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Back row, left to right: Dorothy Shryack, Ilene Mahoney, Edna Wilkinson, Mrs. C.C. Kennedy
Front row, left to right: Georgia Lumley, Mittie Alda Borah, Florine Zartman, Stanley Lumley, William Long, Mamie Long, Eddie Long.
All attended the Brush Creek Schoolhouse, now part of Sylvan Lake State Park. The schoolhouse still stands.
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Lower grades at Burns School District #9, 1954-1955 school year. Teacher was Irma Wilson (Hofmann).
Back row: Berta Russell, Mary Fox, Jim Bratton, Earl Skiles, Buddy Spencer
Front row: Buddy Russell, Lonny Russell, Marilyn Fox Spencer, Caralee River, Gary Russell
not pictured: Terry Nunn, Martha Fox Spencer
23) Burns School
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Burns school in 1976 (abandoned). Mrs. L. K. Toomer was one of the last teachers. Freda Lowe was the last cook. The Gates, Albertson, Benton, Toomer, Strubi, Luark, Schlegel, Wheelock, and Wurtsmith children went to this school (grades 1 through 8).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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School children at Burns School District #9 1954-1955 school year. Teachers were Elizabeth Spencer (upper grades) and Irma Wilson (Hofmann) (lower grades). There were 22 students in all.
From left: Buddy Spencer, Jimmy Bratton, Orville Hurt, unknown, Walter Hurt, Martha Fox (Spencer)
25) Cabin
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The cabin behind the Reno Cafe & bar, 127 Water St., in Red Cliff, with doors opened. This cabin was used as the first school in Red Cliff in 1880. Since then, it has been used as a residence [Jack Ages] and as a garage. [photo taken oct. 17, 2014, by Angela Beck]
26) Cabin
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The cabin behind the Reno Cafe & bar, 127 Water St., in Red Cliff. This cabin was used as the first school in Red Cliff in 1880. Since then, it has been used as a residence [Jack Ages] and as a garage. [photo taken oct. 17, 2014, by Angela Beck]
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c.1880: Log cabin used for a school house, Red Cliff, Colorado. There were 5 pupils who attended and Dora McMillan was the teacher. One door, one window shown in a front-view with snow on the ground.
The cabin is behind the Reno Cafe & Bar, 127 Water St., Red Cliff. It has been used for many purposes over the years, including a garage. Jack Ages, Ilene Warren's father, lived there at one point.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
28) Catamount School
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School children standing outside the Catamount School (1931-32 school year). All the children are wearing hats.
Back row, l to r: Norman Schlegel, Delbert Miller, Bob Wright, Mary Wright
Second row: Don Russell, Milford Miller, Garland Rogers
Front row: Fay Russell, Jessie Schlegel
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Red Cliff, Colorado is one of the oldest towns in Eagle County beginning in 1879. The town was the original county seat until 1921, after the fourth and final election deciding to move to Eagle. Red Cliff was bolstered in its early days by a booming mining business, hotels, and travelers through the mountains. Red Cliff's immediate neighbor was the now-abandoned mining town of Gilman, which was shut down by the EPA in the 1980s and declared a Superfund...
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Gilman, Colorado, is now an abandoned mining town perched on a high cliff viewable from Highway 24 between Red Cliff and Minturn, CO. Its history dates back to the beginning of the state and mining has always been its chief industry. The mining changed over the years as well, from silver and gold, to zinc, lead, and other precious metals. The 1930s through 1950s were years of prosperity for the small company town and its residents; at one time, Gilman...
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Children posing in front of the Squaw Creek School. Back row, left to right: Clarence Case, Myra Hall, Lucille Duncan. Front row: Louis Fenno, Leonard Case, Elizabeth Barley.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
36) Chowhounds
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"Happy looking chow hounds" - a group of Red Cliff kids sometime in the 1940s.
In the back, left to right: Harvey Weber, Marvel Ashlock, and Bruce Beck; in front, Audrey Weber, Durbin McIlnay. They all appear to be eating something.
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School children in front of Upper Gypsum School.
Front row, left to right: Jackie Schultz, Keith Gerard, Dan Hensley
Row 2: Reba Gordon, Pat Strohm, Jack Eaton, Bob Cowden, Clayton (Mike) Gerard, J.D. Cowden
Row 3: ______Terry, ______ Terry, Buena Gordon, Teacher Miss Johnson, Pat Coryelle, Junior Gene Slaughter, Glen Hayes.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Twelve children, oldest in back row, standing in front of the school building with their teacher. The log school building has a wide front porch and windows on either side of the front door.
Front row: Jessie Lindsley, Mary Stout, Shirley Lindsley, Hazel Stout.
Second row: Richard Stout, Bill Schultz, Georgia Stout, Junior Schultz.
Back row: Elbert Schultz, Leo Stout, ---------, Kenny Schultz.
Teacher: Vera Goodenberger
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The combined classes of teacher Ethel Hight (in hat) and Alma Hight. Students Cecil and Iola Baer are seated at the far right. Jim Stephens is standing on Alma Hight's left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Students and teacher at Conger Mesa School, December 1912.
From left, Marie Theisen, Ed Schrupp, Cecil Gray, Emma Theisen, Katherine Ebert, John Ambos, Mary Ebert, Kate Pound (teacher), Ethel Gray, Lena and Emma Schrupp.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
