Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Charles Whiteman, an Arapahoe warrior
- Charles Whiteman poses outdoors. He was captured by the Utes at age 2 and traded to the Arapahos. He lived as an Arapaho during his lifetime. He holds a hatched pipe. He wears a fur pelt bandolier, a beaded hair pipe vest, a scarf around his neck....
- Arapaho Indians--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Clothing & dress--1890-1920.; Tomahawks--1890-1920.; Whiteman, Charles.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Northern Cheyenne Indians Dodge City Kans
- Members of Dull Knife's group: Frizzley Hair, Wild Hog, Rain in the Face, Crow, Old Man, White Antelope, and George Reynolds, Interpreter, Native American (Cheyenne) and white men, sit on the steps of the courthouse after being captured, Dodge...
- Cheyenne Indians--Capture & imprisonment--Kansas--Dodge City--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Capture & imprisonment--Kansas--Dodge City--1870-1880.; Dodge City (Kan.)--1870-1880.; Prisoners of war--Kansas--Dodge City--1870-1880.;...
- 1878
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 7, 1919 July
- Buckskin Lodge, Sioux prisoners, Gen. Custer's battle flag, captured at the Battle of Slim Buttes, and the Officers in command of the charge
- View of seven Native American Sioux captured during the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory. General Crook's head scout, Frank Grouard is on their left and Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, Third Cavalry is on the...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.),...
- 1876 October 24
- Sioux captured at the battle of Slim Buttes
- Outdoor view of Native American Sioux including Charging Bear, women and children wrapped in blankets; captured during the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Capture & imprisonment--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Capture & imprisonment--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of,...
- 1876
- Gen. Hays questions captured German general
- General George P. Hays (left) questions Lt. General Hildebrandt of the Marco Polo Division of the German Army at Tenth Mountain Division headquarters on Lake Garda, Italy, May 1945. They sit in Gen. Hays' office; four soldiers look on, including...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; Hays, George J.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- General Custer presenting captured battle-flags at the War Department, Washington
- Image on Harper's weekly title page shows General George A. Custer in Washington D.C. Custer wears a military uniform and presents tattered Confederate battle flags held by Confederate soldiers, captured at the Battle of Cedar Creek, to dignitaries...
- Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Generals--American--District of Columbia--Washington--1860-1870.; Military parades & ceremonies--District of Columbia--Washington--1860-1870.; Military standards--Confederate--1860-1870.; Prisoners--District of...
- 1864 November 12
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, brick, house with a flat roof, chimneys, a double- bracketed cornice, rectangular windows and a covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall along a dirt road in Central City, Colorado. A gabled, two story house with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Indians, Ute, wars, Meeker massacre
- View of Meeker tragedy memorial markers, outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado; the wood sign reads: "This area was site of White River Ute Indian Agency where U. S. Gov't. Agent, Nathan C. Meeker, with male employees were massacred. Women and...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Hopi Indians
- A Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) man, a Snake member, bends down to pick up a snake as a part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The man wears moccasins, a fringed kilt, a fur pelt which hangs from a leather belt, body paint,...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Hopi Indians
- A man who wears pants, a shirt, suspenders, and a hat walks between two groups of Native American (Hopi) Snake and Antelope members who participate in a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. One group of Snake and Antelope members...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Hopi Indians
- Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men, Snake members, take part in a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Two men stand in the Dance Plaza near the kisi, one with his arm around the other. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts which...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a person in an animal costume inside a cage on top of a horse drawn wagon, a banner reads: "Antiluminary Bovalopus, Captured in the Wilds of Cheyenne Canon After Killing 420 Men." A...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cages--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Cynthia Ann Parker, daughter [i.e. niece] of Col. Parker, white woman and mother of the celebrated Comanche Chief Quanah Parker (the child here is a little girl, Prairie Flower)
- Portrait of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman nursing her baby, Prairie Flower (Toposannah). Cynthia was captured by Native American Comanches as a teenager, later married Chief Peta Nocona and bore children including Quanah Parker, the last...
- Comanche Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Breast feeding--1860-1870.; Infants--1860-1870.; Mothers & children--1860-1870.; Women--1860-1870.; Nocona, Peta--Family.; Parker, Cynthia Ann, 1827?-1864.; Parker, Prairie...
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Cynthia Ann Parker
- Portrait of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman nursing her baby, Prairie Flower (Toposannah). Parker was captured by Native American Comanches as a teenager, later married Chief Peta Nocona and bore children including Quanah Parker, the last...
