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Highway 6 & 24, plowed after snowfall, near Wolcott, Colorado. Train in distance.
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Harry Lewis and Myra Canmon standing on the railroad tracks at Wolcott, 1918.
23. Narrow Gauge
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Construction crew working with narrow gauge track on a bridge built for standard gauge track.
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Bert Johnson, on left, and George Da Lee, in uniform, at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, showing railroad tracks and equipment behind it. The bridge was built in 1916 during the period when the Colorado Highway Department was replacing many small wooden bridges with concrete structures. This one was on State Highway 131 and employed a Luten arch design, patented by Daniel B. Luten in 1905. Eagle County contracted with the Pueblo Bridge Company to build the bridge. It was replaced in 2006. [Spanning...
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Jim Homan and Kate Flynn at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
27. School kids
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School children at Wolcott, sitting on a lumber pile.
Back, from left: Lois, Walter, Charlie
Middle, from left: Edith Robert Irene [Harper]
Front, from left: Edna, [---], Nettie [Harper]
28. Dock Homan
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Dock [Fletcher Bliss] Homan at Wolcott. Two children are unidentified in the photo.
29. Surveyor camp
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Laundry tent at the surveyors' camp at Wolcott. From left, Jim Flynn and Hughie. Inscription reads: "Polo"
30. Dock Homan
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Dock [Fletcher Bliss] Homan at the Wolcot depot. Western Union sign in the background; dog at left background. Homan was the D. & R.G. agent at Wolcott.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 10, 1910 p.8: "F. B. Homan the D.&R.G. agent at Wolcott, has been a victim of the influenza the past week, but is getting along nicely toward recovery now."
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George Da Lee and Florence Quinlan at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
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Margurite Terrell standing at the station at Wolcott.
33. Wolcott Depot
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From left, "T. Breen, McCarthy, Joe, Mr. Sullivan" posing in front of the Wolcott depot. Western Union sign at right. Inscription reads: "On their way to Allenton."
34. Wolcott Depot
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Children standing on the railroad tracks in front of the Wolcott Depot.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
35. Surveyors' tents
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Surveyors' tents at Wolcott in 1918. Wagon at midfield.
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Fletcher [J. Homan] and Kate Flynn at Wolcott, standing on risers near the tracks.
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"The still standing State Bridge, built in 1890. It was an important transportation link between Wolcott, McCoy and Routt County and was subject to heavy traffic until the Moffatt Road was completed. A modern bridge on Highway 131 has replaced it." -- McCoy Memoirs p.20
[verso gives date as 1891]
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A bird's-eye view of Wolcott, looking east. The cement bridge is barely visible at midfield.
39. Wolcott
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Wolcott, Colorado, in September 1947.
The Wolcott bridge over the Eagle River is visible at midfield. It was a Luten arch bridge, constructed in 1916, and has since been replaced.
Lena Yost's father, Frank Sansosti, was the D&RG section foreman at Wolcott for many years. The railroad depot and section house are next to the tracks in this photo. The Sansosti family lived at Wolcott for 27 years.
"Frank Sansosti was born in Cosenza, Italy, on...
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Mr. Homan and Fletcher on the platform at the Wolcott depot, 1918. There is a suitcase standing next to the bench on the right. The sign reads "Western Union Telegraph & Cable Office."