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Verso: "Gilman school house where we went to school for a month. Later Mom and Perlita taught here -- Betty Jo Schmidt"
The Gilman School was in School District 6 in Eagle County, Colorado.
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MacDonald Knight standing in the playground area of the Gilman School.
Verso: "Gilman elementary school where Mom [Sophie Knight] and Perlita [Knight Gauthier] taught and BJ [Betty Jo Knight Schmidt] and Don [MacDonald Knight] went. Battle Mtn. behind 1938." Print stamp: Jan. 10 1936.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. The Gilman grade school yard fence, with outbuilding at left.
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Frank Maloit on graduation day from New Mexico School of Mines, Socorro. Frank became superintendent of the Gilman Mine in 1922 and was a long-time employee of the New Jersey Zinc Company.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Gilman, Colorado, is now an abandoned mining town perched on a high cliff viewable from Highway 24 between Red Cliff and Minturn, CO. Its history dates back to the beginning of the state and mining has always been its chief industry. The mining changed over the years as well, from silver and gold, to zinc, lead, and other precious metals. The 1930s through 1950s were years of prosperity for the small company town and its residents; at one time, Gilman...
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Red Cliff, Colorado is one of the oldest towns in Eagle County beginning in 1879. The town was the original county seat until 1921, after the fourth and final election deciding to move to Eagle. Red Cliff was bolstered in its early days by a booming mining business, hotels, and travelers through the mountains. Red Cliff's immediate neighbor was the now-abandoned mining town of Gilman, which was shut down by the EPA in the 1980s and declared a Superfund...
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1938: Main Street, Gilman, Colorado. Five people and dog in front of Empire Zinc Co. office at lower left. School house at end of street near top of hill.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Power station upgrade in Gilman. The long house in the background is where the Schlegel family lived. The school yard fence is visible at upper right.
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Gilman power plant under renovation. The house in the immediate left background is where the Enzenroth family lived. Directly behind and to the left of the Enzenroth house is the Hess house. The Schlegel house is to the right of the Hess house. The school fence is visible at upper right.
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Robert Maloit and his mother, Pearl Maloit, sitting on the boardwalk that led from the doorway of their house in Gilman to the coal shed. At the right are the 56 steps that lead up to the main road through Gilman.
The photo was taken after Robert graduated from Colorado School of Mines and before WW II.
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MacDonald Knight on left with Harold Stoner and pack burros. This was the first prospecting trip in 1939. Knight taught school during the year and had his summers free to prospect.
Front: "1st trip in '39 Gold Park, Don, Stoner"
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"Railroad problems" -- caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
Several large logs appear to have fallen or rolled at the Eagle Mine in Gilman, Colorado. Miners are coming down the hill (right, center). The railroad line and a railroad car are directly to the left of the mess.
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Norrie, Colorado is a ghost town located in Pitkin County just outside of Basalt, Colorado on the Upper Frying Pan River. Claims were first taken around 1890 to 1900. Eventually, the town became a lumber camp and had a post office, school, and dance hall. In 1913, some reports say that the population was around 200; today, the last census noted 7 people living in the area. Some buildings and foundations still stand and can be seen today.
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The road into Bell's Camp in the summer time. The second house from the left was Eben Young's family house. Eben's father, Eben P. Young, Sr., and Fanny M. Young were very early settlers in Gold Park, before living at Bell's Camp. The Youngs moved to Red Cliff where they are included in the 1910 Federal Census. Eben P. Young Jr. married Virginia Rockwood, the granddaughter of John Wesley Phillips, who built the Gore Creek School, and daughter of...
15) Gold Dust Basin
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"It is a 1948 view looking east into Gold Basin from the trail on the rim where George Burgess and I studied the cliffs to spot the trail down and judge if the pack horse could handle it. The Morgan cabin we stayed in is well portrayed.
It was here we tied the horse to a boulder with an insufficient knot while we went down and tested it out. The trail was largely obliterated by rock creep and fall, but we thought the horse could do it with our...
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Olive Houck Cryan was a lifelong resident of Gilman and Red Cliff, Colorado. She details early life in the mining town of Gilman, Colorado, through research and storytelling, to its company town glory days, to its subsequent closure and lay-offs in the 1980s. The story spans from mine accidents, newspaper articles, events, friends, and school, to daily life and memories from her friends and neighbors of their home. Also includes sections and details...
17) Holy Cross City
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Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background.
"By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
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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...
19) Gilman
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Gilman, Colorado, December 25, 1948, taken from the "u" turn in Hwy. 24.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 30:
"Gilman was close to the top of Battle Mountain at 9,000 feet above sea level. Since a great deal of my day was spent in the mine I was several thousand feet lower, but the only time Trudie got below this was when we drove down off the mountain. Over the top and about 3-4 miles away (mostly down), was Red Cliff and Turkey Creek, both...
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Ethel Bayer was born and raised in Red Cliff, Colorado. In 1918, she married Howard Bayer and the two were well-known throughout eastern Eagle County. This short typescript is a summary of Colorado history and moments, in Ethel's words, dating from statehood to current (1960). Ethel covers ghost towns such as Astor City and the Astor family; streams and rivers; trappers and early pioneers; trading posts and Utes. Bayer also includes a description...
