Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Golden City, Colo.
- View of frame and log buildings in Golden (Golden City), Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows houses with fenced lots for livestock, commercial buildings with false fronts, and a bridge over Clear Creek. A man with a hat sits on a rock and poses in a...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Golden (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1872?]
- East Victor showing Strong, Independence, Portland and Anna Lee mines
- Panoramic view of frame mine buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A woman is in a horse-drawn buggy near a log and frame one-story house. Mine buildings on Battle Mountain are identified as the Strong Mine, the Independence Mine, the...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Shale cliff northwest of Collbran
- View of layered, eroded shale cliffs near Collbran (Mesa County), Colorado. Sparse grass and trees are on the shale formation.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1930.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Book Cliffs
- View of layered shale cliffs and hills in Mesa County, Colorado. A wire fence with timber posts and a haystack are in Grand Valley. Sparse trees and shrubs are on the Book Cliffs.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Mesa County--1900-1920.; Book Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Mesa County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- Golden, Colo.
- View of smelter buildings and smokestacks in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows probably frame houses, sparse trees and rounded buildings or holding tanks with domed roofs.
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Windy Point, Pikes Peak trail
- Men and women pose on horseback at Windy Point on Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows sparse trees and rocks beside the trail on the steep slope. People wear hats and suits or dresses.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Windy Point (El Paso County, Colo.) 1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--El...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Timberline, Pikes Peak trail
- Men and women pose on horseback at Windy Point on Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows sparse trees and rocks beside the trail on the steep slope, and plains in the distance. People wear hats and suits or dresses.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Windy Point (El Paso County, Colo.) 1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Crow Buttes, Nebr. fr. east
- View of possibly Squaw Creek and Crow Butte near Crawford (Dawes County), Nebraska. Shows eroded creek walls, grass, sparse trees, and eroded rock buttes.
- Crow Butte (Neb.)--1900-1910.; Dawes County (Neb.)--1900-1910.; Buttes--Nebraska--Dawes County--1900-1910.; Streams--Nebraska--Dawes County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Rocky Mtns. from Denver
- Panoramic view of farms and fenced fields west of Denver in probably Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows farm houses, telegraph poles, cultivated fields, sparse trees, and a square building beside a flag pole. Mesas are near foothills and snow is on...
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1880-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Croplands--Colorado--Jefferson County--1880-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Jefferson County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Rocky Mountains from Denver
- Panoramic view of farms and fenced fields west of Denver in probably Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows farm houses, telegraph poles, cultivated fields, and sparse trees. Shows foothills and mountains of the Front Range.
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1880-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Croplands--Colorado--Jefferson County--1880-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Jefferson County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Sand Dunes near Alamosa, Colo.
- A man sits on horseback in giant wind swept sand dunes in the Great Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. Sparse grasses grow through the ripples of sand. The Sangre de Cristos, covered with light snow are in the distance.
- Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dunes--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Fremont in early days the present townsite of Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of early sparse settlement of Fremont, Colorado in 1891; consolidated and renamed Cripple Creek in 1892; several log buildings under construction are interspersed with several canvas tents; distant view of hillsides.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1891 November 1
- Pine, Colo
- View of Pine, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows frame residences and resort cabins built on gentle slopes with sparse trees.
- Pine (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- January 1929?
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse treesin Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse trees in Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a well-tracked slope with sparse trees; two women use poles and wear skirts, jackets, and hats; a man without poles wears a stocking cap and jacket.
- Cross-country skiing--1910-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Bryce Canyon, Utah
- View of a deep valley with sandstone pillars, cliffs, and sparse vegetation in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Cedar Breaks, Utah
- View of a deep valley full of time-sculpted sandstone pillars, cliffs, and sparse vegetation, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah.
- Cedar Breaks National Monument (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Mesa Verde country
- Sparse vegetation covers the canyon walls at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1920-1930.
- August 1929
- Wheat in shocks
- Colorado Front Range wheat field, South Platte Valley; shows sheaves of grain (shocks), cropland and sparse trees, and two-story frame ranchhouse with two chimneys.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Georgetown
- View of wood frame residences and log cabins near Georgetown, Colorado. A dome-like rock outcropping with sparse evergreens shows in background. Snow patches among evergreens show in shady valley in foreground.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- The prospectors friend
- Two small burros loaded with prospector's supplies stand on a dirt road; shows sparse evergreens in background.
