Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A cowboy camp
- Cowboy camp somewhere in Colorado; man standing by campfire with numerous cooking pots hanging over it and dutch ovens nearby; canvas tents, wagon and saddled horses in background; larger group of men standing around another campfire, center...
- Campfires--Colorado--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 6 and 7, 1923 June-July
- Evening campfire
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies sit around a large campfire in Colorado. Most of the men sit in canvas folding chairs. Many of the men wear western attire and some wear woven ponchos. Tents, beds, and loud speakers are behind the men.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Campfire programs--Colorado--1950-1960.; Campfires--Colorado--1950-1960.; Camping--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1954 July
- Navajo youngsters at a campfire
- Night view of Navajo boys and girls and Ataloa, a Native American Chickasaw artist and folklorist sitting at a campfire, Santa Fe Indian School, New Mexico. The boys wear headbands; one plays a drum. The girls wear fiesta dresses and Ataloa wears...
- Institute of American Indian Arts--1950-1960.; Santa Fe Indian School--1950-1960.; Chickasaw Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Campfire at night
- Men and a women relax near a camp fire at night in Colorado. The people wear boots, a few of the men wear cowboy hats. The light of the campfire illuminates the pine forest.
- Campfires--Colorado--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1910-1920.; Lighting--Colorado--1910-1920.; Night--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Campfire scene, night, Daniels Park
- A man and three women pose near a tent in front of a campfire in Daniels Park in Douglas County, Colorado. They wear dark shirts and pants and hiking boots. Two of the women sit near each other and smile.
- Daniels Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Campfires--Colorado--Douglas County--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Douglas County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Douglas County--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Douglas...
- 1920 Aug
- Recreation camping
- Members of possibly Coxey's Army sit and stand near a campfire at a camp in Colorado. They wear jackets and wide-brimmed hats.
- Campfires--Colorado--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--1890-1900.; Coxey's Army.
- [1894?]
- Grand Lake
- View of Harry and Katherine Buckwalter making a campfire near Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado; also shows a bucket and a coffee pot.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1920-1930.; Campfires--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.;...
- 1920
- Camp in the Hoback Mts.
- Horses stand near smoke that rises from a campfire possibly in Hoback Canyon in Teton County or Sublette County, Wyoming. Shows mountains identified as the Hoback Mountains.
- Camping--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Navajo camp fire
- Native American (Navajo) women sit near a large campfire at night on Tovar Mesa (Navajo County), Arizona. A man and other women sit under trees nearby. Shows two hogans with a basket and pottery jar at the doorway. The women wear squash blossom...
- Hogans--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Tovar Mesa (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- The camp near the Tetons
- Cowboys stand and sit in a camp near the Teton Range in Wyoming. Shows a campfire, cooking equipment, and preparations for a meal. Trout hang from the branches of a fireside smoker; horses stand saddled with gear. A man pours coffee in his cup, and...
- Camping--Wyoming--1870-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1870-1890.; Horses--Wyoming--1870-1890.; Meadows--Wyoming--1870-1890.; Outdoor cookery--Wyoming--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Happy campers
- View of a campsite along a stream and stone roadbase, somewhere in the Colorado Rockies, shows ladies in jackets, ties, kneepants, and boots raising a toast, a man playing with a dog, a canvas tent, cooking utensils, campfire, and a thermos; pines...
- Colorado--1920-1930.; Campfires--Colorado--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Campers - Mesa Verde country
- A man tends a campfire and a woman pets a dog as a young boy looks on, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1920-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Indians, Pueblo, biog (men, unident)
- Two unidentified Native American Pueblo men stand over a campfire; women, a covered wagon and structures are behind them.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Indians, Pueblo, biog (men, unident)
- Two unidentified Native American Pueblo men stand smiling and showing food over a campfire; women and children sit on ground.
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Children--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The Messenger
- A photomontage by Charles Craig of Native American (Ute) men (including Buckskin Charlie), women and children, in profile, facing a messenger (Severo) on a horse. Severo wears a headdress and points to the background. The landscape and foreground,...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Severo, Chief.
- 1898
- The Messenger
- A photomontage by Charles Craig of Native American (Ute) men (including Buckskin Charlie), women and children, in profile, facing a messenger (Severo) on a horse. Severo wears a headdress and points to the background. The landscape and foreground,...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Severo, Chief.
- 1898
- Gen. Cook's expedition and the Black Hills, corrall [sic] formed by the packs
- View of General George Crook's expedition camp on French Creek in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, shows Chief Packer Tom Moore with his men with a circle corral of pack cushions, or aparejos, and campfire smoke. The United States army men lounge...
