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Photo looking north on H. K. Brooks' Bar X Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. The Eagle River is at the bottom of the photo; Castle Peak is at the midpoint along the skyline. Hollis "Holly" Kelloway Brooks came to Eagle County from Minnesota, settling first in McCoy and then operating a general store in Edwards. From 1926 to 1929, he was the County treasurer. In 1931 and through the 1940s, he owned and operated the Castle Peak ranch (Bar X) in Eagle. Before...
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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on p.8] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only. "Light airy rooms, clean comfortable beds and woolen blankets, a requisite even in summer....
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William A. Jude, Superintendent , Gilman Mine.
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Ron Dump, seated, and Bruce Beck with axes and hand saw in front of a felled and trimmed log. They are logging on Shrine Pass for Ray Warren, Sr. Buster and Bruce Beck and Ron Dump worked when they were still in school during the summers and falls of the year.
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From L to R, Buzz Jackson, Sutton, and Tom Jackson standing in from of Sutton's satation at "Hell's Gate'," Sweetwater, Colorado. Part of the Conoco sign is visible at the top of the photo: "packed with extra miles Gasoline." Sutton and Jackson are wearing hats. [Later the station burned down and Sutton was burned; it was felt that his wife died soon after as a result.] [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]...
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Minturn's main street in May--June 1957. Minturn Mercantile store is on the right, Williams Motel on the left. The main street is packed and oiled dirt. The photo is a good example of an ink caption bleeding through the photograph (examine upper left).
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Coleman truck parked in front of the Battle Mountain Trading Post, Minturn, Colorado, May 2004. The truck has antlers piled on the bed.
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Eagle County dentist, Dr. O. W. Randall, with his assistant, Mary Splaner, working on a patient at Gilman, Colorado. Dr. Randall visited the various communities in Eagle County, providing dental services. He also is known for his involvement with the Mount of the Holy Cross pilgrimages. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Taken August 2, 2011, the corner of Capitol and Grand (Hwy 6). Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw began in 2010. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets...
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Garden center and greenhouses in West Glenwood Springs. The garden center is still present under different ownership.
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Lettuce shed at Allentown, Colorado, near Edwards Colorado, 1939. Fort Tidwell Company is on the sign on top of the building. [Title supplied from a catalog supplied by the Eagle County Historical Society]
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Minturn Mercantile Company in 1957. Automobile parked in front of the store.
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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on p.7] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only. "Spend your vacation at Brush Creek lodge away from the turmoil and summer heat. A place...
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Taken August 2, 2011, front door of the hotel with stairway. Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw began in 2010. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets and...
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The Dice Brothers completed this building in 1912. It was the third brick building erected in Eagle. The First National Bank of Eagle immediately moved in to the north part. The Hugus Mercantile Store occupied the first floor on the south side (this was later occupied as the H. W. Lewis Store). The upstairs was used as the Masonic Hall. The first Post Office on Broadway was in a narrow annex to the Bank [1920]. -- John W. Bronn, Eagle County Historical...
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Taken August 2, 2011, the Aspen Democrat-times, Oct. 25, 1924, from the hotel. Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw began in 2010. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and...
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People posing on the boardwalk in front of St. Elmo Mercantile Co., Minturn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Everett Warren stacking logs at the lower sawmill on Wearyman Creek.
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Broadway in Eagle in the early 1940s, not yet paved. Koonce Chevrolet is on the right and the Maytag store is on the left. Automobiles are parked along the side of the road and one is driving toward the camera.
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Taken April 7, 2011, showing the remnants of a lath-and-plaster wall with door jambs on either side as the interior of the hotel was demolished. Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing...