Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Letter written by P.T. Barnum to his Haynes, Dunning and Gipson about development of the Villa Park property
- Letter written by P.T, Barnum to his attorneys regarding Colonel Powers, Dr. William Buchtel, the Villa Park House, and debts incurred from Barnum's properties in Colorado.
- 1879 June
- Letter to P.T. Barnum from Dr. William Buchtel
- Letter written at Silver Cliff by Dr. William Buchtel to P.T. Barnum regarding management of Barnum's Colorado properties.
- 1877 August 27
- The Geyser, Silver Cliff Colo.
- A group of miners at the Geyser Mine in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado pose near the mill. Some men hold shovels, a pick axe, candles with lanterns, and hammers. They wear overalls, canvas coats and wide, slanting brimmed hats with high...
- Geyser Mine (Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of Silver Cliff Town Hall, Main Street, Custer County, Colorado; shows the 1879 frame building with arched doors and belfry. The Sangre de Cristo Range is in the distance.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1950-1970.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1950-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Silver Cliff, Colo.
- View of an abandoned one story building in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado. The brick building has an ornamental parapet, a flat roof and inverted pendants. The side of the building has decorative brick coursing. A highway, houses,...
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1970-1980.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Central portion of Silver Cliff, Colo.
- View southwest of Silver Cliff, Wet Mountain Valley, Custer County, Colorado. Shows frame buildings, a church steeple, the Sangre de Cristo Range, and signs: "Palace Hotel," "Stoves" and "Groceries."
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wet Mountain Valley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Silver Cliff
- View southwest of Silver Cliff, Wet Mountain Valley, Custer County, Colorado; shows frame buildings, streets, the 1879 Town Hall, and the Sangre De Cristo Range.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Wet Mountain Valley (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Round Mountain, Silver Cliff scene of much prospecting and several small mines were located here.
- View of Round Mountain, outside of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows tailing dumps.
- Round Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Silver Cliff, Colorado, Main St.
- View west of Main Street, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows wagons, people, businesses, signs: "Assay Office," "Security House," and the Sangre De Cristo Range.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Cliff Street, scene of fire
- View of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows Cliff Street, frame buildings, and the Sangre De Cristo Range.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- From Gallery after snow storm Silver Cliff Stamp Mill, Wet Mountain Valley & Sangre de Cristo Range
- View of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows rooftops, Silver Cliff Mining Company's stamp mill, Wet Mountain Valley, and the Sangre De Cristo Range. Signs read: "H. E. Austin Jobber In Whiskies, Wines," and "Colorado Store, G. D. Kinnear...
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wet Mountain Valley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1880 September 25
- Silver Cliff and Sangre de Cristo Range
- View southwest of Silver Cliff, Wet Mountain Valley, Custer County, Colorado; shows frame businesses, residences, church steeples, sign: "Powell House," and the Sangre De Cristo Range.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wet Mountain Valley (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1886 or 1887
- Silver Cliff fire house
- View of Silver Cliff Town Hall, Custer County, Colorado; shows a frame building with arched transoms, belfry, signs: "Custer County Museum," "Silver Cliff Town Hall," "1879," a fire department ladder wagon, and a safe.
- Custer County Museum (Silver Cliff, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1950-1960.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1950- 1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Silver...
- November 27, 1959
- Volunteer fire equipment at Silver Cliff
- Interior view of Custer County Museum (once the Town Hall), Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows hose and ladder carts with lantern, bell, and cobwebs.
- Custer County Museum (Silver Cliff, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1940- 1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1940-1960.; Hoses--Colorado--Silver...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Silvercliffe Bull Domingo (?)
- View of the Sangre De Cristo Range through boards at a Bull Domingo (?) mine building in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Sangre de Chisto [sic] Range from Silver Cliff
- Partial bird's eye view of Silver Cliff, Colorado and Sangre de Cristo Range, Rocky Mountains, background; wooden frame residences & buildings, church, board fences.
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1920.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Main cut, Racine Boy (?) mine, Silver Cliff, Custer County
- View of miners standing in front of the main cut for the Racine Boy mine, Silver Creek (Custer County), Colorado. They are using wheelbarrows, pickaxes, and sledgehammers.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows Town Hall, spectators, a Main Street parade with band, floats, United States flags, bunting, Uncle Sam, and signs: "Livery," and "H. W. Foss Grocery store."
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1889 or 1890
- Silvercliffe Bull Domingo (?)
- View of a dilapidated building at Bull Domingo (?) mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Silvercliffe Bull Domingo (?)
- A woman stands by a dilapidated building Bull Domingo (?) mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Women--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Silvercliffe Bull Domingo (?)
