Colorado Collection

Railroad blocked by snow in the Rockies
Digging out a railroad snowed under in Colorado, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Leadville, a Colorado boom town, 1870s
Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado, during the mining boom, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan ruins, Colorado. Digital photograph

Bucking bronco
Cowboy riding a bucking horse. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Tourists hiking in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s
Hikers and an artist on Grays Peak in the Colorado Rockies, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Denver in the 1870s
Busy downtown Denver, Colorado, late 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Santa Fe Trail pioneers around a campfire on their way southwest. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Covered wagons crossing the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo herd on the American prairie
Herd of bison crossing a river bottom on the Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century painting by Hays

Buffalo bulls fighting on the Great Plains
Confrontation between bulls in a buffalo herd, Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Historic steam railroad in the Rockies
Steam locomotive on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado/New Mexico border. Digital photograph

Wagon train in a snowstorm on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wagon train crossing the mountains, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Family in a covered wagon at the approach of a prairie storm, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Homesteaders in the Rocky Mountains
Pioneer familys homestead in the far west. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Comanche and Arapaho leaders holding a council of war about white encroachment on their land, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Anasazi/ Ancestral Puebloan women grinding corn (maize). Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwellings and stone tower as people may have lived in the 1200s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ancestral Puebloan/Anasazi women carrying water in pots up to a mesa top. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Colonel John Chivington leading US Cavalry massacre of Black Kettles village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand Creek, 1864. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Route of Zebulon Pike across western territory to explore Colorado region 1805 - 1806. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pinon nuts, an important food of Southwestern Native Americans, in a Pueblo Indian pottery bowl. Digital photograph

Pinon nuts, an important food of Southwestern Native Americans, in a basket. Digital photograph

Prospectors working the Gregory gold diggings in the Colorado Rockies, May 1859. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Prospector trespassing on the Ute Reservation, 1870s
White miner caught illegally prospecting on the Ute reservation, Colorado, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rocky Mountains with horseback riders in a valley, titled " Kingdom of the West Wind." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century painting

Native American joining cowboys at their campfire, late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

White settlers having a parley with Cheyennes, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

General Crookes forces invading a Sioux village, 1877
Defeat of Chief Crazy Horse during the Sioux uprising, 1877. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Battle of Beecher Island on the Arikaree Fork between Colonel Forsyths Buffalo Soldiers and southern Plains Indians led by Roman Nose, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Cowboy riding a newly trained horse. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Cattlemen killing sheep in Colorado, late 1800s
Cattlemens raid on sheepherders in Colorado during the livestock range wars, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cowboy and his horse caught in a cattle stampede, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Cowboy watching over a cattle herd at night. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a Frederic Remington illustration

Prospectors bringing gold to a Denver bank, 1860s
Miners bringing their gold dust to Cooks Bank, Denver, Colorado, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

California migrants last camp on the plains before heading over the Rockies, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Covered wagon pioneers camp at a water hole in an arid section of trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Santa Fe Trail pioneer
Bullwhacker beside a covered wagon on the Santa Fe Trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Stagecoach caught in a prairie blizzard, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Petroglyphs at Mesa Verde
Anasazi/Ancient Puebloan petroglyphs of the Parrot Clan symbol, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Digital photograph

Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan petroglyphs of " whipping kachinas" at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Digital photograph

Pit-house of Ancestral Puebloans excavated at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, showing firepit and storage antechamber, circa 750 A.D. Digital photograph

Kiva entrance ladder and keyhole doorways at Spruce House, Mesa Verde National Park, Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan ruins, Colorado. Digital photograph

Colorado Rockies home of a Native American
Native American tipi and canoe on the shore of lake beneath Longs Peak, Colorado. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Raid on cliff-dwellers in precolumbian America
Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloans under attack by other Native Americans in prehistoric times. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ute braves of southern Colorado, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer of the American West. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wheelers expedition in the southern Rockies, 1870s
George M. Wheelers expedition exploring the Sangre de Cristo range in Colorado and New Mexico, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo herd resting at midday on the Great Plains. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Pikes Peak, viewed from the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Fremont expedition raising the American flag on the Rockies, 1842. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

John C. Freemont planting the US flag on the Colorado Rockies, 1842. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Stagecoach carrying mail to the southwest, 1870s
Mail delivered by stagecoach to a post office in the Southwest, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cowboy searching for stray cattle in the Rocky Mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

African-American cowboy pulling a longhorn out of the mud. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington Illustration

Mule train going into the silver mines of Colorado. Hand-colored haltone of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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