Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 M
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 P
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 T
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 B
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Denver Building Permits File, 1906-1914
- Building permits--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998
- Morrison Home, Lilac Hill
- View of Alfred W. Morrison's house, "Lilac Hill" in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. Shows Early Classical Revival architecture with a columned porch, a balcony over a round-arched doorway and keystones on lintels.
- Morrison, Alfred William--Homes & haunts.; Fayette (Mo.)--1820-1830.; Houses--Missouri--Fayette--1820-1830.
- 1829
- Safely's residence
- View of the Safely home in Denver, Colorado. The house has a small porch, decorative trimmed eaves, and shutters.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Safely family--Homes & haunts.
- 1864
- 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
- International Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska
- Men in suits and overcoats stand on the porch of the International Hotel (Herndon House) in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The four-story hotel has center balconies, a flat roof, and signs on first-floor businesses that read: "Union Pacific...
- International Hotel (Omaha, Neb.)--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Hotels--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; People--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1867
- 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
- Wolfe Hall
- People pose at Wolfe Hall, a women's seminary school at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. The building has a mansard roof with dormer windows, Roman arched windows, a widow's walk, and a frame cupola. Girls, women, and men...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Woodie Fisher Hose Co. No. 1
- Firemen, in uniform, pose in front of the Hughes Block, a brick building with windows set in an arched facade, an outside staircase, and a covered porch, on Lawrence Street between 14th (Fourteenth) and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets, in Denver,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872
- Group of Zuni Indian "braves," at their Pueblo, N. M.
- A group of Native American Zuni Pueblo men, boys and a few girls pose by a timber porch, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Women--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Yates House, Georgetown
- View of the two story Yates House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The clapboard sided building has a covered porch and a second story balcony, a false front and a widow's walk with a flagpole on the roof. Signs painted on the...
- Yates House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1873?
- Mamie Byers Denver City Col.
- View of the William Newton Byers house at Colfax Avenue and Sherman Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick house has a hip roof, niche, balconies, and a covered porch.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1876 August
- Historic Jackson House at Poncha Springs, Colorado built in the late 1870's, still in use in 1967.
- People pose on balcony and on porch of the two-story frame Jackson Hotel in Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Jackson Hotel (Poncha Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1880.
- 1878
- First hot springs bath house
- This frame, gable roofed one-story building has an open porch and houses the Soda Spring at Canon City, Colorado. Men, women, horses, a dog and a buggy are in the area, rocky crags are in the background. A ditch runs in the foreground.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Main Street between 3rd and 4th, showing oxen teams and covered wagons
- Covered wagons and teams of oxen crowd Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. Men in vests pose on the dirt; two-story brick and stone commercial buildings have chimneys and arched windows. The 1872 Clelland block has an open porch and a bracketed...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- 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
- The largest cottonwood tree in Colorado
- View of large cottonwood tree called "The Old Monarch" in the middle of the block between "C" and "D" Streets on South Union Avenue, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a horsedrawn stagecoach parked next to the tree and the "Topeka House," a two-story...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Trees--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.
- 1879 June 29
- A group of early day settlers in the New Mexico country
- Men, women, and children pose on the front porch of a building on Dawson Ranch, in the coal mining town of Dawson, New Mexico.
- Dawson (N. M.)--1880-1890.; Children--New Mexico--Dawson--1880-1890.; Mining--New Mexico--Dawson--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Dawson--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the porch covering the central entrance and the central gable with its pointed-arch window on the front, the bay window, solarium, oriel window, and entrance on the side. The...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- 1881
- Old log cabin and later stone house
- This three-story random ashlar stone residence in Canon City, Colorado, has an entry on both levels of the slope on which it is built. Governor Rudd, his wife, and son stand on the balcony and a rock retaining wall is below. A wheelbarrow and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Franklin, Colorado
- Three men and a horse pose in front of one of the only buildings ever built in Franklin (Summit County), Colorado. Most of the building is obscured by pine trees, but the gable and open front porch are visible. Records do not exist for why the town...
- Franklin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Franklin--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Franklin--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Home of Addison Baker
- Home of Mr. Addison Nathan Baker on Grand Avenue (West Colfax Avenue) in Denver, Colorado. The farm house is a two story brick structure with a wraparound porch. The Baker family poses on the lawn, men, women, boys, and girls sit and stand, shows a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Older people--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Baker, Addison, 1818-1884--Homes & haunts.
- 1882
- Excursion party
- A crowd of gathers in front of a one-story, wood frame, gabled cabin in the town of Bonanza, Saguache County, Colorado. The cabin has a porch, where a little girl stands with two men, one wearing an apron. Two women and a baby sit on burros held by...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Baseball players--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.
- 1882
- The old home built by Thomas Macon between 7th and 8th streets on the north side of Greenwood in 1872
- Trees flank the walk leading to this stone residence in Canon City, Colorado. Men, women in hats, and children pose on the ground, in rocking chairs, and on the second floor balcony over the open porch. Lattice covers the porch in back.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1882
- The home of Mrs. M. M. Sheetz, southwest corner of 5th and Greenwood
- This two-story random ashlar stone residence in Canon City, Colorado has a hipped gable roof and chimneys, and a covered balcony and open porch lining the inside curve of its ell shape. The portico has ornate brackets and a balcony with a birdcage...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Clow house
- View of the Clow (Clough) family and residence on Lincoln Street in Denver, Colorado. The house features jigsaw work and a covered porch. Men, women, girls, boys, and a baby pose with a dog by a fence.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Clough family.