- View of a dilapidated Bull Domingo (?) mine building near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Silvercliffe Bull Domingo (?)
- View of a dilapidated building at Bull Domingo (?) mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- The Town of Silver Cliff, Colorado
- Panoramic view of buildings in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado. Signs on brick and frame commercial buildings read: "Security House" and "Stoves." Church steeples are amid frame houses. Shows snow in the Wet Mountain Valley and on streets...
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- Courthouse Silver Cliff, note remains of jail in rear
- View of abandoned Custer County Courthouse in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado. (The county seat was moved to Westcliffe.) woman and children are on steps; jail ruins are in back.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.; Children--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.; Courthouses--Colorado--Silver Cliff--130-1940.; Women--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Dump of the old Geyser Mine, the shaft house was on top of the hill
- View of Geyser Mine tailings, outside of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Geyser Mine
- View of Geyser Mine, above Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows a mill and tailings.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Hills across the creek from Cliff Street showing prospect cars and old dumps
- View from Cliff Street, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows mines, tailings, barn, and corral.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Louie Wolfe's saloon, bartender Gus Kitzman
- Interior view of Louie Wolfe's saloon, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows woodwork, spittoons, display cases with cigars, men at tables, and bartender Gus Kitzman.
- Wolfe, Louie--Homes & haunts.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1910.; Bartenders--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Silver...
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- New Silver Cliff water works tank built by a W. P. A. project
- View of a water tank, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Water tanks--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Main Street, Silver Cliff
- View northwest of Main Street, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows frame buildings and false fronts. One has an arched gable apex.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Powell House
- Interior view of Powell House dining room, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows tables, linen, china, silverware, goblets, rolled napkins, potted plants, floral wall paper, cabinets and buffets. Art hangs on the walls.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of a clapboard business / residence in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; includes picket fence and sign: "Sing Kee Laundry," owned by Chinese immigrant Lew Sing Kee from 1885 till his death in 1927.
- Sing Kee, Lew d.1927--Homes & haunts.; Sing Kee Laundry--Buildings--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of George B. McAulay Hose Company carts in arched Town Hall doorways in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. United States flags and bunting drape buildings, men and women pose, sign reads: "H. W. Foss Groceries."
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890- 1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Hoses--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.;...
- 1890?
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of a race in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows Main Street, a crowd, runners, United States flags, and a sign: "Hardware."
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Running races--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1889 or 1890
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows Silver Cliff Mill Sampling Works (probably) and frame houses.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Ciff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Siver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1885]
- This is the only operating reduction works
- View of Bassick Mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Odd Fellows Hall in background is Geyser Mine
- Odd Fellows pose in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado, wearing fringed sashes with stars; one wears a tophat. Identification includes: "B. Rick," "Emil Vorhedick," "J. First," "H. Stewart," "G. Phillips," and "Crawford (?)." Lettering reads:...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1890-1900.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Silvercliff
- View of mine buildings and tailings in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Buildings--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Hard rock mining contest
- View of a miner's competition, in Silver Cliff, Colorado; shows men standing around tools and a funnel in a five-gallon can; a woman with an umbrella watches from the side. A man holding a straw hat is identified as August Paske; others are:...
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Contests--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Luella mine on flat near Silvercliffe [i. e. Silver Cliff]
- A miner poses near the hoist of either the Luella or Suella Mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. The machinery includes a fly wheel and cables. "Don't Handle" is painted on the wall and a United States flag hangs on a pole nearby.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Old Geyser Cut above Silver Cliff
- Miners push mine cars on wooden bridges between piles of tailings at the Old Geyser Cut near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.;...
- 1880
- Racine Boy, old mill in Silver Cliff
- Three men with a pile of burlap sacks stand in front of the Racine Boy or Bay Mine and mill in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. Shows: tailings, smokestacks, mill building.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.
- [between 1886-1891]
- Racine Boy, old mill in Silver Cliff
- View of the Racine Boy or Bay Mine and mill in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. Shows: tailings, smokestacks, mill building, water tanks.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.; Water tanks--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1891]
- View of Silver Cliff
- The Powell House, one of Silver Cliff's finest hotels, stands in the left background in this view looking toward the town in Custer County, Colorado. Other buildings line the streets of the distant town. A church is in the right background.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1885?]
- Sing Lee Silver Cliff, Colo laundryman
- Studio portrait of Sing Lee, a Chinese-American man, in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado. He wears a shirt and skullcap.
- Chinese-Americans--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1910.; Laundry workers--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1890-1910.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lee, Sing.
- [between 1890 and 1910]