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61. Charles Crawford
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Charles Crawford with his team, Brownie on left and Trix on right, ready to harrow a field at Kent.
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Jack Flynn standing next to the railroad tracks at Kent, holding his track trophy.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Mar. 9, 1917 p.8: "Invitations were received from Rifle and Glenwood to participate in track and field meets to be held in these towns in May. Both invitations will be accepted and we expect to give some of our rivals a run for honors. In Flynn and McHatton we have two good track men and expect to work Borah, Ruden and Oleson into shape when...
63. Track repair
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Railroad employees checking track. Names listed: D. Sweeney, Tom Linhan, C. Howard, and McKnight. Inscription reads: "Hard workers." Kent station buildings at left background.
64. Ed Watson
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Ed Watson, mounted, with a shovel over his shoulder.
65. Jack Flynn
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Jack Flynn posed next to a rock at Kent.
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Wedding portrait of Katherine Elizabeth "Kate" Flynn and Thomas Gill, March 1921.Kate is holding a bouquet and is wearing pearls and a lace blouse. Tom is in suit and tie.
"Wedding bells. Charming Katie Flynn, known far and wide in Eagle and adjoining counties, where her pleasant smile and pleasing manners made her untold friends, will be missed in social circles here, but then Salida will be the gainer, so we will have to take our medicine and...
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The Western Union crew lined up next to an outfit car at Kent, 1917. The car's number is 192. Inscription reads: "Western Union Boys."
68. The Flynn Family
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The family of William R. Flynn, seated on the steps of the Kent section house. Mr. Flynn, a railroad timekeeper for the D&RGW, died in 1905. This photo taken in 1907 shows Catherine Carey Flynn, William's widow, seated in the doorway. From left, below her, are Nora and William Jr. "Bill," In the front row, from left, are Kate, Jim and Mary "Mollie." The other boys are Dan, John "Jack" and an extra, unidentified male.
"Catherine and William...
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Remains of the Sherwood quarry drum and pulley structure on the Horn Ranch property in Red Canyon. The drum is visible from I-70. Stone from this quarry was used to build the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
"The archive of the Colorado Historical Museum offers a bit more information about the quarry site. A typewritten transcript titled 'Memories of Eagle County in the 1880s,' authored by Amy M. Bowen, the daughter of Avon area homesteader John...
70. Friends at Kent
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Friends at Kent, 1917. Kneeling from left: Jim Day and Jim Flynn; standing from left, Charles Crawford and John "Jack" Flynn. The section house is behind them. Inscription: "Some Style."
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72. Jack Flynn
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Studio portrait of John Joseph "Jack" Flynn.
"John Joseph Flynn, 71 of Glenwood Springs died at the Veterans Hospital in Grand Junction June 8.
He was born Dec. 23, 1897 at Spruce Creek near Glenwood, and as a young man lived in the Eagle area. He married Adelia Thorndale at Leadville, Oct. 25, 1930.
Mr. Flynn was a retired railroad telegrapher and a veteran of World War I.
He is survived by his wife; a son, John Joseph, Jr. of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; a...
73. "Joint ahead!"
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Crew working on the railroad ties at Kent. Inscription reads: "Joint ahead!"
74. "Big Mike"
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"Big Mike" at Kent 1918. Bridge across the Eagle River visible at right midfield.
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Fence sitting in Glenwood Springs. From left, Red Moscon, Ted Moore and Beno Moscon. [Moscon also spelled Mossicon in several captions]
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"Claude [Connors], Jay McDougall, Agnes [Wheaty] and Ruth [Gilroy]" at the Kent switch stand, 1918. The bridge over Milk Creek is on the left.
77. Quarry history
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Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society, discussing Red Canyon quarry history with participants during the Open Space tour.
[April 20, 2014: first tour of the Horn Ranch property, sponsored by the Eagle County Open Space Department. The conservation easement on the property allows limited numbers of the public to tour the historic cliff property four times a year.]
78. Section House
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The section house for the D.&.R.G. at Kent, Colorado, seen through the trees.
79. Kent sign
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Railroad sign for Kent, by the D. & R. G. tracks.
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Workers constructing track at Kent.