- Donkeys--1890-1920.; Pack animals--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Fairplay
- View of a gravestone in the cemetery near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; inscription on the stone reads: "Anitra A. Richardson 1921- 1941;" sparse grass filled with many indiscernable lumps (river rocks or mushrooms?) arranged in rows...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Fairplay--1940-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Fairplay--1940- 1970.
- [between 1941 and 1966]
- Indian Post Office in Idaho
- View of two rock cairns somewhere in Idaho. Sparse trees surround the site, mountains in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Idaho--1950-1970.; Cairns--Idaho--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Portrait of a man
- Head and shoulders pose of a man wearing a buttoned suit jacket, print necktie, and tuxedo shirt, Aspen, Colorado; shows a man with a crewcut and sparse hair on the sides of his head.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [about 1885?]
- Little Church Billiard Hall token
- This view of a round token with "Little Church Billiard Hall" stamped on an raised oval in the center and surrounded by a narrow oval band shows the token much larger than life. Outside the oval band is a sparse decoration including a rose,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Billiards--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [betwwen 1980 and 1990?]
- Captains of the canon, Canon de Chelley [sic], Ariz.
- View of rock pillar formations, mesas and a stream bed in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Spider Rock has steep sandstone walls. Sparse trees are on mesas.
- River channels--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Spider Rock (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Rock...
- [between 1879 and 1881]
- Mineral Hill, Nevada
- View of frame houses, mine and commercial buildings in Mineral Hill (Eureka County), Nevada. Commercial buildings on a dirt road have false fronts, gabled roofs and wooden shingles. A sign reads "bakery." Roads, ore piles, mine buildings and sparse...
- Mineral Hill (Nev.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; Houses--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; Mining--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; United States...
- [between 1867 and 1871?]
- Mining site
- Men stand and pose near timber mine buildings and a mine entrance on a hillside in probably Nevada. Log and ore piles are beside ore car tracks and a tipple. A dirt road is on a hill and in a valley with mountains in the distance. Sparse trees are...
- Mine buildings--Nevada--1860-1900.; Miners--Nevada--1860-1900.; Mining--Nevada--1860-1900.; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)
- [between 1867 and 1900?]
- Camp Whipple, Arizona
- Men wear suits and sit or stand near timber buildings with gabled roofs at Fort Whipple, Yavapai County, Arizona. A building has a central staircase and a cupola. A ladder is against a building with wooden shingles. Sparse trees are on hills in the...
- Fort Whipple (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Arizona--Fort Whipple--1870-1880.; Plank buildings--Arizona--Fort Whipple--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- [1871]
- Mammoth Hot Springs
- View of mineral deposits of Mammoth Hot Springs on Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows terraces of accreted calcareous silica. A timber fence and possibly a tepee are in a valley, and sparse trees are on mountains.
- Terraces (Geology)--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
- [1872]
- Canon de Chelly Monument, Ariz.
- View of an eroded sandstone tower and rocky cliffs in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Boulders, sparse trees and a sandy creek bed, probably Chinle Wash, are in the valley.
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Chine Wash (Ariz.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Channels--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1890.; Rock...
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- Alpine lake, Cerro Blanco Mountains, Col.
- Panoramic view of a high mountain lake, sparse trees, the Sierra Blanca ridge (Cerro Blanco), and Blanca Peak in probably Costilla County or Alamosa County, Colorado. Shows a rocky ridge and possibly Lake Como.
- Blanca Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1874
- Snow peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada
- View of snow covered mountains with sparse trees in the Aura Mining District in the Bull Run Mountains, Elko County, Nevada. A trail in the snow traverses the hillside.
- Bull Run Mountains (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Elko County (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Elko County--1870-1880.; Mountains--Nevada--Elko County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1871
- Cycle Park
- View of a resort in probably Colorado; women and a man with a fishing pole walk on railroad tracks over a river. A rustic gazebo, deck, and faceted cabin and house are amid hills and sparse pines.
