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Studio portrait of Francis Marion Skiff, 1847-1910.
A History of Eagle County [1940], p. 186: "F. M. Skiff owned the town site of Gypsum, Mrs. Skiff owning the first dry goods store and running the first post office. Mr. Skiff built the first two story building in Gypsum [1900]. This bulding is now the Lundgrens store. p. 187 The upstairs of this place was used for a school."
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Group of buildings surrounding the Bonar Pool Hall after the explosion and fire on April 25, 1932. Four men at midground are examining the rubble on the site; there's another man standing at the far right.
Photo marked Plaintiff's exhibit C [#35]
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Front view of Theodore Stremme's Store in Gypsum, Colorado. Three women and a man are facing the camera, standing on the boardwalk. An automobile with passengers is at the right of the building.
4. Early Gypsum
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Early Gypsum where tents provided original services: hotel, stores, saloon, restaurant. Meals at the Eagle Hotel were 35 cents, a bed was 25 cents. All of these services were located across from the train depot. The location is close to present day Railroad Ave. and Second Street.
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As the Doll Brothers ranch grew in size, brothers Frank and Sam built this three-story flour mill, circa 1900. "Considered modern in its time, the mill ground all wheat produced in the area, putting out 80 barrels a day. The mill even imported wheat to grind. After the mill burned, suspicion followed that the fire had been deliberately set by disgruntled businessmen in the area." -- Shirley Welch, The Eagle River Valley, p.114
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Looking south down First Street toward Eagle Street in Gypsum circa 1905. The Travelers' Hotel is the second building from the left. There is a boardwalk between buildings.
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Photo postcard of the Gypsum Hotel (formerly the Skiff Hotel) after the fire in 1912.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, Feb. 9, 1912, p.1: GYPSUM TOWN HAS BIG FIRE. Early Sunday Morning Blaze Destoys Three Buildings and Portion of Contents.
The most disastrous fire in the history of Gypsum or Eagle county took place in that town last Sunday morning at four o'clock, and before the fire was discovered it gained such headway that every effort to quench the flames...
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The J. P. Oleson building after a second floor apartment fire in September 1918. This was the first home of J. P. Oleson. with the store on the firs floor. An automobile is at left.
10. Lundgren Store
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Lundgren's Warehouse was built by Adolph Lundgren and George Beale as part of the Lundgren Store. In addition to groceries and merchandise, Lundren and Beale ran a lumberyard and sold hardware. The warehouse building later burned down.
11. Lundgren's Store
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Lundgren's Store was built in 1900. It was the first two-story building in Gypsum. The upstairs was used as a school.
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Three women and a child standing in front of a General merchandise store (possibly Olson's) in Gypsum.
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Sam Lemon standing behind the ar at his pool hall-bar in Gypsum, Colorado.
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Lucinda Hanke portraying Julia Stremme during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Julia Ann Kuhllman Stremme was born March 18, 1859, and died December 31, 1935. She and her new husband, John Stremme, arrived in Gypsum...
15. Harry A. Oleson
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Harry Oleson, born Oct. 27, 1905, standing next to a rocking horse with one foot in a stirrup. He is on the side of the J. P. Oleson (his father) store in Gypsum. Harry is wearing a formal suit for the occasion.
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The Traveler's Hotel at 318 First Street was built in about 1905 by L. C. Packard. By 1913, it was in the hands of a Mr. Staup. In the 1920s, August Ulin was the owner and it was renamed the Ulin Hotel. It had a good location being a short distance from the train station.
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The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
From l. to r.: Rudy Olin, Kris Keys, Terri Vroman, Jessica Kline, Lucinda Hanke, and Eagle County Commissioner Sara Fisher.
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The interior of Stremme's Store with Theodore Stremme leaning on a counter. A "Welcome" banner is hanging from light fixtures. Merchandise cases are along both side walls. Stove is at the back center.
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Baseball played in the alley behind Stremme's store in Gypsum.
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Five men are standing in the ruins of the Bonar Pool Hall after the fire on Monday, April 25, 1932, a few minutes before 4AM. All four walls were blown outward and the building was in flames. Three women are in the mid background,. A Model T Ford is visible. "STAR" sign visible at left.
Photograph marked Plaintiff's exhibit B [#33].