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Five boys in potato sacks, racing down the main street of Red Cliff, Colorado, as part of the July 4, 1919, festivities. Bystanders line the sidewalks and stand in the street. Visible are the J. W. Dowd Mercantile Co. warehouse and the Short ORder Restaurant. The American flag is hanging as a banner over the street.
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Sam Lemon standing next to display in his package liquor store in Gypsum. Photo was printed August 20, 1935.
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Roy Marfitano, holding the reins of his horse, in 1940. They are standing above the Eagle Bridge in Red Cliff, with the Warren family barn and corrals in the background, looking north. The Anderson delivery truck and the railroad tracks are left of Roy.
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Main Street in Red Cliff (possibly 1892-1907), storefronts visible for bakery and restaurant, general mercantile ("boots and shoes made to order") and Quartzite Hotel. A wagon and horse team are parked in left foreground. The street is not paved and appears to be muddy.
"The Quartzite Hotel (sign atop building behind the flag pole on the right) was run, and presumably, owned by the William Greiners for several years between 1900 and 1910. This...
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Looking west on Water Street, Red Cliff, Colorado, in the winter. The horses and corral were the property of the Fleming Lumber Company; framing house on the right hand side of the street. First house on the left belonged to Tom Collins; second house was Earl Beck's.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
266) 1st Street in Eagle
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1st Street, Gypsum, looking north. J. P. Oleson's store is at left with men standing on the boardwalk in front of it. Continuing down the street are the Gypsum Bank, the Staup Hotel (which was later the Traveler's Hotel), the pool hall and at the end of the street, the Gypsum Depot. -- John Flynn, Jr., letter of Dec. 20, 1995
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bob Warren sitting on lumber at the Warren Brothers & Robinson sawmill. The timbers were used in mine stoping at Gilman. Bob was a partner in the sawmill and was married to Ilene Ages Warren.
268) John L. Martinez
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John L. Martinez, standing in front of his liquor store in Red Cliff, Colorado, March 2004.
269) Water Street
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A view of Water Street (right bottom) from the Pine St. bridge. At left is the Canuto Velasquez family home. The railroad tracks are at center bottom. On the hill above Water Street is a house built by Mike Bice.
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View of Red Cliff and the smoke from the Holy Cross Garage fire on March 21, 1963.
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Three men standing in front of the E. Carlson Blacksmith shop, Red Cliff, Colorado.
272) Lumber wagons
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Three lumber wagons drawn by horse teams along a street in Red Cliff.
273) Early Gypsum saloons
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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.]
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Residents and onlookers watching fire fighting efforts on March 21, 1963, as the Holy Cross Garage and adjoining house burn. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owen had purchased the property from Mickey Walsh and had recently remodeled the residence. Sheriff Jim Seabry investigated the fire as a possible arson.
275) Eagle Cafe
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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.
277) Michael A. Walsh
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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...
278) Blacksmith shop
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Four men in Mike Walsh's blacksmith shop. There is an anvil in the lower left corner and a fire in the lower right corner.
279) Nogal's/Ping's Hotel
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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...
280) 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
