U.S. Highway 6, Colorado Archive Search Results
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21. Cabins
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"10 1953." Row of brown cabins on U.S. Hwy 6 (in foreground). [Perhaps "We Ask You Inn," or perhaps Eagle-Vail.]
22. Highway 131
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"Wolcott."
Coming from State Bridge on Colo. State Hwy 131, into Wolcott. Buildings on the left are now Gallegos Masonry. Concrete arch bridge is visible at center. The Wolcott Store and gas station are on the far right. Jouflas ranch is at the left. U.S. Highway 6 parallels the Eagle River at midfield.
23. Ping Hotel
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The iconic Nogal-Ping Hotel at the corner of Hwy 6 and Capitol St.
"Otis and Minnie Ping bought the Nogal Hotel [constructed in 1892] in 1923. The Pings expanded the commercial operation by adding two wings out back and several detached motel units." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.66
24. Vail Pass, 1951
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A postcard of Vail Pass. The postmark is dated October 22, 1951. Following the completion of Highway 6 over the pass, the Eagle County Commissioners asked the state highway board to name the pass Vail Pass, after Charles D. Vail, the chief engineer for the State Highway Department. The request, originally put forth in December of 1939, was approved in 1941. The county commissioners were eager to have the pass named for Vail after local residents near...
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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,...
26. Fleming Sawmill
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The old Fleming sawmill on the "potato patch" in Gore Creek. Highway 6 is visible in the background, as well as Red Sandstone Rd. The sawmill burned on August 31, 1954.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
27. Highway 6 sign
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A US Highway 6 sign with directions to Glenwood Springs (27 miles) and Denver (79 miles).
28. Highway 6
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"Over Shrine and onto Highway 6. Homeward bound." A sign for a turnoff to Shrine Pass and Redcliff can be seen.
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"Interchange from old Hy 6 to I-70 at Edwards. Church in distance."
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"First house built in old pasture south of Highway 6."
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The new Edwards Post Office built around 1980. "A business center in Edwards? Oh yes-This is it and still growing. In the old dry pasture south of Highway 6."
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The new Edwards Post Office built around 1980. "A business center in Edwards? Oh yes-This is it and still growing. In the old dry pasture south of Highway 6."
33. Nogal-Ping Hotel
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The Nogal-Ping Hotel at the corner of Capitol Street and Highway 6. A sign for a Conoco gas station is visible to the left of the hotel.
"Otis and Minnie Ping bought the Nogal Hotel in 1923. The Pings expanded the commercial operation by adding two wings out back and several detached motel units. Minnie Ping was an ambitious businesswoman, and Otis was the handyman who did the work. The Pings eventually installed a gas station, featuring a glass-bubble...
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Barbara Gleason (Pearch) posing at the stop sign at U.S. Highway 6 and Capitol Street in Eagle. Behind her is the Ping hotel and gas station. The gas station was a Conoco gas station. The photo processing stamp on the back says, "Quality Photo Finishing, Ping's Service Station, Eagle, Colorado."
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The Eagle River at Edwards [Wilmore stop]. Lettuce shed next to the railroad with the old water tank in the background. Benny Klatt's home and small store on Highway 6. Benny Klatt was killed by his brother-in-law, William Wellington, over the ownership of the cabin in which Wellington lived.