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Registration table for the Cemetery Tour.
In the back are Brian Hall and Laura Thompson.
At the tables, from left: Ron Moos, Georgie Zinda, Bill Harris, Suzie Ross, Sandy VanCampen, Joanne Cermak
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Mount of the Holy Cross in the background with the plaque marking the boulder where William H. Jackson photographed his son, Clarence, and George Beam in 1893. That famous photo is part of the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library [DPL WHJ-10213].
The plaque reads:
"Clarence Jackson was photographed on
this boulder in 1893 by his father WILLIAM
H. JACKSON, who took the very first
picture of the cross on August 23, 1873.
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Actor Brian Hall portraying Billy Booco,and docent Laura Thompson.
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"Mansion in Redstone" Photo taken on Senior Sneak Day on May 7, 1929.
The castle, originally called Clevholm Manor and known as "Ruby of the Rockies", was built in 1897 by a wealthy coal baron, John Cleveland Osgood. The lavish castle was once visited by guests such as John Rockefeller, Teddy Roosevelt,and J.P. Morgan in its heyday. Osgood created the town of Redstone for the benefit of his miners and their families with his castle as the centerpiece....
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Glass Conservatory in Redstone, Colorado. Photo taken on Senior Sneak Day, May 7, 1929. There is a railroad track visible in the very bottom of the photograph.
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A troop transport train departs from Camp Hale in the 1940s. Trains like this could carry up to 2,000 troops.
7) Fort Arnett
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A William Henry Jackson photograph of Fort Arnett in Red Cliff. Taken around 1880. There are seventeen individuals standing on the rock formation. The American flag is seen flying above the individuals.
"After the Meeker Massacre in 1879 the citizens of Red Cliff fearing that the Indians might make further attacks on white settlements decided to build a fort for the protection against the Indians. It was reported that soon after the Meeker Massacre,...
