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The Hart mining camp, "Poverty Flats," located on Battle Mountain east of Gilman and just below Bell's Camp. Harry Nottingham was orn in Belles Camp in 1890. There are varous buildings and outbuildings with a group of people gathered together at right midground. It may be a celebration of some sort.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2. Bull Pasture
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The "Bull Pasture" housing development, circa 1983. This area was used for pasturing bulls used in breeding, prior to the housing development, and was the site of the Eagle County Rodeo for many years.
3. Canal Zone
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The Canal Zone, showing housing for workers.
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Photo postcard of the bachelor quarters in the Canal Zone for workers on the Madden Dam.
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An unidentified man standing at the back door of the bachelors' quarters in Gilman. Behind him [follow the arrow] is the Gilman Hospital. Both Alan Knight and Patricia Knight Hoffman were born in that hospital.
Front: "Hospital where Trish and Alan were born, Gilman looking north"
Verso: "Back door of bachelor house in Gilman"
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Eagle County Senior Center circa 1983.
7. Digging out
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The stairway leading up from the bachelors' quarters at Gilman. It had to be cleared routinely in the winter.
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A letter to residents in the town of Gilman from Craig Nagler, President of Battle Mountain Corporation, as formal notification of their intention to discontinue services to the once-thriving company town. Battle Mountain Corporation offered relocation assistance to residents; the town had been built around jobs in the mine, making relocation more than a move for all involved. The town of Gilman sits perched on a hillside above the Eagle Mine and...