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Marker for B.A. "Butch" Wellington, 1902--1982, at the Edwards Cemetery.
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"Butch Wellington driving old farm team. Only picture of D&RG Section House at Edwards." -- Esther Klatt
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Marker for C.A. "Jack" Wellington, 1886--1951, in the Edwards Cemetery.
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C.1930: Dad Wellington and grandson, John Wellington, seated in buckboard. Buggy is being pulled by a mule. Both wear hats and Dad Wellington wears overalls.
[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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"The new Edwards Post Office occupied in June, 1980. Built on pastureland of the Wellington Ranch. It is on Highway 6 and is located one fourth mile east of the old log building."
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"The new Edwards Post Office occupied in June, 1980. Built on pastureland of the Wellington Ranch. It is on Highway 6 and is located one fourth mile east of the old log building."
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The Edwards Post Office under construction. "The new Edwards Post Office occupied in June, 1980. Built on pastureland of the Wellington Ranch. It is on Highway 6 and is located one fourth mile east of the old log building."
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The Edwards Post Office under construction. "The new Edwards Post Office occupied in June, 1980. Built on pastureland of the Wellington Ranch. It is on Highway 6 and is located one fourth mile east of the old log building."
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Development taking place at Edwards in the 1970s. "The Wellington home in distant center right."
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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.
12) Hay field dug up
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The hay field shown in picture 1990.003.033 after it had been dug up to make way for the construction of Interstate-70.
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Marker for Horace Mason Wellington,1894--1895, Edwards Cemetery.
14) Hunting party
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Circa 1880s, hunting group including members of the Wellington Family, possibly in Kansas. Grandmother Wellington is the first woman on the left, Grandfather Wellington is on the far right. Gentleman in the center of the photo is holding a flintlock rifle.
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From left, Nels Nelson, Jack Wellington and A. Y. Stubbings, standing next to a log building.
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"Poker game in storeroom back of old Edwards Post Office."
"My mother, Thelma Ding owned & operated the Edwards Store & Post Office from 1957 to 1966 on what, eventually, was the Kemp building on west side of Gashouse restaurant. From L to R in the photo are Wallace Hill (drove the little kids' school bus), Champ Scott (lived on Berry Rd.), Clifford Dunmire (drove the bus after Wallace retired), Cullie Jacobs (owned Edwards Store and built nearby...
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"Twin Spruce Town Homes - Behind the Old Wellington house. North Star Condos - on hill north of R.R. track."
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1910: Five people seated on step of the U.S. Post Office, Edwards, Colorado. Log building was situated on site now occupied by the Edwards I-70 off-ramp. Screen door and double-hung window visible. Two dogs in foreground.
From left to right: Lucia Wellington, Esther Moore, Lydia Nelson, Nelse Nelson, Esther Wellington (Klatt). Esther Moore is wearing a bonnet, Nelse Nelson wearing overalls and hat, Esther Wellington wearing straw hat.
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20) W. H. Wellington
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"The old mail carrier at Edwards, W. H. Wellington." -- Esther Klatt
"Dad" Wellington began carrying the mail between the post office in Edwards, Colorado, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad station in Edwards on May 13, 1895. He was scheduled for 14 trips per week at a distance of 2,264 feet per trip, using his buckboard pulled by "Faithful Jack." Wellington claimed it was the only mule mail route in the United States."