colorado

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... more

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... more

Plan de Bahía Xagua on the south side of Cuba; Plan of the Colorado Ro...

Scale ca. 1:200,000 and ca. 1:950,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1793, 1846 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... more

Downtown block in Trinidad, Colorado, including First Presbyterian Chu...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... more

Shirl Bates, a descendant of Choctaws and Cherokees, photographed in P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Her Native ancestors in what was called the "Indian Territory" of what is now Oklahoma were part of the forced relocation of eastern t... more

Plan of the ground situated to the north of Matamoras between the Rio ...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the American routes & the battles indicated by Lt. Brereton's ordiance. Pen-and-ink and watercolor mounted on linen. Copy of a map taken from the portfolio of Gen. Arista after t... more

Rafting across Grand River G.H. Heap del. ; P.S. Duval & Co. lith. Phi...

Print shows a group of men, possibly Edward Fitzgerald Beale among them, on a crude raft paddling across the Grand (Colorado) River. Title from item. Printed at top left: Pl. 1. Published in: Central route to t... more

First camp. In the Sangre de Cristo Mts. G.H. Heap del. ; lith. of P.S...

Print shows a large well constructed cairn, possibly intended as a way-marker or memorial to travelers who died on the trail. Title from item. Printed at top left: Pl. V. Printed at top right: P. 30. Published ... more

Entrance to Sah Watch valley. San Luis valley and the Sierra Blanca in...

Print shows a broad view of the entrance into the Sahwatch Valley with a tree and tree stump at center, and with the Sierra Blanca mountains and the San Luis Valley in the distance. Title from item. Printed at ... more

General map of a survey in California : in connection with examination...

Map shows "practicable railway routes" between Ft. Yuma on the Colorado River and the San Francisco Bay region. Scale 1:600,000. Relief shown by hachures. "Proof revised in Office of P.R.R. Surveys Feb. 10th 18... more

Rio Colorado, near the Mojave villages, from an island looking north d...

Men pulling boat and wading across river. Indians and other men with supplies on shore in foreground. Illus. from: U.S. Pacific railroad explorations and surveys. 47th and 49th parallels. House executive docume... more

A conical hill 500 ft. high standing in the valley of Laguna, Colorado

Wm. C. "Colorado" Jewett

Wm. C. "Colorado" Jewett

Wm. C. "Colorado" Jewett

Rio Colorado of the West /

Relief shown by shading and hachures. Also shows routes of exploration. At head of title: Explorations and Surveys, War Department, map no. 2. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... more

[Three illustrations: Denver City, K.T.; The Rocky Mountain News Offic...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Aug. 20, p. 186.

From Steven Gulch, looking up, Colorado

Title from item.

Lt. Col. Samuel S.F. Tappan, 1st Colorado Regt. of Volunteers

Virtually nothing is left of Bent's Trading Post, better known as "Ben...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1853 Bent's new trading fort emerged along the route of the Santa Fe Trail. When the U.S. Army set up here in 1860, the site became... more

Gateway and Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, Colo

No. 74. Title from item.

Tabor Opera House

No. 502. Title from item.

Alma Smelter

No. 1498. Title from item.

Cemetery rocks, Col

No. 9. Title from item.

Lt. Col. Samuel S.F. Tappan, 1st Colorado Regt. of Volunteers

Stone marker near all that is left of Bent's Trading Post, better know...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1853 Bent's new trading fort emerged along the route of the Santa Fe Trail. When the U.S. Army set up here in 1860, the site became... more

Lt. Col. Samuel S.F. Tappan, 1st Colorado Regt. of Volunteers

Stone marker near all that is left of Bent's Trading Post, better know...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1853 Bent's new trading fort emerged along the route of the Santa Fe Trail. When the U.S. Army set up here in 1860, the site became... more

Virtually nothing is left of Bent's Trading Post, better known as "Ben...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1853 Bent's new trading fort emerged along the route of the Santa Fe Trail. When the U.S. Army set up here in 1860, the site became... more

Crew on deck of U.S.S. Colorado

No. 4455. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Chemehuevi Indians of the Colorado River region]

[John C. Frémont]

Design drawing for engraving by J.C. Buttre shows two scenes: Battle in the Shenandoah Valley under Genl. Frémont Cross Keys, and Pike's Peak, surrounding head-and-shoulders stipple engraving portrait of John C... more

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet enteri...

