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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...
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The County "cat" being used by an unidentified man to build the road to Holy Cross City. Another man is seated on the cat, as well. The angle of the terrain is impressively visible. Two dates: 1939 and 1940.
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Dump truck waiting for another bucket of dirt and rocks during repairs on Highway 6, just west of Brush Creek/Eagle.
24) Road crew
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The road crew that worked on the stage coach roads to keep them open. Horse teams are harnessed to scrapers.
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Building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. Workers with skids and horse teams at right, waiting for the detonation to clear at left.
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The County "cat" being used by an unidentified man to build the road to Holy Cross City.
Verso: "Building the road to Holy Cross City"
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Looking down on the Red Cliff Bridge as the roadbed is being constructed. Lower road into Red Cliff is visible at lower right. Lover's Leap formation is on the left.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 11]
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A steam shovel is moving earth during the early stages of routing U.S. Highway 24 and the Red Cliff bridge so that they bypassed Red Cliff. The construction involved difficult engineering feats in a harsh climate.
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Looking down the Eagle River and U.S. Highway 24 as it enters Red Cliff on the south. Just to the left of Hwy 24 is the beginning of the approach road to what will be the Red Cliff Arch Bridge.
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George Nimon on caterpillar tractor during road construction in Eagle County, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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George Nimon driving road construction equipment in Eagle County.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Fleming Lumber Company framing mill in Red Cliff, Colorado. Man in midground is working on framing timbers. Steps and fence in foreground. Equipment on top road in background was being used to prepare road for the construction of the Red Cliff bridge (Hwy 24).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Panorama of Water Street in Red Cliff, Colorado, showing road repair. Photo is marked "Plaintiff's exhibit 3, 10-26-81."
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Person sitting in the shovel used to build the approach to the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 6]
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Building the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge (Highway 24). Digging equipment at far right midfield in the photo.
[Red Cliff bridge construction photo 4]
36) Red Cliff Bridge
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Roadbed construction on the Red Cliff Bridge, silver in color. Lover's Leap is on the right.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 12]
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Road construction in Eagle County. Side view of the tractor and grader used in the process.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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George Nimon driving road construction equipment in Eagle County, Colorado. Several people and a dog are following behind the equipment.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Building our highway" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was completed as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
This could be construction of Highway 6, the first major byway to cross Eagle County. A large excavator with one man in control awaits more digging, two other men with shovels are digging by hand. A horse team is visible at right, center, with a wagon behind them. The excavator is resting on...
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First use of Eagle County road maintenance equipment using horse-drawn and mechanized graders.
