Western History

Interior view at Dahlia Branch of the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado; a Black (African American) man sits at the counter. Paintings top bookshelves.

New Black History Titles in the Blair-Caldwell and Western History Collections at DPL

Connecting with DPL Customers via Social Media

How Do Librarians Work from Home?: Writing Solo

Stack of books

How do librarians work from home? (Part 1: Desert Island Books)

DPL, James Cook and the ESTC

Large group of protesters by the Wellington Webb Building. Sign in the foreground "Be the Change"

Women’s March on Denver January 19, 2019

View of the Denver Public Library at 1357 Broadway Street (at 13th Avenue) in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Construction workers on scaffolds work on the stone cladding of the Michael Graves addition; pedestrian shelter reads: "Hyman Etkin Construction."

What's New in the Western History Collection: 2018 Edition

A Goodwill delivery man holds kittens and a bag in Denver, Colorado; his bag lists items acceptable for donation. Letters on his truck read: "Rehabilitation and Employment of Handicapped Persons."

Celebrity Cats of Colorado History

An operator works at a switchboard at the Mountain States telephone exchange building in Limon (Lincoln County), Colorado. Shows telephone equipment and telephone booths on the far end of the room. The woman wears a headset and polka-dot dress.

Colorado Phone Book and Directory Index

Antonio Esquivel, a champion Mexican vaquero and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, rides a bucking horse in a dirt arena during a performance of the show at Earl's Court in England. He wears a cowboy hat and a short, dark jacket. A group of cowboys stands in the background watching Esquivel ride. A backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it is at the far end of the arena.

New Additions to the Western History Collection - May 2015

A view of a cattle drive on a Texas ranch shows a herd of cattle and cowboys on horseback.

The Log of a Cowboy and the True American West

When 'Judge Lynch' Was the Law

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