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Members of the Eagle High School class of 1925 gather for a photograph at their 25th class reunion, August 1950, in front of the Koonce Chevrolet dealership. Eldon Wilson is 3rd from the left. Ruby Ping is 4th from the left. Charlie Thomas is at far right. The other members of the class of 1925 were Myron McGinley, Marjorie Jerrell, Dorothy Quick, Frank Gleason, Vinta Byers, Morton White and Loyal Carlson.
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The Mayor of Copper Spur, three women, two girls and a man standing in front of a gas pump at the post office/store. Signs on building. Appears to be a warm time of year. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A group of young people in front of the Eagle Valley Feed Mill in Eagle. The Eagle train station is visible in the background. E. A. (Edward) Michael opened the business in 1912. In 1917, he bought some ranch holdings for $6,500, adding to his residence, feed mill and warehouse properties in Eagle. Due to his wife’s health [Edna Dewey Michael], Michael was forced to sell the ranch to Andrew Christensen for $13,000 in 1920. "The ranch consists...
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The morning after the 1899 fire in Gilman, which destroyed approximately half of the town. The Fleck Clothing Store is at the left of the photo and is marked with an "X". People standing survey the damage. Caption on verso: "Shots to stop fire broke windows across the street."
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Jack Beck using a horse to pull a log on upper Wearyman Creek for Warren Brothers & Robinson Sawmill.
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Taken April 7, 2011, showing an interior wall of the hotel with painted wainscoting and window detail. Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw began in 2010. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at...
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Ed "E. E." Glenn with a cane in his left hand, standing in a yard. He owned the E. E. Glenn Store in Eagle, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Avon Depot in the snow. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Horses pulling the Continental Oil Co. wagon during a 4th of July parade.
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An elephant walking down Broadway in Eagle (man's legs visible behind trunk), advertising the Dickinson-Allison Lumber and Hardware Co. Whether part of a parade or not (Flight Days, a circus?), it was a unique means of getting attention. [Used in Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher, p.67]
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Underground machine shop at the Gilman Mine with John "Smiles" Doyle on the left and Bob Enzenroth on the right. An open forge is on the left.
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The Wilson Appliance & Radio Store at center on Broadway [west side, between 2d and 3ed Streets] in Eagle, after remodeling. The Serv-U-Shop, owned by Fanny Morgan, is to the left of Wilson's. To the right is Allen Clark's business, formerly Billy Morgan's Pool Hall.
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Taken August 2, 2011, looking through the first story interior. Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw began in 2010. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets...
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Frank Robinson standing in his kitchen in Buena Vista, Colorado. The photo was taken by John Martinez. Frank was the son of Harold Robinson, Safety man for the New Jersey Zinc Co. He had a brother, Fred, and a sister, Jane. Frank lived in Red Cliff and was in a logging company, Warren Brothers & Robinson. He had M.S. for years and died in 2009.
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Tom Deviney and the family dog. Tom ran a grocery store in Red Cliff. The Clooneys owned the grocery building which was later owned by Mrs. Holland.
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Photo looking north on H. K. Brooks' Bar X Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. The Eagle River is at the bottom of the photo; Castle Peak is at the midpoint along the skyline. Hollis "Holly" Kelloway Brooks came to Eagle County from Minnesota, settling first in McCoy and then operating a general store in Edwards. From 1926 to 1929, he was the County treasurer. In 1931 and through the 1940s, he owned and operated the Castle Peak ranch (Bar X) in Eagle. Before...
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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on p.8] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only. "Light airy rooms, clean comfortable beds and woolen blankets, a requisite even in summer....
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William A. Jude, Superintendent , Gilman Mine.
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Ron Dump, seated, and Bruce Beck with axes and hand saw in front of a felled and trimmed log. They are logging on Shrine Pass for Ray Warren, Sr. Buster and Bruce Beck and Ron Dump worked when they were still in school during the summers and falls of the year.
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From L to R, Buzz Jackson, Sutton, and Tom Jackson standing in from of Sutton's satation at "Hell's Gate'," Sweetwater, Colorado. Part of the Conoco sign is visible at the top of the photo: "packed with extra miles Gasoline." Sutton and Jackson are wearing hats. [Later the station burned down and Sutton was burned; it was felt that his wife died soon after as a result.] [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]...