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Soldiers--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Crook,...
- 1876
- Out door grill donated by Girl Scouts [sic]
- View of a stone and cement grill and chimney in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A sign above on the chimney reads: "Presented To The City & County of Denver By The Denver Campfire Girls".
- Camp Fire Girls--Public relations--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Barbecue grills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Group of prospectors
- A group of prospectors and their burro pose around a campfire and tent on the floor of a steep walled valley.
- Campfires--1880-1890.; Donkeys--1880-1890.; Miners--1880-1890.; Mining--1880-1890.; Tents--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Fort Logan World War I
- Four soldiers display fresh baked loaves of bread in front of the camp bakery, Fort Logan, Colorado. A campfire ring stacked high with rocks is outside the bakers tent.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Bread--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917]
- Sitting Bull addressing his followers
- Native Americans (Sioux) gather in a circle around a campfire listening to their famous leader, Sitting Bull.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Meetings--1880-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- An Indian council
- A Native American man stands in front of a campfire, he speaks to men and women, some smoking pipes, who sit in a circle around him.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Meetings--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- A Cheyenne camp
- A Native American (Cheyenne) woman carries a rolled blanket in camp. She wears a long dress and a belt with conchas. Tepees, a saddle, a skull, a campfire, and a wagon are nearby.
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- August, 1889
- The Grand Council held at General Crook's headquarters on Goose Creek, June 15th : Wyoming Territory - scenes and incidents in General Crook's Sioux campaign - from sketches by Charles St. G. Stanley
- White soldiers and Native Americans confer at General Crook's headquarters on Goose Creek, Wyoming Territory. Four men stand around a campfire, a contingent of their respective followers sit in the periphery.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Meetings--1870-1880.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Ready to break camp
- Group of cowboys on cattle drive ready to break camp, somewhere in Colorado; man on horseback with chaps and lasso attached to saddle, four men standing in front of canvas tent, one possibly holding a branding iron; four men and a boy lounging...
- Cattle drives--Colorado--1900-1920.; Campfires--Colorado--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- First camp dinner, Iron Springs, Uncompahgre Plateau
- A man stands by a campfire between a wagon and a tent near a place identified as Iron Springs on the Uncompahgre Plateau in Colorado. Shows horses and supplies and a dog in the wagon.
- Uncompahgre Plateau (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 15
- Salvation Army, Camp Fire Girls toasting marshmallows
- Boys and girls sit around a campfire at night.
- Camp Fire Girls--People--1910-1930.; Boys--1910-1930.; Campfires--1910-1930.; Girls--1910-1930.; Night--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1925?]
- Forest Rangers
- Men pose by rocks, a campfire, coffee pots and horses. Outfits include fedora and Montana peak hats.
- Rangers--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- Texas Cowboys, in camp
- Texas Rangers sit or stand and pose near horses and a campfire in a meadow in Texas. Men wear shirts and vests or ties, cowboy hats and cowboy boots. Saddled horses are nearby, and people on horseback are in the distance.
- Texas Rangers--People--1890-1900.; Horses--Texas--1890-1900.; Law enforcement officers--Texas--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Poley Family
- Women, a man, a boy and a girl stand or sit and pose beside canvas topped tents in possibly Green Mountain Falls (Teller County), Colorado. Mary E. Ferguson sits on a wooden platform beside Elizabeth Poley Schrader who wears a plaid skirt and a...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ferguson, Mary E.; Poley, Frank Ferguson.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley); Poley, Margaret Ferguson.; Schrader,...
- 1890?
- Wolf Plume cooks
- Wolf Plume, a Native American woman, stirs a pot that hangs from a tripod of branches over a campfire probably in Big Horn County, Montana.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Campfires--Montana--1900-1920.; Outdoor cookery--Montana--1900-1920.; Women--1900-1920.; Wolf Plume.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Camp at the three Tetons
- A view of a camp at in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Men stand near tents and a campfire, the Teton Range is in the distance.
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Camping--Wyoming--Grand Teton National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--Grand Teton National Park--1870-1880.; National Parks &...
- [1871?]
- Bolsinger camp
- Three men and a boy stand and sit in front of their tent at the Bolsinger Camp in Colorado. They cook food over a campfire. Shows cooking utensils, a bucket, and a wood table.
- Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Jesse Nusbaum, far right, stands with his excavation team, including his stepson Deric, third from left, at their camp above Step House in Mesa Verde National Park. Standing at Deric's left is the park's future superintendent Marshall Finnan. Four...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Camps--Colorado--1920-1930.; Finnan, Marshall.; Nusbaum, Deric.; Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
- [1926?]
