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21) Ice Train Wreck
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The steam-powered "Big Hook" from Grand Junction lifts the derailed engine of the Ice Train into an upright position. Railroad employees and volunteers from the mine watch. The Ice Train derailed on December 31, 1927.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
22) Ice Train Wreck
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Ice train wreck in Red Cliff. Ice was being transported from Pando to the ice houses in Minturn, Colorado, to be used in refrigerator cars. The brakes on the train froze and the train wrecked in the Red Cliff city limits. Several men are examining the wreckage.
The accident occurred December 31, 1927.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
23) Ice Train Wreck
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The "Big Hook" steam-powered wrecker, based in Grand Junction, moving the Ice Train engine into an upright position. Damaged box car in foreground.
"Volunteer labor was called for and many miners from this place went to work with the men rushed to the scene by the railroad company to clear the line."
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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Four men involved with the clean-up of the Ice Train wreck in Red Cliff are standing on the tracks in the snow next to a box car.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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Ivan "Ike" Lon Dump, in uniform, holding his son, Ivan "Ernie" Ernest Dump. They are outside, standing in the snow.
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Ivan Lon "Ike" Dump with wife, Joy Marfitano Dump (Boltjes) standing next to the wood shed off the kitchen of their house, shortly before Ike left for WW II. Children, Ernie Dump Dumph and Betty Mae Dump (Elsberry) are standing in front of them.
The house belonged to the John and Alton Paddock family. The Paddock's permitted Joy and her children to house-sit rent free while Ike was overseas.
In the background are two tiers of cribbing that shored...
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Joel James Fitzgerald III, standing on a framer's pole at Warren's mill, near Cole Creek, up Shrine Pass, Forest Service Rd. no. 709. The kiln in the background was used to make charcoal for the smelters in Leadville.
Joel was the son of Loryne Fitzgerald, a teacher at Red Cliff Union High School. They lived next door to the Beck family in Red Cliff.
28) Johanna Fear
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Johanna Fear, wearing a head scarf and coat, stands in the snow. Johanna was the mother of Angela Fear Beck. Esther Gleiforst's home is in the background.
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The righted locomotive, on the rails, following the Ice Train wreck. Cables are attached to the front of the locomotive for towing. Onlookers are at the side of the locomotive and there is debris in the background.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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Shared marker for: "Hayes, Lula M., 1916- and Jack G., 1914-1983," Greenwood Cemetery. A mountain scene is engraved on the marker with pines, a riderless horse, an eagle, clouds and snow.
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A view of Main Street with J. B. Dowd ["Day Goods, Gents Furnishings, Boots and Shoes"] on the left. Nine people are standing on the shoveled board walk in front of the store. Man on a horse is in the street, standing on several feet of unplowed snow. Red Rock Store and Home Restaurant are visible across the street.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Remains of the mill and adjacent structures at Holy Cross City, which is ten miles south of Minturn or eleven miles north of Tennessee Pass. By the time this photo was taken, Fleming Lumber Co. had removed the main steam engine and one of the boilers from the mill to use in a saw mill. [Courtesy of Ted Beck]
33) Montoya house
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The Tobias and Marie Montoya house on Water St., Red Cliff, Colorado, in February 2008...a good snow year. Mr. Montoya worked for New Jersey Zinc Co. as a miner. Their son, Ramon, is the current mayor of Red Cliff [2010].
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Patricia and Christine Beck, seated in a sled, December 1951. An adult is standing next to an automobile, watching the girls.
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Scruffy, Mike and Smoky (the dog) on the steps at the Beck house. Fleming Lumber's framing house is behind them. In the left background is Tib Montoya's house.
At upper right is a good example of fingerprinting on photographs.
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Looking down on Red Cliff and the railroad bridge with snow on the ground.
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The two story building at left is the former U.S. Post Office on Water St. in Red Cliff. The trailr was also used as the Post office for a while. The new Post Office was opened in 1990.
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Four rows of children constituting the 5th grade class lined up on the steps in front of the Red Cliff School. One of the double doors is open. Snow is on the ground.
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Mame Flynn, Helen Hart Belle Richardson, Mary Foley, Imelda Walsh, Joyce Hart.
Jim Collins, Carl Dismant, Merritt Dismant, Phil Collins, Leslie MacGovern, Vivian Maculary, Violet Maculay, Ethel Dismant, Durbin Burbank, Kit Flynn, -- Blanchard, Helen Keating.
Ruth McLeod,...