- Cabins--Colorado--1880-1890.; Fishing--Colorado--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Camp of Pawnee Indians on the Platte Valley
- Native American (Pawnee) men are on horseback probably near the Platte River in Nebraska. Shows tepees and distant, sparse trees. Men wear feather headdresses for a staged performance for members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pawnee Indians--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--1860-1870.;...
- 1866 October
- Carbonate Hill
- This view southeast towards a Carbonate Hill covered with mines in Leadville, Colorado, includes a town filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds, a few brick and false front commercial structures. Business signs include "Democrat,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879?]
- Golden, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, from South Table Mountain across Clear Creek, Adolph Coors Brewery pond, Colorado Central Railway to the north; central business district, Colorado School of Mines campus with Guggenheim,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1908]
- Golden, Colorado
- Left side of panoramic view of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, looks south from South Table Mountain across the south edge of town showing the irrigation ditch, sparse wood framed residences and outbuildings and on to the State Industrial...
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1908]
- Black Buttes on Bitter Creek
- View of rocks and sparse bushes in a valley and on Black Buttes in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- Black Buttes (Sweetwater County, Wyo.); Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Buttes--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Valleys--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- Laramie, Wyoming Territory in 1868
- View of Union Pacific Railroad passenger cars on tracks in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows sparse wooden, log and canvas buildings in Laramie.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Railroad passenger cars--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Grand Island, Nebraska in 1867
- View of frame buildings in Grand Island (Hall County), Nebraska. People are on the porch of the "OK Store" and a horse drawn wagon is parked in the street. Shows a "Saloon," wooden sidewalks, houses with fenced yards, a church with a bell tower...
- Grand Island (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Bars--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Grand Island--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Royal Gorge from the top
- Aerial view of the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge tracks beside the Arkansas River. The massive walls and rock formations of the gorge have sparse vegetation.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Arkansas River--1890-1910.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Trois Falls, Cheyenne Canon
- View of water falls identified as Trois Falls on North Cheyenne Creek in North Cheyenne Canon (El Paso County), Colorado. shows a three-tiered cascade with rock outcrops and sparse trees along the canyon.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Water falls--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Poudre Canyon
- View of a narrow dirt road beside the Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County, Colorado. Shows a frame building beside the river. Sparse trees and hills are in the distance.
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1930.
- [between 1911 and 1925?]
- Clear Creek from Windy Point
- View of Clear Creek, Colorado and Southern Railway tracks, and a flume in Clear Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows sparse trees and grass in the canyon near Golden.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1930.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--Dates.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1930.; Flumes--Colorado--Clear...
- [between 1898 and 1927]
- Middle Park
- View of the Colorado River near Hot Sulphur Springs in Grand County, Colorado. Shows grass in the wide valley and sparse trees on rock formations.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1860-1880.; Grand County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Grand County--1860-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Grand County--1860-1880.
- [between 1868 and 1877]
- The Dalles, from Sun Set Hill
- View of the Columbia River at The Dalles (later Dalles Dam), whitewater rapids in Wasco County, Oregon or Klickitat County, Washington, near what is identified as "Sun Set Hill." Shows frame buildings, sparse trees and river inlets in the wide...
- Columbia River--1860-1870.; Dalles, The (Or. and Wash. : Rapids)--1860-1870.; Rivers--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Willow Creek Canon, near Mt. Nebo
- View of jagged rocks, talus and sparse brush in a valley near Mount Nebo in Willow Creek canyon (Juab County), Utah.
- Juab County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Juab County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Utah--Juab County--1870-1880.; Valleys--Utah--Juab County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- Multnomah Falls
- View of Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek in the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County, Oregon. Shows a 620 foot high waterfall against a sheer rock face. Thick vegetation, including ferns, surrounds the cascade. A sparse stand of pines is seen...
- Multnomah County (Or.)--1860-1870.; Multnomah Creek (Or.)--1860-1870.; Multnomah Falls (Or.)--1860-1870.; Cliffs--Oregon--Multnomah County--1860-1870.; Waterfalls--Oregon--Multnomah County--1860-1870.; Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (Or....
- [1867]