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81) Camp Tigiwon
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Caption: "Panorama view of the world famous Mount of the Holy Cross photographed from Notch Mountain. V.T. Brown photo Denver."
25 people posed on boulders at the top of Notch Mountain, with Mount of the Holy Cross in the background.
82) Relief map
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The relief map used to visualize possible road routes and ascents for Mount of the Holy Cross pilgrimages. The notes in ink are in O. W. Randall's handwriting.
Stamped on back: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade Jul 14 1928"
The location of the map in this photo is unknown. The Rev. John P. Carrigan, a Catholic priest from Glenwood Springs, is the reported inspiration for the Holy Cross pilgrimages. F. W. Bonfils, a Denver publisher, was...
83) 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....
84) Buster Beck
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Buster Beck standing in front of the doors of the Holy Cross Garage in Red Cliff. "The doors in the background were used every day so it can be assumed that the accumulation of ice took place over night." -- T. Bud Beck
85) Don at the peak
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Front: "Donald on top peak H.C. Mt." "My Uncle Don standing at the very top of Mount Holy Cross!"
There is a dog right below MacDonald Knight on the peak.
86) Julia's Deck
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Mount of the Holy Cross Overlook, also known as Julia's Deck, on the Shrine Pass Road [FSR 709], a maintained dirt road, connects Vail and Red Cliff. The overlook was built as handicapped access to the overlook by volunteers representing PAWS, an organization providing recreational facilities for handicapped people.
The photo was taken in July 1994. Quinn and Buster Beck are getting a great view of the Mount of the Holy Cross in the Sawatch Range...
87) Terrain
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Some of the terrain on the hike to the top of Notch Mountain that instigated the call for a road.
Stamped on back: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade Jun 5 1928"
88) Hunky Dory Lake
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Looking down on Huky Dory Lake, Holy Cross Wilderness area, September 1935.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
89) Lake Constantine
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A view of Lake Constantine, located in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area near the Mount of the Holy Cross.
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Verso: "Tom [Knight] and Sam Anderson, road to Holy Cross City 1940"
The men are resting their horses on the improved road.
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Micheline and Don Knight with baby Patricia, taken during the trip to Holy Cross City. The Hound is in the foreground.
93) Timberline Hotel
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A group of people stand outside the Timberline Hotel in Holy Cross City. A man is seen in a wagon driven by a horse. A dog is visible on the right. A woman is standing in the doorway. It's possible that this is Mrs. R. J. Passmore, who owned and operated the Timberline Hotel.
Holy Cross City was a short-lived mining camp located in what is today the Holy Cross Wilderness. A mining camp in the Holy Cross Mining District, Holy Cross City reached...
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Caption by O.W. Randall: "8. Before Holy Cross, looking at complete circle of Rainbow Circle Falls, Rev. Edmonds & family."
Rev. Edmonds and his family pointing at a rainbow.
95) Cleveland Lake
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Cleveland Lake, located near Holy Cross City in the Holy Cross Wilderness.
96) Cleveland Lake
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Cleveland Lake, located near Holy Cross City in the Holy Cross Wilderness.
97) Notch Mountain
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Caption: "Holy Cross Mt. lies behind the Notch. One trail goes this way, one this way."
A photo of Notch Mountain annotated by O. W. Randall, showing the ascents to the top. At the top, Mount of the Holy Cross can be seen.
98) 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.
Stamped on back: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade Jul 14 1928, 35"
The location of the map in this photo is unknown. The Rev. John P. Carrigan, a Catholic priest from Glenwood Springs, is the reported inspiration for the Holy Cross pilgrimages. F. W. Bonfils, a Denver publisher, was also...
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The Glengarry Mine site at 11,414 ft., Holy Cross Mining District. Middle Mountain has an elevation of 12,336 feet.
From the Eagle County Assessment Roll 1891-92 p.8: "Glengary #4354, 5.166 acres, value $60; Hidden Treasure #4353, 4.596 acres, value $50."
From the Eagle County Assessment Roll 1922. Transit Gold Mining Co. [Red Cliff School District 1 Holy Cross Mines] owned Glengary, Hidden Treasure and the Transit mines. Glengary was valued at...
100) Fir bough shelters
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Photo labeled 283450; verso stamp 4400
Fir bough shelters with tethering facilities for horses. Possibly used by road building crew or Mount of the Holy Cross pilgrims.
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...
