Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Wilina Hall, Edna Huntington (cousin), Eva Bangs, East Lake in front of cook shack
- Three women, Wilina Hall, Edna Huntington, and Eva Bangs, wear long skirts and blouses with ruffles, a collar, or lace, and sit in front of a rustic board cook shack in East Lake Camp, Eagle County, Colorado. A clothesline with a pair of pants...
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Lake Camp (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--East Lake Camp--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- View of a street in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings. Signs on businesses along the street read: "Harris & Kohn, Dry Goods & Clothing," "Miller & Koch," "Hardware," and "Flourtis." A man...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Baltimore mine, John Catren(?), Jesse Claire, Dick Chappel
- Three men dressed in dirty overalls and hats stand in front of a wooden shack at the Baltimore mine in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the shack reads: "Private Property No Camping No Fires No Smoking."
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- View of the backs of two-story storefronts in Central City, Colorado. Built above a retaining wall, the buildings have rectangular windows, stairs and walkways leading to the back doors, and walkways along the top level. The building second from...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Eureka - 1958
- View of a dilapidated shack in Eureka, Colorado; features a lean- to and flat roof, sheet metal and horizontal wood siding, and rectangular windows; cottonwood tree behind the shack, with cliff bands and mountains in the far distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Eureka--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Native American women, Yosemite National Park
- Two Native American (Miwok) women pose near a dilapidated wooden shack in Yosemite National Park, California. One woman, wearing a striped dress, sits holding a basket she is weaving. The other woman stands behind, wearing a long dress with leg o'...
- Indians of North America--California--1890-1910.; Miwok Indians--California--1890-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.); Basket making--California--1890-1910.; Bears--California--1890-1910.; Huts--California--1890-1910.; National parks &...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Native Americans, Yosemite National Park, California
- A Native American (Miwok) woman sits on the ground in front of a dilapidated wooden shack as a white woman looks on in Yosemite National Park, California. The Native American wears loose clothing, the white woman wears a long, dark skirt, a dark...
- Indians of North America--California--1890-1910.; Miwok Indians--California--1890-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Huts--California--1890-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--1890-1910.; Women--California--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The town [sic] of Alpine Tunnel, 1944
- View east of the ruins of buildings and abandoned tracks at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes the hand hewn stone Granite Hotel and engine house, wood frame operator's shack and the combination depot, dining room and...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1940-1950.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- 1944
- Pennsylvania mine
- A dilapidated wooden shack represents a portion of the remains of the Pennsylvania mine in Summit County, Colorado. A short bridge spans a small ditch between the dirt road and the open front door of the shack.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Huts--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.
- 1942
- South Park City (Fairplay) - 1958 Chinese shack
- View of the "Chinese shack," and another structure in Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; features buildings in poor condition with strips of lumber acting as support; one constructed of vertical board siding, the other of horizontal logs standing on...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.
- 1958
- The gang at East Lake in front of cook shack my garden in the foreground.
- At East Lake Camp, Eagle County, Colorado, Twelve men and three women stand in front of the cook shack; a cast iron stove and a shovel lean against the building. A garden fenced off with wood is in front of the group, and logs and boards lie nearby...
- East Lake Camp (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--East Lake Camp--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Plant under construction, Continental Oil Shale Co.
- View of a metal smokestack, part of a Continental Oil Shale Company processing plant in possibly Rangely Oil Field in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. An American flag is on scaffolding around the smokestack. Metal machinery parts and a frame shack are...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Rio...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Placer mining near Rich.
- View of a placer mining site near possibly Richfield (Conejos County), Colorado; men look at a boom with pulleys and a excavated pit. A cat is by a frame shack.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1880-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Holly Sugar Co. factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows a brick building, smokestack, elevators, bins, men in a horse drawn wagon, and a guard shack.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1920 October 27
- Woman holding baby
- Outdoor portrait of woman and baby in Denver, Colorado, by a frame house or shack.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Loveland Tunnel, making up primers
- A worker prepares explosive charges for the proposed Loveland Tunnel project in either Clear Creek or Summit County, Colorado. The man stands in a shed and wears work overalls, a coat, and cap. He inserts a fuse into the prepared charge. Labels on...