- Engineers Camp, M.P.G. & D.R.R., Head of the Tomichi
- View of a work camp for the Marshall Pass, Gunnison and Dolores Railroad on Tomichi Pass in Gunnison County, Colorado. Men pose near a tent, one man cooks food over a campfire. Felled timber is in the distance.
- Marshall Pass, Gunnison and Dolores Railroad Company--People--1870-1880.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Tomichi Pass (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Gunnison County--1870-1880.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- Along Yellowstone Trail
- A man watches a woman stir food over a campfire at a campsite on the Yellowstone Trail in Wyoming.
- Yellowstone Trail (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Couples--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Wyoming--1920-1930.
- 1923 August 23
- At the head of Turkey Creek
- Men prepare food and eat and drink beside a campfire near Turkey Creek in Jefferson County, Colorado. The men are dressed in outdoor clothing with hats and hiking boots. A pine forest is in the distance.
- Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Drying our blankets after we had been upset
- Men, probably J.E. Pelton, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, and E.B. Anderson, stand near a campfire, and eat or cook, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Blankets dry on a makeshift rack near the fire. A duffel bag and a coffee...
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Campfires--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Camping--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery & exploration--American--Colorado--Montrose...
- 1900 September
- A toast to Colorado sunshine
- Four women and a man pose near a tent on Berthoud Pass in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The women toast with cups, they wear jodhpurs, blazers or cardigans, ties and hiking boots or shoes. A man sits on a log and holds an Airedale Terrier. A...
- Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.; Toasting--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- A Song of the woodland
- A man and a boy sit near a campfire in a heavily wooded area possibly on St. Vrain Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. A wooden pole suspends a cast iron pot over the fire and a frying pan hangs off to the side. Firelight illuminates a tepee...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Night--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Tipis--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Camp scene, man cooking
- Two couples pose at a campsite in Colorado. A man prepares food over a campfire. Another man and two women sit or stand under an open sided canvas tent suspended by ropes attached to trees. The women hold cooking utensils.
- Camping--Colorado--1920-1930.; Couples--Colorado--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Cooking trout on rock, Paradise Canon
- Men and a woman cook fish on a rock, over a campfire, beside the Kings River, in Paradise Valley, Fresno County (now Kings Canyon National Park), California. A man and equipment are by trees.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations.; Fresno County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Kings River (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Paradise Valley (Kings Canyon National Park, Calif.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Military life
- Cavalry soldiers take a break from performing their maneuvers near a camp at the base of a hill, possibly in Colorado. Pine trees stand on the hill in the right midground and in the distance. Several tents are set up in the left background. A house...
- Military camps--United States--Colorado--1900-1920.; Military maneuvers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Cutting wood - Mary Walk in Water (Chinis Nickomi)
- Mary Walk in Water (also known as Mary Inhoosta Woodcock), a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, chops a log with an ax in front of a teepee. Pots cook over a campfire; a mixing bowl is in the left...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.; Mary Walk in Water,...
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Mose Vanderburg and wife
- Mose Vanderburg, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sits on the ground in front of a teepee playing a drum. His wife sits near him and a young man, possibly Pete Vanderburg, stands in the entrance to the...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Vanderburg, Mose.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Lunch break along the trail Chappie Young, Ken MacKaig, Hugh Griffin, Joe Dekker.
- , Hugh Griffin, and Joe Dekker, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, rest during a lunch break on a trail ride in Colorado. Chappie (Chapman) Young (in a hat), and Ken MacKaig lie in the grass and Hugh Griffin and Joe Dekker are near a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Campfires--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rest...
- 1948 July
- Westport Landing, Mo.
- View of tents and Conestoga wagons beside the Missouri River near Westport (Jackson County), Kansas, a starting point for the Oregon Trail. A steam paddlewheel riverboat is anchored near the edge of the river. Shows people on horseback and near a...
- Missouri River--1850-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1860.; Westport (Kansas City, Mo.)--1850-1860.; Camping--Missouri--Jackson County--1850-1860.; Covered wagons--Missouri--Jackson County--1850-1860.; Horseback...
- 1937
- Old Fort Mitchell near Scott's Bluff, Neb.
- View of a U shaped building and a stockade with horses at Fort Mitchell in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. People gather around a campfire near a covered wagon. Cavalry troops ride toward a pack train on the Oregon Trail. A wagon train and Scotts...
- Fort Mitchell (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Scottsbluff (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cavalry--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--1860-1870.; Forts &...
- 1933