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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"
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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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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.
7) Bishop Gulch
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Caption by O. W. Randall: "Bishop Gulch where the proposed auto road would go."
Stamped on back: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade Jun 5 1928"
In 1927, Dr. Randall led Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls up Notch Mountain to see the cross, a trip considered to be the first "pilgrimage." In 1928, another pilgrimage took place and in 1929, President Hoover established the Mount of the Holy Cross Monument.
"All these pilgrimages continued to demonstrate...
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Marker for "Beloved Husband, Dad, & Grampito, Blas O. Gallegos, May 18, 1931--Feb. 16, 1994," in Riverview Cemetery. A mountain scene is engraved on the marker, with river, elk and pinetrees.
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Marker for: "Bob 'Bear' Ferrer, beloved son, father & brother, July 26, 1951--May 23, 1998; Always in our hearts," in Fairview Cemetery. There is a scene engraved on the marker with mountains, trees, a river and fisherman. Ferrar's picture is at the upper right.
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The Brooks water wheel on the Colorado River, near McCoy. Yarmony Mountain is in the background.
Earl and Elsie Brooks sold the McCoy Hotel in 1919 to "Edith Stifel and purchased the former Charles Nelson place on the Colorado River. The place was badly rundown when Earl bought it and there were no improvements to speak of. So beginning from scratch they started the big undertaking of making it a modern ranch. Almost the first things which had to...
12) Catamount Bridge
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"The Catamount Bridge, looking east, showing the river, river road and railroad with Yarmony Mountain in the right background.
The bridge, built in 1909 stood up well until 1951 when a loaded soft drink truck found a weak place and broke through. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the bridge was out about ten days." -- McCoy Memoirs p.18
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
13) Charlie Forster
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Marker for: "Charlie Forster, Sept. 29, 1910--Oct. 27, 1976," in the McCoy Cemetery.
A meadow scene with horse and rider, steer, river, trees and mountain is engraved on the marker.
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"Looking east from a point two miles south of McCoy, showing the former George Brown Ranch in the foreground and the Kibbler place to the right of the river and the Bailey Mesa on the left. Yarmony Mountain is in the right background." -- McCoy Memoirs p.136
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking down the Eagle River and U.S. Highway 24 as it enters Red Cliff on the south. Just to the left of Hwy 24 is the beginning of the approach road to what will be the Red Cliff Arch Bridge.
16) Cottonwood Creek
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Looking up Cottonwood Creek on Sheephorn in 1915.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
18) Dead Horse Creek
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"Mount at Dead Horse Creek in Grand Canyon east of Glenwood Colo near Hanging Lake, 1914" - caption on verso, Alda Borah. Dead Horse Creek begins high in the mountains above Glenwood Canyon, feeding into the now-infamous Hanging Lake. The creek forks into an east/west at Hanging Lake before meeting the Colorado River at the bottom of the canyon.
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Marker for: Beloved husband & father, Dwayne A. Norvell, Nov. 24, 1951--July 23, 1984, in Riverview Cemetery. The marker is engraved with a mountain scene featuring clouds, a river, a man fishing, fish, dogs, pine trees and a cross.
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A view of the Eagle River Gorge, showing Belden at the bottom of the gorge and Gilman on the cliff above the gorge. The Belden tram is in the mid field of the photo.
[One of a series of ten photographs included in postal mailer: Frashers Quality Photos, Ten Scenic Views souvenir from Canon City to Leadville, Colo. Frashers, Inc., Pomona, Calif. Required 2 cents postage.]
