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John Holden and father, James, standing on the porch of their house in Avon. The house is log and frame.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
22) Avon Depot
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Avon Depot in the snow.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
23) Nottingham Barn
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Old barn just west of the Emmett Nottingham place. The barn was probably built by Clyde Nottingham around 1908. Beaver Creek is to the left. The old Avon School is just right of center. The first Avon bridge is visible in the foreground in front of the school (west of current bridges about 100 yards and lower to the water). The Joe Smith house is to the right.
This bridge was probably built in the early 1900s. It was replaced by the second...
24) Thomas Family
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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.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
25) Avon School
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A group of visiting mothers, preschoolers, and a few students, standing on the porch of the Avon School. Carol Nottingham (future Whitney) is standing at the far left. Marie Nottingham is standing just behind the tallest boy. Hilma Gustafson (?) stands at far right. Playground equipment is visible in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
26) Avon School
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The Avon School after the addition. The front was extended and the belfry was added. The addition to the back has not yet been done which dates the photo as 1920-21. A group of students is seated at the side of the building.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
27) 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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"Lettuce fertilizer plots, experimental farm, Avon. Elevation, 8,000 feet."
In: High Altitude Vegetable Growing: Lettuce--Cauliflower--Peas, by R. A. McGinty. Fort Collins, Colorado Experiment Station, Horticultural Division, Bulletin No. 309, May, 1926. p.10.
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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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"Uncle Doc", Mamie and Ed Rodgers sitting on sleds in the snow next to a building. [The day Mamie cried; see interview of 7/75, p. 11-12, in Beaver Creek Historical Study.] Grace White today [1983] is the daughter of E. V. and Mamie Rodgers.
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Alan Nottingham and his older sister, Winifred Nottingham Mason, standing at the entrance to the College Farm house. Across from Arrowhead in what is now Eagle-Vail, the College Farm was an agriculture experiment station for Colorado A & M College.
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32) Peggy Mulnix
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Peggy Mulnix, daughter of Anna Mulnix, in an Oats bucket in front of the Holden barn. The fence in the background appears to be leaning considerably.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
33) Lola Nottingham
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Lola Nottingham, oldest daughter of Clyde Nottingham, seated on horse, Tony. They are standing next to the residence of Emmett Nottingham, Avon, Colorado. Lola is holding a uppu.
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Everett Howard's mother-in-law and his sister, Virgie, standing in front of a building. A crate of some sort is visible. The women are dressed for fieldwork, wearing overalls, hats, boots and gloves.
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Avon Amusement Center on left side of Hwy 6. Building was destroyed in c1948 when Hwy 6 was widened. Avon General Store on right (view is looking south to Beaver Creek) Store destroyed c1980. Photo is taken just south of the old Avon bridge in about the same location as photo 1986.001.161.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Roland, Lola, and Neil Nottingham. Building and windmill in background.
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Barn and coal shed at the Avon School, looking northeast to Buck Creek. Barn fencing and some logs in right foreground.
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"Growers inspecting experimental plots of lettuce and peas at College Farm, Avon."
In: High Altitude Vegetable Growing: Lettuce--Cauliflower--Peas, by R. A. McGinty. Fort Collins, Colorado Experiment Station, Horticultural Division, Bulletin No. 309, May, 1926. p.28.
39) New Avon School
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New Avon School under construction (concrete block), 200 yards east of Hwy 6 & Beaver Creek intersection. Built to replace the original Avon School, removed in about 1948. Used for several years. Rented as a residence to Harry Nottingham. Sold by the school district around 1990 and destroyed.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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John Rodgers seated on horse in front of a house. Fence, gate and garden visible beyond horse.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
