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Johnson Brothers Herefords, Eagle Colorado (calling card)
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Ranchers loading bags of wool at the depot in Eagle. Horse teams are dragging the skids.
Caption: "Loading part of $20,600 wool shipment from Eagle, Colorado."
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Bivans' ledger, Avon Store, spine and front cover.
"In the town of Avon, at the mouth of Beaver Creek, Stephen Bivans kept a store in a single-story log building. When Bivans left for Utah in 1908 Charles and Esther Adams, from Pennsylvania, arrived to take over the business." -- Beaver Creek by June Simonton, p. 44.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
64) Hugh Luby
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Hugh Luby, on right, standing on the boardwalk in front of a business establishment (possibly Minturn Mercantile prior to the brick building) in Minturn. An unidentified man is standing next to the barbershop adjoining the business building.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
65) Broadway
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Broadway in Eagle. The building on the right was built by the First National Bank of Eagle County. The two story half of the building was occupied by general merchandise stores (F. Hugus and Co.; later, the Lewis store); the one story side by the bank.
The line of wagons and carriages may be a parade.
Same as 1991.001.046 Photo only scanned once into Past Perfect.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
66) Mercantile
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John E. Kavanaugh, 10 or 12 years old, standing between two men in a store, possibly in Minturn. John was born in Salida, Colorado, December 6, 1910. His parents were Henry O. Anderson and Hilma Lindgren Anderson. His name was later changed from Anderson to Kavanaugh when he was adopted by his mother's second husband, William "Billy" Kavanaugh, an engineer on the D&RG Railroad.
Many products are visible, such as bananas hanging in the center...
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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on p.5] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only.
"For those who enjoy beauty never-to-be-forgotten, Eagle County offers scenes indescribable."...
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The Conoco Station on Hwy 6 with two gas pumps.
"Gas stations were full-service in those days, with uniformed attendants who offered to check oil, wash windshields, and pump gas. This Conoco station was location on Highway 6." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle, p.110
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Same as 1992.004A.056
The VanCamp road house, a stage stop, in Routt County. There is an antler fence around the building and sod roof, resulting in its being the subject of many photographs.
"Although noot at all in the McCoy area, this book would be incomplete without the oft photographed VanCamp house in Yampa, an early day stage stop and road house. Note the vegetation growing on the dirt floor [sic. roof]." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 313
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Beginning of the deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets and was the town's first permanent hotel, boasting 13 rooms...
71) Minturn Store
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Wagon loading/unloading goods in front of the Minturn Store. Several children, women and men are on the boardwalk in front of the store. Tent with sign ("Photographs") in between the store and the house on the right.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
72) 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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"At the time the mail route was still run by way of the McCoy ferry, Whipple purchased two Concord stages from a mail contractor in Oklahoma. The double-decker coaches were slung on heavy leather straps instead of strings. They could carry fifteen to twenty passengers as the above picture shows. The stage route came into being from Wolcott in 1887 and continued to operate for the next twenty years or more." -- The Gates Genealogy
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The stagecoach at Wolcott departing for Steamboat Springs. Passengers standing in front and seated on the coach. Saloon marked in background
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Warren Brothers & Robinson Sawmill, first sawmill up Wearyman Creek towards Shrine Pass. Lumber is stacked and there's snow on the ground.
76) Laura Miller
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Laura Miller and unknown boy next to the Continental Oil Co. wagon before a 4th of July parade.
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Blanche Wyatt Kavanaugh in a long evening dress standing in front of highway signs in Minturn, Colorado. Under a sign for Colorado-U.S. 40 south: Eagle 29 , Glenwood 63, Grand Junction 15?. There is a barber shop in the shadows at the left, a hotel behind the U.S. 40 sign, and a restaurant in the right background. To Blanche's left is a bridge with the notice: load limit 3 tons including vehicle, stock limit 10 head of cattle 20 sheep, speed...
78) McCoy Hotel
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"The McCoy Hotel as it appeared when Charles H. 'Daddy' McCoy was operating it in 1904. The photo was taken looking south west. The east end of the building was the kitchen and dining room, the lobby, Post Office and the McCoys living quarters in the center while the west end was mostly guest rooms and a large hall for community gatherings, dances, etc. In later years the ground floor was converted into a store. The man feeding the cub bear is...
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Automobiles are lined up for shoppers at the Koonce Chevrolet dealership in Eagle, Colorado. Motto: "Yours for quality first."
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The church, built in 1906 on the corner of Main St. and Toledo [191 Main St.], served the Presbyterian denomination for 96 years. In 2002, the congregation built a larger church 4 miles west of Minturn. This older church has a high-ceilinged interior, original high-peaked windows and almost century old light fixtures. Two of the six original lights date from the early 1900's and came from the old county seat in Redcliff while the other 4 were made...
