Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Diary of Margaret Patten Gray Evans
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Ute Council Tree, Delta, Colo.
- View of the Ute Council Tree, the historical meeting place of the Ute Tribes, at 530 Gunnison River Drive in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. The cottonwood tree is 85 feet tall. A square sign at the base of the tree describes the history of the 200...
- Ute Council Tree (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Trees.; Ute Council Tree (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Historic trees--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.;...
- 1992
- Victor strike
- Western Federation of Miners workers stand in a group and hold rifles in an empty lot during a strike in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men and women watch on the sidewalk of 4th (Fourth) Street. Shows houses, mine buildings, and a freight train...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6?]
- Golden, from the C.C. Round House
- Panoramic view of the Colorado Central Railroad Company roundhouse and depot, railroad tracks, and frame and brick buildings in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Clear Creek is near commercial buildings and houses. South School and the...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Golden (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Manitou Springs
- People stand in a group near the Navajo Soda Spring gazebo with a conical, faceted roof and tree branch supports in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows frame commercial buildings or houses on Manitou Avenue and the first Manitou...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Gazebos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1878?]
- Businesses in Las Animas
- Men stand outside businesses on a street in probably Las Animas (later covered by John Martin Reservoir) near the present day Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows false front frame buildings and signs that read: "G.M. Woodworth's Livery...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1883?]
- #745 Interior of Methodist Church Christmas Party
- Two rows of girls holding baby dolls perform in the Christmas pageant at the Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Baby cradles and miniature brooms are in front of the girls in the front row. Christmas trees flank the stage. The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Taos community house
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, ladders, drying meat, and men including a Native American.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Los Pueblos de Taos Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1878 by B. H. Gurnsey in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, Native Americans, ovens, and Pueblo Peak.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1870-1880.; Taos Indians--1870-1880.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Georgetown from Democrat Mt.
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast; shows the west fork of South Clear Creek covered by several bridges and many wood construction buildings including the brick school house, built in 1874. The Cushman Block, on Alpine...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- The camp on the Little Bighorn
- View of a Native American encampment on the Crow Reservation along the banks of the Little Bighorn River in Montana. Horses and people are among tepees.
- Crow Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1910.; Indian reservations--Montana--1900-1910.; Rivers--Montana--1900-1910.;...
- 1907
- View of Oraibi
- View of Oraibi, Arizona; shows Native American (Hopi) adults and children, adobe dwellings, pottery, drying meat, and a dog.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--Arizona--1890-1900.
- 1896 or 1897
- Hopi boy on horseback
- Portrait of a Native American Pueblo (Hopi) boy on horseback, Oraibi, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Arizona--1890-1900.
- 1896 or 1897
- Moki Indian basket maker
- Portrait of a Native American (Hopi) woman in a doorway holding a basket, Oraibi (?) Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 or 1897
- Oraibi
- Portrait of Native American (Hopi) Pueblo adults and children in Oraibi, Arizona, sitting by a pottery chimney (?) and a stovepipe.
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.
- 1896 or 1897
- Modoc indians
- Group studio portrait of Native Americans (Modoc) Shacknasty Jim, Steamboat Frank, Scar-faced Charley, and Toby Riddle (Winema), with her husband, white man Frank Riddle and their son Jeff Riddle. The Native American men wear costumes of fringed...
- Indian interpreters--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Boys--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Scarface Charlie.; Shacknasty Jim.; Steamboat Frank.; Winema, Modoc Chieftainess, 1842-1932.; Riddle, Frank.;...
- [1876?]
- Gold panning in Nelson Gulch, near Helena, Montana
- Men pose near a sluice in Nelson Gulch, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. One man pans for gold, another looks on.
- Lewis and Clark County (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Montana--Lewis and Clark County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Montana--Lewis and Clark County--1900-1910.; Miners--Montana--Lewis and Clark County--1900-1910.; Mining...
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Sand Creek Massacre marker
- Close-up view of a marker that commemorates the Sand Creek Massacre in which United States troops killed some 200 Native Americans (Cheyenne and Arapaho), two thirds of whom were women and children, Kiowa County, Colorado. The concrete obelisk has...
- Arapaho Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Kiowa County--1970-1980.; Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Kiowa County--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Kiowa County--1970-1980.; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo.,...
- 1972
- Family with bicycles
- Group portrait of a man, woman, and girls with bicycles, probably near Denver, Colorado. Shirts read: "Victor."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Family with bicycles
- Group portrait of a man, woman, and girls with bicycles, in (probably) Denver, Colorado. Shirts read: "Victor."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Family with bicycles
- Group portrait of a man, woman, and girls with bicycles, in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Shirts read: "Victor;" a Chicago World's Columbian Exposition sculpture, "The Cowboy," is in the background.
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Millionaires usually get what they want
- View of East 3rd (Third) Avenue in Denver, Colorado; shows fenced yards and the homes of F. E. Kistler and Lafayette Hughes.
- Hughes, Lafayette--Homes & haunts.; Kistler, F. E.--Homes & haunts.; Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Land subdivision--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1926
- Silver mine facility, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a silver ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows mining sheds, stacked timber, and mountains.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silver mine facility, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a silver ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows mining sheds, smokestacks, men, and teams of oxen with wagons.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Ox teams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Upper workings- Climax Molybdenum Mine
- View of the Climax Mine and Bartlett Mountain in Lake County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Bartlett Mountain (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Climax Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Molybdenum...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Tabor Grand Opera House, Denver
- View of the Tabor theater building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn streetcar has a sign: "Tryner Denver's Tiffany."
