"The McCoy Hotel as it appeared when Charles H. 'Daddy' McCoy was operating it in 1904. The photo was taken looking south west. The east end of the building was the kitchen and dining room, the lobby, Post Office and the McCoys living quarters in the center while the west end was mostly guest rooms and a large hall for community gatherings, dances, etc. In later years the ground floor was converted into a store. The man feeding the cub bear is...

Five men standing on the fence in front of the McCoy Hotel. From left to right: Leander Hoyt, George Nimon, Clarence Gutzler, Everett Hoyt, Charlie Horn. Charlie Horn is leaning on the hotel sign. There is a stack of antlers under the hotel sign. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

"A view of the Hotel from the west bank of Rock Creek and looking south east. This early day photo shows the size of the 24' x 40' log addition. In later years, this building, an mportant part of the original hotel, was removed. After 1915 subsequent owners of the property performed more or less remodeling, which changed the appearance of the pioneer hotel to a great extent." -- McCoy Memoirs p.94. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...

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...