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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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Alfred Benson’s property on Shrine Pass FSR (Forest Service Road) 709. Originally, there were several cabins (log and board), a blacksmith shop and a barn at the site. This was not Benson's main cabin or barn. The main cabin interior walls had been smoothed with an adz or a broad-axe and these are not smooth. The structure is too small to be the barn. This photo was taken on July 26, 2012.
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Hauling logs on a sled using a two-horse team.
"James P. Gates was a very good carpenter, and decided to build a stage coarch inn on their new land, which as a stop on the stage line between Kremmling and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. So the cutting and hauling of logs began. J.P. knew hoe to use a broad axe to shape the logs he used for building so that they fit together evenly and firmly." -- The Gates Genealogy
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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
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8. McCoy Hall
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"This photo taken in 1919 is not a very good one of the old McCoy Hall, but it is the only one available. Once a boarding house at the Blazing Arrow Mine in Yarmony Park, it was torn down in 1905 and moved to this location and set up for a railroad hospital for the duration of the Moffatt Road construction. It was also a saloon for a short time, but eventually became a general community hall and served as a dance hall, church, and also school meetings,...
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Mildred and Everett Howard at their Bachelor Gulch home on a load of logs from McCoy Park. The load is on a sled pulled by a 2-horse team. Mildred is seated and Everett is standing holding the reins to the horse team. The sled bobs with bolsters are clearly visible. Mertz cabin in left background; Howard house in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12. Fleming Sawmill
13. Kate Flynn
16. Kaibab Sawmill
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Cut timber is loaded onto a semi-flatbed trailer at the Kaibab Sawmill. Located in the area of Eagle now known as the Lower Kaibab Subdivision, near the Bluffs subdivisions and current Eagle Valley Elementary and Middle Schools, it was in operation from the 1940s to 1980s before its closure by the EPA, citing emissions from the burner affecting air quality.
17. Kaibab Sawmill
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An exterior shot of the Kaibab Sawmill. Located in the area of Eagle now known as the Lower Kaibab Subdivision, near the Bluffs subdivisions and current Eagle Valley Elementary and Middle Schools, it was in operation from the 1940s to 1980s before its closure by the EPA, citing emissions from the burner affecting air quality.
18. Kaibab Sawmill
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An exterior shot of the Kaibab Sawmill. Located in the area of Eagle now known as the Lower Kaibab Subdivision, near the Bluffs subdivisions and current Eagle Valley Elementary and Middle Schools, it was in operation from the 1940s to 1980s before its closure by the EPA, citing emissions from the burner affecting air quality.
19. Kaibab Sawmill
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An exterior shot of the Kaibab Sawmill. Located in the area of Eagle now known as the Lower Kaibab Subdivision, near the Bluffs subdivisions and current Eagle Valley Elementary and Middle Schools, it was in operation from the 1940s to 1980s before its closure by the EPA, citing emissions from the burner affecting air quality.
20. Kaibab Sawmill
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An exterior shot of the Kaibab Sawmill. Located in the area of Eagle now known as the Lower Kaibab Subdivision, near the Bluffs subdivisions and current Eagle Valley Elementary and Middle Schools, it was in operation from the 1940s to 1980s before its closure by the EPA, citing emissions from the burner affecting air quality.