- Loveland Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1944 and 1950?]
- Clear Cr. highway tunnel
- Laborers work on a road on the banks of Clear Creek in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado. They construct a framework and embankment on the edge of the river. A shack and steam shovel is in the distance.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Thompson Pipe & Steel Co. pump house near Glenwood Springs
- View of a corrugated metal-sided shack and a culvert constructed by the Thompson Pipe & Steel Company for a water diversion project near Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Culverts--Colorado--Garfield County--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Garfield County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Fort Massachusetts
- View of the site of Fort Massachusetts located six miles north of Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows a grassy field, shrubs, fir trees and a wood shack.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fort Massachusetts (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Colorado Midland train in Frying Pan Canyon
- A group of tourists pose on the back platform of a Colorado Midland Railway train in Frying Pan Canyon, Eagle County, Colorado. A few men stand to the side of the railroad tracks. In the background a small wood shack is next to the railroad tracks.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.; Sheds--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mine unidentified
- A view of wood buildings at an unidentified mine, probably in Colorado. Shows a dirt road, railroad tracks, log piles, wood shack and wood fences.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Portland Mine
- A view of the Portland gold mine near Victor (Teller county), Colorado. Shows mining buildings and equipment and piles of tailings. Painted on the roof of one small shack is "P. G. M. Co. office".
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- No Name Creek - head of flume
- View of No Name Creek in Garfield County, Colorado; a man and horse-drawn buggy are on a bridge by a small wooden shack and a flume. A man sits on a high rock formation beside the creek. A large boulder sits beside the dirt road.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; No Name Creek (Garfield County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Flumes--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ouray Gun Club
- The Ouray Gun Club poses with their rifles outside a board-and- batten shack on a snowy day north of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. They include, left to right: Gus Arps in cart drawn by a small burro, unidentified man, Albert Arps, Otto Arps,...
- Ouray Gun Club (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Clubs--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Armstrong, Alf.; Armstrong, George.; Arps, Albert.; Arps,...
- February, 1909
- Wheeler residence
- View of the cook's shack behind Indian Agent Wheeler's residence, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The wood structure is overgrown with vines and other vegetation.
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Outbuildings--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Oldest shop bldg
- This dilapidated one-story frame shack in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a board roof. The doors and windows have been removed or boarded over; a mining facility is in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Head of branch of Poughkeepsie looking over Poughkeepsie, showing Abrams Mnt. and Grand Mesa in distance, Silverton quadrangle, San Juan County, Colorado.
- View of Poughkeepsie, San Juan County, Colorado, twelve miles up Cement Creek from Silverton, shows a frame shack and a tent with Abrams Mountain and Grand Mesa in distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Poughkeepsie (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- September 9, 1901
- Old Olsen, Petersburg, Colo
- Old Olsen's log and plank shack residence Petersburg (later Englewood), Arapahoe County, Colorado, includes a hand pump and washtub.
- Petersburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Olsen, Old.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- View of Main Street, Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado shows a Rambler automobile parked in foreground and signs along the commercial district: "Harbor Restaurant Lounge," "Ski-Vu Lodge," "Pioneer Hotel," "Hardware Boggs Ford Tractor,"...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1960-1970.
- 1966 April 29
- Montezuma Mine
- A dilapidated log and sheet metal shack stands on the verge of collapse at the Montezuma Mine, Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Pitkin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Maj. Carpenter's homestead near Craig, Colo.
- Distant view of homestead near Craig, Colorado; shows horse-drawn carriage parked near tar paper shack on prairie.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Homesteading--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Gladstone
- Narrow-gauge rail, lumber, and a shack in Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Gladstone
- Ore cars, metal scrap, a shack, and dirt road follow Cement Creek in Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Cement Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- 1972
- 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?]
