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41) Raymond Tippett
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Raymond Tippett wearing flight jacket, scarf, headset and cap. World War II era photograph. Raymond was the son of R.E. and Blanche Tippett of Red Cliff, Colorado.
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The General Store at Camp Hale during Spring 1943.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Barracks at Camp Hale in winter. Multiple power lines in the shot.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking down on Camp Hale from hill above. Barracks laid out in rows. No snow.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
45) Lucky GJ Ranch
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Calling card from Lucky GJ Ranch, at the confluence of Sweetwater Creek and the Colorado River. Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists....
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View of barracks at Camp Hale showing reserved parking spaces.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
47) Darrell Barnes
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Darrell Barnes in Navy uniform. He was employed by New Jersey Zinc at Gilman after college graduation and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943. He served as a radioman for 32 months and then returned to New Jersey Zinc. He became chief accountant at the Gilman office and assisted New Jersey Zinc offices in Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
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Mule train at Camp Hale in the winter. Mule teams pulling wagons (five visible) with mounted riders at end.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Right side of ambulance with red cross visible [blurred image]. Barracks in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Two soldiers in front of barracks at Camp Hale. One is standing on a boardwalk; another is standing between two parked vehicles. Additional barracks and vehicles in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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MacDonald Knight and his sister, Perlita Knight (Gauthier), standing in front of Mom's Cafe in Minturn, suitcases in hand. Don was returning to the Army and Perlita was enlisting in the Waves.
Verso: "Don recalled to Army duty, Perlita enlisting in Waves, at Mom's Café in Minturn 1943"
52) Trail ride
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A trail ride, possibly led by Edith Eidem, at Lucky G.J. Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat...
53) Carl Thomas
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Studio photo of Cpl. Carl Thomas in U.S. Army uniform.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Large billboard on fence line of Camp Hale. Cartoon shows "Camp Hale" arm hitting Adolph Hitler with Hirohito watching. Barracks visible in left background; snow on ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mules corralled next to the mule barn at Camp Hale.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
56) Hugh Riley, Jr.
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Hugh Riley, Jr., in Navy seaman's uniform.
"Hugh Riley was the Public Service representative in Red Cliff and lived upstairs in the Public Service Bldg. on Eagle St. His wife, Margaret, was bookkeeper. They eventually moved to Canon City and died there.
They had two sons, Hugh Riley, Jr., and Timothy, both attending high school in Red Cliff. Hugh Riley, Jr., worked in Gilman (1970?-1980?) and lived in Leadville. His wife was named Bonnie. ...
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Verso: "Mom at Gilman with Harold Stoner home on furlough." Sophie Knight and Harold Stoner are posed next to an automobile.
"Harold was a good friend of my brother Don. So there was work at the mine and Harold boarded with us. So I guess he was really 'home' on leave!" -- letter Nov. 25, 2013, Betty Jo Schmidt to Jaci Spuhler
58) Ivan "Ike" Dumph
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Ivan "Ike" Dump in his Army uniform during World War II, including a regulation special issue sweater,
59) Charley Dump
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Portrait photograph of Charley Roy Dump. "Charley left home to join the Army at age 17. He later joined the Air Force and proudly served his country for 31 years. He retired in 1975 as the youngest Air Force Warrant Officer ever appointed. ... In his youth he was an avid skier, and was selected to compete, as an alternate for Downhill and Slalom for the 1948 Olympics Team in St. Moritz, Switzerland." -- obituary 2003
60) Camp Hale
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Sanborn photographic postcard of "Camp Hale--Tennesse [sic.] Pass Between Leadville and Red Cliff, Colo. W2144"
The view gives a good idea of the extent of Camp Hale in the Pando Valley.