- Comanche Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Breast feeding--1860-1870.; Infants--1860-1870.; Mothers & children--1860-1870.; Women--1860-1870.; Nocona, Peta--Family.; Parker, Cynthia Ann, 1827?-1864.; Parker, Prairie...
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Group of Apache prisoners
- Two uniformed U.S. Army soldiers pose on a yucca covered slope with their Native American Chiricahua Apache women and children prisoners captured on Captain Crook's campaign, Arizona or Mexico.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Prisoners--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- [1884 or 1885]
- POWs head down and GIs up Italian trail
- Nine armed, helmeted, and wearing packs Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb an Italian trail as five German prisoners with their hands on their heads descend it. In the background new leaves are on the trees.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Colorado penitentiary escapes
- Guards carry a slumping convict (R. L. Freeman, kidnapper) through interior barred gates at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Snow is on their pants, shoes and hats. Men stand in the foreground; one holds a cigar.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Freeman, R. L.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- Colorado prisoners break 12/31/47
- Lying on a wadded, pinstriped mattress, this captured escapee from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, appears defiant in his dungarees, shirt and stained jacket. Interior prison bars are behind him; the man squatting in the foreground...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Fenwick, Red.; Tolley, A. B.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- Shelled church, Pietra Colora
- View of the shelled church at Pietra Colora, which was captured by the Tenth Mountain Division early in March, 1945.
- Churches--Italy 1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Along top of Riva Ridge
- View along the top of Riva Ridge taken from above. The Tenth Mountain Division captured the ridge from the Germans on February 18-19, 1945. Snow covers the ground.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Shelled church at Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- View of the church at Castel D'Aiano, Italy, showing artillery damage. The walls are heavily damaged and a pile of bricks lays at the base of the building, with its pink plastered walls. An arch and the town clock tower are still standing. The...
- Churches--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- "Residential District" Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- View of the artillery damage to houses in Castel D'Aiano, Italy, the Tenth Mountain Division captured the town on March 5, 1945.
- War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- "Digging in" under shell-fire near Corona, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion troops "digging in" near the newly captured village of Corona, Italy, on Monte Belvedere as German shells fall among them.
- Corona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Bible amid the ruins of the church, Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- Shows a Bible amid the ruins of the church at Castel D'Aiano, Italy. In the background other shattered buildings are visible. The Tenth Mountain Division captured the town on March 5, 1945.
- Churches--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- German Prisoners and destroyed tank on the Corona road
- Shows the road to Corona, Italy, on Monte Belevedere. It and the surrounding fields had been heavily mined by the Germans. The tank in the foreground had been destroyed by mines. Nevertheless the Tenth Mountain Division successfully captured the...
- Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February, 1945
- View of Castel D'Aiano
- View of Castel D'Aiano, Italy, was located at the juncture of two roads and had strategic importance during the Italian Campaign. It was captured by the Tenth Mountain Division on March 5, 1945. This view shows the artillery damage inflicted upon...
- War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- View of Tole and Monte Serra, Italy
- Tole, Italy, was captured by the Tenth Mountain Division in April 1945. The town was a German stronghold and is at the edge of the mountains and the boundry of the Po Valley. Monte Serra, the rise of ground in the distance, was a difficult...
- Monte Serra (Italy)--1940-1950.; Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Wrecked American tanks at Corona, Italy
- View of wrecked tanks abandoned in Corona, Italy, by Fifth Army units that had captured Belevedere in November 1944 but lost it during a German counter-offensive. The tanks were still there when the Tenth Mountain Division's, 87th Regiment took and...
- Corona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- "V for Victory"--the church at Pietra Colora, Italy
- Fallen beams form a "V" shape in the ruins of the church at Pietra Colora, Italy, which was damaged heavily by artillery fire. The Tenth Mountain Division captured the town from the Germans March 5, 1945.
- Churches--Italy--Pietra Colora--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Church at Pietra Colora, Italy
- View of the Church at Pietra Colora, Italy, and the artillery damage to it, taken from outside. A Tenth Mountain Division soldier stands in the road at the base of the church. The 10th captured the town on March 5, 1945.
- Churches--Italy--Pietra Colora--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Italian boys watching a GI getting a shave
- Once the Tenth Mountain Division had captured Pietra Colora, Italy, they used it as a rest area for troops in reserve; shows a 10th Mountain Division solder getting a shave as another soldier waits; five Italian boys stand just outside the door...