Print shows a large squadron of battleships and ironclads entering the Mississippi River near the "Light-house of Southwest Pass"; some are identified as the "Colorado, 40 Guns", "Pensacola on the Bar", "Westfi... more

Greensville Co. east of the Halifax road and that portion of No. Ca. i...

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... more

182 Grand Canal from Colorado

No. 25. Title devised from item.

The Great Flood, Denver, Colorado Territory, May 19, 1864 / George D. ...

Title from item. Copy photograph filed in: U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado Denver Views.

John Evans to John G. Nicolay, Monday, February 15, 1864 (Telegram re...

View of snowy range, from a point near Stirling City

No. 24. Title from item.

Teller, Hon. Henry, Senator of Colorado, Secty of Interior 1882-85, Ma...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, penciled on emulsion: Henry M Teller in 70, Senator of Colorado. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congre... more

Teller, Hon. Henry, Senator of Colorado, Secty of Interior 1882-85, Ma...

Officers 4th U.S. Colo[r]ed Infantry, Fort Slocum, April, 1865

Photograph shows African American NCO's in second row, on right. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 689. Original neg. no.: LC-B817-7689.

Station & observation - summit of Pikes Peak]

Photograph shows Albert James Myer, holding binoculars, and another man standing outside a stone observation station on Pikes Peak, Colorado. Title from item.

[Fort Collins, Colorado.

Chaffee, Hon. J.B. of Colorado

Hill, Hon. N.P. of Colorado

Hon. Jeremiah Haralson of Alabama. Killed by wild beasts near Denver, ...

African American legislator.

Mint at Denver

No. 3. Caption on verso: the gold brought from the mining district is here assayed, cast into bars, and stamped. No coin is made here. Title from item.

Governor Cummings. Reply to his letter in the "Press of November 8 - ...

Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 2, Folder 40a. Copy scanned: 2

[2 views] (1) Banking-House, Denver City, Colorado - miners bringing i...

Sketched by Theodore R. Davis. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1966 Jan. 27, p. 57. Reference coyp may be in LOT 4309D or LOT 4402. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings... more

Resolutions passed by Post No. 1, Dept. of New Mexico, G. A. R. at a r...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 101, Folder 2.

P.S. Duval, Son & Co. designers & lithographer, Philadelphia. Special ...

Print shows an advertisement for "P.S. Duval, Son & Co. designers & lithographer" showing at center, in an oval frame, a scene labeled "Colorado Miners" with miners near a wagon, with a log cabin on the left an... more

Granite Rock - Buford Station, Laramie Mountains

Photograph shows a large granite rock formation in the Laramie Mountains. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features, and ... more

View in the Grand Canon of the Colorado, recently expl[ore]d by Major ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1869 Nov. 6, p. 125.

Hill, Hon. Nathaniel Peter of Colorado

Scenes on the line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. Garden of the...

Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain views.

Map of South Pacific Rail Road Co. of Missouri.

Outline map of Arkansas and parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas showing drainage, counties, cities and towns, finished and projected railroads with names along the lines. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000]. Note: "This c... more

Mary McCook, First Suffrage leader in Colorado and wife of Gov. McCook...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Mary McCook, facing forward, with shaded oval background

Hill, Hon. Nathaniel Peter of Colorado

The Gorge at Upper Falls Twin Lakes

No. 308. Title from item.

Tabor, Hon. of Colorado (Senator)

Abandoned one-room schoolhouse in a mostly abandoned town: Aroya, in C...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... more

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking above from Camp 7 / T.H. O'Sulliv...