- Bullfrog
- View shows a wooden shack, a tunnel entrance, and tailings, Bullfrog, Nevada.
- Mine buildings--Nevada--Bullfrog--1890-1910.; Tailings embankments--Nevada--Bullfrog--1890-1910.; Bullfrog (Nev.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Nevada--Bullfrog--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 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
- Sade Rhoads and daughter, "Mitzi," or Mary Elizabeth camping
- Sade and Mary Elizabeth Rhoads pose outside of a tent in Colorado. A tar papered shack is nearby.
- Camping--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mothers & children--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Harry and probably Mary Elizabeth Rhoads
- Harry Rhoads and his daughter, either Mary Elizabeth or Harriet, sit next to a tar-paper shack and eat large slices of watermelon, Colorado.
- Eating & drinking--Colorado--1920-1930.; Fathers & children--Colorado--1920-1930.; Watermelons--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975--Family.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Animal feed storage house
- Shows the animal feed storage house at the Denver Zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The building is a single room storage shack with a slate roof. A barbed wire fence is on one side of the building.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Oil station
- Shows the oil station, a metal shack, at the Denver Municipal Airport (later Stapleton International Airport) in Denver, Colorado. A sign in front of the building reads: "Aviation Products Texaco".
- Denver Municipal Airport--Buildings--1930-1940.; Texas Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Storehouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Hog pens
- Shows a wood shack and hog pens at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The pens have wood and wire fences and gates. The Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) began in the late 1800's to aid the elderly and indigent, it was sold...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Pig houses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Asphalt crusher & grinder
- Shows the asphalt crusher and grinder at the Denver Municipal Asphalt Plant located at 3200 Fox Street in Denver, Colorado. In view is a small shack with a flat roof and machinery to one side of the building.
- Denver (Colo.). Paving and Oiling Divisions.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Asphalt plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Crushing machinery--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Baldy, Colo. tent camp of a plowing crew
- Clouds gather over the small community of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County, where three tents are pitched together in an enclosed area near a one-story, clapboard structure with a gable and a chimney. A smaller, wood-frame shack is near it....
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Depot at Barr
- The train depot at Barr, Colorado, in Weld County, is a one- story, building with a gable, windows, a chimney, and shingled roof. Signs around the door include "Barr," "Adams Express Company," and "Western Union." Railroad signs are on a post that...
- Barr (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Power lines--Colorado--Barr--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Barr--1900-1910.
- 1907 June 9
- Matchless Mine
- View of the Matchless Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows a headframe, shop, privy, and shed, tailings, and the home of Baby Doe Tabor.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1928, May 24
- Interior Delmonio mine, near Central City
- Interior view of a miner's shack shows five miners posing, Delmonio mine, Gilpin County, Colorado. The men are in a barrel, on a hoist, and at the hoist controls. A miner's lamp and hatchet hang on the wall.
- Delmonio Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.;...
- 1902
- Native Americans, Yosemite National Park
- Blurred image of probably Mary, a North American Indian (Miwok) basket maker, sitting near a dilapidated wooden shack somewhere in Yosemite National Park, California.
- Indian basket makersa--California--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--California--1890-1910.; Miwok Indians--California--1890-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Huts--California--1890-1910.; Women--California--1890-1910.; Mary,...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Head of flume No Name Creek
- A horse-drawn carriage stops near a small wooden shack and a flume on a bridge over No Name Creek, probably Garfield County, Colorado. A man sits on a high rock formation beside the creek. A large boulder sits beside the dirt road.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & Coaches--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Weicker T. & S. Co.
- View of Wynkoop Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows warehouses and horse drawn delivery wagons with signs: "W Weicker T. & S. Co. Fireproof Warehouse For The Storage of Household Goods and Merchandise." A trolley switch shack and tracks are at an...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1897 and 1915]
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Five views of the Methodist parsonages in Altman, Colorado, include; upper left corner image: the first parsonage located between Altman and Independence. A small lean-to shack with an open entry door and a four pane window. Upper right image: a...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]