Eagle County, Colorado
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"Building our highway" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was completed as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
This could be construction of Highway 6, the first major byway to cross Eagle County. A large excavator with one man in control awaits more digging, two other men with shovels are digging by hand. A horse team is visible at right, center, with a wagon behind them. The excavator is resting on...
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Alice Rose and Ross Chambers pose for a photograph with their children-- Maxine, Loren, Donald, and Shirley-- in front of a house.
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Cy and Imogene Dice on their porch swing. Taken August 1965
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"D. & R.G. Railroad" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
The railroad would haul zinc out of the mines at Gilman for several decades. Three buildings are visible, including one perched on the mountainside. At far right, a sign says "Eagle Mines of the Empire Zinc Co". A tailings pipe appears to be dumping into the Eagle River (midground). The town of...
6) Downtown
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Two storefronts pictured in an unidentified town. There are several flags hanging with a group of men and a young girl standing on the raised wooden sidewalk.
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A brochure/pamphlet for visitors and travelers of Eagle and Eagle County, Colorado, published in the year 1912 by the Eagle Commercial Club based in Eagle.
The pamphlet is 25 pages and includes advertisements for local businesses, hotels, and restaurants; economic and industry information; recreation such as wildlife and fishing; and many photographs from the time period of life in the area. Other towns in the county are mentioned throughout: Gypsum,...
8) Feeding time
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A young boy bottle feeds two sheep. A building (barn or shed) is behind him and the background displays a larger pasture or ranchland.
This photograph was in a group of photographs of ranches and livestock in the Edwards School Scrapbook. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
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George Burgess Jr. with a pack horse on the rim of Gold Dust Basin viewing east. Photo is dated September of 1948.
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Ladonna is standing on the swing, looking casual with her hand in her pocket, while her stepsister Shirley is on the swing. The girls are in front a fence with a large field behind them.
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"Group to Castle Rock 1918" Mrs. Morgan, Bill Long, Leo Carey, Harry Woods, Cecil Carey, Mamie Long at the lookout station. Caption from Alda Borah.
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October 1955: Snow is deep. Viewing west near Windy Point in Upper Town, Fulford, Colorado. Harry Morgan's "Portadrill" is a large structure in center right, with a lean-to and other equipment in the area.
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This house at Castle Peak Ranch was occupied by Harry and Teresa Lewis.
15) Kay Carter
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Kay Carter poses in front of a car. Clarence Fair is in the background to the left of Kay.
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"Lake Creek watersheds" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 17. A watershed is described as an area that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas; three bodies of water are in this area, including Lake Creek, Eagle River, and Colorado River. Snow is visible on mountains. Spots are damage to the photograph.
18) Potato sacks
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A field of potato sacks ready to leave Eagle County. A woman stands with a dog at left and other workers can be seen at midground.
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"Railroad problems" -- caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
Several large logs appear to have fallen or rolled at the Eagle Mine in Gilman, Colorado. Miners are coming down the hill (right, center). The railroad line and a railroad car are directly to the left of the mess.
20) Tom Pearch
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Tom Pearch looks through aladaide on a plane table, a common tool of surveyors, on New York Mountain looking south. Plane table surveying is a graphical method of survey in which the field observations and plotting are done simultaneously.
