Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Chow line, Colorado
- A chow line near Camp Hale, Colorado. The tables serving food are set up in the snow. Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are serving food and three are getting food. A many other soldiers are standing back from the serving area. A table with...
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Winter march
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers taken during a winter march on a snow-packed road. Members of the group are carrying snowshoes, one is carrying a small handcase and another is wearing sunglasses. Two other soldiers are walking away from the...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Military life
- Cavalry soldiers perform their maneuvers at a camp at the base of a hill, possibly in Colorado. A creek runs through the foreground. Rows of tents stand in the midground. A farmhouse stands in the left background. The soldiers are moving down the...
- Military camps--United States--Colorado--1900-1920.; Military maneuvers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Battalion drill
- Soldiers pose on the parade ground at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory (later Gregory County, South Dakota). Members of a band and four 25th (Twenty-fifth) Infantry companies wear uniforms, hold musical instruments and stand in formation. African...
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 25th--People--1880-1890.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Parade grounds--South Dakota--Fort Randall--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--South Dakota--Fort Randall--1880-1890.; Military bands--South...
- c1882
- Parade of Grand Valley Guards, Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of Grand Valley Guards on parade, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a group of African-American soldiers marching in uniform and formation, all holding United States flags, one carrying a vertical "U.S. Army" banner, and one on horseback. Men,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1883
- French chasseurs
- A group of French soldiers rides horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear helmets and carry lances. Several additional soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right background. Those men...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers, French.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, L-R
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Telegraph work
- Colorado National Guard soldiers work to repair or install telegraph wire on a wooden telegraph pole in the Cripple Creek mining district in "Camp Goldfield" in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Shows...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Officers camp, Bull Hill
- Colorado National Guard officers and soldiers pose in front of a canvas tent at the officers' camp at what is identified as Bull Hill in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The soldiers wear uniforms, hats, and...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Military officers--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Co. B 1st Inf.
- Colorado National Guard soldiers stand in formation and at attention in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The soldiers wear uniforms and hold rifles. Probably officers pose...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1903]
- Beecher Island
- An oil painting of the battle on Beecher Island (Colorado) between soldiers and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne. Shows images of horses, soldiers, scouts, Native Americans, trees, bushes and a river.
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Dakota Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.
- 1926
- Sand Creek massacre
- An oil painting that depicts the Sand Creek Massacre (Colorado) between the Arapaho and Cheyenne Native Americans and American soldiers. Shows the battle scene in a camp with tepees, mounted soldiers, an American flag in the middle of the...
- Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864.; Arapaho Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.
- 1936
- Soldiers from Rope One at Camp One, Mount Rainier Washington
- View taken from above of four soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) Test Expedition, belonging to Rope One, led by Peter Gabriel, other members included Captain Albert Jackman and the photographer. They stand near two...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Gabriel, Peter, Corporal.; Jackman, Albert H.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army....
- [May 1942]
- Attack on flag
- Native American (Crow) and soldiers in uniform reenact the Battle of Little Bighorn near Sheridan, Wyoming. Soldiers, sitting and on horseback, protect a U. S. flag while a Crow man attacks with a staff decorated with ermine fringe.
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Commemoration.; Sheridan (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--Wyoming--Sheridan--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Soldiers in the Aleutians
- View of 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment soldiers marching toward a cove on an Aleutian Island. All are wearing helmets, carrying rifles and knapsacks. The 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment was in the Aleutians as a part of Amphibious Task Force 9.
- Soldiers--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations.; Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
- 1943
- Three soldiers at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Three unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a photograph at Camp Hale, Colorado. They are dressed for winter training. All are wearing caps, sunglasses, sweaters, and wool pants. All have knapsacks and are carrying rifles. Snow...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Three soldiers on Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado
- Three Tenth Mountain Division Soldiers pose for a photograph on Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. They are left to right, Dick Short wearing a coil of rope, unidentified, and William Putnam.
- Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Soldiers wearing "whites" during training at Cooper Hill, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a group photo in the snow during training on Cooper Hill in Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. They wear white anoraks, khaki pants and red armbands to mark their team during war games. Bobby Lathrop...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lathrop, Bobby.; Lundby, Gerald.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Soldiers with mules in Camp Hale
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier stands holding a mule at Camp Hale, Colorado. The mule is wearing a pack saddle, with two cases on top that are secured with rope. The soldier holding the mule is also wearing a knapsack with a waterbottle and...
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mules--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Two soldiers near a snowbank
- Two Tenth Mountain Division Soldiers stand near a snow bank, at their feet is a piece of equipment that could possibly be the Kennedy mortar sight, which was developed by a soldier at Camp Hale. Both men are wearing white pants and khaki shirts....
