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A photograph of Red Cliff Union High School, sometime during the 1940s.
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A photograph of Red Cliff Union High School on Monument Street in Red Cliff, Colorado. The school now houses town offices and the Red Cliff museum. The photograph appears to have been taken during the later 1970s.
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The Red Cliff school house used prior to 1937. It later became the lodge for the Kinnikinick Circle No. 453 for the Women of Woodcraft [403 Pine St.], which was chartered on March 1, 1902.
144) Red Cliff school bus
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"I rode this bus 4 years to Red Cliff Union High School" - June Frey Britz. Being Red Cliff, there is plenty of snow on the ground.
145) Red Cliff students
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June Frey, John Wellington, Emerson Medina, Andy Avila, Rosabell Martinez take a photograph outside the doors of Red Cliff Union High School. Santa Claus Rock can be seen just above their heads in the background and there is snow on the ground.
146) Report Card
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A report card from Leadville Public Schools for Hugh Luby in his 5th grade year. The report is signed by his teacher, Miss Emma Greer, and grades for many subjects: reading, spelling, grammar, georgraphy, writing, drawing, German, music, and arithmetic (not his strong suit). The back of the card requires a parent signature and an explanation of grade percentages.
The Luby family came to Colorado around 1879, first landing in Golden and then settling...
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Rob and Tillie Phillips, dressed up and standing outside. Tillie Phillips taught at Derby Mesa School until it closed.
148) Ruedi School
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Ruedi School, picture of Mrs. Meredith's class in Basalt School District 19.
149) Schlutter Children
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Ralph, Ruth, and Helen Schlutter at the Cottonwood School during the 1924-25 school year.
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Children and teachers from School District #6 at Gilman in October 1891.
151) School at Pando
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Six children and a dog standing in the snow in front of the school at Pando on May 10, 1933.
Inscription on back: "Presented to Ronald Dunifs (?) by Mrs. Stratton Smith." In 1890, Pando was School District No. 12. By 1893, it was included in School District No. 2 with Mitchell. In 1897, it joined School District No. 1, Red Cliff and by the early 1900s, was not mentioned as a separate entity. Pando, a sheep and agricultural valley, became Camp Hale....
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School house situated at the mouth of Sunnyside Creek, Burns, Colorado, during the early 1900s. T. Harry Benton rode his horse to this school as did the children of George Benton. Evelyn Evans was the teacher. She married a local cowboy. Evidence of the schools is totally gone.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
153) School picnic
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"Quite often the folks of the Antelope community would have a picnic and other forms of entertainment on the last day of school as in 1922. In this group we find from left to right in the back: Edwin Harris, Jack Booco, Dora Ault, Myrtle Panting, Emma Maxwell, Ethel Ault, Jessie Ferguson, Nina Harris and baby Neal. In front: Mable and Ruth Panting, Hugh and Lucille Harris." -- McCoy Memoirs p.48
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
154) Schoolhouse Postcard
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A photo postcard addressed to "Mittie Borah" from Fleda Biglow postmarked November 6, 1909. Fleda writes: "Dear Friend, I am sorry for not writing sooner but I haven't my hand & couldn't hold a pencil and received your cards well. Mittie I will close, Fleda Biglow". The photograph is a schoolhouse with a group of children and a teacher in front. A dog is also in the front yard. Fleda is identified by the "x" above her head. Many thumbprints are on...
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"The first school on the Conger Mesa was held in a small cabin on the Schrupp ranch in 1911. The second one was held in this log house built by John Conger in 1892 and abandoned by him a few years later. The building was none too warm and the school furnishings crude but after seven years without a school, no one complained. The building served as a school until a frame building was built in a more central location in 1916.
In the fall of 1912...
156) Sheephorn school
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"A pioneer school house on Sheephorn Creek. Located near the former Anghern ranch, it appeared to have been abandoned several years before this picture was taken in 1915." -- McCoy Memoirs p.316
[photo has date as 1914]
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
157) Spencer Family
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Elizabeth Spencer and her husband, with Buddy Spencer at leaft and Martha Fox Spencer at right. Mrs. Spencer taught the upper grades at Burns School District #9 in 1954-55. Her husband drove the school bus. They adopted the Fox girls.
158) Spring Valley School
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Students and teacher, Miss Patterson, in front of Spring Valley School, Gypsum. The log school building has six tall, paned windows providing light to the classroom.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
159) Squaw Creek School
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post-1920: Squaw Creek School, showing entry, bell tower, and side of building.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
