Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Colorado
- Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek and Victor
- View shows tailings piles and mine buildings in Poverty Gulch near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Poverty Gulch (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.
- October 5, 1941
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Denver
- Cripple Creek, Poverty Gulch
- View of Poverty Gulch and Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek's infamous red-light district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; rock-debris is in center of street; the one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings on both sides of the street have falsefronts...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- First house in Cripple Creek, Poverty Gulch
- First house in Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek, Colorado; house is possibly Robert Womack's cabin in Fremont (prior to Cripple Creek incorporation) or Andy Frazier's cabin in Squaw Gulch; the one-story rounded log cabin built into the hillside has a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Looking eastward into Poverty Gulch from tracks 100 yds. south of depot
- View of Poverty Gulch south from Midland Terminal Railway tracks Cripple Creek, Colorado; mine tailings, mine dumps, and surface mine buildings are on snow-covered hillside.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- The stream called Cripple Creek facing eastward toward Poverty Gulch and Globe Hill
- View of Cripple Creek stream, Cripple Creek, Colorado east towards Poverty Gulch and Globe Hill; scene includes intermittent stream, drainage area with rock, and stone and timber embankments.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Sangamon mine near Gold King, Poverty Gulch, C. M. R. R.
- Three men, one with a camera, pose outside of a small wooden shack at the Sangamon mine in Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Sangamon Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cameras--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Huts--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- War on poverty. Denver
- Cemeteries - grave site - tombstone of Myron W. Reed
- View of a grave marker, flowers, and United States flags in Denver, Colorado; inscription reads: "Myron W. Reed, 1836-1899, I Believe Death Is A Promotion An Incident Of Life - Poverty And Ignorance Get Together And Crime Is Born - Erected By...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Reed, Myron W., 1836-1899--Tomb.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- 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]
- Myers Avenue in winter, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings line both sides of snow covered street; horse-drawn wagon is in street and others are parked alongside boardwalk; "Topic" theater (313-315...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895 or 1896]
- Midland Terminal "Y", Cripple Creek
- View of Midland Terminal Railway wye, Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Midland Terminal Railway engine with passenger cars crosses trestle with two railroad employees and third man with sheriff badge standing on rear platform of railroad...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- The Gold King Mine
- View of the shafthouse and power house of the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Granite mine
- View shows buildings of the Granite mine, Poverty Gulch, Teller County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1910.; Granite Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Copy of a map produced by Smith Brooks depicts Teller County mining districts, Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield along the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Florence and Cripple Creek...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Matchless Mine
- Image of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor's wood shack home and a headframe at the Matchless Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, superimposed over newspaper article about her death. Once the wife of millionaire Horace Tabor, she died...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Death--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Legislators' spouses--United States--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Death.
- 1935
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Photograph of a map produced by Smith-Brooks depicting mines located near Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield, (Teller County Colorado mining districts) along the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- First National Convention of Townsend Clubs Chicago, ILL.
- Panoramic view of the Townsend Plan (Old Age Revolving Pensions, a social security organization) convention in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, men and women, sit on the convention floor and in the balcony. Banners read: "O. A. R. P. Only Adequate...
- Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc.--Meetings--1930-1940.; Chicago (Ill.)--1930-1940.; Banners--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.; Delegations--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.; Meetings--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.;...
- 1935
- 1st school
- Two girls wearing dresses stand outside of a log cabin with a boarded up window in the mining community of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. Each child holds a bouquet of flowers.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Blue Jay Cabin, Hahns Peak, Aug. 1921
- Two men stand on a grassy slope outside a log cabin with a tar paper roof near the mining communty of Hahn's Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. Piles of boards litter the ground behind the cabin.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Dam near Hahn's Peak, Colo.
