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Photo postcard of the spring run-off from Conger Mesa in 1920.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Conger Mesa looking southwest from Sawmill Mountain.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
3. Aboard ship
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Ferdinand W. Ambos, at right, and fellow sailor aboard ship in 1912.
"Ferd worked at a number of jobs away from hone including ranch work, carrying the Burns mail on horseback for Charles McCoy. Ferd served four years in the U. S. Navy. He also studied to be a civil engineer and was one of the engineers on the preliminary survey of the Dotsero Cutoff in 1924. After that job was completed he did engineering work for several railroads and was an...
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The upper end of Conger Mesa showing the crater as viewed from Tunnel 49.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The upper part of the Conger Mesa, looking south-east and across Rock Creek Canyon, From Volcano Ridge. Taken in 1919, it shows the Ebert, Ambos, Johannbroer, Theisen, Abbett and a portion of the Schomers place on the extreme right. Before settlement, a well defined Ute Indian trail crossed over the Mesa from Egeria Park to the Blue River, by way of Yarmony Park. Notice the Crater before its exploitation by commerical interests." McCoy Memoirs,...
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"A view of the Mesa looking southwest, about 1930 [photo date is 1932; Album 1 index is 1924]. Shown are parts of seven ranches, with the Kayser and Schrupp ranches in the distance. The nearest place is Theisens, Schomers is just above the railroad S, the Bill Johannbroer ranch in the center and the former John Ambos ranch to the right." McCoy Memoirs p. 216
"Conger Mesa was to stand deserted until about 1903, then a group of people mostly of...
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Students and teacher at Conger Mesa School, December 1912.
From left, Marie Theisen, Ed Schrupp, Cecil Gray, Emma Theisen, Katherine Ebert, John Ambos, Mary Ebert, Kate Pound (teacher), Ethel Gray, Lena and Emma Schrupp.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Conger Mesa looking west to King Mt., September 1958."
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The Conger Mesa Ditch crew, lined up and ready for work in 1922. They are standing in front of their horses holding shovels; a dog is at far right. From Left: Ed Schrupp, Martin Theisen, Warren Henry, Martin Schomers, Joe Tuyls.
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A view of the long flume on the Conger Mesa Ditch. [photo says 1910, McCoy Memoirs says 1909].
"The Conger Mesa irrigation ditch in 1909 was nearly three fourths wooden flume in Rock Creek Canyon. A year later, this section of the flume went out resulting in major catastrophe for the Railroad and Ditch Company. Nearly 200 feet of track was covered with mud and rock to a depth of from five to sixteen feet and required 200 men working in ten hour...