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The post office at Holy Cross City. Four individuals are pictured in the photograph, one standing in the snow on the left, one standing on the stairs, one in front of the door to the post office, and one on horseback on the right. Holy Cross City was a short-lived mining camp located in what is today the Holy Cross Wilderness. A mining camp in the Holy Cross Mining District, Holy Cross City reached a population of 300 between 1881 and 1883. The...
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On August 1, 1951, a stamp commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Colorado statehood was released. The stamp featured the Colorado statehouse and also the iconic Mount of the Holy Cross. Special editions were released in Minturn, Colorado on this date and this particular envelope is from the first day of issue.
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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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Caption: "X on this picture shows exactly where we built the post office." [in Randall's handwriting] Printing stamp: "Quality BB Print guaranteed not to fade May 23, 1928" O. W. Randall standing in an open area that became the site for the Tigiwon post office. 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...
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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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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. [Title...
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1910-1920: Looking northeast, Broadway Street. Front of E. E. Glenn & Co. General Merchandise clearly visible; Post Office sign on side of building. People (dressed as if for special event) gathered in front of store with wagons and horses. The bay windowed house to the right of the E. E. Glenn & Co. building was occupied by Alex Macdonell and family beginning in 1951. Mr. Macdonell was working for Holy Cross Electric out of Glenwood Springs...