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10361) Allan and Mauri Nottingham
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Allan (left) and Mauri Nottingham at the Nimon-Walker Award. The award is given to recognize the preservation of local history in Eagle County. In 2014, the Nottingham Family was recognized for all the contributions over the years to Avon and Eagle County. Allan and Mauri accepted the award for the family.
10362) First Nimon-Walker Award
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Louise Walker and Jim Nimon pose by a poster congratulating them on being the first recipients of the annual Nimon-Walker Award. The award recognizes individuals for their contributions to preserving Eagle County history. The Eagle County Historical Society and the Eagle Valley Library District present the award each year in the spring.
10363) Nicholas Buchholz photo
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Photo of Nicholas Buchholz during reception following service, Eagle Public Library
10366) Carol may Charboneau
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Marker for: "Carol May [Charboneau]," in Riverview Cemetery.
10367) Conger Mesa residents
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Conger Mesa residents standing on the porch of a house; dog in foreground. From left: Cliff and Allie Daniels, Mary and Warren Henry, Frank "Shorty" Strutzel.
Found on p. 270 McCoy Memoirs by John Ambos.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10368) "Save the Hahnewald Barn"
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From description of video on High Five Access Media website, "The Hahnewald Barn is in danger of being torn down, and would represent a significant loss of history in the town of Avon. In response, a group of citizens formed the Avon Historic Preservation Advisory Board to save the barn and breathe new life into the [barn]." More information about the barn can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/vemlyc9. Video produced by High Five Access Media.
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1895: Formal photo portrait of Myrtie Hockett Gant, who came to Eagle County in 1882 with her father, Barclay, twin sister, Min, and two brothers, Art and Addison Hockett. She is Myrtie Hockett Stephen's aunt. She is standing in a studio, wearing a suit, hat, gloves (carrying one), with her bag over her left arm.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10370) Benjamin A. Hart
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Benjamin Hart was an Eagle County pioneer, arriving to Red Cliff as a child with his family in 1886. The Hart family were miners and owned, worked, and operated many productive mines near the Battle Mountain area. He married Jennie May Bryant in 1897 and the couple had three children. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Red Cliff.
10371) Chapter 7: Gilman
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Gilman, Colorado, is now an abandoned mining town perched on a high cliff viewable from Highway 24 between Red Cliff and Minturn, CO. Its history dates back to the beginning of the state and mining has always been its chief industry. The mining changed over the years as well, from silver and gold, to zinc, lead, and other precious metals. The 1930s through 1950s were years of prosperity for the small company town and its residents; at one time, Gilman...
10372) Dr. Conway and Starr Doll
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Dr. William Lawrence Conway with his granddaughter, Lillian Naomi Higdon, now Starr Doll. Dr. Conway is leaning down and touching Freckles, the dog. Starr's mother died in childbirth and she was raised by her grandparents.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A souvenir booklet titled, "Over the South Park to Leadville." This accordion style booklet was printed by Chain & Hardy, Publishers and Booksellers from Denver, between 1881 and 1890, and shows the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad between the South Park region and Leadville. Several sites have been illustrated including Kenosha Pass Horseshoe Mountain, several Leadville streets, and the Mount of the Holy Cross.
10374) D&RG RR YMCA
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The D&RG Railroad YMCA (now the International Trade Center) was used as sleeping quarters for railroad men. "It had a big sun porch on the east, and it had a glass-enclosed reading room. The stationary boiler in the roundhouse heated the YMCA building. The two floors above the lobby were used for sleeping rooms….Each room had a hang-down electric bulb with a pull-chain switch. Also, one single bed and a little nightstand.
On the main floor...
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The cities of Colorado Springs and Aurora sponsored the development of a dam and reservoir that would provide each city with 37,000 acre feet (approximately twelve billion gallons) of water per year. Ultimately, the decision was up to communities using the water on the Western Slope. The project is detailed in two phases, both of which are available at the Eagle Public library and archives, and this map is included as part of those collections, respectively....
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This birthday postcard was addressed to Dorothy Shryack by someone named Victor from Grand Junction, Colorado on January 29, 1913. The text on the front of the card reads, "A wish for your birthday. May you have many, many, birthdays, for each of them is a rose in the garden of friendship."
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A timeline of events written by Mittie Alda Borah, the daughter of Alfred and Mary (Grant) Borah. Alda was born on December 4, 1895. This timeline covers major events relating to her parents from November 1886, when Alfred broke his leg, to March 16, 1896.
10379) "A Study in Tangles" program
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A program for the Eagle High School's presentation of "A Study in Tangles," a three act play. The play was held at the Woodman Hall on March 25, 1927.
10380) Eagle Valley Manuscripts
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Browse letters, documents, stories, certificates, just about anything on paper in this collection-- all from Eagle County and the surrounding areas of the Western Slope of Colorado.