- Pietra Colora (Italy)--1940-1950.; Military life--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Residential District, Castel D'Aiano
- View of the residential district of Castel D'Aiano, Italy, which suffered heavy shelling from both the Germans and the Tenth Mountain Division. The town was located at an important road junction and was captured by the 10th on March 5, 1945.
- Castel d'Aiano (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Torre Iussi, Italy
- A small mound marked by a small wooden cross, possibly a grave, lies in the foreground near a trench. On the left of the image is a group of tall pine trees on the right sone buildings with high stone walls. The Tenth Mountain Division attacked the...
- Torre Iussi (Italy)--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--Torre Iussi--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 April 14
- View of Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- View of Castel D'Aiano, Italy. The town was captured by the Tenth Mountain Division on March 5, 1945.
- Castel d'Aiano (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- View of Pietra Colora, Italy
- View of the town of Pietra Colora, the valley below and the surrounding mountains, all of which were captured by the Tenth Mountain Division in March 1945.
- Pietra Colora (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- View of supply road between Gaggio Montano and Malandrone taken from Pietra Colora, Italy
- View of the Tenth Mountain Division's approach and supply road during the March 3rd attack between Gaggio Montano, Abetaia, and Malandrone taken from Pietra Colora. Until the 10th captured Pietra Colora from the Germans, this road suffered heavy...
- Pietra Colora (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Patrols securing Corona, Italy
- Shows Tenth Mountain Division troops in the early morning of February 20, 1945, securing the battered stone houses of Corona, Italy, which had been captured from the Germans during a night attack on Monte Belvedere.
- Corona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 February 20
- Anton Wood : 11 years old youngest prisoner
- Anton Wood, a.k.a. "Kid Wallace," inmate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in pinstriped shirt, suspenders, checked tie, and number card:"3199."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Wood, Anton.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- No-man's-land between Sassomolare and Montese, Italy
- Shows the area that was no-man's-land for the Tenth Mountain Division during March and early April, 1945. On the left, the rocky spine of Sassomolare which was captured on March 4; Montese, in the distance on the right, was held by the Germans...
- Montese (Italy)--1940-1950.; Sassomolare (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March-April 1945
- View of Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- View of Castel D'Aiano, Italy taken, from the woods above the town. The Tenth Mountain Division captured the town from the Germans on March 5, 1945.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- James Sherbondy killed Deputy Sheriff (O. W. Meyer) on Battle Mountain near Minturn
- James Sherbondy, last of 12 captured after the 12/31/47 break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, sits in a leather chair. A man in a sleeveless sweater holds a hand-made pistol used in the escape. Framed portraits and a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Sherbondy, James.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Werner Carl Schwartzmiller : the convict who kidnapped Guard Capt. Chet Wms. Yeo
- Werner Carl Schwartzmiller with blood covered forehead lies on the floor of Warden Best's office. He was recaptured after leading the break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A paper matchbook, paper cup, and the shoes of his...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Schwartzmiller, Werner Carl.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Scott Brady, and newspaper front page about prison break
- Scott Brady, star of "Canon City," and a man with a Denver Post newspaper, look at the headlines in an office in Denver, Colorado. The headline, about the 1947 prison break on which "Canon City" was based, reads: "2 Slain, 9 Captured, In State Pen...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Newspaper headlines--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Brady,...
- 1948 July
- Men on howitzer
- Members of the 87th Mountain Regiment pose on and near a captured Japanese artillery gun bunker on Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands. Several men sit on the howitzer's barrel; sandbags are in the wooden reinforced open bunker.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Kiska Island (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--Japanese--Alaska--Kiska Island--1940-1950.; Bunkers--Alaska--Kiska Island--1940-1950.; Howitzers--1940-1950.;...
- 1943
- Vedetta, Italy, three members of Co. K, 87th Mountain Inf., 10th Mountain Div. cover house in background
- Members of Company K of the 87th Mountain Infantry crouch behind a tree on the slopes of Monte della Vedetta in Bologna Province, Italy. One of the men covers a distant house with his Browning automatic rifle. Captured German soldiers are near the...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Monte della Vedetta (Italy)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Farmhouses--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 March 3
- East High Football Game
- Photograph of a half time show during an East Denver High School game at the University of Denver Stadium in Denver, Colorado. Captured in the picture is the marching bank in a star formation with cheerleaders in the front.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.); Football.; Marching bands.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students.; Public Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1940 November 2
- Western History Subject Index
- Crime and criminals. Alamosa, Colorado