Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Old view of Denver
- View, facing east, of Denver, Colorado. The Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church at 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets is near groups of houses in a residential area.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 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
- Distant view of Camp Apache, Arizona
- Panoramic view of log or frame buildings with gabled roofs at Fort Apache, Arizona. Shows a flagpole, dirt roads, livestock and a building, possibly a barn, under construction. Trees are on mesas.
- Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Arizona--Fort Apache--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Colorado Springs map
- View of a bird's eye map of Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Maps--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1874
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, 1874
- Georgetown (Colo.)--Description and travel--Aerial--Maps.
- 1874
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, 1874
- Georgetown (Colo.)--Aerial views.; Georgetown (Colo.)--Maps.;
- 1874
- Col. Royal and officers of the Third Cavalry
- U. S. Army Cavalry officers pose on a rock outcropping during the Native American Sioux campaigns, along French Creek in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. Included are: First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson, Second Lieutenant James F. Simpson, Second...
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Cavalry--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Military...
- 1876
- Soldiers fighting over horse meat
- View of U. S. Army soldiers in a mock fight over horse meat, during the Native American campaigns, Black Hills, Dakota Territory. Soldiers in background continue to cut meat from the horse.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Soldiers fighting over horse meat
- View of U. S. Army soldiers in a mock fight over horse meat in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, during the Native American Sioux campaigns. The cavalry man is on the ground receiving a blow while two other men cut meat from a horse.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Soldiers carry off horse meat
- View of U. S. Army soldiers butchering a horse during the Native American campaigns, Black Hills, Dakota Territory.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Soldiers cutting up abandoned horse
- View of U. S. Army soldiers as they cut the hide and a rear leg away from a dead horse during the Native American campaigns, Black Hills, Dakota Territory.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horsemeat--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Photograph of Denver Gas Works
- View of a brick Denver Gas Company building with smokestack, tanks, and railroad tracks in Denver, Colorado. Store signs read: "Grocery & Baker, Grocery & Confectionery, Fine Cigars & All Kinds Of Tobacco Etc."
- Denver Gas Company (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Gas industry--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1881 November 12
- Piegan chiefs
- Group studio portrait of eight Native American men, chiefs of Montana (Piegan or Blackfeet), (identified with nine names), top row from left to right: Running Crane, White Grass, Tail Feather, Coming Over the Hill, and Young Bear Chief. Bottom row:...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Piegan Indians--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Joshua W. Ha[rt]
- Studio bust portrait of Joshua Wilson Hart, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He wears his hair parted to the side, a coat and a tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hart, Joshua W. (Joshua Wilson); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Mary H. Mills
- Studio bust portrait of Mary Havens Mills, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears her hair pulled back in a braided bun with tightly curled bangs. Mills wears a lace collar affixed with a bar pin, and a pearl necklace.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Mills, Mary H. (Mary Haven); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Etta B. McClelland
- Studio bust portrait of Etta Bell McClelland, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears her hair parted in the middle and pulled back, with bangs carefully curled on her forehead. Her dress, probably velvet, has a lace collar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; McClelland, Etta B. (Etta Bell); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1882
- William P. Macon
- Studio bust portrait of William Percy Macon, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He wears his hair parted to the side, a coat and a cravat with a tie stud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Macon, William P. (William Percy); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Albert Sechrist
- Studio bust portrait of Albert Sechrist, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He wears his bangs brushed up and back. Sechrist has a pinstriped suit and a cravat with a tie stud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Sechrist, Albert.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1882
- A. Gertrude Miller
- Studio bust portrait of Annie Gertrude Miller, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She has curly bangs and hair pulled back. Her dress, possibly brocade, has a front button enclosure with an asymmetrical ruffled lace panel. The...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Miller, A. Gertrude (Annie Gertrude); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1883
- O W Ranch
- Cowboys oversee grazing cattle on the O W (Old Woman) Ranch in Niobrara County, Wyoming. Shows horses, cows, a barn and ranch in the distance.
- Niobrara County (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Cattle ranches--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.; Cattle--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.; Grazing--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.;...
- 1883?
- Picnic group
- Men and women sit or recline and pose with peeled bananas on a picnic in El Paso County, Colorado. The women wear straw or felt hats, and fitted dresses with full skirts and pleats. The men wear felt hats or derby hats, coats, tall boots and...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- 1884 April 12
- Jarvis Hall
- Group portrait of students in military uniforms with flat top caps forming a V on the steps of Jarvis Hall, early Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Members include: C.B. Kellogg, B.W. Carter, W.B. McAlister, David...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.; Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colo.)
- 1885?
- [E]dwin S. Kassler
- Studio bust portrait of Edwin Stebbins Kassler, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kassler's hair is parted in the middle and he has a moustache. He wears a morning coat, a cravat with a tie pin made to look like an insect, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kassler, Edwin S. (Edwin Stebbins); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- [A]llan B. MacNeill
- Studio bust portrait of Allan Benjamin MacNeill, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. MacNeill's hair is parted to the side, and he wears a morning coat, a necktie and a shirt with an upright collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; MacNeill, Allan B. (Allan Benjamin); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Charles A. Rogers
- Studio bust portrait of Charles Alfred Rogers, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Rogers wears his short hair brushed upright. He wears a coat and a shirt with a band collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Rogers, Charles A. (Charles Alfred); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida
- Hugh Chee, Bishop Eatennah, Ernest Hogee, Humphrey Escharzay, Samson Noran, Basil Ekarden, Clement Seanilzay, Beatrice Kiahtel, Janette Pahgostatum, Margaret Y. Nadasthilah, Fred'k Eskelsejah, Native American (Chiricahua Apache) boys and girls pose...
