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101. Vail Pass, 1951
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A postcard of Vail Pass. The postmark is dated October 22, 1951. Following the completion of Highway 6 over the pass, the Eagle County Commissioners asked the state highway board to name the pass Vail Pass, after Charles D. Vail, the chief engineer for the State Highway Department. The request, originally put forth in December of 1939, was approved in 1941. The county commissioners were eager to have the pass named for Vail after local residents near...
103. Covered Bridge, Vail
106. Aspen, 1950s
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A small greeting postcard sent to Mary (Grant) Borah, Alda (Borah) Perkins, and Franklin Perkins from Marvin and Eva Borah. A small poem in the greeting card reads, "From the Mountains comes this Greeting / Ringing like the Echoes true / That your Christmas may be merry / And the New Year happy too."