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201. Friends
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Grand Junction MSC Dispatch Nov./Dec. 1984 p.8: "While the United States Postal Service held a ceremony to introduce the McGruff stamp at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., on September 26, 1984, Eagle County had its own ceremony. Eight postmasters and Sheriff A. J. Johnson gathered in Edwards for the celebration along with their special guest, McGruff. It was a good day for promoting awareness of crime...
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Discarded tires rolled off Highway 24 at Battle Mountain form a tire staircase in the Eagle River Canyon. Rock climbers in the canyon built the staircase to assist in reaching climbing areas.
From Angela Beck:
"After the trains quit running, we walked the RR tracks to Belden. People rock climb in the Eagle River Canyon. (Newcomers call it the Gilman Gorge.) Some people get rid of their old tires by rolling them off Battle Mountain (Hwy 24) into...
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Studio portrait of Donald and Mabel Ginther taken for their 58th wedding anniversary on Dec. 12, 1988. After retirement, they moved from Minturn to Salida, Colorado, where this photo was taken. Don worked at Gilman and then for the Climax mine. He was also a handy man. He built a corner cupboard for Angela Beck to house some of Ollie Meyer's china. Mabel worked at the Minturn Post Office for Tad Collins. Their daughter, Carol, married Russell...
206. Jack Beck and horse
207. Beck brothers
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Five of the Beck brothers, seated for a studio portrait. From left:
Thomas Earl "Jack" Beck, born January 13, 1930;
Bruce Beck, born June 8, 1928;
Albert Quinn "Quinn" Beck, born Sept. 28, 1926;
Buster Beck, born March 2, 1925;
Theodore "Bud" Beck, born Jan. 14, 1923.
Not pictured is Russell Beck, born Oct. 21, 1933
208. Fitzgerald's house
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Red Cliff High School band (1940 or 1941), lined up outside the high school.
Back row: Betty Paquette, Janice Keating, Bill May, Marcia Barlow, Shirley Erlandson, Buster Beck, Tom Garnett, Alfred Mann, Ray Tippett, Roy Marfitano, Earl Bridges, Henry Avila, Mike Montoya, Beth Haynes, Oliver Lopez, Dorthea Elliott, Dorthy Chockie, Grace Kennel
Middle row: Josephine Gonzales, Finney Lopez, _____, _____, _____, Ella Warren, Alfreda Mann, Chuck Dump,...
213. Climbing Fancy Pass
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Climbing Fancy Pass to the Holy Cross Mining District. From left: Harold Stoner, Buster Beck and MacDonald Knight. The Holy Cross District covered 100 square miles of the intervening country between the headwaters of Cross and Homestake Creeks. Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps.
Verso: "Big'un Stoner, Buster Beck, Don Knight climbing Fancy Pass 1939"
"Harold Stoner was known by his Missouri Family as 'Big'un.' He had...
215. 4-H picnic
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Participants in a 4-H picnic over Cemetery Hill in Red Cliff, Colorado, 1965.
Back row, from left: Wilma Medina, ----, ----, ----, ----, Christine Beck (Banicki) Mary Lou Albert, Patricia Beck (Rowe)
Blonde standing in middle : Sheila Warren
Sandra Albert (Rose) squatting
Johanna Beck, standing in front of Patricia Beck (Rowe)
When Congress passed the Smith-Lever Act in 1914 and created the Cooperative Extension System at USDA, it included work...