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--1880-1890.; Chiricahua Indians--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1880-1890.; Carlisle (Pa.)--1880-1890.; Children--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1880-1890.;...
- 1886 November 4th
- 15th Street, Denver
- View of trolley cars on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at the intersection of Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men stand beside commercial buildings; sit on horse-drawn wagons; or stand on trolley cars with numbers and lettering that read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Surfacing gang, Helena & Northern R.R.
- Construction workers hold shovels and spades and stand beside railroad ties near a trestle on Northern Pacific Railroad (Helena and Northern Railroad Company) tracks in Montana. A railroad train is in the distance. Shows talus and tree stumps.
- Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction workers--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroads--Montana--1880-1890.
- 1887 Fall
- Rosa Kruse
- Studio bust portrait of Rosa Catherine Kruse, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kruse's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled tightly back in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice is made of a sheer fabric, and neat rows...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kruse, Rosa Catherine.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Alma Junction
- Men and a child pose in front of a one-story frame depot building beside a Denver South Park and Pacific train at Alma Junction (Park County), Colorado. Steam rises from the locomotive near a water tower. Shows patches of snow on mountains in the...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Alma Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alma Junction--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Alma Junction--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Cattle shed of A.A. Spaugh at Bel Pre' Ranch
- Interior view of a cattle shed. A woman poses beside a calf in a snow-covered barn in probably Niobrara County, Wyoming. Snow piles and icicles are on rafters, against the ceiling and beside a wall in Addison A. Spaugh's barn at what is identified...
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943--Homes & haunts.; Niobrara County (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Barns--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.; Beef cattle--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.; Icicles--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.;...
- 1889 June 8
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand on steel framework and horse-drawn wagons haul materials. Nearby signs read: "Depot" and "F. W. Best & Co. Agents For Archer...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, October 22
- Otis, Colorado
- View of a family and house in Otis, Washington County, Colorado. Man, woman and children are: (l to r) George, Charles, Vera, Jessie (in baby carriage with umbrella) and Pat; they hold croquet equipment.
- Otis (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Otis--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Otis--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials at the site. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, May 5
- Cliff Palace Mesa Verde
- View of the Cliff Palace, ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Trees and bushes are nearby.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1890-1900.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mesa...
- 1892
- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde
- Panoramic view of Native American (Anasazi) ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Shows multiple levels of stone masonry cliff dwellings, including Cliff Palace.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mesa...
- 1892
- Olivia C. Liddell
- Studio bust portrait of Olivia Caroline Liddell, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Liddell's bangs are curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a chain necklace with bead pendants. Her dress has a bertha collar and fabric...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Liddell, Olivia C. (Olivia Caroline); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Mormon Temple, laying the capstone
- Men and women crowd into Temple Square at the corner of Main and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. People and horses and buggies fill the streets outside the walls of Temple Square; some men climb telephone poles....
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1880-1900.; Salt Lake Temple--1880-1900.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1900.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1880-1900.; Mormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake...
- 1892 April 6
- Golconda extension placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine in Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Shows wood plank building, log cabin, and tent. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men are in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Golconda placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine near Summitville in Rio Grand County, Colorado. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men work near the trench. Mount Hesperus (Hesperus Mountain) is in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hesperus Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- D&RGRR depot
- A locomotive with two passenger cars pauses on tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, water tank and eating house, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado. Men and a little girl stand on the train platform, others sit on wagons. Signs...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde.
- View of Native American (Anasazi) Cliff Palace, a cliff dwelling, probably in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Shows partially reconstructed masonry walls and ruins.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Boulder Point
- View of a waterfall near a rock formation probably in El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Doc Susie headed for college at Cripple Creek home
- Susan Anderson, at age 23, (1870-1960) stands outside her log cabin in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Two men sit on log stumps next to neatly stacked split firewood. An ax is in a large log on cross stands. Susan graduated from medical...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Physicians--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893?
- Clear Creek Canon Hanging Rock
- View of a rock formation identified as Hanging Rock in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company narrow gauge tracks are nearby.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1894
- Royal Gorge Grand Canyon of the Arkansas
- View of Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad three rail tracks beside the Arkansas River. The steel plate girder bridge is suspended by two cables from cross beams installed into the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1894
- Mob at City Hall Denver
- A crowd stands on Market Street near City Hall as during the "City Hall War," a dispute over Fire and Police Board appointments, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Municipal government--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1894, March 15
- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) children pose near a group of tepees at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- Ute Indians, from southern Colorado.
- Studio portrait of a Native American woman (Ute) and her two children. One of the children wears a print dress, a necklace and moccasins; the other is an infant bound to a cradleboard with only its face showing.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1895 October 17
- Byers residence
- A woman and a girl pose on the porch of the William N. Byers home in Denver, Colorado.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1896