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8481) Town of Eagle
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The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
8482) Town of Eagle
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Town of Eagle, camera facing north.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8483) Town of Eagle
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A view of Eagle from the south. The Chambers Barn, now the Eagle County Historical Society Museum, can be seen in midground at the left. Bridge over Eagle River in midground, near top of photograph. Houses, sheds, and barns line the street. This photograph would have been almost exactly where the current Interstate 70 interchange is located today.
8484) Town of Eagle
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A view of Eagle, Colorado looking north; the river is at the bottom with the train tracks at midground.
The Eagle Valley Feed Mill, operated by Edward A. (E.A.) Michael, is the bright building facing the camera at midground, right. Above the train car sitting on the left, there is a dark building that reads "The Montgomery", or the Hotel Montgomery called the "Up to Date Hotel" of Eagle at the time; behind that is a large building with "Clothing,...
8485) Town of Eagle 1895
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1895: Town of Eagle, then named McDonald. In the foreground, eight donkeys being watched by a dog (at left). The Fourth of July canvas roofed celebration hall built by A. A. McDonald is at the extreme left (the present Masonic Hall site).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8486) Town of Eagle 1902
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Town of Eagle 1902, looking to northeast. Two men standing in right midground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8487) Town of Eagle, Colorado
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View of the town of Eagle, looking south from Eby Creek. Highway 24 and the rail line visible. Brush Creek area visible in background. Written caption on photo: "Wilson '39."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8488) Town of Elkhorn
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The town of Elkhorn, Colorado, south of Eagle, Colorado.
In 1912, George Guenon found some rock samples around Horse Mountain that promised silver and showed them to Ocar Kempf. Kempf staked the area behind Guenon's back and a rush to prospect was started. "Rows of cabins, houses, a saloon, and a boarding and rooming house were built on land belonging to Charles Zartman. A mine, named for Mrs. Kempf --the "Lady Bell"--became the main scene of...
8489) Town of Fulford
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A view up-valley of Fulford, Colorado looking east to the Hotel and the store. (Note that this photograph is reversed.)
Fulford, Colorado sits approximately 18 miles southeast of Eagle and was once the site of an early 20th century mining boom. The town once supported a post office, school, its own newspaper, and a community of ranchers and miners. This photograph was captured by John Gabelman, who completed a geology project of the Fulford Mining...
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View of Gilman, Colorado, from the highway in winter. Company housing is visible in the center of the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8491) Town of Gypsum
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A view of the town of Gypsum, looking south.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8492) Town of McCoy
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1900s: Town of McCoy with rodeo grounds on the left and hospital in right foreground. The hospital was later used as a community building.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8493) Town of Minturn
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Photo postcard [Sanborn W-1013] of Minturn, Colorado, looking south. The Eagle River is at midfield.
8494) Town of Minturn 1896
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Town of Minturn in 1896. The view is to the north west....Lion Head Rock is in the far upper right of the photo. [hand colored black and white photo]
caption on verso: "Minturn 1896. Grandpa Fleck. M.R."
One of Mack Fleck's daughters was Minnie Richardson; possibly her photo.
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"Development on the original Norgaard place. Later Hollis Allen's."
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The last section of "A Glossary of Vail Valley Names" pays homage to the other towns and communities scattered throughout the Vail & Eagle River Valleys. Many towns precede Vail's history by as much as a century and provide context to the people, communities, economy, and growth of the area as well as the movement of people and industries.
What's in a name? The Simontons link the rich heritage of Eagle County pioneers to the names of our towns...
8497) Track repair
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Railroad employees checking track. Names listed: D. Sweeney, Tom Linhan, C. Howard, and McKnight. Inscription reads: "Hard workers." Kent station buildings at left background.
8498) Tracy K. McLain
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Marker for: "Loving Mother, Tracy K. McLain, June 24, 1960--Dec. 16, 2005; Daughter, Sister & Friend," in Fairview Cemetery. There is a horse head engraved in the center of the marker.
8499) Tracy Sisters
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Left to right, top: Clarine, Leah, and Lola. Bottom: Frances, Blanche and Hazel.
"Frank and Blanche Tracy and six daughters.
Leah Tracy was born on Jan. 25, 1897, in Guthrie Center, Iowa. She was married Sept. 7, 1919, to Raymond Clarence Staley in Gypsum.
Clarine Tracy was born Feb. 12, 1900, in Marble, Colorado. She died Dec. 17, 1915, in Salida, Colorado, and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Gypsum.
Lola Tracy was born on Oct. Oct. 31, 1901,...
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[Information taken from "The Margaret A. Downing Branch of the Lauffer Family," prepared by Blanche Tracy Kyes in June 1989, and provided by John Flynn.]
Ma: Margaret A. Lauffer, married on Sept. 20, 1872, to James Madison Downing in Guthrie County, Iowa.
Pa: James "Jim" Madison Downing, born in Cedar County, Iowa, and died March 21, 1937, in Marble, Colorado. "Jim Downing, considered to be one of the 'most fearless' bear hunters in the Rockies."...