Photograph showing canyon walls rising from the river; in foreground, man sitting on rock next to boat and gear. Illus. in: Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the west... more

Entrance to Black Cañon, Colorado River from above / T.H. O'Sullivan, ...

Photograph showing a spit of sand extending into the Colorado River at the entrance to Black Canyon, Nevada. Plate No. 10. Title from item. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and ... more

Black Cañon of the Colorado River.

Original negative number: 128. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.

Grand Canyon, looking below mouth of Diamond River, Colorado River, 18...

No. 93. Title from National Archives and Records Administration record.

Black Cañon, Colorado River, from Camp 8, looking above / T.H. O'Sulli...

Photograph showing canyon walls rising from the river; in foreground, man sitting in sailboat. Illus. in: Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of t... more

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below, near Camp 7 / T.H. O'Sulli...

Photograph showing canyon walls rising from the river. Illus. in: Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection... more

[Byron L. Carr, Colorado attorney general, head-and-shoulders portrait...

Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Columnar Basalt, Mouth of Grand Wash, Colorado River / Timothy O'Sulli...

Photograph shows a man standing in front of a rock formation. Title from item. Gift; Mrs. George M. Lockwood; 1909 Nov. 9; (DLC/PP-1909:43909).

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 43. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 50. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 115. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comm... more

Jacob's pool, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 41. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Grand Cañon of the Colorado.

Original negative number: 62. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

U.S. Reports: Cofield v. McClelland, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 331 (1873)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 83; Wallace Volume 16; December Term, 1872; Cofield v. McClelland

Kanab wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 45. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 53. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 49. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Grand Cañon of the Colorado / W. Bell, Phot.

Stereograph showing canyon with a seated man in the foreground. Title from item. On mount: Geological Series. Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M Wheeler, Com'dg. No. 105.... more

Colorado River, below the Paria.

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 44. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 114. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comm... more

Jacob's Pool, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 39. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Grand Cañon of the Colorado / W. Bell, Phot.

Stereograph showing canyon wall. Title from item. On mount: Colorado River Series. Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M Wheeler, Com'dg. No. 61. Forms part of: Visual mater... more

Long's Peak, from Estes Park / W.H. Jackson photo.

Field with stream and trees (Estes Park) in foreground, Longs Peak in the background. No. 4.

The Bear, Colorado Plateau.

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 46. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Grand Cañon of the Colorado.

Original negative number: 107. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comm... more

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 47. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Yampah Cañon, Colorado / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing aerial view of canyon with a river running through it. Title from item. Plate 75 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, ... more

Yampah Cañon, Colorado / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a side of the canyon with river below. Title from item. Plate 78 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in cha... more

Kanab Wash. Colorado Basin

Stereograph shows rock walls of canyon.

Headland, Colorado basin.

Original negative number: 38. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Mouth of Kanab Wash / W. Bell, Phot.

Stereograph showing dry valley bed surrounded by canyon walls. Title from item. On mount: Colorado River Series. Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M Wheeler, Com'dg. No. 5... more

U.S. Reports: Holladay v. Daily, 86 U.S. (19 Wall.) 606 (1874)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 86; Wallace Volume 19; October Term, 1873; Holladay v. Daily

The photographer's assistants

Map of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway and connections.

Map of western Colorado and New Mexico showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, mineral areas, roads, and railroads. Includes completed and proposed lines. General information for touri... more

Looking across the Colorado River to mouth of Paria Creek, Arizona, 18...

Title from National Archives and Records Administration record. Possibly part of geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian by the War Dept., Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army in 1873.

"Lost" lakes near Meigs Peak, Col. / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing two lakes nearly obscured by trees, and mountains in the background. Plate no. 19. Title from item. "Descriptive legend of view no. 19" on verso. Caption continues: Lakes 9,500 feet above sea... more

[Capt. John Moss and Ernest Ingersoll in the Canyon of the Mancos, Col...