Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fowler, Colo.
- Men pose near a freight train with sugar beets piled in Arkansas Valley Railroad Company and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company cars in Fowler (Otero County), Colorado. Men wear suits and stand near a man on a horse. A frame building and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Fowler (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.
- [1900 Dec. 7?]
- Kokomo, Colo.
- Men and women pose beside a Denver & Rio Grande engine number "262" and freight car number "2624" in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. Shows the schoolhouse, frame houses with porches, and the Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot. Some of the men and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Main and Fourth Streets, Grand Junction
- View of the intersection of 4th (Fourth) and Main Streets, in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows Grand River Valley Railway electric street car, pedestrians, automobiles, horses and buggies. The Grand Valley National Bank and YMCA, are...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Main and Fourth Streets, Grand Junction
- View of 4th (Fourth) and Main Streets in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows automobiles, pedestrians, a street clock, and businesses with signs: "Red Trunk," "Cowboy Boot Factory," "Bannister Brothers Furniture," "Army Goods Store,"...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Closest building is a post office
- View of the Post Office at the corner of Rood Avenue and Fourth Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The stone building has arched windows and a balustrade on the roof. People and cars are along the sidewalks; the Masonic Temple (with...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Silverton school
- Women and girls play baseball in the dirt street in front of a school in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The women and girls wear hats and dresses with aprons. Children watch near the two-story brick school building with a mansard roof and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baseball--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Twin Lakes summer home
- People pose on the porch of the Dexter Cabin at the Interlaken Resort in Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado. Identified people include: "J.V. Dexter's wife, twin daughters, and James Dexter." The log house has a mansard, shingled roof with dormer...
- Dexter, James V.--Homes & haunts.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.; Log houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Trinidad
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows bridges over the Purgatoire River, possibly the Columbian School, a stone church and downtown commercial buildings. Frame...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Taken after a snowstorm
- Men stand and pose in the snow-covered street at the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men wear short-crowned hats and long overcoats. Signs read: "H.J. Brendlinger Tobacco & Cigars" and "C.A. Cook & Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1863 October 22
- Cripple Creek
- View of a brick warehouse and a frame horseshoeing business on East Warren Street in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men and a woman pose on the wooden sidewalk, and a man is on a horse-drawn wagon with lettering that reads: "W.J[?]. Hill,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Workshops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Shinkle, Frank S.
- 1904?
- Ilium power station, Telluride, Colo.
- Men pose in front of the one-story stone power house at Ilium (San Miguel County), Colorado. The building has a gabled roof and windows. A wooden sidewalk and utility poles with power lines are nearby. Probably South Fork San Miguel River is beside...
- Ilium (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pipelines--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Ilium--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver
- Rooftop view of brick and stone buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the central stone tower of Union Station and commercial buildings between 14th (Fourteenth) and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets on Lawrence and Larimer Streets. Signs read...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1909 April 26
- Wash day in a United States Geological Survey camp
- View of a large kettle beside canvas tents at a United States Geological Survey camp in either Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Oil shale burns under a laundry kettle.
- Geological Survey (U.S.)--People--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--1910-1920.; Campfires--Colorado--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1910-1920.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914?
- Upper tunnel of Urado Oil Co.
- View of a tunnel entrance of a Urado Mining Corporation mine in probably Garfield County, Colorado. A frame door is supported by stone walls and a slope of a hillside. A wooden box and wooden poles are by the door.
- Urado Mining Corporation--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Still of the Oil Shale Mining Company for the destructive distillation of oil
- Men wear suits or suspenders and work clothes and pose beside a smokestack encased by deteriorated brick walls 22 miles outside of De Beque in Mesa County or Garfield County Colorado. An American flag is attached to scaffolding that surrounds an...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- Mt. Index region
- Men wear suits and stand near parked cars and on a steep hillside beside a tramway of possibly the Index Oil Shale Company near De Beque in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows probably oil shale processing buildings, holding tanks, dirt road grades,...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Country Club, Trinidad, Colo.
- The adobe or stucco Mission-style Trinidad County Club in southwest Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado has vigas, a central chimney, a faux bell tower over the doorway, and gutters above a covered porch. A sprinkler waters a lawn surrounded by...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Del Rio Hotel, Dolores
- View of the Del Rio Hotel in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. The three-story Chateau-style hotel has a stucco surface, a steep gabled roof, dormer windows, a corner entrance, and large windows on the first floor. Men stand on the sidewalk...
- Del Rio Hotel (Dolores, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dolores (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Dolores--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Pine Drive in Beulah, Colo.
- A man leans against a car at the side of a dirt road identified as Pine Drive in Beulah (Pueblo County), Colorado. A residential driveway has a stone and masonry gateway and an iron fence. A sign near a bridge reads "Camp Burch." Trees and...
- Beulah (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Beulah--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Beulah--1920-1930.; Gates--Colorado--Beulah--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- Pearl St., 13th looking west
- Men and women pose on Pearl Street at the intersection of 13th (Thirteenth) Street in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. People are on the porch of the two-story Colorado House hotel with a gabled roof. The first brick commercial building in...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Corrals--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.
- 1866
- First track laying to the Chautauqua, Boulder, Colo.
