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1) McCoy Hotel
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"A look at the McCoy Hotel from the west bank of Rock Creek in 1916. If the bridge was only able to talk, think of the many interesting stories it could tell about the many travelers that passed over it between Wolcott and Routt County. Flood waters took it out twice, in 1952 when the King Mountain Reservoir dam gave way and again when high water took it out in 1962. After that it was never replaced." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.95.
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2) Wolcott
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, at center, over the Eagle River. The bridge was built in 1916. Railroad tracks cut through the photo, with the Wolcott community at center.
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Old State Bridge structure in July of 1983, taken from State Highway 131 (south of the bridge). The southern half of the bridge collapsed soon after this photo was taken. The State Bridge Lodge is in the background.
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Mildred Bailey wearing riding attire, seated on Dot the horse. They are standing on either the Kroelling or Avon Bridge over the Eagle River. Buildings in background. Used on p. 53 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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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.
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6) Avon Store
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The old Avon Store and the shed next to it, located on the north west corner of Avon Road (above the building) and Hwy 6 (in front of the building). The Avon bridge crosses the Eagle River. The store is unused in this photo. It was moved to Chambers Park and the Information Center in Eagle as part of the Eagle County Historical Society museum complex.
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"The Pioneer bridge across the Grand River [Colorado River] five miles above State Bridge was built by Doug Wilmont, John Winslow, Gus Hoyt and Tim Mugrage in 1900. Most of the material used in its construction was round timbers. In 1914, Eagle County built the Yarmony Bridge a little further downstream." -- McCoy Memoirs p.315
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Looking northwest from a Bellyache viewpoint towards Eby Creek, the Eagle River is running through midfield. The road bridge is at center with the railroad bridge north of it. The railroad water tank is visible at the left. The Nogal-Ping hotel is on the corner of Capitol Streeth, the first lefthand turn up the hill. This is before Hwy 6 & 24 was built. In order to get to Wolcott further east, one had to cross the Eagle River here.
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Old barn just west of the Emmett Nottingham place. The barn was probably built by Clyde Nottingham around 1908. Beaver Creek is to the left. The old Avon School is just right of center. The first Avon bridge is visible in the foreground in front of the school (west of current bridges about 100 yards and lower to the water). The Joe Smith house is to the right.
This bridge was probably built in the early 1900s. It was replaced by the second...
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Looking east down the Eagle River toward the Eagle bridge and the Nogal house. The photo was printed on march 1, 1940.
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The construction camp near Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon for the Shoshone Dam and Tunnel. Bridge in left background; Colorado River in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard of the McCoy Bridge over Rock Creek.
On verso, by John Ambos: "For many years all traffic between Wolcott and Routt Co. passed over this bridge, including thousands of freight wagons, hundreds of stages and many herds of cattle, traveling in both directions. Hi water and floods took the bridge out on 3 occasions. There has been no bridge across Rock Creek at McCoy since Hiway 131."
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13) Nogal House
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Charley Nogal house at far right; bridge to Wolcott and the upper valley before I-70 and Highway 6.
"Charley Nogal and his wife, Rosetta, arrived in 1885, claiming a homestead on what is now the Eagle River Villas housing complex, north of the Eagle River. Like most homesteaders, their first home was a modest cabin, reportedly built with logs taken from the remains of the first bridge over the river. They constructed their second home (pictured above)...
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Bridge over the Eagle River on Eagle Street, in Red Cliff. Taken on June 8, 1959, the spring runoff is quite hight and debris is collecting on the bridge pier. A dog appears to have found something of interest.
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Looking down on Red Cliff and the railroad bridge with snow on the ground.
16) Horn Ranch
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The camel-back bridge over the Eagle River on U.S. Hwy 6 & 24, approximately 5-6 miles east of Eagle, Colorado.Behind the train, is the Leonard Horn ranch with ranch houses to the left of the tall pine tree at center. Rube Creek flows by the ranch houses. The dirt road at left goes to the ranch.
17) 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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The Eagle River at Edwards [Wilmore stop]. Lettuce shed next to the railroad with the old water tank in the background. Benny Klatt's home and small store on Highway 6. Benny Klatt was killed by his brother-in-law, William Wellington, over the ownership of the cabin in which Wellington lived.
