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A cabin standing at the abandoned town of Holy Cross City, Colorado, taken in August 2001.
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1880: Holy Cross City. Buildings in background are ore processing mill.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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...
5) Camp Tigiwon
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Caption: "Camp Tigiwon alt. 10,000 ft. Pilgrimage to the Nount of the Holy Cross. V. T. Brown photo, Denver, Colo."
47 "pilgrims," most on horseback, posing in front of the Camp Tigiwon post office. The Post office was established June 5, 1929 and discontinued September 30, 1942 [from Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989, by Bauer, Osment and Willard, 1990].
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Front view of the Log Community House at Camp Tigiwon, near Mount of the Holy Cross. Shows rock foundation, front steps, dormers, paned windows. Photograph labeled: 293100
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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End view of the log Community House at Camp Tigiwon, near Mount of the Holy Cross. Side service door visible; rock foundation; porch. Benches lined up in foreground. Photo labeled: 293099
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Post office at Tigiwon, Colorado. Located on the way to Notch Mountain trail, it was used to postmark letters for people on pilgrimage to view the Mt. of the Holy Cross. The Post office was established June 5, 1929 and discontinued September 30, 1942 [from Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989, by Bauer, Osment and Willard, 1990].
There are several people standing next to an automobile and a camper with bedroll standing in front of the log building.
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Interior of the Camp Tigiwon Community House showing the stone fireplace, roof beams, and interior log walls. Mantelpiece is a half-timber. Andirons visible in fireplace front. Photo labeled: 29309
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Log community house at Camp Tigiwon near Mt. of the Holy Cross.
On verso of photo: 2330.4; E.H.M. 1900, Sept. 2, 1958"
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Guy Barnes holding Boyd on the back of a sheep in front of the barn on the Castle homestead. Eventually, Barnes got rid of his cattle and sheep herds and leased the pastures to others. To supplement his income, he worked for Holy Cross Electric and worked on the construction of Highway 6 & 24.
12) Gold Dust Basin
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"It is a 1948 view looking east into Gold Basin from the trail on the rim where George Burgess and I studied the cliffs to spot the trail down and judge if the pack horse could handle it. The Morgan cabin we stayed in is well portrayed.
It was here we tied the horse to a boulder with an insufficient knot while we went down and tested it out. The trail was largely obliterated by rock creep and fall, but we thought the horse could do it with our...
