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"About 1922 Lawrence Davis built this house at Volcano railroad siding, at a time when there were a number of railroad men and a few homesteaders living in that area. Davis became Postmaster of the Hydrate Post Office that had been established in 1920 and held that position until the post office was discontinued in 1938 for lack of patrons. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Davis, their daughter, Nellie Seaman, and her son, Vernon, made it their home to some...
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"After a 1933 fire destroyed several downtown buildings, the next business to build in that space was the Independent Lumber Company. The lumber company moved to Chambers Avenue (Across the Eagle River) in the early 1980s. The Eagle Town Hall is now located on the corner where this building once stood." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.110
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The foundation for the Information Center at Chambers Park about ready for the restored farm house.
64) Iron Mask Mill
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c.1890: Iron Mask Mill, Belden, Colorado. This old mill is torn down and a new one built in solid granite. Ore transport system, railcar ("Wabash" on side) and tracks visible. Snow on ground. This photograph is a postcard with a 1 cent stamp postmarked for 1911.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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.
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Jack Beck standing on logs at Benson's sawmill, Shrine Pass. Benson's barn in is the background. Bensons had a saw mill at Pando but after they moved their logging operation up Shrine Pass, they hauled their logs to Smith's Lumber Co. in Leadville.
Logging in that area was done at Shrine Pass, Tates Gulch, WIllow Creek, Lime Creek and Wearyman. Names of people involved in logging: Alfred Benson; Gus Benson (no relation); John Magunson (a blacksmith...
67) Joe H. Fear
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Joe H. Fear standing in front of Fear's Standard Service Station in Red Cliff, Colorado.
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John Forest in his shoe shop on Wall Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets, Eagle, Colorado. He is seated at a sewing machine and wears a visor.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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John Kavanaugh and Blanche Wyatt [Kavanaugh] (sitting on fender) with two girls; all are posed in front of a vehicle. In the background is an IGA store in Minturn, Colorado. A Coca Cola sign is visible on the building. A gasoline pump is in the left background.
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Josh Rabedew, back center, standing in the streets of Gilman surrounded by piles of snow. Tunnels to the post office are to the left of Josh. Photo taken c1899. L. K. Fleck's store in back of post office.
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"Photographer Leonard Ping (middle) prepares to snap photographs of deer browing in town. Leonard, who took many of the photographs that appear in this book, is standing on the porch of the Ping Hotel on Capitol Street." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.124
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Lettuce shed at Allentown, Colorado, near Edwards Colorado, 1939. Fort Tidwell Company is on the sign on top of the building.
[Title supplied from a catalog supplied by the Eagle County Historical Society]
73) Lewis Building
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Lewis Building at 246 Broadway in Eagle. Built in 1912 by the Dice brothers, the First National Bank of Eagle occupied the single story part of the building. The first floor of the two-story section was the Hugus Mercantile Store until the Lewis family took it over as a very successful general store. After that business closed in 1975, the bank took over the first floor.
On the second floor was the Masonic Hall and movie theatre.
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Front view of Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquors, with gas pumps removed. Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquor Store & Self Service Gas station opened in 1974. The gas station was closed in 2007 and the liquor store closed in 2008. Tony Lucero [81 years old in 2009], proprietor, also worked at the Climax Mine, Leadville, for twenty years.
Article on the opening of the liquor store: Eagle Valley Enterprise, Oct. 26, 1974 p.5.
Calendar from this service station is accessioned...
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"Where Frank Figgins works in Portland, Oregon". (caption from photo)
No other information provided. It appears to be a lumber yard; there are stacks of lumber and logs and accompanying machinery. Workers can be seen in the building to the left.
77) 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.
78) Lundgren Store
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The Gypsum Valley Grocery on Railroad Avenue was the original Lundgren Store. Adolph Lundgren immigrated from Sweden in 1907 and started the store in 1912. After Adloph died in 1916, wife Anna and daughter Minnie Lundgren continued the store. In 1920, George Beale became a partner and the name changed to "Beale and Lundgren." In 1930, Beale left and it was operated by Minnie and her brother Elmer.
79) 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.
