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c.1930: Dad Wellington (in hat) standing at barbed wire fence. Mule hitched to wagon; reins hitched to fence post. Postmaster D. C. Thomas, Edwards, CO, sitting in wagon.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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c.1932: W. H. "Dad" Wellington shown in mail wagon, with his donkey, "Jack" standing next to the railroad crossing sign at Edwards. Lettuce shed is on the far left, with stacks of crates. Wellington hauled mail from the railroad to the Edwards Post Office twice a day for over 42 yrs.
"He has driven this route, carrying the mail for forty-four years, since May 13, 1895, without missing a single trip. He makes three each day. He calls his mule...
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"More sewer line. Taken from my back yard. Church far upper right."
5) Edwards
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Photo postcard from "Louise" to Mrs. S. S. Wooldridge, 226 1st St., Salida, Colo.", mailed from Edwards, Colo., in 1913. There are four men and a boy standing in a fenced area. Luggage is piled at the right, an automobile is behind the fence. Possibly the depot area at Edwards.
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Students standing next to Edwards School circa 1908-1910. The girl on the left, second row from the top, is believed to be Esther L. Klatt.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Development of Edwards continues near the Klatt home. "The outhouse just had to get in the picture."
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"Rest Area - June - 1973. The draw that led to the pine tree by the river now harbors picnic tables."
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"Dad used to raise potatoes here. Now it is for the traveling public to enjoy." The Edwards rest area in June of 1973.
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"Rest area on the old farm. They took the best ground. Spring of '71. Area not yet opened."
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The Eagle River at Edwards [Wilmore stop]. Lettuce shed next to the railroad with the old water tank in the background. Benny Klatt's home and small store on Highway 6. Benny Klatt was killed by his brother-in-law, William Wellington, over the ownership of the cabin in which Wellington lived.
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"Access road to Interchange I-70. Both through the old farm at Edwards."
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"Cement pillars and abutments for over pass across R.R. Just east of the old home."
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"The old home in Edwards - Summer of 1972. I loved every flower that bloomed."
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"Heavy equipment working in field. Black Beauty and Buttons in what is left of a fertile field," on the left.
