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"Forest Officers at Castle lookout, Eagle Dist., Holy Cross N. F. Aug. 1913." [Photo numbered 16712A]
In September 1913, forest rangers completed a trail from the ranger station on Eby Creek to the top of Castle Peak. “Besides the grand view of the surrounding mountains to be obtained from the top, there is a telephone on top, placed there by the rangers so that you can talk to your friends in Eagle, or any part of the state, while you stand...
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"Yeoman Park Station from new Yeoman Park road looking SE toward Ironedge Mtn. Holy Cross - H.D. Cochran 1925"
A longer range photograph of the ranger station showing the forest to full scale in comparison to structures. The road and buildings were built as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps program during the Great Depression. Foundations of the buildings are still visible today. "Ironedge" now could refer to the scenic trails in White River...
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"Yeoman Park R.S. [Ranger Station] dwelling, front view. Holy Cross. E.R. Lepley. 10/1935" -- caption on verso.
A close-up shot of the ranger station at Yeoman Park in Holy Cross National Forest in 1935. Ranger stations and roads including these were built as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps program during the Great Depression. Foundations of the buildings are still visible today.
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Routt National Forest perfonnel at the Seed House Guard Station (index says 1943, photo says 1945).
Back, left to right: Claude Luekens, -----, John Douglas, Henry Etzler, Rex Gill, Tommy Anderson, Dan Gibson, Charley Belton, Ralph Brown, Leo Connor
Front: John Ambos, Glen Bishop, _____, Charley Fox, Gordon Van Buren, Gene Lepley.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]