- 1882
- La Junta's Harvey House in pioneer days
- Guests, employees, and some of the citizens of the town of La Junta, Colorado, pose on the steps of the Harvey House in Otero County. Railroad tracks pass next to the building, and a handcart is in the foreground. Architectural features of the...
- La Junta (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.
- 1882
- W. H. Richard's house taken July 1883 Nevadaville, Col
- The W. H. Richards residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with a covered entry, gable roof with returns, and brick chimney. Men, women, and children pose in the yard; another man sits on the roof. A...
- Richards, W. H.--Family--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880- 1890.; Richards, W. H.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.;...
- 1883
- President's house, Colo. College
- View of the President's residence, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, a stone Victorian with a projecting, faceted porch and dormer.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Official residences--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1890.
- 1883
- Eldodt Bros. Trading Post
- View of the Eldodt Brothers Trading Post, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, shows Native American men and women under the covered porch of the adobe structure; the mission church is in the distance.
- Eldodt Brothers Trading Post (San Juan Pueblo, N.M.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Tewa Indians--1880-1890.; San Juan Pueblo...
- 1883
- Oasis Hotel
- Guests pose on the ornate porch and balcony of the Oasis Hotel, in Greeley, Colorado. The three-story brick building has gauge arched windows, chimneys, and corbeling in the cornice. Letters incised in the stone pediment topping the mitred corner...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Oasis Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)
- 1883
- Montezuma, Colorado, looking north Lennewee Mt. in the distance at the right, approximate date between 1883 and 1885, the two hotels (large buildings across from each other) are the Summit House (right) and the Rocky Mountain House (left).
- Frame buildings flank dirt street in Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado. People are on the balcony of the Rocky Mountain House, a cross- gabled building with an open porch. False-fronted structures have boardwalks fronting them; a man stands on one...
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883 or 1885
- Sidesaddle on a burro
- A girl rides a burro in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado, on Main Street. She wears high button shoes, a pleated dress, and a straw hat with ribbons. A building has a balcony / porch and signs "Emery's Photograph Gallery," and "Drug...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Block's Home in Irwin Gunnison Co., Colo.
- Mrs. Louise Block, the wife of Joseph Block, and her daughter Marie Block pose in front of their home in Irwin, Colorado. The house is of made of boards, and the roof extends to cover the porch; boards prop the side of the building. The women wear...
- Block, Joseph H.--Homes & haunts.; Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Block, Louise.; Block, Marie.
- 1884?
- President's house State University Boulder, Colo.
- The President's house, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a two-story brick residence with dormers, chimneys, stone sills and bracketed eaves. A square, first floor bay window is in the foreground, and the open, wrap around porch is to...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1885
- Tom Owens home, Irwin, Colo. Owens and wife on porch, last house left in Old Town of Irwin, lower end of Irwin
- Tom Owens and wife pose on the porch of their two-story gable- roofed clapboard home in Irwin, Gunnison County, Colorado, the last house left when the town was abruptly abandoned. She is seated on a platform rocker in a dark dress with a white...
- Owens, Tom--Homes & haunts.; Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.
- 1885
- William F. Robinson residence 634 So. 15th near Dailey Ave
- William Francis Robinson, Mary Byers Robinson, a boy, and a dog pose outdoors near their house at 634 South 15th Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The brick house has a porch with decorative railing, and shutters. A low stone wall with...
- Robinson, Mary Byers.; Robinson, W. F.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1885 October
- St. Elmo excursionists at the La Veta Hotel, Gunnison
- A crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages are outside the four-story brick and stone Victorian La Veta Hotel at 219 South Boulevard in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel has stone lintels, a mansard roof with a widow's walk, a...
- La Veta Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1885 September 6
- East High School
- Architectural drawing shows south entrance, porch, and foundation of East Denver High School at 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Schools--1880-1890.; Schools--1880-1890.; East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Quarters of Co. G. 10th Infantry. Capt. Kelton, Cantonment on Uncompahgre
- Men from Company G of the 10th (Tenth) Infantry pose on a porch of a frame building at the Cantonment on the Uncompahgre, later renamed Fort Crawford, near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Men sit and stand; most wear military uniforms.
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 10th (1855- )--1880-1890.; Cantonment on the Uncompahgre (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barracks--Colorado--Montrose County--1880-1890.; Infantry--American--Colorado--Montrose...
- 1886 Nov. 5th
- Wawona Station, Cal.
- View of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California; features covered porch balconies.
- Wawona Hotel--1880-1890.; Wawona (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1890.
- 1887
- 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
- House on California Street
- View of houses at 1827 California Street in Denver, Colorado. One of the houses, a two story brick building, has a covered porch and decorative trim.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Company I, 2nd Regiment Colorado National Guards, Montrose, Colo
- Uniformed men pose with rifles, bayonets, white gloves, cavalry or bowler hats, and drums, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. Behind them, the two-story opera house is a brick building with an arcaded porch, and a cornice with lettering:...
- Colorado National Guard--1880-1890.; Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Militias--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera...
- 1888 February 22
- Residence of Geo. W. Kramer 2445 California St. Denver, Colo
- View of the George W. Kramer home at 2445 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a mansard roof, terrace, and covered porch. Women pose with a boy and a dog.
- Kramer, George W.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888 March 8
- Mt San Rafael Hospital 1888
- Exterior view of the San Rafael Hospital in Trinidad, Colorado. This three story rusticated stone building has a hipped gable roof and features a central wing with an arcaded porch topped by a balustraded terrace, and two end wings. The wing in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hospitals--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1889