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Conejos County, plaque on Our Lady of Guadalupe, in town of Conejos, oldest church structure in Colorado
- View of bronze plaque mounted on a large rock in Conejos, Colorado; plaque describes history of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (Church : Conejos, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conejos (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Plaques--Colorado--Conejos--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Adult Education Council of Metropolitan Denver
- Interior view of the Adult Education Office at the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado; shows women by typewriters and book cabinets. Posterboard sign describes materials pertaining to "World Affairs."
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Adult education--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1937?]
- Ezra Meeker at historic Bellevue
- Ezra Meeker sits in the driver's seat of a oxen-drawn, covered wagon in Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. A woman and child sit in a wagon near a partly visible attached sign on the canvas cover that reads "Purpose," "Result," "Oxen" and probably...
- Bellevue (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Ezra Meeker
- Men, a women, and children pose on or beside an oxen-drawn covered wagon in an eroded ravine near Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, has a beard, wears a jacket and slacks, and stands beside oxen. On the wagon, a woman...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Canyons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Kansas vs. Colorado
- A group of mostly members of Colorado and Kansas legal teams sit or stand and pose on the front (east) portico of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. The men wear suits with neck ties or bow ties, wire-rimmed spectacles, watch...
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910.; Attorneys general--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Judicial proceedings--Washington (D.C)--1900-1910.; Lawyers--Washington...
- 1906 Dec
- Black Hawk
- View of Gregory Street businesses and buildings in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, timber piles, wagons, and frame houses. Signs on brick or frame commercial buildings read: "Liquor Store, Jason E. Scobey," "Black Hawk...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Trestles--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Manitou series, camping among the foot-hills
- Campers pose at a camp site near Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs or Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Men wear hats and jackets or vests, hold rifles, and pose beside a tent. A woman wears a dress, a hat with a turned down brim and...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Camping--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.; Men--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1885?]
- Larimer Street from 17 to 18 Streets
- View of Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado; shows cable car tracks, buggies, storefronts, and signs: "Geo. L. Eggers" and "Shipler & Co." The Windsor Hotel at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Larimer has a corner tower with a mansard roof.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- General view of Denver from the Tower
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows businesses with signs: "Fancy Goods," "Rickard Men's Furnisher 383," and "Jno. Stuart." Fifteenth (15th) Street, the Denver Waterworks, Front Range mountains, and West Denver neighborhoods are in the background; a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Cottonwood Hot Springs Hotel
- Poster board advertisement for the Cottonwood Hot Springs Hotel near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado; photoprint shows a frame building with bay windows, gables, and a covered porch. Printing shows fees, directions, and reads: "Hartenstein &...
- Cottonwood Hot Springs Hotel (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Introduction page
- Promotional introduction page describes the "Apache Trail" highway excursion from the Southern Pacific Railroad line in Arizona.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson, pulls on the tail of a ring- tailed cat that clings to a broom he holds in the air. In his book "Deric in Mesa Verde," Deric describes taking "dandy photographs" of a ring- tailed cat, possibly this one, that made...
- Cacomistle--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cats--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1923 and 1926?]
- Dotsero Cutoff
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, the depot at Bond, and a crowd of people gathered near a podium to celebrate the completion of track at the Dotsero Cutoff in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows cars parked in a parking lot near the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1930-1940.; Bond (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Bond--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- 1934 June 17
- Rail Road above the clouds
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows clouds in the valley and a stone railroad bridge at a curve in the tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- Rail Road above the clouds
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on La Veta Pass in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows clouds in the valley and smoke above the locomotive on a mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- Veta Pass
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive on La Veta Pass in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows buildings beside the track, clouds in the valley and a train on probably Dump Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Costilla County--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1886?]
- The Union Station, Portland, Oregon
- View of the brick, stone and stucco Union Station, an Italian Renaissance style passenger depot, in Portland (Multnomah County), Oregon. The depot has a United States flag atop a flag pole on the clock tower. Cars are parked near the depot.
- Union Station (Portland, Or.)--1940-1950.; Portland (Or.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Scene at the completion of the U.P.R.R. mural painting, Union Station, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Close-up view of a painted mural in the Union Station interior in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The mural depicts a Union Pacific locomotive, a man with a sledgehammer, Native Americans, dignitaries, a photographer, a United States flag,...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Commemoration--1940-1950.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.; Murals--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Union Station, Kansas City
- View of the stone Union Station passenger depot in Kansas City (Jackson County), Missouri. The Beaux Arts style building has capitals, columns, a tile roof, arched windows and balustrades. Cars and a trolley are near the station.
- Union Station (Kansas City, Mo.)--1930-1950.; Kansas City (Mo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad stations--Missouri--Kansas City--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945?]
- Idaho [Springs]
- View of Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado; shows the Alvord House, wooden houses, businesses, and newly planted trees.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1870-1880.
- 1876 June 21
- Caribou - Schools (also S1446)
- A group of school children stands in front of the schoolhouse in Caribou, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, near the end of the 19th century during the area's mining heyday. Several women, probably schoolteachers, stand on the front porch...
- School buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]