- View of street car track construction near Chautauqua Park on University Hill in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Men stand near tracks and railroad ties. Shows the stone Catholic girls' school Mount St. Gertrude Academy and the Chautauqua...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Central City
- View of frame houses and buildings on Main and Eureka Streets in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Buildings have gabled roofs or false fronts and signs read: "Concert Hall, Billiard Rooms," "J.H. Lutz, Star Store," and "Drug Store." The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1863 or 1864
- Tipple of Turner Mine (Independent) 9 mi north of Walsenburg, Colo
- View of Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks, ore cars, and a frame tipple at one of the Turner Mines near Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1910.; Tipples--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- No 7 level, Old Hundred Mine, near Silverton, Colo
- View of a frame boarding house and corrugated metal mine buildings on a precarious slope at the Old Hundred mine, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Old Hundred Mine (San Juan County, Colo. )--1930-1940.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cliffs--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Assessment Hole
- View of an assessment hole at the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; a man holds a pick.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Lady Belle Mine, Eagle Mining District, Colo.
- Men pose by tailings and scrub trees on a slope at the Lady Belle Mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; mountains are in the background.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Lady Belle Mine on Horse Mountain, Eagle Mining District
- Men work at the Lady Belle Mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado. Horses are by a shed.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Lady Belle Mine on Horse Mountain, Eagle Mining District
- Men pose near and on a horse-drawn skid loaded with ore bags by a shed at the Lady Belle Mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A new view of Ouray
- Aerial view of the town of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Buildings include the Beaumont Hotel, Walsh Library (City Hall), and Ouray County Court House.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Library of the Colorado State Teachers College
- A young girl sits on the edge of a pool in front of the library on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Architectural features of the neoclassical building include: Doric...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fountains--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Reflecting pools--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Colorado State Teachers...
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Hot Springs Hotel, Wagon Wheel Gap
- The Hot Springs Hotel and baths sit on a slight hill in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows cottages, a bathhouse, building with porches or verandas, and Blue Creek. People mounted on horses are on a dirt road leading to the hotel.
- Blue Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo. : Town)--1890-1910.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Wagon...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Manitou Bath House
- View of the bathhouse in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; features a tile roof, terrace with loggia, and a United States flag. Cars are on the street; houses dot hills in the background.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Entrance and pavillion [sic] at the original Manitou Soda Springs at Manitou
- View of the Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; women, men, and children with umbrellas crowd a stone bridge by the ornate wood structure and street lamps. Cliff House Hotel is among trees in the background.
- Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Uranium processing plant, Rifle, CO
- View of a uranium processing plant in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; shows processing or factory buildings, houses, and the Roan Cliffs.
- Uranium industry--Colorado--Rifle--1950-1970.; Rifle (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Rifle--1950-1970.
- [between 1957 and 1965?]
- Glenwood Springs Hotel, Hotel Colorado
- View of the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado; shows a brick and stone building with quoins, balconies, a tower, and landscaping.
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Glenwood Springs Hotel, Hotel Colorado
- View of the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado; shows a brick and stone building with towers and landscaping. The Colorado River and timber retaining walls are in the foreground.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Hotel Colorado...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Coke ovens at Crested Butte, Gunnison, Co
- Men work by a railroad ore car at the C. F. & I. coke ovens, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- East Paradox, Colo.
- View of East Paradox (Montrose County), Colorado; shows houses, fences, rocks, and a canvas tent.
- Paradox (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Great Western Sugar Company
- View of a Great Western Sugar Company beet processing factory in (probably) Colorado; shows tanks, a smokestack, and catwalks.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Corp plant, Delta, Colo
- View of a Holly Sugar Corporation beet processing factory in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows cars, cement buildings, a smokestack, and a mesa.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1924, January 21
- Hope German Lutheran Church, dedicated Dec. 9-1917 cost $9.000
- View of the Hope German Lutheran Church in Westcliffe, (Custer County) Colorado; the stone building has a round window and steeple.
- Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church (Westcliffe, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lutheran churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1910-1920.
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- Paul Wilson residence in Hotchkiss, Colo.
- View of the the Paul Wilson bungalow in Hotchkiss (Delta County) Colorado; features a gable and a river rock foundation / chimney.
- Wilson, Paul, resident, Hotchkiss, Colo.--Homes & haunts.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bungalows--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Hotchkiss, Colo.
- View of a street in Hotchkiss (Delta County) Colorado; a Christmas tree with star is by storefronts and a banner: "Basket Ball."
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- H.G. Poe residence in Hotchkiss, Colo
- View of the the H.G. Poe bungalow in Hotchkiss (Delta County) Colorado; features a gable and leaded windows.
- Poe, H. G.--Homes & haunts.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bungalows--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Wesley M. Grier & his first home on Sec 8-32-52 6 miles N.E. of Kim Colo.
- Wesley M. Grier poses by a root cellar in Kim (Las Animas County) Colorado.
- Grier, Wesley M.--Homes & haunts.; Root cellars--Colorado--Kim--1900-1920.; Kim (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Storage facilities--Colorado--Kim--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The first house of Otto C. Perry on Sec 23-32-53 2 miles East of Kim
- View of construction, furniture and a car in a field near Kim (Las Animas County), Colorado; property of Otto C. Perry the railroad photographer.
- Perry, Otto, 1894-1970--Homes & haunts.; Kim (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Kim--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Grand Jct. Colo. sugar factory
- View of the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company on 12th (Twelfth) Street, in Grand Junction (Mesa County) Colorado; also shows the Colorado River and sheep pens. Municipal building domes and a fuel tank are in the background.
- Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company--1900-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mt. Logan retort Simplex
- View of an oil shale processing facility (a retort) near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows sheds, ore cables, chutes, and pipes on a hillside.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Sugar factory - Monte Vista
- View of a sugar beet processing facility in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County) Colorado; features a smokestack, monitor roof, and a steel frame shed.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]