930?]
- W. E. Galverts lunch house & stage station near Boulder Falls, Boulder Canon
- View of a stage stop by North Boulder Creek, Boulder County, Colorado; shows men, horses, a covered coach, a frame restaurant and stable. A woman is on the porch; a wagon carries a crate.
- Posthouses--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1875 and 1890?]
- Arrival of Pres. Theo. Roosevelt at the Antlers
- President Theodore Roosevelt rides a horse-drawn carriage at the front of a procession surrounded by a large crowd on Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A band plays; a group of girls stand in rows with scarves or stars on their heads to...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Political parades & rallies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States--1900-1910.;...
- 1901
- Colorado Museum of Natural History (From N.W.)
- A view of the Colorado Museum of Natural History building, name was changed to the Denver Museum of Natural History in 1948. The neoclassical style building was constructed on the east side of City Park in Denver, Colorado in 1901.
- Colorado Museum of Natural History--1930-1950.; Natural history museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Colorado Museum of Natural History (From N.E.)
- A view of the Colorado Museum of Natural History building, name was changed to the Denver Museum of Natural History in 1948. The neoclassical style building was constructed on the east side of City Park in Denver, Colorado in 1901.
- Colorado Museum of Natural History--1930-1950.; Natural history museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Administration building from the S.E.
- A view of the industrial style, three story brick administration building at the Denver Municipal Airport in Denver, Colorado. The Denver Municipal Airport opened in 1929, the name was changed to Stapleton International Airport in 1964.
- Denver Municipal Airport--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 1310 Race St.
- View of a two-story, brick house at 1310 Race Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows ivy covered porch, steps, bench, hipped roof with center dormer, chimneys.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1900
- D&RGW business car A-1 at Salt Lake City Union Depot, Utah
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger coach; people posed on the observation deck and the ground are identified as (l to r): Frank A. Wadleigh, Pass Traffic Mgr; A. R. Stevens Secy; Mrs Gertrude Wild; Fred Wild, Vice Pres...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Utah--Salt Lake City--1920-1930.; Women--Utah--Salt Lake City--1920-1930.; Stevens, A. R., Secretary.; Wadleigh, Frank A.;...
- 1924?
- Adams School
- View of the Adams Street School, 3230 East 38th Avenue, Denver, Colorado (built in 1925, opened in 1926; name changed to Harrington in 1949).
- Adams Street School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver Public Schools--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Tipple, Radiant Mine
- View of the tipple at the Radiant coal mining camp in Fremont County, Colorado (name of camp later changed to Pyrolite, then Kenwood); ore cars on tipple; men stand on tipple; gondolas and boxcars are parked on rails (Denver and Rio Grande...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Radiant Camp--1900-1920.; Radiant Camp (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Radiant Mine (Fremont County)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Radiant Camp--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Radiant...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Camp Radiant
- View of Radiant Camp, a coal mining settlement for Radiant Mine in Fremont County, Colorado (camp name later changed to Pyrolite, then Kenwood); three children stand in front of a tract of wooden houses; mountains in background.
- Radiant Camp (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children--Colorado--Radiant Camp--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Radiant Camp--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Radiant Camp--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Radiant Camp--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Downtown Denver
- View of downtown Denver, Colorado; shows log and frame buildings including the U.S. Mint (with tower and battlements) and "Saddlery Hardware.
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- D&RGW combination coach baggage 552
- Side view of Denver and Rio Grande Western combination coach and baggage car 552, Burnham Shops, Denver railroad yards, Colorado; lettering on car reads: "Baggage Railway Express Agency 552." Spare and scrap parts are in piles in foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- July 1944
- Transportation, automobiles, early automobiles 1920-1929
- View of automobiles inside the auto shop at Opportunity School, a vocational school in the Denver Public Schools at 13th (Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado (named changed to Emily Griffith Opportunity School in 1934); shows pulley...
- Denver Public Schools--1920-1930.; Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Daniels & Fisher bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Daniels & Fisher building & tower, 16th (Sixteenth) & Arapahoe streets, Denver, Colorado; tower formally opened in November,1911; height of 330 feet, flagpole added 42 additional feet, "Campinile" tower idea possibly conceived by...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1914]
- Judge Klah Navajo Judge
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Judge Klah, a Native American (Navajo) Judge or Justice of the Peace. He wears a blanket, bead necklaces, a squash blossom necklace, and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Men--1900-1940.; Judge Klah.
- [between 1904 and 1932]