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81) Lux Aquilae 1925
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Lux Aquilae was the official yearbook of Eagle High School in Eagle, Colorado. The literal translation from latin means “light eagle”. Each yearbook contains photographs of students, teachers, administrators, sports teams, clubs, activities, and the school and town itself.
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Seven high school students dressed in Hawaiian attire, Red Cliff Union High School. They are standing in the school library.
L to R: Lavinia Warren, Gwen Jude, Gloria Lucero, Mary F. Bayer [Baldo], Marvel Ashlock [Barnes], Ruby Dump [Crye], Audrey Weber
83) Class of '46
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Class officers and sponsor of the Red Cliff Union High School Class of 1946. Included is a photo of the high school.
L to R top: Regina Mae Erlandson (Pres.), Mr. J. W. Mackey (Sponsor), Ellenora R. Williams (Sec.-Treas.)
L to R bottom: Bruce Beck, Hugh Riley Jr., Paul Gusman
84) The Miner 1947
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The 1947 edition of The Miner begins with a photograph of the iconic Mount of the Holy Cross and features many other photographs of Red Cliff throughout. Administration, faculty, and the school board are featured. Many school board members and faculty were also employed by important local businesses, such as Fleming Lumber Company and Empire Zinc. The influence of the nearby mines is present in every edition of The Miner, and not just in name. Many...
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Studio portrait of Bud Guy [Arthur Guy, Jr.] for graduation from Minturn High School.
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Students from the Minturn school, grades 6-8, around 1940-1941.
Back row (l-r): Henry Dittmer, Jr., George Roybal, Richard Day, Nathan Waibl, Jackie Palmer, Gerald Green.
Middle row (l-r): Gene Clark, Tony Hernandez, Norman Covalt, Harold Ginther, Buddy Norwood, Leslie Jenkins, James Sifers, Bernie Bowen, Keith Lynn, Marvin O'Neal.
Front row (l-r): Charlotte Perry, Shirley Winters, Raylene Palmer, Pauline Trujillo, Edna Cesko, L. Jordan, Leona...
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A class photo of students at McCoy High School.
Back row (l-r): Lenetta Blake, Ruby Lowe, Koy (Sheets) Wolverton, Janey Spitellie, Unidentified teacher, John Tipton, Dorothy Virden, Millie Seaman, Ellen Stark, ?
Front row (l-r): Mack Spitellie, Leonard Blake, John Saltzgaver, Robert Cock, ?, Tom Sawyer, Leo Tipton, Ernie Shue, ?, Mickey Maguire
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A class photo of McCoy High School's classes of 1958 and 1959. From left to right: ?, Terry Seaman, ?, Arthur Sheets, John Whiteley, Barbara Shue, Edith Bearden, ?, Rhoda Halle, Susan Booco, Sherry Brown
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Freshman Initiation at McCoy High School. The boys wore girls' clothes and the girls wore boys' clothes. From left to right: ?, La Vere Seaman, Emma Handley, Koy (Sheets) Wolverton, Lawrence Dooley
90) Class of 1941
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The Eagle High School graduating class of 1941 poses for a picture.
From left to right: Tom Hartman, Shirley Cox, Virginia Casselman, Arves Cofffee, Benny Meehan, Jean Allen, Ethel Mary Macdonnell, Maxine Casselman, Ida Mary Daugherty, and Karma Black.
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The Eagle Middle School eighth grade graduation in 1937. Jean Allen is pictured in the middle row, second from the left. Benny Meehan is pictured in the bottom row, far right.
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Cordelia Files talks about the history of her family as early homesteaders in Mesa County, Colorado. She remembers life in Fruita in the early Twentieth century. She recalls working on a ranch near De Beque for her first job at the age of fifteen. She speaks about her life as a teacher instructing all eight grades in a one-room school house, about different episodes from her career in education (including the time a cat came to school), and about...
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In this recording, Alta Nolan reads the memoirs of Cordelia Files. Files talks about the history of her parents and maternal grandparents who homesteaded in the Fruita, Colorado area in the 1890’s. She describes the fruit growing operation on the homestead. She recounts seeing the Ute people and Chipeta when they came in the fall to dry fruit from the orchard. She remembers early Fruita, with its dirt streets and plank sidewalks. She speaks about...
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Eugene Perry talks about his childhood in Grand Junction’s Riverside neighborhood. He speaks about working for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad from the time he was thirteen years old, his career building track as a section foreman, and the history of D&RG in Grand Junction. He discusses landmarks such as Bowman’s slaughterhouse, the Pest House, and the town’s ice houses. He reminisces about a youth curfew that was in place in Grand Junction...
