Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- University Park Report
- Great Western Sugar Company Plant and office
- View of the Great Western Sugar Company plant and office in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a large processing plant with a tall smokestack and round silos. The plant is constructed of brick and has large windows across the length of...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Brighton (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sugar industry.; Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Beet sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--Pictorial works.; Brighton (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1989
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 5, 1918 July
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Denver Ordnance Plant, steam plant under construction
- A crew of construction workers build the framework for the Steam Plant at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Three boilers and pipe systems are enclosed in...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Maj. Seth Wiard executive officer
- Major Seth Wiard, in uniform sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He holds a phone to his ear and writes notes. On the desk...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Plant of the Northern Colorado Power Co. at Lafayette
- View of the construction of the three-story, brick Northern Colorado Power Company plant in Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. The power plant has stone quoins and lintels. Piles of lumber and metal parts, probably for steam generators, are at...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- Public Service power plant
- View of the Public Service Company main power plant at 6th (Sixth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows electricity poles and stacks of wood. The multi-story, brick building has smokestacks extended from the roof, arched windows and...
- Public Service Company of Colorado--Buildings--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Oil Shale Demonstration Plant at Rifle Colorado
- View of the Oil Shale Demonstration Plant (or the U. S. Vanadium Plant) in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado; shows factory buildings, a smokestack, and the Colorado River.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rifle--1940-1950.; Rifle (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Rifle--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Electric light plant equipment
- An electric light plant car bearing Nate Salsbury's name is in the foreground on a cobblestone street near Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Salsbury was the owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Lettering on the side of the car...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Power plants--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1895?]
- Wild West Show light plant
- A group of men stand in front of two light plants (generators) for B uffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear suits and hats. The light plant on the right has "No. 2" painted on it; the number on the plant on the left is covered by a man's leg. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Electric generators--1900-1910.; Electric lighting--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Santa Fe baggage car in foreground Rio Grande passenger coaches beyond, Nuckolls' Pac[k]ing Plant, note the fallen water tank.
- Work men stand near the axles of a Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe baggage car that was swept away and overturned in a flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger cars rest on on their sides behind the baggage car. The...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo...
- [1921]
- Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant
- View of the Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant, now used as the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, located at 601 East 6th Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The one and a half story red brick, shingle style building...
- Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs Light & Water...
- 2006
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1918 March
- Cliff View Poultry Plant
- A man and woman pose by a farmhouse in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a building with letters: "Cliff View Poultry Plant," a poultry house, a wagon and fruit trees.
- Cliff View Poultry Plant (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1906.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Poultry houses--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Poultry industry--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- 1906 August 1
- Argo smelting works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
- Interior view of an Argo Smelting Works building, owned by the Boston and Colorado Smelting Company, Denver, Colorado, shows a chimney surrounded by gutters emanating from a furnace. One of the furnace doors is open as a man uses a long steel rod...
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Furnaces--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Argo smelter refinery
- Interior view of an Argo smelting works building, owned by the Boston and Colorado Smelting Company, Denver, Colorado, shows a stack of crucibles on top of a furnace, a hoist, and a cart.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1890-1900.; Crucibles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Furnaces--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Wm. Beynon, died 1926, Argo Smelter, refinery
- William Beynon stands next to a cart in the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery, Denver, Colorado shows: furnace, crucibles, and chain hoists.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Beynon,...
- 1892
- Argo Smelting Works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
- Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace with attached troughs, and a hopper.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Argo Smelting Works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
- Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney, hoppers, troughs.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Argo smelter, tub room silver refinery
- Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: row of round, wood tanks and rectangular containers.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Argo Smelting Works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
- Construction of a brick chimney at the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: wood scaffolding, barrels, building materials.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chimneys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Ino George, Jack O'Conner
- Ino George, with shovel, and Jack O'Conner inside the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney, with hoppers, troughs.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; George,...
- 1892
- Argo smelting
- Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney, shovel, mallet, hoppers.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Chas Johnson, Ino George
- Ino George, with shovel, and Charles Johnson inside the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney with hoppers.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; George,...
- 1892
- Colorado Fuel and Iron. Co. executives
- View of two Colorado Fuel and Iron Company executives in hard hats participating in ceremony marking the rolling of the 50-millionth ton of steel, Pueblo, Colorado; shows George Grosvenor, superintendent of steel production, and Jerry Lindberg,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Businessmen--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [1965]
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. Writing on smoke stack reads "Cobusco". The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.) Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood); Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of an upper floor window at the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production reached 12 million...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.) Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood); Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Photograph of the hand carved wood banisters on the top of the stairs in the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.) Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood); Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production reached 12 million yards of cloth in a...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1890-1900.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- circa 1890
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production reached 12 million yards of cloth in a...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1890-1900.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- circa 1890
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building, after a fire, located in Denver, Colorado. The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production reached 12 million yards of...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1943 January 15
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building, after a fire, located in Denver, Colorado. The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production reached 12 million yards of...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1943 January 15
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. Writing on smoke stack reads "Cobusco". The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1996 December
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production reached 12 million yards of cloth in a...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1996 December
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. Writing on smoke stack reads "Cobusco". The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1996 December
- Overland Cotton Mill
- Exterior photograph of the Overland Cotton Mill building located in Denver, Colorado. Writing on smoke stack reads "Cobusco". The 1891 Overland Cotton Mill was Colorado's only successful cotton mill. At its peak, the mill's annual production...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Ruby Hill (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Marian-Wilkes Sheep Company (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1989
- 1885 Colorado State Census : Arapahoe County : Including the City of Denver and Portions of Present Day Adams and Arapahoe Counties
- Comprehensive index created of the 1885 Arapahoe County, Colorado State Census created by The Colorado Genealogical Society. Geographically included in the index is: present Denver, Arapahoe and Adams counties. Information included in the index...
- Colorado--Census--19th century.; Denver (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Arapahoe County (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Census records.
- 2002
- Salida Performing Arts Center
- View of the east elevation of the Salida Performing Arts Center at Sackett and G Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has multiple additions to a small brick building constructed in 1877. The complex now has two story...
- Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Exhibition buildings.; Theaters.; Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.;...
- 1994
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 34, 1912 August 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1909 February 27
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 11 and 12, 1921 November-December
- Denver Ordnance Plant, guard & plat plan
- A man stands in an open field and looks over construction at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The man wears a uniform and rest his hand on a measuring pole....
- Denver Ordnance Plant--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Surveying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, hoisting window frames into place
- Construction workers hoist window frames up to the second story of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear work pants, t-shirts, and hard...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, water tank framework, hoisting steel, long shot
- Construction workers hoist steel beams onto the framework of a water tank at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. One workman holds a rope and guides the beam....
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, interior, TNT house
- Interior view shows a construction worker inside a dynamite house at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The man wears overalls and a cap with a possible...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Facilities--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, TNT storage house
- Construction workers excavate a trench near a dynamite house at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear work clothes and hard hats. The bunker is a...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers work at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Masons construct pillars and bricks are piled on scaffolding nearby. The men wear work...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]