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21. McCoy Station
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"At the McCoy railroad station, Sept. 6, 1913. In back: Earl Brooks, Eunice Redmond, Phil Hines, [?]
In front: John LaForce, Annie Panting, Edith Hemsworth, Harry Groh, [?], Charley Horn and H. W. Plum, the depot agent." -- McCoy Memoirs p.166
The sign for McCoy has the elevation: 7,210 feet; no population.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
22. Highway 131
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"Wolcott."
Coming from State Bridge on Colo. State Hwy 131, into Wolcott. Buildings on the left are now Gallegos Masonry. Concrete arch bridge is visible at center. The Wolcott Store and gas station are on the far right. Jouflas ranch is at the left. U.S. Highway 6 parallels the Eagle River at midfield.
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C.1920: View of haying on Koprinikar's Ranch near Edwards, Colorado. Now the site of Singletree Golf Course and Berry Creek Ranch development. A team of three horses is working the field. Hay is stacked, waiting to be taken to ricks. In the background, a train is passing by.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
24. Ruedi
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Ruedi, Colorado, showing several buildings including the railroad depot on the left. "The first white man to settle in Ruedi was John Ruedi, who showshoed up from Basalt in the spring of 1885. He homesteaded what is now known as the J revers R Ranch. Bill Smith came in 1887 and homesteaded the YS Ranch.
The steel for the Colorado Midland Railroad was laid through the valley in 1887. The railroad company wanted ground for a depot and section houses....
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Avon as viewed from the "Gypsum Cliffs." Two engines of a train putting off lots of smoke in midground. Emmett Nottingham place is at lower right. Harry Nottingham place is above the smoke at Buck Creek. Original Avon Store is 100 feet west of Avon Road. Above the smoke plume are the buildings on the Nottingham Ranch. Below the railroad tracks, the Avon Road and bridge across the Eagle River are visible through the treeline. At the bottom left,...