Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Obituary Project 1969-1990, Revised
- The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
- Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. The mounted police, three men in suits wearing bowler hats and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mounted police--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown Loop, unveiling monument
- Elmer O. Davis makes an address at the ceremony for the dedication of the monument to commemorate the Georgetown loop in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Dignitaries who include, A.J. Horton, Robert Rice, and Ben Draper stand near the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dedications--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Public speaking--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown from Democrat Mt.
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast; shows the west fork of South Clear Creek covered by several bridges and many wood construction buildings including the brick school house, built in 1874. The Cushman Block, on Alpine...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Bridge above Georgetown
- A passenger train of the Colorado Central Railroad passes under a bridge in the left background heading east toward Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The train travels along the Georgetown Loop, a narrow-gauge railroad that looped about...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Georgetown Courier interior
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, a hand powered...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Taxidermy--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, preparing to pull their hose cart west on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Scenes of the Georgetown area
- Montage of five views of the Georgetown area. Top row: dilapidated house with mountain behind, dilapidated house at valley's edge. Middle row: McClellan House on Taos Street, a church not in Georgetown, a mining site with large pile of mine...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1990.
- [between 1930 and 1990?]
- Georgetown - ca. 1892
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan town....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Georgetown - balloon ascension
- Harry Buckwalter escaped injury in this balloon accident at the Georgetown loop in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He was attempting to photograph the Georgetown Loop for the Colorado Midland Railway Company. Reporters and onlookers...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Accidents--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.; Balloons (Aircraft)--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.
- 1901 October 28
- The loop, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of narrow gauge railroad tracks on the Georgetown Loop, and the Devil's Gate High Bridge trestle in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A bridge is over Clear Creek near tailings piles and a tipple. A frame building with a smokestack is...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, northeast from Leavenworth Mountain, with Saxon and Griffith Mountains in the background. Argentine Street is the most clearly-seen street; the Hamill House is on the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1891.]
- African-American man
- Studio portrait of a black man in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a suit and tie.
- African Americans--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Men--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.
- [between 1868 and 1875]
- Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Fire House, located on Fifth (5th) Street near Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The front of the building was built by the company in 1874, with storage for the hose carts on the first floor and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Monti Building and Alpine House Company No. 2, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Sixth (6th or Alpine) and Rose Streets in Georgetown, Colorado, including the Monti Building, a wood construction building built in 1867, with signs: "Cresto & Valentine the Worst Wines Liquors & Cigars," "Visit the St. James Authentic...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Star Hook and Ladder Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Star Hook and Ladder Fire House at the east end of Sixth (6th or Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1886. The company was founded in 1874, the first in the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department. The building has a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- School House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874 and used until 1938-39. The two-story brick building, which has seven large classrooms and accomodated four hundred children, was also a center for many civic activities. The...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Georgetown, Colo. printing office "the Courier" interior.
- View of the Georgetown Courier printing office in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a hand printing press, type file drawers, a clock with hands at 4:20, a "Historical Map Of Early Colorado," and two framed photographs of Georgetown....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.;Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1950-1960.
- [1951?]
- Mining monument, Georgetown, Colorado
- Detail of a bronze marker in Georgetown, Colorado, reads: "Commemorating the historical importance of the Georgetown Mining Region. The Griffith Lode (2500 ft. N. E.), later a silver producer, was discovered June 17, 1859, by George W. Griffith,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Historical markers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Georgetown Courier
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, and a large...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Printing presses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Georgetown Courier Building, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Georgetown Courier building, Georgetown, Colorado, where the town newspaper was printed. The building is of wood construction, is gable-roofed, and has a false front with a heavy cornice. The front of the building has a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Georgetown Courier--Buildings--1950-1960.
- 1951.
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth (5th) Street. A decorated wagon pulled by two horses carries schoolgirls wearing dresses and crowns. Behind them another float and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth (5th) Street. The G.A.R. is followed by the Golden Rule Club and the Impd. O.R.U. Some of the women carry American flags. People watch from...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown Courier interior
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier newspaper printing office on 5th Street in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Two men work at desks. Shows a hand printing press, type file drawers, bookshelves and paintings and portraits on the...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Taxidermy--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south; in the foreground are the original Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (built in the 1870s), Catholic school, and church; other landmarks include City Park, the Cushman Block, the High Bridge of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884?]
