Castle Peak, Colorado
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The front of the cabin at Four Mile with children in the snow.
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Darrell, Boyd and Monica Barnes, with the family dog, standing in the yard of the larger cabin at Four Mile.
3) Broadway
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Looking north up Broadway, Castle Peak on the horizon, behind Eby Creek. Liebers Cafe on the right hand side of the street. Two women and a child are riding in the back of a pickup truck.
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A group of girls, including Jean Allen, relax at Mayer's summer cabin in 1936.
7) Castle Peak
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A view of Castle Peak taken by Bill Heicher on March 8, 2015. John Jodire of Gypsum noted the sloughing of the easternmost [far right] turret of Castle Peak. Bill Heicher took the confirming photograph.
8) Castle Peak
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A view of Castle Peak, north of Eagle, Colorado, with constructed station in place.
9) Castle Peak
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A view of Castle Peak covered in snow. Castle Peak is located near Eagle.
11) Castle Peak
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A view of Castle Peak covered in snow. Castle Peak is located near Eagle.
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The Castle Peak fire lookout cabin, Holy Cross National Forest, District C, with two rangers looking over the guard rail. [Photo numbered 35033A]
In September 1913, forest rangers completed a trail from the ranger station on Eby Creek to the top of Castle Peak. “Besides the grand view of the surrounding mountains to be obtained from the top, there is a telephone on top, placed there by the rangers so that you can talk to your friends in Eagle,...
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Castle Peak fire look-out cabin built in 1916; not used since 1938. Repairs done in 1962 or 1963. This area was prone to frequent electrical charges during storms and was therefore not continued as a fire lookout by the Forest Service.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Castle Peak and the lookout station. The lookout station was used in finding fires throughout the surrounding areas, since it was located at approximately 11,275 feet.
Inscription on back: " The Lookout Station on Castle Pk. that I put up last year. How would you like to be up there now (5 ft. of snow). JP"
15) Conger Mesa
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View looking southwest from the Black Mountain Ranch in the direction of Castle Peak.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Darrell Barnes and Guy Barnes in the lettuce patch at the Castle homestead. The cabin is visible in the background.
"Grass and sage brush were cleared from a large area not far from the cabin and the cleared land was planted to make a lettuce field. Barnes was able to sell the lettuce crop by hauling it to town in a wagon pulled by horses. The lettuce was loaded into a railroad car and shipped to market. It was packed in ice to keep it fresh and...
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Darrell, Boyd and Phyllis Barnes at their Eby Creek cabin in 1926.
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Darrell, Guy and Boyd Barnes, standing at the doorway of the large cabin at Four Mile (four miles up Eby Creek, toward Castle).
The smaller cabin ..."was built from aspen wood logs and was really small. The roof on this cabin was made of dirt and the family garden was grown on the roof of the little cabin. Phyllis Barnes [Johnson] was born in this cabin one year pretty close to Christmas. ... Guy Barnes cleared more land and built a much larger...
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Eagle Valley Middle School circa 1983. Castle Peak is in the background.
20) Ebert Ranch
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Looking toward Castle from Black Mountain Ranch on Conger Mesa, facing southwest. Ebert Ranch is visible at midground. Alternate descriptions of this photograph date it to 1925.
