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View of D. & R. G. Railway tracks, looking up the Eagle River. Lover's Leap on left side of bridge; top of depot visible in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1880: Holy Cross City. Buildings in background are ore processing mill.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Lloyd cabin at Lake Charles viewed through the trees.
"In addition to incredible high-mountain scenery, both Lake Charles and Mystic Island Lake offered some great fishing for cutthroat trout. They remain popular destinations for backpackers and hikers. By the late 1940s, the cabins, weathered by high-mountain snows, had fallen into disrepair. The Forest Service dismantled the remaining buildings." -- Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher p.93
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The Butler and Conger Cabins at Black Mountain Ranch in 1966.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
25. Gold Dust Basin
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"It is a 1948 view looking east into Gold Basin from the trail on the rim where George Burgess and I studied the cliffs to spot the trail down and judge if the pack horse could handle it. The Morgan cabin we stayed in is well portrayed.
It was here we tied the horse to a boulder with an insufficient knot while we went down and tested it out. The trail was largely obliterated by rock creep and fall, but we thought the horse could do it with our...
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View of Gilman, Colorado, from the highway in winter. Company housing is visible in the center of the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
27. Mine shack
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When photographed in the mid-1980s, this mine shack was still standing on the east side of New York Mountain, above New York Lake and the timberline. The building was made of milled wood. In recent years, the structure has collapsed.
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View facing south of the Shelter House walls going up. Ten men are working on the building; one horse visible on left along with the top of the tent. Photo labeled: 281247
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
29. Holy Cross City
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Abandoned cabins of Holy Cross City in the foreground, mountains in background. [photo damaged with ink]
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The Theisen Cabin at Black Mountain Ranch in 1966.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The ranch buildings on what later became the Black Mountain Ranch. When this picture was taken in 1935 [photo has both 1934 and 1936 written on it], it was a working ranch (with emphasis on work) and had about fifty acres under cultivation, the balance of the 1,100 acres was pasture and timberland. Pioneers named the hill in the background Sawmill Mountain. Until 1915 the hill was a paradise for grouse and to see fifty or sixty in a flock was...
32. Town of Eagle
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The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
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Corral and Ranger Station at Yeoman Park near Eagle, Colorado. Photo labeled: Yeoman R. Sta, lower right corner.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
34. Holy Cross City
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Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background.
"By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
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"Judge Lyle named his four guest cabins after Conger Mesa pioneers. This one is the Conger, others are the Theisen, Butler and Ambos." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 251
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A view of the lodge at Black Mountain Ranch in 1970.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Inscription: "Enlisted men from Camp F-15 building Community house at Tigiwon Campground for accommodation of members of yearly pilgrimage to the Mount of the Holy Cross. Swan. 2330.4"
On front of photo: 279037
38. Snowbound
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The door to the bachelors' quarters in Gilman during the winter of 1938. The occupants were obliged to dig out the door and stairway in order to get to work.
39. Town of Gypsum
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A view of the town of Gypsum, looking south.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Three buildings in a fenced field comprising the Minturn Ranger Station.
On front of photo: 430869
Verso inscription: "#430869 - Holy Cross N. F. 6/24/44 Minturn Ranger Station, Minturn, Colorado, by Jay Higgins (Adm.) Improvements - Ranger Stations 533; 5650.1"