Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gunnison
- A hitching post next to a dirt street in Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado, resembles a thin stump from which branches have been cut and is probably made of metal. A low building surrounded by trees is in the distance, and two 1930s or 1940s...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hitching posts--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Silverton bank
- View of the Madison Bank in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a two story brick building with a wooden cornice, brackets, and arched windows and doors with radiating voussoirs. A wood building beside the bank has painted signs that read:...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Hitching posts--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Stables--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Saloon, Silverton
- View of the two story wood frame "Red Ash's Saloon" at 1260 Blair Street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The frame building has painted glass windows and swinging doors. Shows a wooden sidewalk and hitching post.
- Red Ash's Saloon (Silverton, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bars--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Hitching posts--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Western History Subject Index
- Hitching posts
- Western History Subject Index
- Hitching weight
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 19, 1910 May 7
- General store, Amity, Colo.
- Men and boys stand and pose outside the "Childs Block" building in Amity, a Salvation Army colony in Prowers County, Colorado. Painted signs on the stone building read: "Groceries and Dry Goods" and "Star Brand Shoes Are Better." Date on the stone...
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1903?]
- Collbran looking northeast
- Panoramic view of frame and log buildings, barns, and houses in Collbran (Mesa County), Colorado. The frame Collbran Congregational Church on West High Street has a rose window, a steep pitched roof, and a bell tower. Utility poles and hitching...
- Collbran (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Farrier
- A farrier in a Colorado National Guard hat, shoes a horse in the Cripple Creek mining district probably in "Camp Goldfield" in Victor (Teller County), Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The farrier files the horse's hoof....
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Boulder, Colorado, street
- A boy poses on the sidewalk in front of a large brick house obscured by trees in a residential area in Boulder, Colorado. Shows a wood post and wire fence, a bicycle, and a hitching post.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys.; Houses.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hopi house at Grand Canyon
- A view of a three story Native American (Hopi) house at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Ladders lead up to the upper levels and two hitching posts are in the front of the house.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Structures--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Structures--1890-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pasadena, Hotel Raymond
- View of a frame gazebo and a garden with cacti and trees, probably on the grounds of the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Women stand beside horses and a hitching post, and a horse-drawn carriage is on a dirt road....
- Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.; Gardens--California--Pasadena--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- B. M. Vaughan in front of Vaughan Lodge
- B. A. Vaughan poses with his dog and horse at the hitching post, next to his lodge outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. He smokes a cigarette, wears protective wrist guards, an ammunition belt, and restrains the dog by a chain. His horse...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Vaughan, B. A.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- North from Third Street on Harrison Avenue
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; shows businesses and signs including: "Mountain Claims Office," "Claredon Hotel," "Thos. Ro[?], Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Hay and Grain," the Tabor Opera House, "Riley & Flood," "Club...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1889]
- Crippe [sic] Creek
- Exterior view of Pikes Peak Block building, 2nd and Warren (or Myers?), Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story flat-roof single detached brick commercial building includes Hotel Portland, The Rocky Mountain Liquor House (S. Lang, proprietor) and Wines...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Myer's Ave., Cripple Creek
- Myers Avenue and Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek's infamous red- light district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof and gable commercial buildings, many under construction, line both sides of the street; scene includes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892]
- Swink, (Colo.) town lot sale
- A large crowd of men, women and children gather for the town lot auction, Swink, Otero County, Colorado. They sit in their horse drawn carriages and stand around hitching posts near the town county office. Several ladies in foreground smile as they...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auctions--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.;...
- February 21, 1906
- Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the Public High School, Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a three-story stone and brick building with dormers, arched entries, round bays, a square clock tower and turrets. Children sit in a horse-drawn buggy...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Navajo woman with baby board
- View of Native American (Navajo) woman and child walking toward a hitched horse and buggy; the buggy has an upholstered seat and convertable roof; perpendicular to the buggy is a saddled and bridled horse tied to a log hitching post; woman carries...
- Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- A in Pueblo Santo Domingo, New Mexico, the old estufa
- View of the Native American Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, shows adobe house blocks, a central kiva and a saddled burro at a hitching post.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1880-1900.; Tewa Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1880-1900.; Santo Domingo Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900.]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Winter view of Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, which is covered with snow, and the exterior of the Central City Opera House. An antique hitching post and lightposts are in front of the building. The Teller House, the Post Office, and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Central City Opera House.
- 1967
- Main Street, Central City streets
- View of Main Street in Central City, Colorado; shows street flanked by two and three-story nineteenth century storefronts. Half of the street is in the shadows, and the buildings on the right side of the street, which are the only buildings...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Donkeys--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- R. O. Old's Residence, Georgetown
- Exterior view of the residence of Robert Orchard Old, located near Georgetown, Colorado. Owned later by John Grafton Rogers and taken down in 1965, the house is one-story wood construction with a steep gable roof and a porch with arches across the...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1875?]
- Pine Ridge Agency, S.D. army camp
- View over the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows an army camp in center with round, walled tents, and Dawson's store, the Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. The cavalry horses are at hitching posts and running in...
- 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.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Military...
- [1891]
- Wounded Knee store
- George Bartlett, Deputy U.S. Marshall for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, poses wearing heavy winter coats in front of the post office and store operated by Louis Mousseau, on the Native American Dakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South...
- Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Carts &...
- 1891
- House in Leadville
- This view of the front facade of a Victorian house in Leadville, Colorado shows a two story clapboard structure with patterned shingles. The roof is not shown. An encircling porch has spindles along top frieze, turned posts with decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960.]
- Residence of M. L. Cox.
