Wolcott, Colorado
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Al Waters and "Henery" standing at the Wolcott station. Bench in foreground.
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Studio portrait of Abraham and Martha McGlochlin, parents of Lura Belle McGlochlin Heyer.
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From left to right in the automobile: Tom Gill, Ilene Holland (elsewhere spelled Eileen), Margurite Holland (elsewhere spelled Margaret), Louis Holland and Mrs. (Nellie Cunningham) Holland. The company were visiting McHatton's Ranch.
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A group standing at a station, possibly Wolcott. From left: Fletcher J. Homan, son of Fletcher Bliss Homan; Katherine "Kate" Flynn; Fern, possibly Fern Homan; Fletcher Bliss Homan; Hughie.
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The Eagle River below Wolcott. Railroad tracks are visible on the right side of the photograph.
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Bert Johnson, on left, and George Da Lee, in uniform, at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
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A bird's-eye view of Wolcott, looking east. The cement bridge is barely visible at midfield.
11) Booco Ranch
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"Members of the Booco family grouped by their cabins on Alkali Creek near Wolcott about 1920. From left to right: Isaac Booco, Cecil Terrell Playford and daughter, Grandmother Margaret Booco, Margaret Terrell, Mrs. Mary Booco, Jack, Billy, Gordon, Ben and Gern Booco." -- McCoy Memoirs p.185
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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]
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, showing railroad tracks and equipment behind it. The bridge was built in 1916 during the period when the Colorado Highway Department was replacing many small wooden bridges with concrete structures. This one was on State Highway 131 and employed a Luten arch design, patented by Daniel B. Luten in 1905. Eagle County contracted with the Pueblo Bridge Company to build the bridge. It was replaced in 2006. [Spanning...
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"At the time the mail route was still run by way of the McCoy ferry, Whipple purchased two Concord stages from a mail contractor in Oklahoma. The double-decker coaches were slung on heavy leather straps instead of strings. They could carry fifteen to twenty passengers as the above picture shows. The stage route came into being from Wolcott in 1887 and continued to operate for the next twenty years or more." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Building the concrete arch bridge at Wolcott in 1917. The Pueblo Bridge Company began the project in 1916, on State Highway 131, crossing the Eagle River. The bridge has since been replaced. It is a good example of the Luten arch, patented by Indianapolis enginerr Daniel B. Luten in 1905. Luten arches, which resemble a horseshoe, quickly became the most widely built concrete arch in America. -- Spanning Generations, p. 37
20) Cowen house
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Cowen house on Milk Creek near Wolcott, Colorado, built in 1951; later torn down.
