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1701) Van Horn ranch house
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"In 1917 Howard and Mattie Van Horn and daughters came over from Edwards on the Eagle River and bought part of the Groh ranch from Hollis Brooks, the owner at that time. The land they bought had about thirty acres in cultivation and under a ditch. There were no other improvements except some fence, so the Van Horns built this better than average ranch house and other buildings so necessary on every ranch. After living here several years they bought...
1702) VanCamp Stage Stop
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Same as 1992.004A.056
The VanCamp road house, a stage stop, in Routt County. There is an antler fence around the building and sod roof, resulting in its being the subject of many photographs.
"Although noot at all in the McCoy area, this book would be incomplete without the oft photographed VanCamp house in Yampa, an early day stage stop and road house. Note the vegetation growing on the dirt floor [sic. roof]." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 313
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1703) Vanance Favre home
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The Vanance Favre home is on part of what once was the H. B. Gillespie ranch. Gillespie made his fortune at the Molly Gibson Mine at Aspen, Colorado.
1704) Vault door
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Door to the vault of the Red Cliff State Bank, following a September 2003 fire where the building burned but the vault remained intact. On the door is written: Hall-Marvin Safe Co., Hamilton, O; Charpiot Safe Co., Denver, Colo.
1705) Vehicles near Minturn
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Two cars race along a gravel road near Minturn in the 1910s-1920s. Two log buildings are visible on the right.
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Vernon Mann and Carl Eaton, left to right, seated on horses at the Wiltshire Place. Wagon and cart behind the riders, in addition to log out-buildings.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
1707) Victor Dump Family
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Victor Dump seated in the middle of his family. Two older girls are standing behind Mr. Dump; his wife and another daughter are seated; three younger children are sitting in front. An exterior house wall is the backdrop.
1708) Victor Dump Family
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The Victor Dump family, standing in front of their house on Turkey Creek Rd. in Red Cliff, 1918.
Back row: Blanche Gay Dump, Victor, baby Ethel
Front row: Clarence, Ivan and Pearl
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Victor Dump at the reins of the horse team and Otto Bergman sitting on lumber from the Fleming Lumber mill. The lumber is on a skid drawn by a horse team.
"The breast strap of the team is threaded through both rings, with the pole strap loop captured between them. This arrangement virtually eliminates the tendency for the end ring sleeve to be pulled off the end of the neckyoke. Simple, but good insurance." -- Stu Dykstra
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1710) Victor, Colorado
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A stereoscopic view of Victor from around 1907. A small mining town located in Teller County, Victor was famous for its gold mines. Due to a number of factors including the depletion of gold ore in the mines, the population quickly declined. At its peak, an estimated 18,000 people lived in Victor. As of the 2010 census, only about 397 people still live in Victor. This stereoscopic view was published and printed by B. W. Kilburn of Littleton, New Hampshire...
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View of D. & R. G. Railway tracks, looking up the Eagle River. Lover's Leap on left side of bridge; top of depot visible in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
1712) Village Inn
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Looking from the Vail chapel toward Interstate-70 with the Village Inn on the right; Bank of Vail is on the left.
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Virgil Newquist and Herman Newquist (on right) standing in front of a Herman's jeep at the Watkins cabin, Brush Creek, 1979. Herman was Virgil's older brother.
1714) W. J. Riley Mercantile
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The front of the W. J. Riley Co., General Merchandise. There are eight men standing on the boardwalk in front of the building. The man on the far right is holding a pitchfork.
1715) Wagon at Ping's Place
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Group of four people, two woman (in the back seat), two men, in a "run-a-bout" wagon with a four horse team. Another wagon in background. Photo identified by name "McCollum" on back and notation "South of Ping's place" on catalog record.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Two girls and a man on a wagon drawn by a 2-horse team. Dog in foreground. Ping's place in background. "McCollum" written on back of photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
1717) Waldo's Ranch house
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"M. H. [Martin H.] and Clara Waldo came to Brush Creek around 1902 and ranched across the creek from the Shryacks until 1917, when they retired in California. Tom Carlin bought the ranch, and subsequent owners were Hans and Thelma Larsen and Glenn and Denzel Norman." -- [History of Brush Creek p.26]
The Waldo's had one daughter who married Ralph Wolverton. This couple had a son, Charles Wolverton.
1718) Walter Hyde cabin
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Walter Hyde cabin at Gold Park, which is up Homestake Creek, south of Gilman.
Walter was born on September 4, 1872, in Fairplay, Colo. In the early 1880s, the Hyde family settled at the mouth of Lake Creek. Water was a prospector and was a miner in Utah for many years. In the 1930s, he lived in Gold Park, mining in that region. When his health deteriorated, he spent most of his time in Red Cliff. He died in Denver in 1942.
His sisters were Laura...
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The original warming cabin across from the Whittaker Ranch ski tow. Mary Ann and Joe Carter used it as a summer home for three years before the ranch sold. They are sitting on the porch of the cabin in this photo.
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The warming house across from the ski tow on Whittaker Ranch, Bruce Creek. The cabin was used by Mary Ann Whittaker Carter and Joe Carter as a summer home in the 1980s before the ranch sold.
