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1. All the kids
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"Homestake dam, some 2nd shift personnel. Left to right: Duane--end dump skinner; Jack Treptow--Shift Supervisor; Chad Bane--Dozer Hand; Kelly Stone Bissell--General Quarry Foreman, Fall of 1966."
Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. (MK) was the construction company that did the work under the supervision of Bechtel Corporation, which provided the engineers and construction managers for the project.
5. Packtrain
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Photo labeled 283449; verso stamp 4400
Forest road through stands of trees. Automobile tire at far right.
In 1927, Dr. Randall led Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls up Notch Mountain to see the cross, a trip considered to be the first "pilgrimage." In 1928, another pilgrimage took place and in 1929, President Hoover established the Mount of the Holy Cross Monument.
"All these pilgrimages continued to demonstrate the need for a better approach by road...
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"Aurora and Colorado Springs are building a huge dam or rock on Homestake Creek southwest of Red Cliff.
The dam will have an upstream impervious face of asphalt laid on a blanket of gravel atop the rock.
There is a concrete curtain extending below the dam foundation into fock formations and into the ountainsides at both ends of the dam.
The asphalt face is technically known as asphaltic concrete, the asphalt being binder instead of cement in what...
10. Cutting trees
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Photo labeled 283456; verso stamp 4400
Three men choosing trees to fell for the road.
In 1927, Dr. Randall led Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls up Notch Mountain to see the cross, a trip considered to be the first "pilgrimage." In 1928, another pilgrimage took place and in 1929, President Hoover established the Mount of the Holy Cross Monument.
"All these pilgrimages continued to demonstrate the need for a better approach by road or trail. In 1931 Dr....
12. Relief map photo
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The relief map photo used to visualize possible road routes and ascents for Mount of the Holy Cross pilgrimages, without O.W. Randall's annotations. [photographed from a different angle than 2013.009.018-.019, showing the Sawatach Range at left, the Cross Creek drainage, the Holy Cross Ridge, and the Gore Range at far right.
Stamped on back: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade Jul 14 1928, 13"
The location of the map in this photo is unknown....
13. Tigiwon road
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A close up of the roof detail and windows on the shelter house at Notch Mountain. Constructed by the CCC between 1931 and 1933, it was built to provide a respite to those on pilgrimages to see the Mount of the Holy Cross.
Caption by O.W. Randall: "Shelter house--has a beautiful fire place and wood always provided on hand for the public."
15. Don at the peak
16. Jack
18. Homestake Dam
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The completed Homestake Dam and reservoir in 1995.
"Aurora and Colorado Springs are building a huge dam of rock on Homestake Creek southwest of Red Cliff.
The dam will have an upstream impervious face of asphalt laid on a blanket of gravel atop the rock.
There is a concrete curtain extending below the dam foundation into fock formations and into the mountainsides at both ends of the dam.
The asphalt face is technically known as asphaltic concrete,...