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A letter to residents in the town of Gilman from Craig Nagler, President of Battle Mountain Corporation, as formal notification of their intention to discontinue services to the once-thriving company town. Battle Mountain Corporation offered relocation assistance to residents; the town had been built around jobs in the mine, making relocation more than a move for all involved. The town of Gilman sits perched on a hillside above the Eagle Mine and...
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First-hand account of early living near Bellyache Mountain as told by Herman Newquist.
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The Gates family has traced their genealogy back 6 generations beginning in Europe. This short family history is of Bert & Nona Gates, 5th generation, and their ranching and homesteading experiences in the Eagle River Valley. The information used in this was compiled by Lemley Gates.
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A school souvenir booklet from the Brush Creek School, dated April 24, 1908. Louise K. Stein was the school teacher. This small booklet lists the names of the students from the 1907-08 school year.
A poem, written by Julia C. R. Dorr, is on the front of the booklet.
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"Brush Creek Valley, Township 5 South, Range 84 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, the area at hte mouth of Breek Creek between the Eagle River and the railroad tracks and west of Brush Creek. Ditch is Lower Rule, Priority #137, Spring in 1884 by H.E. Rule. The ditches are located by right bank or left bank and this is determined by facing downstream. This is supposed to be the original settlers of the Brush Creek Valley."
Ditch digging and irrigation...
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Melissa Larsen (Trezise) was baptized on 11/30/1913 at Eagle Methodist Episcopal Church.
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A certificate of honor awarded to "Robert Webb for Regular Attendance, Good Deportment, and commendable progress in the Studies of the Eighth grade of the Eagle School. Awarded at Eagle this 25 day of May 1928." The award was for achievement in Arithmetic. His teacher was Mrs. George Ferguson, Jr.
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Hans Larsen became a naturalized United States citizen on 10/02/1920 having moved from Denmark.
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The first chapter of the typescript "Early Days on the Eagle" written by MacDonald Knight. This chapter may be from his thesis (1953) or was part of the final published verison of the book (1964). After serving overseas in the army, he came home and moved directly to Holy Cross City, an isolated mining camp. He eventually became a teacher, was chosen as a Fulbright Scholar, and lived in Paonia for several decades. In 1964, Knight and a colleague wrote...
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A handmade program for a Christmas concert at the Brush Creek School. Titled "Merry Christmas to All." Undated. 28 performances are listed, along with the names of the performers. The performers include Ralph Beck, Mittie Borah, Eddie Long, Mamie Long, Roy Long, Willie Long, Miss Mahoney, Alan Metheny, the Peterson Girls, Leila Peterson, Lilliam Peterson, Dorothy "Dora" Shryack, Paul Shryack, and Byron Zartman.
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A program for "Class Night" held at Red Cliff Union High School in Red Cliff, Colorado, on May 15, 1947. The event included music from the school band, awards, and a senior class play. The program appears to be two documents, but the third page ("Baccalaureate Service") was an insert provided in the program.
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Certified copy of Clayton's birth certificate dated 01/10/1943
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Program of Eagle High School performance of Climbin' Through: A comedy in three acts. Date unknown but presumed to be 1921-1926 based on the list of student actors.
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A contour sketch map of the Eagle Vanadium Company's consolidated mines, located along Brush Creek. This map was created in August of 1915. Charles G. Walker, a mining engineer and surveyor, may have drawn the map. According to Alda Borah, Charles "Chas" G. Walker was in charge of surveying all the mines on Salt and Brush Creek.
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The Cradle Roll Certificate was the enrollment into Sunday School at Eagle Methodist Episcopal Church. Dated 06/15/1913
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A description of the founding of Crown Hill Cemetery, one of the first cemeteries created in the Eagle Valley.
"Enclosed you will find a brief sketch of the founding of Crown Hill Cemetery. I wanted you to know how we lived without a place for our dead, what we did without telephones, how we built our own coffins and how, at least one man could live among us and never really be known, and how a child grew to womanhood in those surroundings. There...
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A deed of trust from Jake Borah to his brother, Alfred, dated December 20, 1917.
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Program of the comedy-drama, Diamonds and Hearts. Due to the other Eagle High School programs in this collections, this is likely a school performance but it is not indicated on the document. Date also unknown but, if a high school production, it is presumed to be 1921-1926 based on the list of student actors.
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A hand-written graduation commencement speech given by Dolly Duncan in 1906. Dolly graduated from Garfield County High School, located in Glenwood Springs, in 1906.
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Dolly Webb's certificate of attendance award given on May 18, 1934.
"Dolly Webb is awarded this Testimonial of Honor for Prompt and Regular Attendance at the Public Schools of Eagle, Colorado, and for being Neither Absent Nor Tardy for the School Year ending May 18, 1934. Witness our hands and seal, this 18th day of May 1934." Signed by Dolly's teacher, Erma Twiggs.
