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A postcard of the Palisades in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon). A passenger train is passing through the canyon. This postcard was sent to Alda Borah from Susie S. Bolt, and is dated July 30, 1917.
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A postcard showing a "birdseye view of Eagle." The E.E. Glenn and Co. sign is visible near the right of the image.
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A souvenir postcard sent to Alda Borah from Ivan Staton. The postmark is dated April 23, 1912, from Glenwood Springs.
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A postcard advertising Strawberry Day in Glenwood Springs, taking place June 21-22, 1912. An annual event celebrating the strawberry harvest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It began in 1898, and is ongoing. According to the Glenwood Springs Visitor’s Center, it is the longest continually held civic celebration west of the Mississippi River. It began as an agricultural festival. At one time, a bicycle race between Grand Junction and Glenwood was held...
47) News from home
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A postcard of a cowboy on a horse. This was sent to Alda Borah at Salt Lake City from Jennie Schumm. The postmark is dated September 2, 1914, from Gypsum.
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A postcard of the main ranch house at the Lucky GJ Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned...
49) The Royal Gorge
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A passenger train travels through the Royal Gorge along the Arkansas River. This postcard was sent to Alda Borah from Stanley McHatton during World War I. The postmark is dated September 22, 1917, from Junction City, Kansas.
50) Mount Sopris
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A postcard of Mount Sopris, located near Glenwood Springs. This postcard was sent to Alda Borah from Orville Jack Dempsey. The postmark is dated August 12, 1920, from Eagle. The mountain is named after former Denver mayor, Richard Sopris.
51) Minturn depot
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Several individuals wait to board a passenger train at the Minturn depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in 1915. A note on the back reads, "Taken at Minturn, Colo. on Rio Grande Ry at noon U.W. Band Tour of Western States, 1915." The University of Wisconsin-Madison band, under the leadership of Charles "Charlie" Mann, toured the Western United States in 1915, before performing at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was...
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A postcard of Mount Massive rising above the town of Leadville. Located in the Sawatch Range, Mount Massive is the second highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of 14,428 feet. This postcard was published by the Davis Drug Company of Leadville.
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A postcard of a passenger train passing through the Royal Gorge at night. The Arkansas River runs through the Royal Gorge.
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A postcard of the Mosquito Trail near Leadville. The Mosquito Range is located in Central Colorado. Mosquito Pass, pictured here, is the boundary between Lake and Park Counties.
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A holiday postcard sent by Myrtle and L. J. Borah, possible to Mary (Grant) Borah and Alda (Borah) Perkins. A small poem in the greeting card reads, "Not all the gold / These mountains old / Keep deep within their coffers / Could buy for you / A wish, more true / Than this Christmas greeting offers."
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A postcard sent to Alda Borah from Art Stremme. The postmark is dated August 23, 1919, from Gypsum.
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A postcard sent to Alda Borah from her teacher, Adda Crawford. The postmark is dated June 11.
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A postcard, sent from Audrey Chase of Edison, Nebraska to Anna Ireland of Mitchell, Colorado. The postcard was sent sometime between 1883 and 1909, when the post office at Mitchell ceased operations.
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A postcard of Eagle from around 1917. This view is looking north down Broadway Street.
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A postcard of Main Street in Gilman. The Gilman School is visible in the foreground on the right. This was the "business street" of Gilman. Several cars line the street in front of the various stores. This postcard was sent by an Edward, who lived in Gilman, to Bessie Clark of Grand Island, Nebraska.
