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A close up of the roof detail and windows on the shelter house at Notch Mountain. Constructed by the CCC between 1931 and 1933, it was built to provide a respite to those on pilgrimages to see the Mount of the Holy Cross.
Caption by O.W. Randall: "Shelter house--has a beautiful fire place and wood always provided on hand for the public."
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MacDonald Knight standing on trailer attached to his jeep. He's looking at lumber in front of an abandoned cabin at Holy Cross City. There are wildflowers in the foreground.
"The one picture of Don Knight's jeep shows some boards. Buster [Beck] said there was two piles of boards on this side of Francy Pass. Why & from where he does not know. SInce they are on this side of Fancy Pass he is sure they did not come from the saw mill at Cross Creek."...
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1880: Holy Cross City. Buildings in background are ore processing mill.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background.
"By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
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"I think it would be best to label this as 'homestead on Hernage Creek' rather than 'Hernage Homestead.' I checked the patent records and they do not indicate that Henry Hernage homesteaded this specific parcel. Rather, he homesteaded clser to the mouth of Brush Creek. ... Location: T5S R84W Sec. 21, NW1/4 SW1/4 A patent search indicated the earliest record on this property is a homestead claim by Issac Kalbaugh on 160 acres in 1912. However,...
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The Dump Family reunion held at the Apple Blossom Inn, Leadville, Colorado. Unbenownst to the family at the time, the Inn is three building lots away from where the 1942 Dump Family reunion was held at the home of Ike and Joy Dump.
From left to right, bottom row: Len (Dump) Dumph, Travis Dump, Ivan (Dump) Dumph
Second row: Sandy Dumph, Norm and Diana Dump, Betsy and Ed (Dump) Dumph
Third row: Bobbie Marfitano, Bernadette Crye, Joy Dump, Judy (Crye)...
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Root cellar adjacent to the homestead on Hernage Creek.
"I think it would be best to label this as 'homestead on Hernage Creek' rather than 'Hernage Homestead.' I checked the patent records and they do not indicate that Henry Hernage homesteaded this specific parcel. Rather, he homesteaded clser to the mouth of Brush Creek. ... Location: T5S R84W Sec. 21, NW1/4 SW1/4 A patent search indicated the earliest record on this property is a homestead...
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1933-40: Front and side view of the rock Shelter House on Notch Mountain, opposite the Holy Cross. "This is the end of the trail for pilgrimagers [sic]." Built by the CCC. Door and window shaded by overhangs of timber and shingle. Foreground composed of rocky ground. (Labeled 283452)
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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From "History of Eagle County". 1940s-- "The first cabin built in Red Cliff by Wm. [William] Greiner and G.J. (George) DaLee in 1879. This cabin is still standing and occupied by Jack Elliott".
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Glass Conservatory in Redstone, Colorado. Photo taken on Senior Sneak Day, May 7, 1929. There is a railroad track visible in the very bottom of the photograph.
