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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...
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Bernard "Spike" Doyle on left and Robert Maloit during the second Holy Cross Pilgrimage (1928). They are at Camp Tigiwon with the large assembly tent and the uncompleted Tigiwon Post Office in the background. The boys were allowed to join the Pilgrimage without being accompanied by an adult. They are standing near Rock Circle, made by the members of the First Pilgrimage by chipping their initials and date on a rock and placing them in this formation....
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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934. Dr. Randall is seated facing the camera at far right.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "21. Campfire at night, Tigiwon."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed...
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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "These were times when we had no Community House."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed by 1934." -- Robert Brown, Holy Cross--the...
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Campfires, tents, campers and horses at Tigiwon.
[The number 25 is written on the upper left margin of the photo.]
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Perlita Knight [Gauthier] working at a table while camping at French Creek. Tent in background.
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Don Knight, seated in front of a tent, putting on his boots. Campfire with utensils in foreground. Caption on verso: "French Creek 1939"
"Access Gold Park, Holy Cross City on Forest Service Road 703. Holy Cross City via Gold Park is a one-way road. Or, from the Missouri Lake Trail head to French Creek, use Forest Service Road 727. The road to Holy Cross City used to be a good road. We drove up it all the time. Now, Buster [Beck] said, it is...
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The Yeoman Park Ranger Station (Eagle Ranger District) on East Brush Creek, Colorado. Barn and implement shed are along drive before station. An automobile is parked by the central building.
A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was situated near the station. The foundations are visible today. The campground is convenient to the Holy Cross Wilderness, the old mining town of Fulford, and Fulford Cave.
