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Three men standing in front of the E. Carlson Blacksmith shop, Red Cliff, Colorado.

Two of the tent buildings on First Street across from the railroad station in Gypsum [circa 1900]. The first buildings providing services to railroad employees had wooden platforms with tent structures on top and sometimes a false front. Many of the buildings housed saloons and, in this photo, even a bank/saloon combination. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

A group of diners at the Eagle Cafe. Happily, the calendar on the wall identifies the date as September 1952. From left: Dennie Eaton, Howard McCain, Marilla McCain, Lucille Eaton and the Cafe owner.

Mike Walsh standing at the anvil in his blacksmith shop. Ferrier equipment, horseshoes visible in foreground and hanging from the rafters. "Saturday afternnon Mike Walsh and his son, Billy, stopped in town a short while, during which Mike visited with a number of old friends, among them the editor and Dr. Hotopp. Mike was eighty-six years of age a few days ago, and a number of his close friends threw a party in his honor on the occasion. More...

Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets. It was the town's first permanent hotel, boasting 13 rooms (8 bedrooms). The fellow sitting in the upstairs window, right side, is C.F. (Charley) Nogal. The woman on the porch below in the black dress, holding the baby, is Charley's wife, Rosetta. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...

Conoco fuel truck parked in front of the gas pump at Mickey Walsh's gas station, Red Cliff, Colorado. Gas pump stands in front of fuel truck. Two men are leaning against the truck. Signs on the building visible: Quaker State Motor Oil, Chrysler Motor Cars, AAA. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

Jack Beck standing on logs at Benson's sawmill, Shrine Pass. Benson's barn in is the background. Bensons had a saw mill at Pando but after they moved their logging operation up Shrine Pass, they hauled their logs to Smith's Lumber Co. in Leadville. Logging in that area was done at Shrine Pass, Tates Gulch, WIllow Creek, Lime Creek and Wearyman. Names of people involved in logging: Alfred Benson; Gus Benson (no relation); John Magunson (a blacksmith...

Joel James Fitzgerald III, standing on a framer's pole at Warren's mill, near Cole Creek, up Shrine Pass, Forest Service Rd. no. 709. The kiln in the background was used to make charcoal for the smelters in Leadville. Joel was the son of Loryne Fitzgerald, a teacher at Red Cliff Union High School. They lived next door to the Beck family in Red Cliff.

Avon as viewed from the "Gypsum Cliffs." Two engines of a train putting off lots of smoke in midground. Emmett Nottingham place is at lower right. Harry Nottingham place is above the smoke at Buck Creek. Original Avon Store is 100 feet west of Avon Road. Above the smoke plume are the buildings on the Nottingham Ranch. Below the railroad tracks, the Avon Road and bridge across the Eagle River are visible through the treeline. At the bottom left,...

A Skelly Gas Station located near Edwards. Skelly Oil was founded in 1919 and went defunct in 1977 when it was purchased by the larger Getty Oil Company. "The Koprinikar mesa being developed. Note the snow on Baldy. Late June 1979."