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Looking northwest from a Bellyache viewpoint towards Eby Creek, the Eagle River is running through midfield. The road bridge is at center with the railroad bridge north of it. The railroad water tank is visible at the left. The Nogal-Ping hotel is on the corner of Capitol Streeth, the first lefthand turn up the hill. This is before Hwy 6 & 24 was built. In order to get to Wolcott further east, one had to cross the Eagle River here.
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West side of Broadway in Eagle. The Dice Building is at the far left. Sam Lemon is standing at right. Inscription says "Len on horse."
83) Town of Eagle
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The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
84) Eagle, Colorado
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Aerial photo of Eagle, Colorado, taken in July 1986, looking east along the I-70 corridor and the Eagle River.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Minturn's main street in May--June 1957. Minturn Mercantile store is on the right, Williams Motel on the left. The main street is packed and oiled dirt.
The photo is a good example of an ink caption bleeding through the photograph (examine upper left).
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Main Street (Railroad Avenue) in Basalt, with the Basalt Drug Co. in the building closest to the photographer.
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A group of men examine the aftermath of the Eagle Valley Enterprise building fire. The Dice building is at midfield.
"A devastating fire on January 13, 1932, destroyed the newspaper office on Broadway. The fire started in an adjacent dry-cleaning shop and wiped out several main street businesses. George Carlow sounded the fire alarm, but the town's limited fire equipment malfunctioned in the freezing termperatures. The building was a complete loss....
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The McCain house on Wall Street with upstiars and living room additions. Tricycle is parked in the front yard.
91) Holy Cross City
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Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background.
"By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
92) Post Office
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The Post Office in Gilman, Colorado, with Postmaster Harry White sitting on the boardwalk in front of it. An automobile is parked up the street.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
93) Gilman
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Gilman taken from the other side of the Eagle River Canyon. The main mine shaft is at right of center.
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The cement bridge at Wolcott in 1917. The bridge was built in 1916 as part of State Highway 131. The Pueblo Bridge Company constructed several Luten arch bridges in Eagle County: Sherwood Ranch 1912, Gypsum 1914, and Wolcott 1916. [Spanning Generations: the Historic Bridges of Colorado, 2004 p.37]
95) Jude residence
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Photo of the William Jude residence, occupied by the Jude family during the late 1930s to the early 1940s.
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Looking west along the Eagle River with the town of Eagle in the distance. The railroad water tower is visible at midfield. Caption: "Valley of the Eagle River, Eagle, Colo. in distance.
97) McCoy lane
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....
98) Winter
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A street scene in Glenwood Springs taken on December 12, 1984, by Margie Gerbaz.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Broadway in Eagle in the early 1940s, not yet paved. Koonce Chevrolet is on the right and the Maytag store is on the left. Automobiles are parked along the side of the road and one is driving toward the camera.
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Gilman taken from U.S. Highway 24 which curves around and continues at the upper left. The main shaft of the mine is at the far left.
