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Dacia Belisle Woodworth portraying Iva Oleson during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Bob Mayne is standing in the center of the photo.
Iva Bernice Beck Oleson was born March 2, 1879, and died Sept. 26, 1974. She came...
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A panoramic photograph taken from the Beck family yard as the last Union Pacific train to travel through Red Cliff passes under the viaduct. The tracks are visible with the Pine St. viaduct at far left. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is right of the viaduct.
"Union Pacific has pulled the last of its cross-country freight trains from the Tennessee Pass route, which averaged 12 trains a day through Eagle County. ... Union Pacific, as...
263) Monument Street
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Another view of some street work going on at the foot of Monument Street, attracting an audience. The town park is at left, background. The man sitting, wearing a plaid shirt is Bianes Romero.
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Construction of the gymnasium next to the Eagle County High School, back view.
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Main Street in Red Cliff (possibly 1892-1907), storefronts visible for bakery and restaurant, general mercantile ("boots and shoes made to order") and Quartzite Hotel. A wagon and horse team are parked in left foreground. The street is not paved and appears to be muddy.
"The Quartzite Hotel (sign atop building behind the flag pole on the right) was run, and presumably, owned by the William Greiners for several years between 1900 and 1910. This...
266) Lupton's house
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The house of John William Lupton in Gypsum. Boardwalk is visible and there is a man (Mr. Lupton?) standing behind the fence.
William Lupton was a soldier in the Union Army and a marshall in Cripple Creek, Colorado. While living in Gypsum, he was a special officer for the Rio Grande Railroad, stationed at Minturn. He was the grandfather of Betty and Wyon Bonar and Eldon Wilson.
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Looking west on Water Street, Red Cliff, Colorado, in the winter. The horses and corral were the property of the Fleming Lumber Company; framing house on the right hand side of the street. First house on the left belonged to Tom Collins; second house was Earl Beck's.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
268) 1st Street in Eagle
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1st Street, Gypsum, looking north. J. P. Oleson's store is at left with men standing on the boardwalk in front of it. Continuing down the street are the Gypsum Bank, the Staup Hotel (which was later the Traveler's Hotel), the pool hall and at the end of the street, the Gypsum Depot. -- John Flynn, Jr., letter of Dec. 20, 1995
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Shirley Wenziker Washburne with Lawrence and Pauline Chockie.
270) Railroad tracks
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Checking the railroad tracks outside of Red Cliff, August 11, 2013.
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Red Cliff Bridge on U.S. Highway 24, across the canyon of the Eagle River at Red Cliff, Colorado. Completed on July 28, 1941; dedicated and opened to travel on August 3, 1941. Dimensions: 470 ft. long; 209 ft. high; 30-ft. roadway and two 18-inch curbs. The Red Cliff Bridge was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 1985, in recognition of its contribution to the heritage of the state of Colorado
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272) Water Street
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A view of Water Street (right bottom) from the Pine St. bridge. At left is the Canuto Velasquez family home. The railroad tracks are at center bottom. On the hill above Water Street is a house built by Mike Bice.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Willie Bowman, Virginia Caddy Bowman and Marjory Caddy.
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The Family home of Theodore Stremme in Gypsum, Colorado. The well-attended buildings are surrounded by a white picket fence.
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View of Red Cliff and the smoke from the Holy Cross Garage fire on March 21, 1963.
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Men removing snow from houses in the path of a snowslide in Red Cliff, Colorado.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 30, 1969 p.1: "Residents of Red Cliff were digging out today from beneath a snowslide which roared down a steep mountainside, burying one house and covering three others to roof level. ...
The mass of snow, about 50 feet wide and 8 feet deep, slid down the side of Silverhorn Mountain Wednesday night, leaving 10 feet of snow piled on the roof...
277) Lumber wagons
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Three lumber wagons drawn by horse teams along a street in Red Cliff.
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1910-1915: North View of Water St. in Red Cliff, Colorado. Eagle Hotel sign clearly visible in left foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A view of Red Cliff, Colorado from behind Santa Claus Rock, showing Water Street at midground and High Street at right. The Eagle River is at the left.
280) J. W. Mackey
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College graduation studio photograph of John Wallace Mackey, University of Nebraska, circa 1915. A scholarship in his name was established in 2000, the J. W. Mackey Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Gore Range Natural Science School's summer or after-school program. [The school's name has changed to Walking Mountains.]
"Mr. Mackey taught school for many years in Red Cliff, being superintendent of the former Red cliff Union High. He served in various...
