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A plane over the landing field at Cooley Mesa, Colorado, now the site of Eagle County Airport. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A group of men and boys, gathered around an airplane at Cooley Mesa (Gypsum), now Eagle Airport. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Looking northeast from southwest corner (from Cooley Mesa Road) of subject [property], with main ditch from Gypsum Creek in foreground." -- Appendix, Appraisal of the value of the Schmidt Properrty required by the Eagle County Airport Authority, by John Peeples, I.C.A., April 24, 1984 Photograph was taken in September 1983. "From the looks of the abstracts, we held the complete ranch for the longest continuing time--25 years. The reason we left...
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Plane on the runway at the Eagle Airport, circa 1930s. A man is walking toward the plane; a man and woman are standing by the plane. "The history of the airport traces back to the early 1900s. County records indicate that in 1911, Louise Ellen Cooley purchased 650 acres of land from Hans Oleson. This land lies under the present runway complex." -- p. 9, History of Eagle County Airport, by Jennifer L. Taylor and the Eagle County Aviation Association,...