Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Placer gold fields, Russell, Colo.
- View of Russell, Costilla County, Colorado, includes dwellings, outbuildings, mining sheds, Sangre de Cristo Creek and Denver and Rio Grande railroad engine, freight cars and passenger coach. Identified locations are: "1. Spanish Basin Placers, 2....
- Russell (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- High-school twelve grades Mosca, Colo.
- In Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado, the school is a two-story frame building (with belfry) at the end of a dirt road. A cross-gabled home with a covered porch and white picket fence is to one side; the church (with steeple) is to the other. Power...
- Mosca (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.
- 1912
- High-school twelve grades Mosca, Colo.
- The school in Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado, is a two-story frame building with a belfry and shingle imbrication. Boys in dusters, bib overalls, kneepants and slouch hats sport a baseball bat, mitts, and balls. Girls in the fenced yard wear wide...
- Mosca (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Broadway, Blanca City
- The snow-capped Sangre de Cristo mountains loom over the town of Blanca, Colorado, in Costilla County. Men in suits stand in front of two tents and a lightpost. Wood-frame structures, including one with a gable, are across grassy Broadway, which...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- September 28, 1908
- Alamosa Colo.
- View of the Alamosa passenger station of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (Alamosa County), Colorado, a two-story brick structure with overhanging hipped roof. A suspended decorative iron awning is over the entry. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- An Alamosa business block
- View of a commercial buildings on Main street (formerly "Fifth Street") in the business section of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, men in horse-drawn wagons, a horse tied to a post, utility poles and electric street lights....
- American National Bank (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Curtis Ranch 3 miles SE of Saguache
- Children and a man stand near a brick house with a white picket fence on the Curtis Ranch in the San Luis Valley in Saguache County, Colorado. A man stands and talks to people in an automobile. A barn and a wood pile are in the distance.
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Club house, Russell Spgs Lakes
- View of three men and three hunting dogs by a wooden cabin near Russell Springs Lakes in Saguache County, Colorado. Shows a hay stack and a horse drawn wagon (with a farm implement on it) in the distance.
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.
- 1909 February 5
- Rouse tipple
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tipple in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows freight cars on tracks, coal mine buildings, smoke, and smokestacks. Probably company houses are near the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Company towns--Colorado--Rouse--1890-1910.; Rouse (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rouse--1890-1910.; Coal...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Creede, Colo.
- View of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, shacks, a fence, Mammoth Mountain, and the steep Willow Creek Canyon walls.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Soldiers Graves, Old Ft. Garland
- View of adobe ruins and grave markers at the military cemetery in old Fort Garland in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Houses, barns, railroad tracks and a church are in the distance.
- Fort Garland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fort Garland (Fort Garland, Colo. : Fort)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Fort...
- 1908 Aug. 6
- King Solomon Mills, Creede, Colo.
- Two women pose along a dirt road situated next to Willow Creek, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows the forested Willow Creek Canyon, log building, men, a frame ore processing facility, identified as King Solomon Mills, with a...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 Sept
- Grain elevator and storage, Mosca, Colorado
- Frame grain elevator in Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado, is five- stories high with stepped gables and double hung sash windows. A man stands on the dock by the projecting office; an engine, coal and freight cars of the Denver and Rio Grande...
- Mosca (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.; Grain industry--Colorado--Mosca--1910-1920.
- 1912
- R. G. M. & M. Co., Jasper, Colo., view no. 6
- View shows two ore carts traveling in opposite directions on a track terminating at the Rio Grande Mining and Milling Company's facilities along the Alamosa River, Jasper (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Jasper--1900-1910.; Jasper (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Jasper--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Broadwell Hotel, Alamosa
- The Broadwell House on the corner of Hunt and 6th (Sixth) streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is one of the buildings moved into Alamosa from old Garland City. Men pose on the boardwalk on the corner in front of the two-story clapboard building. One man...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Water pumps--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- 1933
- Off for the mines
- Two miners pose with five loaded burros, Huerfano County, Colorado. Burros carry planks, barrels, stovepipes, wheelbarrow, shovels, pickaxes, and boxes of goods.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Pack...
- 1899
- Crags of Creede
- The town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is built in a narrow valley beneath steep, jagged mountains. Several shacks and wood- frame houses are nestled in the valley among evergreen trees.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- Sept., 1896
- Bolder [sic] bridge, Holy Moses Trail, Creed [sic], Colo.
- View of Willow Creek near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado; a natural bridge formed by boulders overhangs the water.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1896 September
- Francisco Plaza La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza in La Veta (formerly known as Francisco Plaza), Colorado in Huerfano County. Horizontal adobe building with a gable, shingles, and a tin roof is built in a "U" configuration.
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Hotel Broadway between 15th & 16th on Broadway when a president was to give a speech across the street
- A group of men, women, and children pose in front of the Hotel Broadway, between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) streets, Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: 1. 2. 3. and 15. are hotel employees, 4. George Newkirk, 5. Jones, 6. Comstock...
