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A postcard of a passenger train passing through the Royal Gorge at night. The Arkansas River runs through the Royal Gorge.
62) Notch Mountain
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Notch Mountain in the background, with Fall Creek flowing into the Eagle Canyon. Parts of Gilman can be seen in the immediate right foreground.
Verso: "Notch Mt. from Gilman. Fall Creek and Eagle Canyon in foreground"
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A postcard of the Palisades in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon). A passenger train is passing through the canyon. This postcard was sent to Alda Borah from Susie S. Bolt, and is dated July 30, 1917.
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Distant view of the Peterson Creek tramway, used to transport lumber from the Peterson Creek sawmill to the railroad at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. The picture was taken from the Champion Mine at Bell's Camp. The steep terrain is testimony to the difficulty in logging in this area.
65) Quarry history
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Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society, discussing Red Canyon quarry history with participants during the Open Space tour.
[April 20, 2014: first tour of the Horn Ranch property, sponsored by the Eagle County Open Space Department. The conservation easement on the property allows limited numbers of the public to tour the historic cliff property four times a year.]
66) Red Point
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Red cliff at Red Point in Red Canyon, Horn Ranch property. Leonard Horn frequently jumped his horse across the crevice between the cliff and the hillside.
[April 20, 2014: first tour of the Horn Ranch property, sponsored by the Eagle County Open Space Department. The conservation easement on the property allows limited numbers of the public to tour the historic cliff property four times a year.]
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Minnie Lundgren registers the group on their way to Hanging Lake. The car is loaded down with children and adults. The photo lists "Dead Horse Canyon", which is most likely referencing 'Dead Horse Trail' in Glenwood Canyon.
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Blasting overhanging rock during road construction in Glenwood Canyon (1936-1937). Snow on canyon sides.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting rock during the construction of highway through Glenwood Canyon. The Colorado River is at the right; there is snow on the hills in the background. Large rocks in foreground with debris from the blast rising in the air in center midground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting in Glenwood Canyon during road construction, 1936-37. Snow present on canyon sides.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Road Construction in Glenwood Canyon, 1936-1937. C. A. Switzer involved in the construction (Denver bridge builder who built the Dotsero and Eagle Bridges). Man in crane bucket with vehicles parked around the crane. Woman in midground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
72) 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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A couple in a buggy drawn by a horse team on their way through Glenwood Canyon. A large rock is balanced in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bill (W. R>) Robertson and Jim Neely at Hanging Lake Trailhead, Glenwood Canyon. The young men are standing by Rene Estes' automobile
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of Rock Creek Canyon showing the Moffatt railroad grade at upper right.
"This two and one half miles of railroad track with tunnels No. 45, 46, 47, 48 and the big bridge across the creek was considered the costliest piece of grade on the railroad. A high bridge across the canyon in the foreground could have eliminated all this costly construction and maintenance and such a bridge was contemplated, but steel for the structure was unobtainable...
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A postcard showing the second tunnel in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon) on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
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A postcard showing the second tunnel in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon) on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
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A stereoscopic view of the Seven Falls and South Cheyenne Canon near Colorado Springs. This stereoscopic view was one of 500 that were awarded the "Silver Medal of Colorado Industrial Association of 1878 and 1879. It was published by Charles Weitfle of Central City, Colorado.
79) Shoshone Dam
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A group standing at the Shoshone Dam and Tunnel Project camp in Glenwood Canyon. The camp was located about 200 yards above the Shoshone Dam near Hanging Lake. There are men, women and dogs in the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Shoshone Power Plant in Glenwood Canyon taken in 1940. The sign on the building reads, "Public Service Company of Colorado Shoshone Plant." There are two trucks parked in front of the plant.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
