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43. John Bunker
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John Bunker, back to camera, is walking downhill from the weaning sheds toward Beaver Creek. Fleck Ditch flume and the old road up the east side of Beaver Creek is visible in the background. Inscription: "7/24/28"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Kroelling's house about 1/2 mile west of Avon. Metcalf Gulch is in the background. Highway 6 is in the foreground. Bridge over the Eagle River is in right foreground. Note belfry on house. The house and all the outbuildings were replaced by the Sunridge Condominiums.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bivans' ledger, Avon Store, spine and front cover.
"In the town of Avon, at the mouth of Beaver Creek, Stephen Bivans kept a store in a single-story log building. When Bivans left for Utah in 1908 Charles and Esther Adams, from Pennsylvania, arrived to take over the business." -- Beaver Creek by June Simonton, p. 44.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
46. John L. Thomas
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John L. Thomas, in suit and tie.
"Around 1904, John and Mary Thomas, from Indian, homestead on the slopes above the present village site (Beaver Creek) with son Cliff and daughter Mabel. Two years later Charlie was born at the cabin, with a midwife helping. The homases lived in the valley until 1918, left for a year, and returned to take up ranching along the Eagle River."--p. 47 Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June B. Simonton.
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47. Picking lettuce
48. Albert Smith
50. Austin Offerson
51. Kelly Hart
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Ed Rodgers, Chester Tolbey and Bill Robertson leaving for a fishing trip on the Piney. The men are mounted on horses with a pack horse in front of Tolbey. A dog is visible in left midground, behind Rodgers. Photo was taken near Emmett Nottingham's place and looks southwest toward Wayne Creek (Beaver Creek). Bachelor Gulch is to the far right. The blacksmith shop is on the far right, on its original site.
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53. Rodgers Family
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Everkrisp Lettuce crate label, Stanley Fruit Company, Avon, Colorado. Lettuce was produced in Avon, Beaver Creek and the surrounding areas in the 1920s and early 30s. Used on p. 62 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Family photograph taken in front of log house:
L to R: Joe and Selina [sic.] Johnson, Lula and Pearl Perch (mother and daughter), Durward Litton and mother Blanche Johnson Litton and father Earl Litton (brother-in-law of Steve Bivans)
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
57. Girls dressed up
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Four young girls dressed up for a special occasion. All wear hair bows.
From left to right: Clare Nottingham Lundgren (formerly of Gypsum, now [2009] living in Grand Junction at the age of 95); Kathryn Redding; Maybelle Robertson; Winifred Nottingham.
The tree-line in back of the girls is the Eagle River. The white spot just over Clare's head is the first Nottingham house in the Gore Valley and currently [2009] the location of Home Depot, Avon....