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21) Alice Vernon
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Walter Randall and George Figgins stand togther in similar dress, hats, work floves, and strained expression. There are a fence, a trough(?), buildings, and mountains in the background.
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Building the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge (Highway 24). Digging equipment at far right midfield in the photo.
[Red Cliff bridge construction photo 4]
24) Aspen, 1950s
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A postcard of Aspen, sent by Ivan and Rachel "Rae" Staton to Alda (Borah) Farnsworth. The postmark is dated September 11, 1958, from Glenwood Springs.
25) Assay office
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Photo postcard of Gilman with Belden at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. Ore cars are lined up on the tracks and the surface tram is clearly visible.
"Eagle River Canyon and Gilman from Battle Mt. Highway Sanborn W-1102"
26) Assay office
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The distinctive roofline of the Assay Office at Gilman (midfield) pinpoints the identification of this photo. Mining timbers are stacked at right. Other buildings are at left.
Stamp on verso: "Quality BB Print Guaranteed Not to Fade May 23, 1928"
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A group photo at the lookout station, top of Castle Peak in 1918. Each person is numbered as follows: 1- "Mayer"; 2- Earl Carey; 3- Miss Fleming; 4- Harry Dickerson; 5- Cecil Carey; 6- Harry Woods; 7- William Long; 8- Herman Stein; 9- Mr. Dickinson; 10- Marion Dickerson; 11- Dorothy Shryack; 12- Miss Fleming (appears twice); 13- Mayme Long; 14- Mrs. Dickinson; 15- Beulah Buchholz; 16- Leo Carey; 17- Marion Mayer.
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A postcard of an autumn scene near Abrams Mountain. The postcard was sent to Alda (Borah) Farnsworth from Augusta Martin. The postmark is dated August 31, 1987, from Brighton, Colorado.
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An unidentified man standing at the back door of the bachelors' quarters in Gilman. Behind him [follow the arrow] is the Gilman Hospital. Both Alan Knight and Patricia Knight Hoffman were born in that hospital.
Front: "Hospital where Trish and Alan were born, Gilman looking north"
Verso: "Back door of bachelor house in Gilman"
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Shared marker for: "Nimon, Barbara Ann, June 9, 1928--June 27, 2004; George 'Wayne,' Sept. 3, 1928-- ," in the McCoy Cemetery. Mountains, pines, a loon and an eagle are engraved on the marker. The inscription at bottom reads: "Don't mourn our deaths, but celebrate our lives."
31) Battle Mountain
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Panoramic photo postcard, "Battle Mountain Road, Lovers Leap, Homestake Creek, Redcliffe, Colo. Sold by O. W. Daggett."
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Continuing west on Highway 24 would take you to Minturn. Continuing east would take you to Gilman and Red Cliff. Photo taken by Tom Knight. Tom worked at Gilman as a watchman.
Verso: "Looking west down Eagle River. You can see I'm on top of the world. This shows the S curve on the O. to O. [Ocean to Ocean] Highway. We go to work tonight. Don't know what doing." [written by Tom Knight]
"Old highway on Battle Mountain" BJS
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Photo postcard showing the "New Battle Mountain Highway," U.S. Hwy 24. The view is looking south, going from GIlman to Red Cliff.
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"BATTLE MOUNTAIN is the most striking section of the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway between Tennessee Pass and Glenwood Springs. After the town drops down into the picturesque town of Red Cliff, hidden in the valley of the Eagle River, it cuts its way spectacularly along a great series of sheer, pointed, out-jutting white faced cliffs, gradually rising until it travels along the top of the great Eagle River Cañon far below."
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Road to Red Cliff with old bridge across the Eagle River before the Red Cliff Bridge was opened in 1941. Battle Mountain is on the left.
Photograph is labeled: "Roads end"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Looking northwest, going down Battle Mt. about 1.5 miles below Gilman." -- Lucille Riggle
The Eagle River is at center; U.S. Hwy 24 crosses the river in the foreground.
37) Beck boys
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From left, Quinn, Buster and Bud Beck, perched on rocks possibly at lower Homestake near the white wooden horse bridge at the trailhead to Peterson gulch and Fall Creek.
38) Belden
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Looking toward Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. Tram to Gilman visible at midground.
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Shared marker for: "Beth, 1914- and Haymond, 1905--1961, Squires," Greenwood Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines and a riderless horse is engraved on the marker.
40) Betty Jo Knight
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Betty Jo Knight (Schmidt) seated on a rock with a backpack in front of her. Given her boots and pants, she may have had a horse in the vicinity.
Caption: "Betty Jo on some jaunt into the hills at Gilman."
