Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Scene on Monument Creek, No. near Colorado City, C.T.
- View of sandstone pillars in Monument Park (El Paso County), Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.
- Western History Subject Index
- Taylor, Mat. S
- Empire City
- The town of Empire (City), Colorado in the Empire valley has a business district with false front buildings, log cabin residences, and a small resevoir which is supplied by the west fork of Clear Creek.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Empire City
- The town of Empire (City), Colorado is in the Empire valley and has a business district with false front buildings, log cabin residences, and a small reservoir that is supplied by the west fork of Clear Creek.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Delegation of 1872
- Portrait of Native American Utes in Denver, Colorado, with government officials, identified left to right: "O-re-kis" (Moache or Muache Ute), "Alexandro (Moache) "Corutz" "Muache Chief) "To-ha" (Moache), John Ward (interpreter), James B. Thompson...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Moache Indians--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Government relations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Delegations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872
- Scarfaced Charley
- Seated studio portrait of Native American (Modoc) man Scarfaced Charley. He wears a shirt and ascot tie, a vest with a pocket chain, pants, and a coat.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Scarface Charlie.
- 1875
- 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
- Buena Vista, from Lake House
- Frame commercial buildings and dwellings line the dirt street in Buena Vista, Colorado; signs read: "Cottonwood Restaurant" and "Assayer's Office." A bridge crosses Cottonwood Creek in the foreground, and the Collegiate range towers in the...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Buena Vista--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Buena Vista--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1879?
- State Penitentiary convicts excavating for the Water Works
- Convicts of the State Penitentiary in Canon City Colorado, wear striped prison uniforms and pose with shovels. They stand behind a rock wall among wheelbarrows and boards. Men in suits oversee; a shed, trees, and hills are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1880
- Original Court House located near Silverton Northern RR tracks, early 1880.
- A small chinked log cabin with a shingled gable roof served as the court house in Howardsville, Colorado. The Silverton Northern Railroad tracks are nearby; tall evergreen trees on steep hillsides and a snow- capped mountain are in the distance.
- Howardsville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Howardsville--1880-1890.
- 1880
- A. A. Spaugh
- Addison A. Spaugh, a general foreman of the Converse Cattle Company, poses on his horse "Old Cotton" while on a roundup in the Cheyenne River drainage in Wyoming. He wears a vest with a watch fob and stovepipe boots.
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943.; Cattle herding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Cliff House Manitou Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887 April 20
- Beautiful Denver Mud!! cor. Welton & 16th Sts.
- View of Welton at 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, pedestrians, a horse and buggy, trees, and mud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Mud--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887 or 1888
- Spirit Lake, cattle roundup
- Cowboys herd cattle in a roundup on the Baker Lake Ranch owned by A. A. Spaugh probably in Wyoming.
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943--Homes & haunts.; Cattle herding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Canon City, Colorado
- Bird's eye view map of dwellings, grid streets, commercial buildings and trees in Canon City, Colorado. The Arkansas River is in the foreground, flanked by tracks (with trains) of the Denver and Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Canon City, Colorado
- Bird's eye view map of dwellings, grid streets, commercial buildings and trees in Canon City, Colorado. The Arkansas River is in the foreground, flanked by tracks (with trains) of the Denver and Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890--Aerial views.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- 1888
- Old Main at left, presidents house, Fall, 1889
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a three story brick building with mansard roofed towers, widow's walks, and stone arched windows. The president's house is a two-story brick structure with a cottage roof, chimneys, stone...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1880-1890.; Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- 1889
- The capture and killing of Sitting Bull
- Shows the arrest attempt of Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890 and the fight that broke out between Native American Sioux and U.S. Army soldiers wearing uniforms. Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader was killed by Agency police.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fighting--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.
- 1890
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Town group in front of the old Wood's Hotel in Walden, Colorado
- View of men, boys, a dog, and burro in Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, by Wood's Hotel. They are (l to r): K. J. Mac Callum, Bill Wells, Dave Semple, Harold Semple, John Davis, Jack Mckee, Ed Anderson, Mr. Clapper, ?, Oliver Allard, Ben Mosman...
- Wood's Hotel (Walden, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Walden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Walden--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Black Hawk Colo., after the flood, July 30, 1895
- View from ground level of a street crowded with people after the flood of 1895 in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows a woman seated with umbrella, one woman standing with umbrella and propped against a leaning pole, and one woman with her left arm behind...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- 1895
- The fire at Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on both sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages, many being...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Mrs. J. M. Chesnut in her living room, Crested Butte, Colo.
