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261) Upper Turquoise Lake
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Upper Turquoise Lake, south of Avon/Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek flows into and out of Upper and Lower Turquoise Lakes. Accessible by pack trail. Grouse Mountain is east of the Turquoise Lakes.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
262) 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.
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A group of Army Reserve officers stand at the unfinished end of the Bailey Bridge. Two men can be seen at the other side, standing on the supported part to be connected.
The Bailey Bridge was constructed in the mid 1960's (1967-1968) by the 244th Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion, United States Army Reserve based at Fort Carson, Colorado. Local men including Claude Gerard and Dan Koprinikar, Eagle County commissioners at the time, were part...
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"Ranch and range on Gore Creek" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 5. The scrapbook was completed as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
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Shared marker for: "Hoza, Nedra Elaine, Mar. 18, 1924--Dec. 14, 1997; James Richard, Apr. 3, 1924--May 3, 1957," Riverview Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines and a river is engraved on either side of the marker. At the center are engraved wedding rings, joined by a banner reading "Dec. 20, 1942."
267) Hugh T. Harris
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Marker for: "Grandpa, Hugh T. Harris, Dec. 18, 1916--Dec. 22, 1997," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, clouds, cattle, a river and a fish is engraved on the marker.
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Marker for: "Our beloved Jamie, husband-son-father, James D. Medina, May 3, 1965--July 17, 1986," in Riverview Cemetery. A mountain scene with elk, pines, river, dog and person on a motorcycle is engraved at the center of the marker. Roses and an embossed photo are at the top. Inscription reads: "Jamo, we all miss you."
269) Norman Paul Schlegel
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Shared marker for: "Schlegel, Mary E. (Handley), Apr. 6, 1932--May 9, 2008; Rancher, Wesley H., Feb. 8, 1927--Feb. 27, 2002," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with river, pines, columbines, hummingbird, elk and riderless horse is engraved on the marker. The family brand is engraved at center bottom.
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Shared marker for: "Bearden, Mom, Ida May, June 13, 1908--Aug. 18, 1985; Dad, Raymond C., June 9, 1908--Jan. 20, 1994; married Apr. 28, 1934," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with elk, deer, pines and a river is engraved on the marker.
Inscription reads: "Married 51 golden years."
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Marker for: "Rest in peace, Larry Louis Lederhause, 1963--1999," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, a river and clouds is engraved on the marker.
272) Scene from Kansas
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"Scene in Kansas, where we fish, swim, and boat ride" (caption from photo)
273) Dead Horse Creek
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"Mount at Dead Horse Creek in Grand Canyon east of Glenwood Colo near Hanging Lake, 1914" - caption on verso, Alda Borah. Dead Horse Creek begins high in the mountains above Glenwood Canyon, feeding into the now-infamous Hanging Lake. The creek forks into an east/west at Hanging Lake before meeting the Colorado River at the bottom of the canyon.
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Marker for: "William Woodruff Booco, Feb. 13, 1868--Dec. 7, 1967," in the McCoy Cemetery.
A mountain scene with river and pines is engraved on the marker.
275) Charlie Forster
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Marker for: "Charlie Forster, Sept. 29, 1910--Oct. 27, 1976," in the McCoy Cemetery.
A meadow scene with horse and rider, steer, river, trees and mountain is engraved on the marker.
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"Working on car on way to Glenwood" - Alda Borah 1917. Two men are looking under the hood of a car on the narrow dirt road winding through Glenwood Canyon. The drive to Glenwood Springs was an all-day adventure that required a few stops along the way. The body of water in the back would have been the Grand River at the time, later renamed to the Colorado River. In the left background, a utility pole can be seen along the railroad tracks across the...
278) Town of Eagle
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A view of Eagle, Colorado looking north; the river is at the bottom with the train tracks at midground.
The Eagle Valley Feed Mill, operated by Edward A. (E.A.) Michael, is the bright building facing the camera at midground, right. Above the train car sitting on the left, there is a dark building that reads "The Montgomery", or the Hotel Montgomery called the "Up to Date Hotel" of Eagle at the time; behind that is a large building with "Clothing,...
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Bridge over the Colorado River at Blue Hill, Burns, Colorado. Grand River (Colorado) Hill Road visible at right. Bearden's General Store was built after this photo was taken (it will be behind the bridge).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Belden facility showing the loading and processing facilities. Railroad cars waiting to be loaded are in the background. Directly above them are some of the old mines started in the late 1800s. The photo was taken from the dump at Gilman, looking down on Belden.
