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46. Ellis Bearden
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Ellis Bearden and Elsie Pallister at a birthday celebration. Kathy Lederhause and a horseshoe-shaped birthday cake in the foreground.
Elsie Pallister was among a small group of citizens between 1966 and 1972, who lobbied the Eagle County Commissioners to let them establish a county library. In December 1973, the Eagle County Library was officially established. Elsie Pallister was hired to work at the Eagle Library and worked until her retirment...
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Studio portrait of Elizabeth C. Diamond [Bearden], wearing a knit dress and pearls. "She was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine Diamond, born September 3, 1898, in Leadville. She was educated at St. Mary's School in Leadville and attended Western State College in Gunnison. Following competion of her formal education, Miss Diamond entered the teaching profession. ... It was while she was teaching in the Squaw Creek school that she met and married...
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Lou Clark (Layman) and dog, Ring (wearing hat), in front of the Clark House, Edwards, Colorado. In the background is the hill across the Eagle River and Wilmor[e] Lake, where the "layers appear to be sideways." -- Lou Layman
"Highway signs added sometime in the 1980s or 1990s designate it as 'Wilmore' Lake, but in the 1940s the name came from a 'railroad house'--a small building near the railroad track that probably was used to store equipment that...
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Doug Hughes and Maybelle "Dickie" Yandell across the valley from Squaw Creek. Dickie is Doug's aunt, Melba's sister.
"Melba Yandell Hughes and her family came to Squaw Creek because of the lettuce. Melba had been married when her family lived in Oklahoma, and had lost her husband after their son, Doug, was born. Eldest of eight children, Melba moved back home so her son could enjoy family life and the attention of all those brothers and sisters--actually,...
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Studio portrait of the Fenno children taken on Sept. 15, 1929, Mary and Clifford's wedding day. From left in back, Louis Charles Fenno and Clifford Thomas (Mary's husband) are standing; in front, Ida Fenno [Bearden] and Mary Fenno Thomas are seated.
Mary and Clifford operated the Edwards Store and Post Office, which they sold in 1946. Then they operated their ranch in Edwards until Clifford died in 1956. After that, Mary moved to Eagle and lived...