- Georgetown, Colo, 26
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colo. the center of one of the richest mining [?] in the world in gold, silver, and lead
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the priest's residence, school, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1917?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest from Green Road near the site of the Georgetown Loop. The town is in bright sunshine; mountains behind are in shadow. Visible landmarks in the grid plan town include the Cushman Block, the Fish Block,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [1951?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. View is from Griffith Mountain early in the morning, looking down on the grid-patterned town. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- "The Loop" above Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the Georgetown Loop above Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado. Shows a Colorado and Southern Railway train on a trestle and Clear Creek in a valley.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- Georgetown loop
- 1aTourists sit and stand on a high railroad bridge of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway Company at the Georgetown loop near Georgetown, Colorado in Clear Creek County. The group is on one of many railroad excursion trips offered in Colorado.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Panorama of the Watson Wagon Road from Georgetown to Argentine 11 1/2 Miles
- Transparency of an etching showing a panoramic view of the wagon road between Georgetown and West Argentine, Colorado in Clear Creek County. Landmarks include: "Brown Mountain," "Sherman Mountain," "Republican Mountain," "Watson's Saw Mill," "South...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- The Loop, C. C. R. R.
- View the Georgetown Loop of Colorado Central narrow gauge railroad, a branch of the Union Pacific, linking Georgetown and Silver Plume, above Clear Creek. Georgetown is in the distance beyond Devil's Gate, High Bridge (built 1883-1884) and tents of...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northeast. The wood construction church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof and a small gabled entrance vestibule in which there is a double door set into a pointed arch,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1939
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, both in "chateau" style and made out of local granite. On the left is William A. Hamill's office, with a hip roof, a central dormer, and two doors and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Geogetown--1940-1950.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.
- 1942
- Store Interior, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a store, possibly Mrs. Woods' Bookstore, in Georgetown, Colorado, with showcases and shelves. Scene includes photographs framed and in easels, baby carriages, a sewing machine, hanging pictures, book shelves, a cabinet with silver...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bookstores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- 1890
- The Georgetown Cornet Band, 1884
- The Georgetown Cornet Band poses in two rows on and between large boulders along a fork of Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear suits, ties and straw hats; many have mustaches, one has a beard. Instruments include cornets, trombones,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- between 1884 and 1886
- Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation, Machine Shop
- Interior view of the Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation Machine Shop on 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. A man in a plaid flannel shirt and striped apron operates a lathe on the basement floor in the Cushman Building. One of his hands is...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Machine shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1982
- Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation, Machine Shop
- Interior view of the Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation Machine Shop on 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. A man in a plaid flannel shirt and striped apron operates a lathe on basement floor in the Cushman Building. One of his hands is on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Machine shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1952
- Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation, Machine Shop
- Interior view in the Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation Machine Shop on 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. Located in the Cushman Building manufacturing defense and commercial forgings and castings in steel, bronze and aluminum. A man in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Machine shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- [1952?]
- Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation, Machine Shop
- Interior view of the Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation Machine Shop in the Cushman Building on 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. A man wearing eye glasses, cap and overhalls over his belted trousers operates a "Horrison" (?) lathe....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Machine shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1982
- Loop House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Loop Hotel in Georgetown, Colorado. The two- story wood construction building has a false front, a cornice with brackets, and tall narrow windows with pediments on the front and side; a sign "Loop House" extends at a right...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Loop Hotel (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Georgetown Loop
- View of the Devil's Gate bridge on the Georgetown Loop near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A Colorado Central locomotive and freight cars sit on the elevated bridge; passengers stand on the cars. Shows a Colorado Central excursion train...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Georgetown Silver Works at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men pose in front of frame silver processing buildings identified as the "Georgetown Silver Works" in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a smokestack, icicles on a wooden flume and frame buildings with vented, gable roofs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Public school, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the public school at Eighth (8th) and Taos Streets in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874. The brick building is two- story, with a hipped roof, three towers, and a gable over the center of the front of the building. The...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a frame house in Georgetown, Colorado. The building has a central section that is gable roofed, one- story flat-roofed sections on either side, a porch with lattice decoration, and a chimney on the roof. People stand next to a picket fence...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his daughter, Mary Ellen...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; White, Mellie Bowman--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1974?]
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a dog in a chair in a bay window of the Bowman- White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Dogs--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1974?]