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Photocopy of a postcard, the photo for which was taken by R. R. Cooper. Miners arriving for "Ole's Shift," standing in front of the bus.
From Ted Beck:
The Red Cliff bus line was probably started away back, probably in the 1930s, by Mickey Walsh. He got hold of a big old sedan, probably a Cadillac or Pierce-Arrow, that 7 or 8 men could crowd into and started hauling miners to Gilman. I don't think it was much of a success as it kept breaking down....
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C.1900: Miners who came from Leadville and homesteaded property formerly owned by Hubert Peterson. Right to left: George Mosher and John Monroe, standing; John Pfeifer, seated on wagon. George Scheifelbeins owned the property before Hubert Peterson. Log structure (fence?) and hay stack in background. Taken along the Eagle River in Edwards where Reserve is now.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]