Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Boyer, Ia., black cattle on the McHenry farm
- View of a herd of black cattle on a farm near the town of Boyer River (Crawford County), Iowa. Men stand near fences. Hay stacks, barns, trees, and farm buildings are behind post and wire fences.
- Boyer River (Iowa : Town)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Iowa--Boyer River--1890-1900.; Farms--Iowa--Boyer River--1890-1900.; Haystacks--Iowa--Boyer River--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Webster
- View of gravesites Webster cemetery, Park County, Colorado. Some plots are surrounded by iron fences or wooden fences.
- Webster (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Webster--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Whitepine
- View of the cemetery in Whitepine (Gunnison County), Colorado, shows gravestones, plots with picket fences and decorative iron fences, in thick alpine forest.
- Whitepine (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Whitepine--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Whitepine--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Black Hawk, Mills
- View northwest up the gulley formed by North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Bates Hill, Bobtail Mill, and the Colorado Shoe store on Gregory Street. Mills, processors, and samplers are in the distance; a narrow-gauge train is on...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- White washed fences along railroad tracks coming into Denver
- View of railroad tracks in Denver, Colorado; also shows fences, buildings, and signs: "Railway Crossing," "Burnham Coal," and "Stables."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Village near Chama Canyon
- Horses stand in a dirt road in a village near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows wood and log fences, a bridge over an arroyo, Adobe houses and a haystack. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Adobe buildings.; Horses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Wooden fences--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County...
- [1950]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 27, 1909 August 21
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 1 and 2, 1928 January-February
- Index Peak
- View of Index Peak, Park County, Wyoming. Shows a log cabin, log outbuildings, split rail fences, pastures, livestock pens, and feeding troughs in the valley.
- Index Peak (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Fences--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The graveyard, San Luis Rey
- Graves are surrounded by wooden fences and tall grass in the cemetery at San Luis Rey de Francia in San Diego County, California. Shows tombstones and wooden crosses on some graves. The ruins of a chapel are nearby. The bell tower and dome of the...
- San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--1880-1900.; San Luis Rey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Cemeteries--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Fences--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1892?]
- Spearfish Canon, approaching the Canon
- Panoramic view of fields, fences, and farm houses near Spearfish (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Livestock, haystacks, and trees are in the fields, and the Black Hills are in the distance.
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.; Farms--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Denver, Colorado
- View shows fences and a vacant lot, Denver, Colorado. Painted on a fence in the distance: "Lincoln Park Garden."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver, residences
- View of yards, fences, and houses along an unidentified street, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver, Colorado
- View shows a residence, fences and a vacant lot, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gate crashers
- Young men and women climb under fences at a rock concert in Denver, Colorado. A Black (African American) man grapples with a security guard.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Concerts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Confrontations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Private...
- 1969 June 8
- Gate crashers
- Young men and women climb fences and ramps at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado at Barry Fey's Denver Pop Festival rock concert.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Climbing--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Concerts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1969 June 29
- Montrose County houses
- View of houses in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado; a boy with a toy sailboat is by picket fences.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- 1900 September
- Blackhawk, Colorado, 1860-1869
- The Presbyterian church in Blackhawk, Colorado, stands on a hill in the background above Gregory Street. Several businesses face Gregory Street, including a drugstore, a wholesale and retail meat market and a grocery store. Hosues line another dirt...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Fences--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- D&RGW
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive #489 (2-8-2) and freight cars enter the west end of the snowshed on the summit of Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. The train is the last to travel the Marshall Pass route....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1950-1960.; Passes...
- 1955 May 2
- D&RGW, Osier
- View of the frame railroad depot and engine house at Osier (Conejos County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive 476 (2-8-2) and passenger cars, the "San Juan," are in the distance. A railroad siding, a water...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Osier (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Osier--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Osier--1950-1960.; Snow fences--Colorado--Osier--1950-1960.
- 1950 October 21
- Sunnyside Cemetery, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Sunnyside Cemetery located off of Bulldog Mine Road, 1/2 mile west of Creede, Colorado. Tombstones are scattered across a hill. Two plots filled with weeds are surrounded by fences. The Immaculate Conception Mission church is in the...
- Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sunnyside Cemetery (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Cemeteries.; Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sunnyside...
- 2009
- Dirt road near Chama Canyon
- View of a dirt road near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows telephone poles, post and wire fences, sagebrush, chamisa, adobe buildings, and a bridge. A mesa or plateau is in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [1950]
- Ward, Colo.
- View of the Congregational Church (Community Church), a clapboard, Carpenter's Gothic building, and the frame, two-story, Columbia Hotel on a hillside in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. An unadorned frame building with a low pitched, corrugated...
- Hotel Columbia (Ward, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- The Reserve
- View of a narrow creek bed, a foot bridge, and log buildings in Hahn's Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Shows one-story cabins with timber low-pitched roofs, fences, and a wagon. Smoke is above buildings. A man sits near the creek. Tree stumps and...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Street in San Luis, Colo.
- View of a wide, dirt street and one-story adobe buildings with vigas and wooden fences in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado.
- San Luis (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--San Luis--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--San Luis--1890-1900.
