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The Eagle Lumber Co. loading shed for the Denver & Rio Grand railroad at Peterson Creek gulch in the Eagle River Canyon (about .5 mi. from Red Cliff and 2 mi. from Belden). The logs were sent down on the surface tram running down the gulch in this photo and then loaded on train cars. There is another set of main line tracks across the Eagle River (at the bottom of the photo). The small building at the right is the tram house. Above that, there...
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Eagle Mine (New Jersey Zinc Co.) showing the rail access at Belden, looking down. Depot structures and mine buildings visible at the bottom of the canyon. The town of Gilman would be at the top of the escarpment.
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"Eagle River Canon, Colo., D. & R. G. Ry." Tinted photo postcard shows mine cribbing and mine buildings above Belden with the rail tracks and Eagle River at the bottom.
Verso: No. C8708 Published by The Colorado News Company, Denver, Colo., Dresden-Leipzig-Berlin. Trademark [Corson #632] for American News Co., New York, NY, Litho-chrome process.
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Looking down at the Eagle River in Eagle Canyon, at a portion of the railroad tracks at Belden.
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Two engines meet head-on between Belden and Red Cliff in the Eagle River Canyon. Groups of men in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A photograph of the Eagle Valley Feed Mill in downtown Eagle. Edward A. Michael operated the mill between 1912 and 1920, when he sold to Andrew Christensen. Railroad tracks can be seen in the foreground, making this a good location for business and shipment. This photograph is sometime between 1917 and 1920 after the Michael family expanded their operations to stable and livery (the second building with a sign on top reads ""GARAGE LIVERY AND FEED...
68) 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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Ella Horn (on right) and a friend, standing on the cow catcher, or pilot, of a locomotive in Denver.
70) Engine 5771
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Rio Grande engine 5771 passing under the Pine St. bridge at Red Cliff. The bridge takes traffic from Monument St. to school house hill (Pine St.).
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Fletcher [J. Homan] and Kate Flynn at Wolcott, standing on risers near the tracks.
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The house to which the barn belongs is on Eagle St. in Red Cliff. It was the Forest Ranger station and then housing for the Erlandson, Penrod and Ottens families. To the right of the house is the old town hall and jail.
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"An upstream view of the Colorado River and railroad, showing the former Quinlan ranch (now Kirby's). Note how the river was relocated to avoid building bridges. The Quinlans lived on and cultivated some land in the foreground area at one time." -- McCoy Memoirs p.143
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Fred and Freda Martinez at the Eagle depot in 1917. Fred was the popular D.&R.G. station agent at Eagle for many years.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Mar. 7, 1919 p.1: "Word was received in Eagle last Friday to the effect that the Federal grand jury in session in Denver had freed Fred Martenez [sic.], former D. & R.G. agent at Eagle, of the charge of swindling the company. Martinez and a foreman in charge of a gang of Mexican workingmen employed at this...
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George Da Lee and Florence Quinlan at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
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Grace and Emmett Nottingham standing on sledge drawn by horse team in front of the old house in Avon. Dog and cats are around the sledge. View is to the northwest overlooking the future Avon town site. Railroad track visible in background. Harry Nottingham place at Buck Creek is in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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In back, from left, Bert Johnson and Kate Flynn. In front, Jim Homan and Florence Quinlan. Railroad cars and buildings are in the background.
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A view of Hanging Rock in the Eagle River Canyon. A single rail line is visible near the Eagle River.
