Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver
- People, horses, wagons, and buggies stand outside the American House, a hotel at 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story brick lodging house with stone trim, a covered entry, and adjacent storefronts.
- American House--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879?]
- American House
- People, horses, and stagecoaches are outside the American House, a hotel at 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado; other people stand on the balcony, and a man stands on the roof. The hotel is a three-story brick lodging house with...
- American House--Buildings--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1899?]
- Trapper's Lake
- View of Trappers Lake, in the Flat Tops Wilderness area, Garfield County, Colorado. The Amphitheatre (Amphitheater Butte) is reflected in the water.
- Amphitheatre (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flat Tops Wilderness (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buttes--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs
- View west of Pikes Peak Avenue, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the dirt street, brick businesses, streetcar tracks, pedestrians, buggies, The Antlers Hotel with six stories, an arcaded entry and twin square towers at end of...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1905?
- Apache scout
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American Apache man bare-chested, wearing a breechcloth with an ammunition belt, moccasins, headband and holding a rifle in a set of prop cactus, yucca and brush.
- Apache Indians--1870-1890.; Indian scouts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Military scouts--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Group of Apache renegades
- Studio portrait of a group Native American Apache men wearing moccasins, leggings, breechcloths, vests, shirts, and headbands in front of a painted mountain backdrop.
- Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Canyon of the Arkansas
- View of the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado shows the Arkansas River.
- Arkansas River--1860-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1860-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fremont County--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1879?]
- Town of Granite
- The Arkansas River flows past a log cabin in the mining community of Granite, Colorado, in Chaffee County.
- Arkansas River.; Granite (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Granite--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- Blackhawk
- View northwest of Bates Hill as it descends to North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows processing mills that cover the creek to process ore from mines further up the gulch. Nathaniel Hill's Boston and Colorado Smelter with a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1880.; North Clear Creek (Gilpin County-Jefferson County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Blackhawk.
- [between 1862 and 1878]
- Birdseye view of Black Hawk
- A bird's eye view of Black Hawk, Colorado, looking west up Gregory Gulch and taken from Swede Hill; shows Gregory Street from east to west: Black Hawk Cracker Bakery, Ed. C. Hughes' Meat Market, Hardware and Stoves, Drugs. Flagpole is prominent in...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [1872]
- Black Hawk
- View west from Swede Hill, of downtown Black Hawk, Colorado. Shows Presbyterian Church and schoolhouse on Bates Hill, Gregory #2 mine on top of Bates Hill, tram tracks for loading raw ore down to the smelters, Mammoth Hill, and mines working...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Silver bricks
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company workers pose by stacked silver ingots in Empire Forks, Clear Creek County, Colorado; metallurgist Richard Pearce is to the left.
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1870-1880.; Metallurgists--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Empire Forks (Colo.); Mining--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Silver--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.;...
- 1875
- Boulder City No-
- View of the town of Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Two- story, brick house with hipped roof in foreground.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- State University, Boulder, Colo.
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story, ornate brick building with a stone foundation. It has arched windows and mansard roofed, ridgecrested towers. The largest, projecting from the body of the structure, houses the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1880.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- Brownville near Georgetown
- These mining sheds are possibly near Brownsville, in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Large piles of cordwood line the dirt roads among the sheds and dwellings, all situated on a steep, rocky slope.
- Brownsville (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1898]
- Bryce Canyon - men on rim
- Six men gather on a rock on the canyon rim, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, and look out over the scenery.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Mountain campers
- People pose at a campsite, a man is on horseback. Shows a tent and an awning, and a portable cooking cabinet. The men and women wear hats, the women wear long dresses.
- Camping--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--1870-1890.; Storage furniture--1870-1890.; Tents--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Canon City High School, 1884
- These young men of the first High School graduating class (1884) in Canon City, Colorado, are identified as follows: Clyde C. Dawson (left), Geo. Brewster (standing), Henry Topping (left sitting), Frank H. Megee (right sitting), Judge James L....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Colorado State Penitentiary Canon City 1893-94
- The State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a complex of three-story stone structures; the Administration Building is flanked by extensions; all are surrounded by a stone wall with faceted corner towers. A brick smokestack rises from the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- Macon Avenue Canon City. Colo
- Trees line this wide, shady, dirt street in Canon City, Colorado.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver from tower looking east
- Rooftop view of houses and buildings in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A church with an arched window and tower is in the distance.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City, Colorado, taken probably in the early 1860s; shows many wood structures, most of which burned in the fire of 1874.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [1860?]
- Central City, Colorado, ca. 1866
- Central City, Colorado; shows mostly wood frame houses. Most of the structures in the image burned with the fire of 1874.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [1866?]
- Central City
- View of Central City, Colorado; shows Main Street, the Teller House, and St. James' Methodist Church. Houses surround the town, with barren hills in the background.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1877]
- Central City
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Landmarks: the Teller House, Central City Opera House, and St. James's Methodist Church. Signs: "Teller House" and "Temple of Fashion Dry Goods Carpets."