- Hotel Broadway (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Clergy--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Streets - Monte Vista
- Unpaved street in the commercial district of Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Produce sacks are stacked on a parked, flatbed truck. Shows pedestrians, cars, electric street lampposts. Signs read: "Fassett," "Hotel La Veta," "Stow's,"...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Labor Day Parade, Alamosa
- A man, woman and young boy sit in a horse-drawn buggy next to a decorated truck ready for a Labor Day celebration in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. They wear suits and hats; the young boy has a ribbon sash criss-crossed over his suit that has...
- Labor Day--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Floats...
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- An Avenue of Poplars at Glenwood Springs, Colo. on the Denver & Rio Grande R.R.
- Poplars line an avenue in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a trestle bridge, stone wall and the Colorado River in the distance.
- Poplar--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The Antlers and Pikes Peak
- View of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado from Pike's Peak Avenue. The hotel is of rusticated stone and wood construction with a turret and finial, half-timbered dormers, corbiestep parapet, and wrap around porch....
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction of pencil rendering; shows Harrison Avenue businesses, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with signs: "Paps Theatre," "M. Mankuss," "Cheap Joe's Clothing House," "Ben Loebs Conc. Hall," "O. T. Gates Manager," "Second Hand Store."
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs
- View along Pikes Peak Avenue towards the Antlers Hotel and Pikes Pike, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes business district with signs: "Antlers House Livery J. E. Hundely," "Hamilton's Livery," "M. T. O'brien Saddles," "Bacon &...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1888
- The "Antlers"
- View of Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a stone and frame building with dormers, bays, a stepped pediment, half-timbering, and a round tower with Pikes Peak. Businesses and trees flank Pikes Peak Avenue; sign...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Hanging of Black Jack Ketchum
- Sheriff Salome Garcia of Union County, New Mexico tightens the noose around the neck of Black Jack Ketchum prior to his hanging in Clayton, New Mexico. Also on the gallows are Sheriff O.T. Clark of Las Animas County, Colorado; Detective H.J....
- Ketchum, Black Jack, 1863-1901--Death & burial.; Gallows--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.; Clayton (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Hangings--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.
- [1901 April 26]
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows theater stage with painted backdrop of an idealized 1900s Apex main street that includes businesses, glass storefronts, and awnings; business...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Backdrop from theatre at Apex, Colo.
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with painted backdrop of a idealized 1900s Apex main street and a stool on wheels; businesses transformed from low wood and...
- Apex (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Buffalo Bill (Col. W. F. Cody)
- Woven silk ribbon souvenir portrait of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), with signature. United States flags, a shield, and an eagle are embroidered near the bottom.
- Celebrities--1900-1910.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- W. W. I. nurses' parade, Sterling
- View of parade in Sterling Colorado; nurses in parade formation wear World War One dress with gowns & long flowing caps with Red Cross logo. Men march behind; one holds a sign "K. O. T. M., Pawnee Tent, No. 44"; background view includes two-story...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Nurses--Colorado--Sterling--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Sterling--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Man in striped suit
- Studio portrait of a man with a silk tie and moustache.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit, vest and neck tie. A watch chain hangs from his vest. He has a full moustache and his receding hairline is parted on the side.
- Men--1890-1900.; Mustaches--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Cha's Burton's cmmissary [sic], South Fork, Colo.
- View of Charles Burton's commissary in South Fork, (Baxterville), Rio Grande County, Colorado; shows men, log and sod cabins, a pick ax, shovel, saw, oil barrel, sharpening wheels, and a carpenter's square.
- South Fork (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Sod buildings--Colorado--South Fork--1910-1920.; Burton, Charles--Homes & haunts.
- 1896
- Commissary, Chas Burton's Tie Camp, South Fork, Colo.
- View of Charles Burton's commissary in South Fork, (Baxterville), Rio Grande County, Colorado; shows women, girls, men, log and sod cabins, tools, a corral, haystack, wagons, a buggy, and hay rake.
- South Fork (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Sod buildings--Colorado--South Fork--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--South...
- September 15, 1896
- Western History Subject Index
- R.O.T.C
- Western History Subject Index
- Bigney, T.O. (Major)
- Western History Subject Index
- Bigney, T. O. (Major)
- Western History Subject Index
- O. T. C. STOCK JOURNAL
- Western History Subject Index
- Ranches. T.O. New Mexico
- Western History Subject Index
- J. T. O'Hara ( La Plata Co.)
- Western History Subject Index
- Saunders, T. O
- Western History Subject Index
- T.O.M. (Hinsdale COUNTY
- Western History Subject Index
- Ranches T. O. Ranch company. New Mexico
- Western History Subject Index
- Hubbard, B.T.O.
- Western History Subject Index
- Keene, T.O.
- Western History Subject Index
- Rinden, T. O
- Western History Subject Index
- Yonley, Mrs. T. O
- Western History Subject Index
- Smith, T. O