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One of the old homes in what was once named Poverty Flats, but now part of Bells Camp. The James Collins family lived here and Tom Collins was born here. The Collins family relocated to Red Cliff.
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A view of Main Street with J. B. Dowd ["Day Goods, Gents Furnishings, Boots and Shoes"] on the left. Nine people are standing on the shoveled board walk in front of the store. Man on a horse is in the street, standing on several feet of unplowed snow. Red Rock Store and Home Restaurant are visible across the street. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo taken February 8, 2013, during the bleeding of the water system at Red Cliff. "The town was plagued by low water pressure." -- Angela Beck
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A group of friends standing in front of a car at Walsh's garage in Red Cliff. From left: McDonald, Joe Fear, Mamie and Mickey Walsh. Severl children are seat on the car's top and a dog is at lower left.
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Looking down on Red Cliff and the railroad bridge with snow on the ground.
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Remains of the mill and adjacent structures at Holy Cross City, which is ten miles south of Minturn or eleven miles north of Tennessee Pass. By the time this photo was taken, Fleming Lumber Co. had removed the main steam engine and one of the boilers from the mill to use in a saw mill. [Courtesy of Ted Beck]
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Street blocked by snow after the avalanche of Jan. 28, 1969, from Silverhorn Mountain.
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Don Wilson and Angela Beck on March 20, 2014, in Red Cliff.
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Six men standing on the boardwalk in front of a store front in Red Cliff. Snow in the street is packed down and approximately 2.5 ft. higher than the boardwalk. A sled pulled by a horse team is standing on the street in front of the men. The Hall-Roberts Dry Goods store is at the left.
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Early Red Cliff School, prior to bell tower construction. Snow on ground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Scruffy, Mike and Smoky (the dog) on the steps at the Beck house. Fleming Lumber's framing house is behind them. In the left background is Tib Montoya's house. At upper right is a good example of fingerprinting on photographs.
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The Tobias and Marie Montoya house on Water St., Red Cliff, Colorado, in February 2008...a good snow year. Mr. Montoya worked for New Jersey Zinc Co. as a miner. Their son, Ramon, is the current mayor of Red Cliff [2010].
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Buster Beck standing in front of the doors of the Holy Cross Garage in Red Cliff. "The doors in the background were used every day so it can be assumed that the accumulation of ice took place over night." -- T. Bud Beck
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The Trujillo house on Water Street in Red Cliff on January 31, 2014, after the sun came out. From January 1 through January 31, 2014, Red Cliff received 63 inches of snow. On January 31, the town received an additional 21 inches.
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Two young children standing in front of a log house. The older child wearing a pinafore is facing the house, standing on grass. The younger child is standing on the boardwalk in front of the house. Rope is tied around the overhang supports, possible used as a clothesline. Additional houses visible, all of the same construction. Snow on hillside in background.
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The two story building at left is the former U.S. Post Office on Water St. in Red Cliff. The trailr was also used as the Post office for a while. The new Post Office was opened in 1990.
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December 1951 snow at the Beck's house on Water Street in Red Cliff.
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Ivan Lon "Ike" Dump with wife, Joy Marfitano Dump (Boltjes) standing next to the wood shed off the kitchen of their house, shortly before Ike left for WW II. Children, Ernie Dump Dumph and Betty Mae Dump (Elsberry) are standing in front of them. The house belonged to the John and Alton Paddock family. The Paddock's permitted Joy and her children to house-sit rent free while Ike was overseas. In the background are two tiers of cribbing that shored...
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Victor Dump at the reins of the horse team and Otto Bergman sitting on lumber from the Fleming Lumber mill. The lumber is on a skid drawn by a horse team. "The breast strap of the team is threaded through both rings, with the pole strap loop captured between them. This arrangement virtually eliminates the tendency for the end ring sleeve to be pulled off the end of the neckyoke. Simple, but good insurance." -- Stu Dykstra [Title supplied from catalog...
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The front of the Fleming Lumber and Mercantile Co. building on Eagle Street in Red Cliff in December 1999. The building is vacant and for rent.