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Charley Nogal house at far right; bridge to Wolcott and the upper valley before I-70 and Highway 6. "Charley Nogal and his wife, Rosetta, arrived in 1885, claiming a homestead on what is now the Eagle River Villas housing complex, north of the Eagle River. Like most homesteaders, their first home was a modest cabin, reportedly built with logs taken from the remains of the first bridge over the river. They constructed their second home (pictured above)...
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Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets. It was the town's first permanent hotel, boasting 13 rooms (8 bedrooms). The fellow sitting in the upstairs window, right side, is C.F. (Charley) Nogal. The woman on the porch below in the black dress, holding the baby, is Charley's wife, Rosetta. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...