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A unidentified individual leans against a cabin near Holy Cross City. Holy Cross City was a short-lived mining camp located in what is today the Holy Cross Wilderness. A mining camp in the Holy Cross Mining District, Holy Cross City reached a population of 300 between 1881 and 1883. The town included a post office, two general stores, saloon, assay office and hotel, called the Timberline Hotel. There were reportedly two mills in operation at Holy...
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An old cabin hidden among the trees at Jake Borah's ranch in Gypsum. Taken in 1917.
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Douglas Martin and Glende Vernice standing next to the remains of a building on the Hank Fox place, Red Dirt Creek. Vesintiner's Dam broke on June 3, 1952, flooding the area down through McCoy. -- Verso Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red,...
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Darrell, Boyd and Phyllis Barnes at their Eby Creek cabin in 1926.
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Darrell, Guy and Boyd Barnes, standing at the doorway of the large cabin at Four Mile (four miles up Eby Creek, toward Castle). The smaller cabin ..."was built from aspen wood logs and was really small. The roof on this cabin was made of dirt and the family garden was grown on the roof of the little cabin. Phyllis Barnes [Johnson] was born in this cabin one year pretty close to Christmas. ... Guy Barnes cleared more land and built a much larger...
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Harold Stoner in Treasure Vault Valley, Holy Cross Mining District, late 1930s. Lots of individual prospectors continued to look for various minerals long after the hey-day of the Colorado mining rush. Verso: "Harold Stoner & pack burros in Treasure Vault Valley BJS"
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Nicholas E. Buchholz's cabin, located near Castle Peak. Date unknown.
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An interior view of a dining room at the Sleepy Cat Ranch. Located near Meeker, the Sleepy Cat Ranch was built in the early 1940s. It attracted many visitors over the years, both local and international. The building this dining room was/is located in is unknown.
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Cabin belonging to the Tetreault family of Red Cliff. This photo was taken on Oct. 26, 2010. Frank "Frenchy" Tetrault was married to Agnes. They had a son, John, and a daughter, Sue. "Both men were rather small, wiry guys and good workers. Frenchy worked for years as the haulage man for the town of Gilman; the company had a team of horses, a wagon and a sled and he hauled anything he was asked to. In later years, he lived at Bell's Camp and gouged...
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Dorris Johnson with friends on a camping trip in the mid-1930s. Written on the back, "Hope you have as much fun out of this picture as I have had. B. F. J." Top: Marvin Gaut Middle (l-r): Rosella Burbank, ? Bottom (l-r): Dorris Johnson, Gene Grant
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Jean Allen stands outside the family cabin in March of 1938. "Daddy [Joe Allen] and I skied up."