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81) Lovers' Leap
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A man and woman perched on top of Lovers' Leap, Battle Mountain, near Red Cliff. Highway 6 is in the bottom right corner.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Loyd Gerard stands on a snowy road. There are mountains in the background and the edge of a building can be seen in the far right of the photograph.
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Keith Gerard walks along the road in Eagle County. There are several buildings in the background and part of a fenceline to the right.
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Main Street looks a bit different these days. From left to right, Joan, Olive, Barbara, and Helen stand on Main Street of Fulford, Colorado in October 1964.
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Minturn's main street in May--June 1957. Minturn Mercantile store is on the right, Williams Motel on the left. The main street is packed and oiled dirt.
The photo is a good example of an ink caption bleeding through the photograph (examine upper left).
86) McCoy 1976
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"Compare this 1976 photo of McCoy to the one on page 95 [1983.001.020] which was taken in 1912 from approximately the same spot." -- McCoy Memoirs p.338
Photo taken February 27, 1976
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"In some respects similar to the preceeding picture [1992.004A.084], but taken about 1924. Trees obstruct a view of the Hotel and several buildings in back of it that haver never shown in any of the many photographs of McCoy. The little building in the foreground has served as living quarters for a number of people in past years, but is presently the McCoy Post Office. The small white building on the left was built by the Brooks Brothers in 1914....
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A view of the McCoy area, looking north east, taken from the south side of the Colorado River. Old stage road is in the foreground. Photo taken August 23, 1975.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
89) McCoy lane
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....
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Melissa Larsen walking down the road. She is carrying a bag or possibly a hat. There are trees and a fenceline in the background.
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A view of mountains near Woods Lake. A road is visible in the midground.
"Woods Lake played a significant role in the development of tourism and recreation in the Rocky Mountains. ... The Colorado Midland Railroad (which ran from 1886-1918) was instrumental in bringing tourists into the mountains, especially for fishing expeditions. ... Woods Lake is listed on the National Register of Historic Places not only because of its importance in the early...
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Moving sheared sheep east through Eagle down the hill by Ping's Conoco Station, following the Eagle River on the right.
93) North McCoy
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Looking north from McCoy Lane, with Rock Creek flowing through the tree line in the background. There are several log buildings, including a barn at midground. In front of the barn is a root cellar in the embankment.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Original Avon School before addition, taken prior to 1915. The horse barn has not been built. Fence surrounding school yard visible. Shows the Eagle River on right with "water spruce" hanging over the river and Johnson Lane (named for homesteader Joe Johnson) that was the road into Bachelor Gulch. The road eventually became Highway 6, located about 300 yards west of the current Avon Road. View is to the west. This picture was hanging on the...
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Railroad overpass on Colorado Highway 24 leading to Red Cliff. This was the route to Red Cliff prior to the construction of the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge Construction photo 1]
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Perlita Knight [Gauthier] standing at the new Red Cliff bridge on Battle Mountain highway.
The dedication was held at noon on Sunday, August 3, 1941. Governor Ralph L. Carr and other officials attended. The bridge and six miles of new highway built over Battle Mountain cost a total of $636,405. The bridge is 470 ft. long, 209 ft. high; the roadbed is 30 ft. wide and has two 18-inch curbs. It is listed on the Historic Bridge Inventory, Colorado Historical...
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Front: "Eagle Bird Canon Prospecting for US 40;" verso: "Highway scene near Gilman, mid- winter"
99) Red Cliff Bridge
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Roadbed construction on the Red Cliff Bridge, silver in color. Lover's Leap is on the right.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 12]
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Pedestrians gathered on the Red Cliff Bridge, Battle Mountain in the background, for the dedication and grand opening. The dedication was held at noon on Sunday, August 3, 1941. Governor Ralph L. Carr and other officials attended. The bridge and six miles of new highway built over Battle Mountain cost a total of $636,405. The bridge is 470 ft. long, 209 ft. high; the roadbed is 30 ft. wide and has two 18-inch curbs. It is listed on the Historic Bridge...
