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A panoramic photograph taken from the Beck family yard as the last Union Pacific freight train to travel through Red Cliff rolls by. The tracks are visible with the Pine St. viaduct at far left. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is right of the viaduct and a small group of people are watching the train from the churchyard. August 1997 "Union Pacific has pulled the last of its cross-country freight trains from the Tennessee Pass route, which...
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A view of Eagle Street in Red Cliff, taken from the railroad tracks (at right). From left, the tall white building with a small steeple is the old town hall and fire house. The hose drying chamber is an attachment on the back of the building. Next, across the street is the Community Church with dark steeple. The railway viaduct to Pine Street is at far right.
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Full view of Red Cliff town park at the foot of Monument Street. Playground equipment, log cabin, picnic benches and barbecue grill are in place. On the left on Pine St. is Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. The center building is a house being constructed for Mary Pacheco.
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A view of Eagle Street in Red Cliff, taken from the school. Right of center, the tall white building with a small steeple is the old town hall and fire house. The hose drying chamber is an attachment on the back of the building. The jail is the samll building behind the town hall.
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Eagle Street in Red Cliff. Mary Ellen Vigil is standing at far left.
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A view of Main Street with J. B. Dowd ["Day Goods, Gents Furnishings, Boots and Shoes"] on the left. Nine people are standing on the shoveled board walk in front of the store. Man on a horse is in the street, standing on several feet of unplowed snow. Red Rock Store and Home Restaurant are visible across the street. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A train approaching the Pine St. bridge in Red Cliff. At far left is the house of Canuto Velasquez. On the far right hillside is a house built by Doug Byren (Jan. 16, 2954--Nov. 14, 1989). The Byren house looks down on Water Street at center.
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Photo taken February 8, 2013, during the bleeding of the water system at Red Cliff. "The town was plagued by low water pressure." -- Angela Beck
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A panoramic photograph taken from the Beck family yard, waiting for the last Union Pacific train to travel through Red Cliff. The tracks are visible with the Pine St. viaduct at far left. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is right of the viaduct. "Union Pacific has pulled the last of its cross-country freight trains from the Tennessee Pass route, which averaged 12 trains a day through Eagle County. ... Union Pacific, as a part of its acquisition...
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A view of Red Cliff, looking down Water St. The Santa Claus rocks are in the foreground, with people on them. On the bluff at the right is the Red Cliff School, constructed in 1937.
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Continuing down Eagle Street, Martinez Liquors is the tall building with the false front at center. The town park is visible at left.
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Mary Ellen Vigil is standing at far left, with the back of Ralph Henderson's variety store in the background. To the left of Henderson's is an upstairs apartment where Wilmer and Margaret Crawford lived.
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Red Cliff , circa 1890s, looking up the Eagle River. Photo taken as a postcard series: 667. Caption on verso: "Red Cliff in Early Days, before 28 [possibly 08] Road was put through."
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Six men standing on the boardwalk in front of a store front in Red Cliff. Snow in the street is packed down and approximately 2.5 ft. higher than the boardwalk. A sled pulled by a horse team is standing on the street in front of the men. The Hall-Roberts Dry Goods store is at the left.
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Some street work going on at the foot of Monument Street, attracting an audience. The town park is at left, background. The man sitting, wearing a plaid shirt is Bianes Romero.
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The little log cabin the town park at Red Cliff.A little girl is seated on the roof; a dog is seated in the shade to the right.
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Panorama of Water Street in Red Cliff, Colorado, showing road repair. Photo is marked "Plaintiff's exhibit 3, 10-26-81."
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The house to which the barn belongs is on Eagle St. in Red Cliff. It was the Forest Ranger station and then housing for the Erlandson, Penrod and Ottens families. To the right of the house is the old town hall and jail.
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The fire brigade and hose cart for the Red Cliff fire department, posed in front of the Town Hall. The fire department was in the bottom floor of the Town Hall building. "The first fire department was organized by Aaron Graham in 1888. It was of the push cart type but an improvement over the old bucket brigade type."--A History of Eagle County, p.5. Since the bottom floor of the Town Hall was the fire department, an estimate of 1888-1889 is used...
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Red Cliff with Ft. Arnett and the railroad bridge visible at right midground. [One of a series of ten photographs included in postal mailer: Frashers Quality Photos, Ten Scenic Views souvenir from Canon City to Leadville, Colo. Frashers, Inc., Pomona, Calif. Required 2 cents postage.]