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41. Camp Tigiwon
42. Pickup
43. Bishop Gulch
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Caption by O. W. Randall: "Bishop Gulch where the proposed auto road would go."
Stamped on back: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade Jun 5 1928"
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...
44. Tigiwon tents
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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "These were times when we had no Community House."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed by 1934." -- Robert Brown, Holy Cross--the...
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The verso of the relief map photo used to visualize possible road routes and ascents for Mount of the Holy Cross pilgrimages. The notes in pencil are in O. W. Randall's handwriting.
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,...
48. 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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Man resting in the shade of an overhang with pack mules and dog at the top of Fancy Pass.
"I recall that little mine way up on Middle Mountain, I think it was the Blossom. I know that when you stuck your head up over Fancy Pass that little mine was staring your right in the face although at some distance. As most of the places we looked into, there was no trace of any mineral on the premises." -- Bud Beck Jan. 2010
52. Terrain
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Caption by O.W. Randall: "The CCC camp on my ranch. You can see Gilman in the distance. Two companies of CCC boys were on the Holy Cross Project parts of three years."
numbered on front; 281261; stamp on verso: 4400
The ranch was located between Cross Creek and Fall Creek on the south side of the Eagle River, southeast of Minturn. The CCC camp was called Camp Tigiwon.
Earl Beck was hired by the Forest Service as a foreman for the Civilian Conservation...
54. Hunky Dory Lake
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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934. Dr. Randall is seated facing the camera at far right.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "21. Campfire at night, Tigiwon."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed...
59. Lake Constantine
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The Camp Tigiwon CCC camp on O.W. Randall's ranch. Taken in July of 1933. O.W. Randall's ranch was located between Cross Creek and Fall Creek on the south side of the Eagle River, southeast of Minturn. Crew from this camp built the shelter at Camp Tigiwon, the trail up Notch Mountain and the shelter on Notch Mountain.