- 1899 August
- Seventeen Mile House
- View of Seventeen-Mile house, a Smoky Hill South Trail stage depot at Cummings Ranch in Douglas County, Colorado. Women sit and pose under the shade of a tree near a windmill. Shows a frame house, probably a barn in a field, and fences near a dirt...
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Steamboat Springs
- Panoramic view of log buildings, possibly ranch houses, in a valley in Steamboat Springs (Routt County), Colorado. Shows one and two-story buildings with gabled roofs, timber fences, the Yampa River, and mountains in the distance.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Yampa River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1880-1890.
- 1886
- The Old school house, Amity, Colo.
- View of a frame school building with a cupola and finial near a dirt road in the Salvation Army colony at Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Picket and barbed wire fences are beside the road, and probably a farm house is near the school.
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Pikes Peak from Templeton's Gap
- Ranch buildings, cows, and fences are in a meadow near a rocky ridge in an area identified as "Templeton's Gap" in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Smoke rises above a structure with perhaps a thatched roof. Snow is on Pikes Peak in the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Stonewall
- View of cabins at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company's camp Whispering Pines near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows log cabins and split rail fences.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1910-1930.; Stonewall (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Camps--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.; Log Cabins--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Mt. Shasta from Sissons
- Panoramic view of fir trees on Rainbow Ridge, a valley, and the snow-covered summit of Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, California. Buildings, houses, fences, and meadows in Mount Shasta (Sisson) are in the valley.
- Mount Shasta (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Rainbow Ridge (Siskiyou County, Calif.)--1880-1910.; Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)--1880-1910.; Siskiyou County (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--California--Mount Shasta--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1887 and 1910?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of frame and brick buildings and houses in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the brick Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with arched windows and a spire with a cross finial, and the two story Saint Joseph's hospital with a...
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Georgetown, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1914?]
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Princeton Hotel and dam, City Park, Buena Vista
- Men wear suits and felt hats or derby hats and sit on a stone wall near a waterfall at City Park in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows the multi-story frame Princeton Hotel with a turret and conical dome beside the park. Trees, fences,...
- Hotel Princeton (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Buena...
- 1903 June 10
- The flood at Longmont
- People hold umbrellas and stand beside railroad tracks near horses and a carriage in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado. Water from the flooded Saint Vrain Creek is around tracks and in agricultural fields near barns, houses, and fences. A Union...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.
- 1894 June 2
- Idaho Springs, Colorado from the south east
- View of frame houses and commercial buildings in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Wooden houses, barns, and livestock fences are near Clear Creek. Shows Colorado Central Railroad tracks and businesses on Miner Street.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of buildings on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the stone, two-story High School building with a bell tower and an iron fence, brick and frame commercial buildings on a dirt street, and houses on a barren hillside....
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [1873?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- Panoramic view of frame houses and commercial buildings and Clear Creek in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows businesses on Alpine (6th, Sixth) Street with signs that read: "Livery Feed & Sale Stable" and "Billiards." The square...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [1873?]
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Panoramic view of frame buildings, barns, canvas tents, and camp sites in Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Covered wagons are near tents in a meadow. Shows timber fences, willow bushes, and the Colorado River in the valley.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- La Veta
- View of the town of La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows wood frame commercial buildings, corrals with wood fences and the Spanish Peaks in the distance. Signs on buildings read: "General Merchandise," "Billiards," "D.D. RY US, dealer in...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Spanish Peaks (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--La Veta--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1884]
- Sopris, Little Italy
- Clothes hang on lines in the yards of wood frame houses at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris in Las Animas County, Colorado. The neighborhood, identified as "Little Italy," consists of houses, outhouses, and coal sheds. Picket...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1880-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1880-1930.
- [between 1887 and 1928?]
- Paonia, Colorado
- View of farms and orchards near the town of Paonia, Delta County, Colorado. Shows rolls of hay, barns, fences, and fruit trees. Mountains are in the distance.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Farms--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1930.; Orchards--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- East Paradox, Colo.
- View of East Paradox (Montrose County), Colorado; shows houses, fences, rocks, and a canvas tent.
- Paradox (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Charles Egry's homestead
- View of the two-story hewn log house identified as Charles Egry's Homestead in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. The ranch house has a hipped roof with a cross gable, chimneys and a large covered porch. Shows probably a storage barn, a rock...
- Egry, Charles--Homes & haunts.; Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Charles Egry's homestead, Pyramid
- Panoramic view of the Charles Egry ranch in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Shows a two-story hewn log ranch house with a hipped roof and a cross gable, chimneys and a large covered porch. The corral is beside barns, a haystack, a horse and...
- Egry, Charles--Homes & haunts.; Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Rifle area ranch
- View of a ranch house, a barn building and probably livestock stalls in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows fences and a road on the mesa near the house.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- The Spanish Peaks
- View of Spanish Peaks, lava dikes and grasslands in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows trees, brush, fences and snow on mountains.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Spanish Peaks (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Birds eye view, Yuma, Colo.
- View of gable-roofed buildings and houses in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows people, windmills, barns, sheds, fences, storage silos and possibly a water tower.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Yuma--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Walden, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Walden (Jackson County, Colorado), Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, fences, a sledge, an automobile, barns and sheds. Signs read: "J.M. Smith" and "Feed Sale Stable."
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Walden--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]