Collection
Camp Weld
21 records
Records about the camp itself: its founding, footprint, abandonment and marker.
- Record
Camp Weld historical marker
The Historical Marker Database (HMdb)
The catalogue record for the 1934 granite marker, including a transcription of the inscription.
- Record
Photograph of the deteriorating Camp Weld plaque
HMdb
Photograph documenting the marker's deteriorating plaque.
- Newspaper
Rocky Mountain News description of the new camp’s 30-acre enclosure
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Oct. 24, 1861
Early reporting describing the camp's roughly 30-acre square enclosure.
- Archive
The Colorado Magazine, Vol. XI No. 2 (PDF)
Colorado Historical Society · March 1934
State historical society account of the camp and the dedication of its monument.
- Newspaper
Public dedication of the Camp Weld marker
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Feb. 23, 1934
Contemporary coverage of the three-ton monument's dedication on February 22, 1934.
- Newspaper
Colorado Historical Society receives Sand Creek “relics”
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · March 8, 1932
Report of Camp Weld relics recovered near the marked corner.
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Denver Post report on Civil War items excavated near Eighth and Vallejo
The Denver Post via NewsBank / Denver Public Library · February 1937
Artifacts uncovered in 1937, corroborating the location established in print.
- Newspaper
“where the Denver and Rio Grande shops are now located”
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Jan. 27, 1901
Places the old camp on the Denver & Rio Grande shop grounds.
- Newspaper
Camp Weld recollection (1908–09 account)
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · April 23, 1909
1909 account including Lt. Clark Dunn's recollection that soldiers fired first.
- Newspaper
Camp Weld location account (1920)
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · July 11, 1920
One of a series of retrospective newspaper accounts locating the camp.
- Newspaper
Camp Weld location account (1923)
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Feb. 16, 1923
Retrospective account of Camp Weld in the Denver press.
- Newspaper
Camp Weld location account (1924)
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Aug. 6, 1924
Retrospective account of Camp Weld in the Denver press.
- Newspaper
Camp Weld location account (1929)
Colorado Historic Newspapers · July 29, 1929
A 1929 account placing the camp on the railroad shop grounds.
- Book
History of Denver — Jerome Smiley (1901)
Denver Public Library digital collections · 1901
Early published history of Denver used for context on the camp's setting.
- Newspaper
Published account of the council with Evans and Chivington
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Sept. 13, 1865
Contemporary report of the September 28, 1864 council at Camp Weld.
- Newspaper
Veteran recalls Camp Weld standing where the Burnham Yard shops now stand
Pueblo Sun (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Jan. 8, 1910
A 1910 account placing McLain's battery at Camp Weld and describing the spring attacks.
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Denver Post report on the remaining Camp Weld building and Agnes Wright Spring’s appeal
The Denver Post via NewsBank / Denver Public Library · July 1960
Reporting on the proposed early-1960s Camp Weld memorial.
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Denver Post report that the memorial effort was abandoned
The Denver Post via NewsBank / Denver Public Library · 1962
Coverage of the memorial project being dropped.
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Denver Post report on demolition of the last likely Camp Weld structure
The Denver Post via NewsBank / Denver Public Library · 1962
The demolition of the surviving structure associated with the site.
- Archive
Arapaho and Cheyenne delegation at Camp Weld, 1864 (photograph record)
Colorado Encyclopedia · September 1864
The best-known photograph of the Camp Weld delegation, made September 28, 1864.
- Archive
Camp Weld photograph including Arapaho and Cheyenne leaders
Denver Public Library, Western History Collection
A second archival image from the same sitting, with different caption identifications.