- A man sits on a log near Willow Creek or Deep Creek near Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. A dam is made of dirt embankments, supported by logs and rocks. Machinery is at the edge of the dam.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Ed Burnett of Hahns Peak
- Miner Ed Burnett sits in a chair and examines a piece of ore with a hand-held magnifying glass in Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. He wears a long-sleeved shirt, dirty trousers, and a canvas hat.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Funeral with casket on toboggan at Hahns Peak
- A funeral party of men and a small girl somberly gathers around a casket strapped to a toboggan on a snowy field near the town of Hahn's Peak (also known as Poverty bar), Colorado, in Routt County. Two dogs stand near the group of people; the men...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.; Toboggans--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Hahns Peak
- View of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty bar), Colorado; shows a wood-frame church with a cupola and bell, and log cabins.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Hahns Peak, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado; shows log cabins and wood buildings.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Hahns Peak, Colorado
- Panoramic view looking down an unpaved street in the town of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. Buildings in the town include one-story cabins and commercial buildings; shows boards and other litter in street, three men...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1904]
- Hahns Peak, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Main Street in Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. Three men and a dog stand on the boardwalk in front of a store; lumber and other debris litter the street. Signs include: "C. E. Blackburn," "Post...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Hahns Peak, Colorado
- The Hahns Peak Post Office is in the town of Hahns Peak (also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado in Routt County. The building has a gable with tar paper on the roof and a roof over the entrance. Smaller, wood- frame shacks are near it. Sign reads:...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Hotel
- Men congregate on the boardwalk in front of a clapboard building in Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. An American flag is on a pole; men sit in horse-drawn carriages.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Hutch Stevens, Lovelock, Nevada
- Prospector Hutch Stevens of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado, stands near rock formations near a Nevada Mining Camp. Stevens holds a pick axe in his left hand and has a canteen hanging around his neck. He wears a...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Stevens, Hutch, 1854-1907.
- March, 1907
- Joe Moran, Hahns Peak, Colo.
- Joe Moran poses in tall grass in front of a wood-frame building in the town of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Moran, Joe.
- 1904
- J. C. Mobly a noted character of Western Colo. his nearest neighbor lived 80 miles distance.
- Prospector J. C. Mobly stands with his hands in his pocket on a slope near Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. He wears a suit jacket, denim jeans, calf-length leather boots, a front-button shirt, a string tie, and a...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Mobly, J. C.
- July, 1906
- Looking east along south side of road which was the Main St. of Hahns Peak in frontier days as seat of Routt County.
- Puddles of water fill car tracks in Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado, in Routt County.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Looking east in the ghost town of Hahns Peak along the original Main St., showing remains of pioneer dwellings on north side of the road.
- View of Hahn's Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. Buildings include wood-frame and log cabins.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Main Street of the town of Hahns Peak once the county seat and one of the booming mining camps of the state.
- View looking down unpaved Main Street in the mining town of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. Structures in the town include log cabins.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940]
- Matt Nicholson is in foreground
- Matt Nicholson stands with his hands on his hips and looks across a field by Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. Buildings include log cabins and wood-frame structures.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Near Hahns Peak, Colorado
- Four men travel in a horse-drawn cart down a rocky road by Elk River near Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado.
- Elk River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hahn's Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Routt County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Old House in Hahns Peak
- View of the mining town of Hahns Peak (also known as Poverty Bar), the former county seat of Routt County, Colorado. A building has collapsed into a pile of rocks and concrete. The tin roofs are peeling off of the dilapidated log buildings in...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Pete Pourtalis
- Pete Pourtalis pushes a wheelbarrow full of ore out of a mine near Hahns Peak (Routt County, also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. He wears a jacket, a long-sleeved shirt, trousers, and a cowboy hat. He holds a pipe in his mouth. Two miners stand...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.
- 1906
- A prospector's wash tub
- Sam Stevens, a prospector, crouches over a stream and washes his long underwear on a rock near the mining community of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. His other laundry hangs on the branches of a nearby shrub.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Stevens, Sam T.
- 1901
- Sam Stevens prospecting for gold and silver in Humbolt Mts. of Nevada
- Sam Stevens, a resident of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado, stands on a hillside in the Humbolt Mountains of Nevada and examines a piece of ore with a magnifying glass. He wears trousers, a long-sleeved shirt,...
- Miners.; Stevens, Sam T.
- 1907
- A Thunder Mtn. prospector
- Prospector Sam Stevens stands in a field holding his pick axe over his shoulder near Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. He wears dirty trousers, a pinstriped shirt with buttons up the front, and suspenders. He has a...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Stevens, Sam T.
- August, 1902