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Regiment Headquarters 1st Battalion
- Group portrait (standing or sitting) of the 10th (Tenth) Mountain Division, 86th Regiment Headquarters Company 1st (First) Battalion in uniform at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men numbered from left to right are: TOP ROW 1) DeHaan, 2)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944 June]
- William F. Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a horse between two mounted soldiers carrying large flags. The two soldiers are wearing helmets. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and beads adorning it and a wide-brimmed hat, probably a Stetson. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Show tents--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- English lancers on horseback
- A group of English lancers poses on horseback in the midground in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear shiny helmets and hold flag poles in their right hands. One man sits on his horse slightly in front of the group. A long...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Lancers--English--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Soldiers near farm
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division crouch with rifles and a machine gun, on a dirt road in the Apennine Range in Bologna Province, Italy. Stone farm buildings with tile roofs and soldiers are in the distance. A small haystack is near the road.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dirt roads--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- [1945]
- Windows of First Plymouth Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado
- Book created by Rev. Raymond A Waser regarding the significance of the windows in the First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Glass painting and staining.; Christian art and symbolism.; Church architecture.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, S-Z
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1918 August
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Ute Indians at the Bear Dance, Uintah Reservation, Utah, the bucks give way at the dance to U. S. soldiers who are present by invitation
- Native American Ute women wearing buckskin costumes with shawls invite United States soldiers to perform the Bear Dance, Uintah Valley Reservation, Utah. Two white women invite Ute men to dance. The dance leader maintains order with a whip.
- Bear dance--Utah--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Utah--1880-1890.; Ute Indians Dance--Utah--1880-1890.; Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)--1880-1890.; Ceremonial dancers--Utah--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Utah--1880-1890.
- 1888 March 12
- Soldiers of Wounded Knee
- Group shot of the Seventh (7th) Cavalry? posed with rifles in their camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. The soldiers wear uniforms, some with fur skin caps and ammunition belts.
- Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1891]
- Soldiers Monument, Denver
- View of bronze Soldiers Monument, in front of Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado, depicts a Civil War cavalryman (designed from paintings by Captain Jack Howland, modeled and cast by Bureau Bros. of Philadephia, 1909)
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1927]
- Soldiers fighting over horse meat
- View of U. S. Army soldiers in a mock fight over horse meat in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, during the Native American Sioux campaigns. The cavalry man is on the ground receiving a blow while two other men cut meat from a horse.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Soldiers carry off horse meat
- View of U. S. Army soldiers butchering a horse during the Native American campaigns, Black Hills, Dakota Territory.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Soldiers cutting up abandoned horse
- View of U. S. Army soldiers as they cut the hide and a rear leg away from a dead horse during the Native American campaigns, Black Hills, Dakota Territory.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Apache scalping soldiers
- Native American Apaches displaying the scalps of slain U.S. Army soldiers around rock outcroppings.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Scalping--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- Fort Yates, troops of soldiers on parade ground
- Fort Yates, North Dakota, line of soldiers with officers at attention on parade grounds; dog next to officer at left; barracks, officers' quarters, and other buildings bordering parade grounds.
- Fort Yates (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.; Soldiers--1870-1890.
- [188-?]
- Group of mounted soldiers
- Group of unidentified mounted soldiers and officers on horseback, standing in line across plains or open prairie.
- Military officers--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Soldiers--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Custer Battle Field, where Custer dismounted, troops of soldiers firing guns, 1886
- Custer Battlefield, Little Bighorn, Montana, site where Custer dismounted; reenactment during 10th Anniversary of the Battle Reunion; small groups of soldiers in line formation discharging rifles.
- Battlefields--Montana--1880-1890.; Historical reenactments--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- 1886
- Camp Baldwin, camp of survivors, 1886, soldiers in background
- Camp Baldwin, Montana; camp site below Reno Hill where Reno survivors camped after being relieved by Gibbon and Terry; group of soldiers and civilian men and women camped at same site for 10th Anniversary Reunion of Battle at Little Bighorn; tent...
- Camp Baldwin (Montana)--1880-1890.; Battlefields--Montana--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.; Tents--1880-1890.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- 1886
- Three soldiers observe an Italian town
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers observe an Italian town from a fenced vantage point. All carry weapons and wear white camouflage coats, one has skis.
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers coming out of woods
- Small group of five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers walks out of the woods along a trail in Italy. A small hill is behind them and the trees are leafless.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers saluting in street
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers salute three others in front of a stone building in Italy.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers with mules in the Italian hills
- Shows sixteen mules with roughly twice as many Tenth Mountain Division soldiers either resting or preparing for the next advance during the Italian Campaign. Hills are covered with leafless trees.
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers with two tanks
- Photograph of the back of two tanks on a rocky Italian dirt road. One tank has slipped off. Two soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division appear to be having a discussion near the tank that has slid, another soldier is walking toward them. A soldier...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1945.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Thirteen German Prisoners on Italian Road
- Thirteen German prisoners march toward the camera on a small road in Italy. They carry one of their number on a stretcher. Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers watch over the group. In the background are open fields lined with barbed wire...
- Prisoners of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--German--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Two soldiers reading magazines
- Taken during the Italian campaign, the photograph shows two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers relaxing in a haystack by reading magazines. In the background are mountains and leafless trees.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Two soldiers with liquor and cigars
- Two soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division enjoy liquor and cigars for the camera in a fenced in area. In the background is a building, a leafless tree filled with wires, an Italian hillside and miscellaneous equipment. Soldier holding bottle is...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Two soldiers cleaning a gun
- Two soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division sit cross-legged in front of a haystack in Italy. In front of them on a blanket is a rifle, which the man on the left is cleaning; the man on the right offers the other a newspaper.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Rifles--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Guarding five tagged POWs
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers guard five tagged German prisoners on an Italian hill. Trees in the background are leafless. Photographer's shadow is visible in lower left corner.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--German--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Stage and soldiers at memorial services, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- A view of the stage, flag pole, and the Tenth Mountain Division soldiers attending the Division's memorial held April 6, 1945, at the American Military cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy.
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945