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- A horse-drawn carriage with two young men sitting in it is stopped in front of a two-story brick house in Central City, Colorado. A man and a woman stand on the front porch leaning against support columns. A wood fence borders the property of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Porches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- 1878 Lawrence Street, Central City, Colorado
- right background.; Stereographic view of the offices of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co.'s Express on the second level of a brick building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. On the first level of the building are the offices of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- Distant view of Rocky Mts from Denver Col. Ter.
- Rooftop view of Denver, Colorado. Houses line the streets. Cherry Creek is nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1876?]
- Up Fall River
- Panoramic view of Fall River, Colorado, in Clear Creek County. Fall River flows through the center of town. Clear Creek is in the foreground.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fall River (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Fall River--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Fall River--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Fall River, Colorado
- Clear Creek and Fall River flow through and near the town of Fall River (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Fall River (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1860-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Fall River--1860-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Fall River--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Fall River, Colo. Clear Creek Canon
- Clear Creek flows past the town of Fall River, Colorado, in Clear Creek County. A dirt road is parallel to the river.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- Up Fall River pass
- View of dirt road by Fall River in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A stone shelter or mine entrance is beside the road.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fall River (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Green Lake, looking west
- View across Green Lake, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows a evergreen and mountain reflection, with a mountain slope in background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Green Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Reflections--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Lake St. Mary, looking west
- View from a rock outcropping, Lake St. Mary, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows the lake water level low and mountains in distance.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Saint Marys Lake (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Colorado scenery
- View of Colorado mountain scenery.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Turn table [sic] on the C.C.R.R., Clear Creek Canyon
- View of the Hunter Bridge, a wood strut Colorado Central Railroad bridge over Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows canyon walls, Clear Creek, tracks, wood frame building, stones, tree stumps and a wooden turn table.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1860-1880.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- [between 1868 and 1880?]
- Beaver Station
- View of Beaver Brook Station, on Beaver Brook (or Beaver Creek), Clear Creek Line, Colorado Central Railroad, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows the two story depot, dance pavilion, wood water tank and coal shed. Several people stand on the depot...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1875 and 1878]
- Above Beaver Creek looking up
- View of Colorado Central Railroad Company tracks beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado. Shows steep rock walls in the valley and trees near the confluence with Beaver Brook in Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Below Beaver Creek [sic] looking down
- View of Colorado Central Railroad tracks beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado. Shows loose rock in the valley near the confluence with Beaver Brook in Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- The canon descends at an average of a hundred and fifty feet per mile
- View along Clear Creek, at Huntsman Bridge of the Clear Creek Line, Colorado Central Railroad, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the edge of wooden bridge built up on a stone block foundation.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bridge at Huntsman's
- View of Huntsman Bridge, Clear Creek Line, Colorado Central Railroad, just west of Chimney Gulch, on Clear Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the edge of wooden railroad bridge built up on a stone block foundation and rocky canyon walls.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Nevada Avenue North
- View of Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a median strip planted with trees and lawn.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- 1873?
- Kiowa St West
- View of East Kiowa Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows low weed cover and bare dirt in the traffic areas, young trees, frame houses, and a church steeple with Pikes Peak is in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Canon City Penitentia[ry]
- Aerial view of stone buildings and a stone wall with rounded, corner guard towers at Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows two and three-story brick buildings, the administration building with a smokestack, and...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--Buildings--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Sweat lodge, Sioux Village
- A Native American (Sioux) man sits on the ground near the uncovered frame (wickiup) of a sweat lodge. A fire pit is in the center of the lodge, teepes are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Indian encampments--1890-1910.; Sweatbaths--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905]
- Hump and favorite wives
- Studio portrait of a Native American ( Sioux Miniconjou) man, identified as Hump, and two of his wives. Hump wears leggings and a print shirt and holds a fur and war club in his hands; a hat with his name on the band rests on his knee. One of his...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Miniconjou Indians--1890-1910.; Spouses--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Hump Dakota and Miniconjou Indian.
- [between 1896 and 1905]
- Yanktonais camp
- View of a Native American (Yanktonais) camp, shows tepees among bare trees and snow.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Yanktonai Indians--1890-1910.; Indian encampments--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905]
- Indians & travois, Miles City
- Native American Sioux pause outside of Miles City, Montana with horses and travois (tepee poles with bundles of their belongings.) Shows the main street businesses with false fronts.
- Dakota Indians--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.; Miles City (Mont.)--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.; Travois--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Scaffolds - Indian dead bodies
- Timber scaffolding supports a platform and the shrouded caskets of four dead Native Americans (Dakota) on an open plain in South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--South Dakota--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--South Dakota--1860-1880.; Manners & customs--South Dakota--1860-1880.; Scaffold burial--South Dakota--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Denver early days Larimer St.
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street at 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn buggies are parked near the edge of the street. Signs on buildings read: "Flour and Feed," "Rocky Mountain News," "News Block," "S. A. Grant...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]