- Mrs. Chesnut poses in her caned rocker, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. She wears a long plaid skirt, dark blouse and a corset. Two portrait photographs with unique frames show on the table next to her; one has a bent stick frame; the...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Chesnut, Mary.
- 1896
- Main St. Delta, Colo, Dennis and Carol G.
- A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to...
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Old-town, Cripple Creek, Colo. June 13-96
- View of Cripple Creek, Colorado, old town area still under reconstruction after fires of April, 1896; scene includes one-story gable roof residences and buildings, canvas tents, piles of lumber or boards, and public school building; signs painted...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896 June 13
- McMurtrie residence Pennsylvania and 10th Aves., Denver
- View of John A. McMurtrie home at 1007 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features rusticated stone, turrets, arches, a covered porch, and ornate chimneys.
- McMurtrie, John A.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897 May 3
- E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896
- Men, women and children stand on the dock of the railroad depot in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado. The depot is a two-story frame building with signs: "Brush," and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office." Men and shovels are on a railroad...
- Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1890- 1900.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Fort Collins, Colo., 1865
- Reproduction of a drawing of the military compound at Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Drawings.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Fort Collins--1860-1870.; Military facilities--Colorado--Fort Collins--1860-1870.
- 1899
- Terrible Mine, Custer Co, taken in 1900
- View of mill buildings and smoke stacks at the Terrible Mine, at Ilse (Custer County), Colorado. Men stand by a privy.
- Ilse (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Terrible Mine (Custer County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lead mining--Colorado--Custer County--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Custer County--1900-1910.
- 1900
- 1903
- Estes Park, Colorado, has a few gable-roofed buildings gathered around an intersection. Fences run along the roads, a horse grazes near a farm, and snow-capped mountains are in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1903
- James J. Hayes
- A Native American Spokane man, James J. Hayes, poses wearing a kilt next to a horse with a saddle.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Hayes, James J.
- 1904
- Goldfield, Nevada
- Panoramic photograph of Goldfield (Esmerelda County), Nevada. Shows the chimney stack of the Goldfield Brewery, canvas tents and wood frame buildings, and the pointed peak of Columbia Mountain.
- Columbia Mountain (Nev.)--1900-1910.; Goldfield (Nev.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Nevada--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Tents--Nevada--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1904 December
- Spokane Indians
- Native American Spokane men, women, and children pose in their camp, next to a tepee, Washington State. The men wear trousers, shirts and hats, while the women wear traditional Plateau-style dresses with square cut sleeves and abalone shell disk...
- Indians of North America--Children--Washington (State)--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--Washington (State)--1900-1910.
- 1905
- 1905 Southern Interscholastic League champions
- Teenage boys from the Cutler Academy baseball team in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado pose as the 1905 Southern Interscholastic League champions. Team members in the top row are identified as: McRae, catcher; Wilfley, center field;...
- Cutler Academy (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball players--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Minturn school
- Children and their teachers stand at the front door of the Minturn School in Minturn (Eagle County), Colorado. The girls wear pinafores, black stockings and high-topped shoes. The boys wear jackets and pants. Shows the projecting entry porch and...
- Minturn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.; Teachers--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.
- 1905 [March] 2
- Southern Ute & boy that was shot
- Group portrait of Native Americans (Ute); costumes include feathers, moccasins, bells, breechcloths, beaded leggings, a dagger, and a hair pipe breastplate. Peter Thompson wears a felt hat.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Thompson, Peter, Ute Indian.
- 1906 July 31
- Washington School, Aspen
- Third grade school children, who include Regina Colin, and their teacher Miss Light pose in front of Washington School in Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows a brick building with rusticated stone trim. Penciled note on back of the photoprint...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1910
- U. M. W. A.
- Unidentified coal miner during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Demonstrations - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows boys, a snow tower, an effigy, and United States flags.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Demonstrations - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a man, a boy and girls, a snow tower, an effigy, and United States flags.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, a snow tower, and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a woman, men, canvas tents, and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a woman hanging laundry, men, canvas tents, and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, a boy, a snow tower, and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- Men pose at the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows a woman, dog, snow, and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows snow and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows snow and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows snow, canvas tents, and people.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Demonstrations - Ludlow massacre
- View of UMWA coal miners in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, on strike against CF&I; shows men standing on a snow tower topped with an effigy and United States flags.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Effigies--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914