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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"

42. Gilman

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Gilman, Colorado, December 25, 1948, taken from the "u" turn in Hwy. 24. Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 30: "Gilman was close to the top of Battle Mountain at 9,000 feet above sea level. Since a great deal of my day was spent in the mine I was several thousand feet lower, but the only time Trudie got below this was when we drove down off the mountain. Over the top and about 3-4 miles away (mostly down), was Red Cliff and Turkey Creek, both...
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Town of Minturn in 1896. The view is to the north west....Lion Head Rock is in the far upper right of the photo. [hand colored black and white photo] caption on verso: "Minturn 1896. Grandpa Fleck. M.R." One of Mack Fleck's daughters was Minnie Richardson; possibly her photo.
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Jolly family cabin on the Flat Tops (at the head of Grizzly Creek) during a fishing trip in 1950. Sod roof on the cabin. Buster Beck, Frank Robinson and Chuck Colby participated.
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1933-40: Front and side view of the rock Shelter House on Notch Mountain, opposite the Holy Cross. "This is the end of the trail for pilgrimagers [sic]." Built by the CCC. Door and window shaded by overhangs of timber and shingle. Foreground composed of rocky ground. (Labeled 283452) [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

46. Belden

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Looking toward Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. Tram to Gilman visible at midground.
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With Battle Mountain in the background, the shaft house of the main entrance to the Gilman mine on Highway 24 is at midground. The waste dump from the mine is below the shaft house with the Rock Creek settlement to the left of the dump. [picture cut from magazine]
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Castle Peak fire look-out cabin built in 1916; not used since 1938. Repairs done in 1962 or 1963. This area was prone to frequent electrical charges during storms and was therefore not continued as a fire lookout by the Forest Service. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Castle Peak and the lookout station. The lookout station was used in finding fires throughout the surrounding areas, since it was located at approximately 11,275 feet. Inscription on back: " The Lookout Station on Castle Pk. that I put up last year. How would you like to be up there now (5 ft. of snow). JP"
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Last of the homesteader's cabins, northwest side of Castle Peak, taken in 1988.
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"Castle Peak Lookout showing table with fire maps."-- verso
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Don Wilson and Angela Beck on March 20, 2014, in Red Cliff.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Red Cliff. [aging Polaroid]
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The Trujillo house on Water Street in Red Cliff on January 31, 2014, after the sun came out. From January 1 through January 31, 2014, Red Cliff received 63 inches of snow. On January 31, the town received an additional 21 inches.
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Horses Tom and Dick tethered to a wagon. Tom and Dick were the team that moved Dessie, Earl and Theodore Beck from Salida to Red Cliff. "The Earl Beck family moved into town sometime after Jan. 14, 1923, when I was born, and before March 2, 1925, when Buster was born, but I have never known just exactly when. We lived for a short while in a house on Monument Street and then moved down to the lower end of town on Water Street. We rented for a while...
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Looking down on Red Cliff, Colorado. Eagle Hotel clearly visible in left foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Snow falling in Red Cliff on January 31, 2014. From January 1 through January 31, 2014, Red Cliff received 63 inches of snow. On January 31, the town received an additional 21 inches.
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A view of Fulford, Colorado, in 1928. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking west toward Fulford with Porphyry Mountain in the background.
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Panoramic photograph of early Gypsum, Colorado. The photograph is dated "about 1902".