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Young patrons of Vail Public Library carry five placards during Vail's1976 Independence Day parade. The staging area is the base of Vail Mountain. The far left placard reads: "VPL Salutes BEN FRANKLIN Library Founder." A central placard reads: "VPL Summer Reading Club."
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Alice "Widge" Ferguson poses with her original, customized wooden skis and beartrap bindings behind the Edelweiss in Vail Village. Widge's first skis were fitted with metal edges by her aeronautical engineer father, Andrew Willgoos. Although metal edging was eventually popularized by Howard Head, Willgoos may have pioneered this innovation. After Head learned that Widge Ferguson was Willgoos' daughter, Head expressed great admiration for her father's...
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In 2014, Bill Wilto and Sandy Ferguson Fuller enjoy the early "First Tracks" tradition on Vail Mountain. They are photographed by C.T. Thuerbach.
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This historic collage was compiled from several Vail images and created by Sandy Ferguson Fuller. Images depict early residents of Vail including: Helmut Fricker, Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer, and Widge and John Ferguson and daughters Sandy and Susie. The grandchildren of Widge and John Ferguson, Kim and Scott Fuller, are also depicted.
There is also an image of sisters Sandy and Susie Ferguson with Pepi Gramshammer at the groundbreaking of...
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Former First Lady Betty Ford is featured in this series of eight images captured at Vail Public Library (VPL).
In 1987, Mrs. Ford accepted a VPL book signing invitation for her autobiographical effort, Betty: A Glad Awakening. VPL Reference Librarian Dean Willms issued the invitation through Mrs. Ford’s personal secretary and the event was held on 11 March 1987. Mrs. Ford effectively removed the stigma of addiction and alcoholism with this...
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Former First Lady Betty Ford is featured in this series of eight images captured at Vail Public Library (VPL).
In 1987, Mrs. Ford accepted a VPL book signing invitation for her autobiographical effort, Betty: A Glad Awakening. VPL Reference Librarian Dean Willms issued the invitation through Mrs. Ford’s personal secretary and the event was held on 11 March 1987. Mrs. Ford effectively removed the stigma of addiction and alcoholism with this...
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This view of the former historic A-frame barn at Antholz Ranch is likely from Gore Creek looking south toward what is now the Northwoods subdivision (located just east of the Gold Peak complex in Vail). This former ranch site is now home of Ford Park.
During 1971 and 1972, Summervail Workshop in Art and Critical Studies (also known as Summervail Art Workshop) was held at Antholz Ranch. Originally the brainchild of Randy Milhoan, Dan Telleen and...
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Former First Lady Betty Ford is featured in this series of eight images captured at Vail Public Library (VPL).
In 1987, Mrs. Ford accepted a VPL book signing invitation for her autobiographical effort, Betty: A Glad Awakening. VPL Reference Librarian Dean Willms issued the invitation through Mrs. Ford’s personal secretary and the event was held on 11 March 1987. Mrs. Ford effectively removed the stigma of addiction and alcoholism with this...
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Former First Lady Betty Ford is featured in this series of eight images captured at Vail Public Library (VPL).
In 1987, Mrs. Ford accepted a VPL book signing invitation for her autobiographical effort, Betty: A Glad Awakening. VPL Reference Librarian Dean Willms issued the invitation through Mrs. Ford’s personal secretary and the event was held on 11 March 1987. Mrs. Ford effectively removed the stigma of addiction and alcoholism with this...
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Sponsored by Antlers at Vail, Team Antlers bike racing team is depicted during its 2010 Colorado River Ride.
This annual fund-raiser for Snowboard Outreach Society (SOS) ran approximately fifteen years. The century (100 miles) team ride began and ended in Avon, Eagle County, Colorado and followed the Upper Colorado and Eagle rivers for much of the bike race course.
Left to right: John Evans, Steve MacDonald, Bert Farin, Ray Tuomey, Danny...
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On 2 July 2013, mother and daughter, Sandy Ferguson Fuller and Kim Fuller, summitted Mount of the Holy Cross, the highest peak in Eagle County, Colorado. The Fullers were accompanied and photographed by another mother/daughter duo, Pat Blomquist and Alex Blomquist.
Mount of the Holy Cross is located in the northern Sawatch Range (Eagle County, Colorado) within the Holy Cross Wilderness Area of the White River National Forest. Its elevation is...
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Former First Lady Betty Ford is featured in this series of eight images captured at Vail Public Library (VPL).
In 1987, Mrs. Ford accepted a VPL book signing invitation for her autobiographical effort, Betty: A Glad Awakening. VPL Reference Librarian Dean Willms issued the invitation through Mrs. Ford’s personal secretary and the event was held on 11 March 1987. Mrs. Ford effectively removed the stigma of addiction and alcoholism with this...
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Depicted are longtime friends, Sheika Gramshammer and Alice "Widge" Ferguson. They are celebrating the 2021 Independence Day on Pepi's Deck at the Gastof Gramshammer in Vail.
Widge Ferguson's husband, John Lord Ferguson, was Pepi and Sheika Gramshammer's first attorney in the 1960s. Pepi Gramshammer and John Ferguson were introduced by Endicott "Cotty" Davison and the three families continue to be very close. The photographer was Widge's granddaughter...
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Kim Fuller learned to ski at a very young age at Arrowhead and Vail Mountains. Her parents, Sandy Ferguson Fuller and Alan Fuller, were the photographers.
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In gratitude to organizing regent, Wendy Kidder Becker, of the 10th Mountain Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), a challenge coin was designed by chapter registrar Mary Anne Baker.
The front of Becker’s challenge coin features the emblematic 10th Mountain Division motif, while the back features a stylized image of Mount of the Holy Cross. The Mount of the Holy Cross is an iconic 14,011’ peak...
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Kim Fuller is depicted with her mother, Sandy Ferguson Fuller, on the day of Kim's marriage to Bobby L'Heureux. Piney Lake, Mt. Powell and the Gore Range are in the background.
Kaylan Robinson was the wedding photographer.
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Rob LeVine served on the Vail Town Council from 1989 to 1993. During his tenure, Vail town engineer, Greg Hall, and transportation consultant, Arnie Ullevig, proposed a creative solution to traffic backups at Vail's former four-way stop off I-70.
LeVine discussed the controversy and resolution of Vail's initial roundabout. It has been described as the first modern roundabout in North America.
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Annie Staufer recounts her memories of moving to Vail in January of 1963, their first charming accommodations, and life "in the Wild West." Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail," performs Staufer's oral history interview.
Jonathan Staufer, Annie's son shares his remembrance of the early incarnation of Vail Mountain School at the base of Meadow Mountain near Dowd Junction.
