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Mildred Bailey wearing riding attire, seated on Dot the horse. They are standing on either the Kroelling or Avon Bridge over the Eagle River. Buildings in background. Used on p. 53 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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Bivans' ledger, Avon Store, spine and front cover.
"In the town of Avon, at the mouth of Beaver Creek, Stephen Bivans kept a store in a single-story log building. When Bivans left for Utah in 1908 Charles and Esther Adams, from Pennsylvania, arrived to take over the business." -- Beaver Creek by June Simonton, p. 44.
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Everkrisp Lettuce crate label, Stanley Fruit Company, Avon, Colorado. Lettuce was produced in Avon, Beaver Creek and the surrounding areas in the 1920s and early 30s. Used on p. 62 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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The Thomas Family standing in front of the upper homestead.
Mabel, Charlie and Cliff in foreground; parents Mary and John behind them. Used on p. 47 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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5) Avon School
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Five children lined up by the fence in front of the Avon School. Snow is on the ground. One boy holds a sled, another a pair of skis. Addition to the school is visible. Used on p. 54 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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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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South end of the second Avon Bridge with Buck Creek in the background. Three men are standing at the bridge entrance and one is sitting on the right side rails. Several of the men are holding lettuce crates. Used on p. 63 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by june Simonton.
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Formal portrait of Gulling and Olive Porter Offerson. If it is their wedding photo, it would have been taken in Leadville, April 1899. Used on p. 47 of Beaver Creek: the first one-hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
