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Albert and Newell Buffehr, from left to right, with an unidentified girl standing between them at the side of a house. Both boys are wearing hats and gloves. A dog is at their feet. Jacob Buffehr, their father, worked for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad from 1901 to about 1915, living in Minturn with his family.
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Cabin originally located at Arrowhead Ski Mountain, located between Hwy 6 and the Eagle River, where the main entrance into Arrowhead is now. It was built by a husband, wife and two boys who came through the Gore Creek Valley in the years 1894-1898. They built 3 or 4 similar cabins. In the 1950s, it was used as a bull shelter by Pete Dodo. Relocated by Steve Ruder to a lot west of Edwards on the Hwy 6 Frontage Road.
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1976, Gore Creek School, near Vail, which was in School District No. 11, Minturn [Outside].
The building was moved to Ford Park in Vail by Gore Creek Preservation Society.
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Albert and Newell Buffehr, from left to right, each holding dogs at the Buffehr ranch. The ranch cabin is in the background. Jacob and Lydia Buffehr, their parents, purchased the ranch at the mouth of Buffehr Creek (which flows from north to south, entering Gore Creek at what is now West Vail) in about 1916. Jacob Buffehr had worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad out of Minturn for fifteen years when he decided to operate a dairy farm. He...
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John M. Ruder, at left, with his son, Ralph L. Ruder, on right, with bobcat.
Son of Jacob and Mary Buchholz Ruder [Mary was Nicholas Buchholz' sister], John was born Dec. 3, 1887, and came with his family to Eagle County in 1894. He lived most of his life on Gore Creek where the family homesteaded a ranch beginning in 1897.
Ralph L. Ruder, John and Edna Ruder's only child, was killed in a truck accident on Battle Mountain, December 18, 1961. He...
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1971: Gore Creek School, moved to Ford Park in Vail by Gore Creek Preservation Society.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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John Wesley Philips, Rhoda Rockwood's father, who was instrumental in building the Gore Creek School in 1886 (circa). Rhoda attended the school which met for only three months, in the summer. She crossed three creeks to get there. There is a dog at the right side of the photo.
For more information see Simonton, June. Vail: Story of a Colorado Mountain Valley, p.38.
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August 1974 photo of Gore Creek Schoolhouse before it was moved to Ford Park in Vail, Colorado, by the Gore Creek Preservation Society. Two people are in the field at far right.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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First school house on Gore Creek, built between 1886 and 1888. Outhouse at right of school building. Photo taken about 1907. Rhoda Rockwood's father, John Wesley Phillips, framed the building and then went to the County school board for help to complete the project. The County provided roofing, doors and window. Bill Webb, a school board member, helped with the construction, as did other people moving into the valley. --Rhoda Rockwood