- Presentation view of the M. L. Cox residence at 1648 Washington Avenue in Denver, Colorado; architectural features include rusticated and incised stone, arched, leaded glass windows, a porch / balcony, finials and a wind vane. A hitching post is by...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Cox, M. L.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Shelter house
- Shows a shelter at Daniels Park which is located 21 miles south of Denver near Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado. The structure features rock column support, tile roof and hitching posts.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Daniels Park (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1950.; Shelters--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- William Forman residence, Breckenridge, Colorado
- The entry of a residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a curved wire gate with an ornate medallion at its center. Finials top the gateposts and alternate fence uprights. The medallion bears the name of the original owner, William Forman, county...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado
- Unpaved Main Street is bordered by commercial, clapboard storefronts with false fronts and cornices in Nevadaville, Colorado (also known as Bald Mountain, Nevada, and Nevada City), a small town located in Gilpin County. The "Bald Mt. Post Office"...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1934 September 9
- So. 14th St. (Bannock St.) Grace M. E. Church
- View of South 14th (Bannock) Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A hitching post is near the street. Grace Methodist Episcopal Church is in the distance.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Methodist Episcopal Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- South Park City (Fairplay) 1959
- View of an old passenger carriage, and "Rachel's Place," in Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; features a single story building with bracketed cornice, three large window bays, and a single leaf door with transom; hitching post in front of the...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Eureka Street, Central City
- View down unpaved Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The Opera House is in the foreground to the left, and a hitching post and street lamp are in the center. Two men walk down the sidewalk toward the town. Cars are parked on both sides of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Springs Lake, Pagosa Springs, Colo.
- View of Springs (Spring Creek Lakes ?) Lake, near Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County, Colorado; shows rock outcroppings, a boat with people, pine forest, and a log hitching post for boats.
- Archuleta County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Archuleta County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1932]
- The Village, Grand Lake
- View of main street, Grand Lake, Colorado; dirt street through town, wooden frame buildings and residences; James Cairns, General Merchandise store, second building built in 1908 which replaced first one on same site built in 1881 with rooftop...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Gillespie house
- Three men and three girls gather in front of a clapboard house in Aspen, Colorado; features two men crouched on the ground and one leaning against a hitching post; girls sit on a bench wearing plaid dresses with bows in their hair; two girls hold...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Cascade Ave., Colo. Sprs.
- View of a large stone house on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows houses, trees, utility poles, an open drainage ditch, hitching posts, and Cheyenne Mountain.
- Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Yampa Avenue, Craig, Colorado
- A horse is hitched to a hitching post on a deserted street in Craig, Colorado in Moffat County. Buildings along the street include one and two-story commercial storefronts with gables, false fronts, and flat roofs. A church is at the end of the...
- Craig (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Craig--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Craig--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Built about 1890, burned Dec. 8, 1911 [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- View of the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows the two-story wood frame Victorian house built around 1890 (later burned in 1911); features include a corner polygonal turret with tent roof, front gable attic...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Antonito--1890-1910.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Hyman's Club, Leadville saloon
- Four men pose in front of the two double door entry doors of the Hyman's Club at 316 Harrison Street in Leadville, Colorado. The wood frame false front building has large pane windows. Three of the men wear suits, vests and hats and the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Soda and Iron Springs, Canon
- These rustic, faceted pavilions at the Soda Springs in Canon City, Colorado, are flanked by rock retaining walls and have rail hitching racks in front of them. The crag in the background has a rubble wall built along its base, with a door opening.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- The Soda Springs on the left and the Iron Springs
- This eight-sided gazebo in Canon City, Colorado, is made of branches, some twisted into flourishes. Deer antlers top the plank roof, and men and a woman sit on benches in back. A rubble wall is at the base of the rocks in the background, with a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1877
- Cohan and Harris, Three Faces East Co. Broadway Theatre Denver
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Three Faces East," a mystery presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose at the front entrance to the theater in front of posters with scenes from the play. Violet Heming...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Heming, Violet, 1897-1981.
- 1920, June 16
- Fire Hole [sic] River, looking up the river, Yellowstone Park
- View of the Firehole River at Firehole Falls in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows eroded rock walls, trees, and waterfalls. A sign on a tree next to probably a hitching post reads: "Firehole River".
- Firehole Falls (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Firehole River (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Yellowstone...
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Southern front of Zuni
- View of adobe multi-story buildings and timber ladders at Zuni, New Mexico. Native American (Zuni) pueblos have timber gutters, wooden rafters (vigas), and chimney pots. Ristras and baskets are on roof tops, and an horno (oven) is on the ground...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1890.; Ladders--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1881?]
- Denver, snow scenes
- View of snow piles on street after the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Denver Tramway trolley car number "307" and hitching posts. A sign on a building reads, "Drug Store."
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Market St., 2000 block, 1905
- A bicyclist rides through the mud on the 2000 block of Market Street in Denver, Colorado. A woman in a white gown and a woman in a white hat solicit customers from doorways. Two pedestrians walk in front of 2020 Market Street, a bordello owned and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Brothels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cycling--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mud--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Hat Creek stage station on Cheyenne-Deadwood stage
- Men pose near log one-story buildings of the Hat Creek Stage Station in Niobrara County, Wyoming. They sit on horseback, stand near a hitching post or lean beside an underground structure (cellar) with rounded walls and antlers displayed on the...
- Niobrara County (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1870-1890.; Men--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1870-1890.; Transportation facilities--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1883]
- Forestry rangers
- Men sit on rusticated stone walls or stand and pose on a staircase of a brick and stone building with an arched entry and a central keystone. The men wear suits, ties, derby hats or caps or probably park ranger's uniforms with flat-brimmed hats and...
- Buildings--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Rangers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]