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Cast and ECHS docents for the River View Cemetery Tour, a production of the Eagle County Historical Society and the 2014 fundraiser.
Front row, L to R: Sarah Pounder (Violet Buffehr), Cooter Overcash (Hank Elliott), Cindy Jones (Augusta Nelson), Doug Lewer (Hugh Luby), Sandy VanCampen (docent), Janice Tonz (Sophie Knight)
Back row, L to R: Kathy Heicher (docent), Donna Spinelli (Elvira Schlegel), Brian Hall (Billy Booco), Laura Thompson (docent),...
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The Great K & A Train Robbery was filmed in Glenwood Canyon in 1926. Tom Mix, the star, did his own stunts, including some on a moving train, that thrilled those watching.
James J. Flynn was the fireman on the train in the film. He had a picture of Tom Mix with the train crew which he submitted to the Green Light, a magazine for Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad employees. The magazine no longer exists but this clipping of the article was...
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Actor Donna Spinelli, at center, portraying Elvira Schlegel, wife of Piney homesteader Mathias Schlegel. Docent Laura Thompson is at left.
4) Hank Elliott
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Actor Cooter Overcash portraying Hank Elliott, rancher, boxing promoter and bootlegger.
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Actor Madeline Moos portraying Fanny Collins, wife of Tom Collins, miner and community supporter.
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The cast of the 1938 Eagle High School senior class play, "bashful Mr. Bobbs," lined up on stage. The photo was used in Lux Aquilae 1938 [school yearbook].
From left, "Margaret Aldred, Marjorie Aldred, Dolly Webb, Donald Webb, Carolyn Quick, Donald Knupp, Marian Redmond, Jim Isabell, Velma Dorn, Daisy Hughes, Marion Mosher.
The senior play, "Bashful Mr. Bobbs," a three-act farce, was given Friday April 29, in the school auditorium. Eleven seniors...
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Actor Janice Tonz portraying Sophie Knight, wife of Thomas Knight, both prospectors in the Holy Cross Mining District.
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The cast of "Fingerprints," the senior class play at Eagle High School, 1939. Photo used in Lux Aquilae 1939.
"Standing: Kenneth Du Bois, Margie Stein, Dorothy Arthur, Bobby Clark, Betty Howland, Gertrude Nimon, and Donald Van Horn. Seated: Rosemary Ginther, Marguerite Koonce, and Irvin Wells.
'FIngerprints,' a three-act comedy, was given by the senior class, April 21, at eight o'clock in the auditorium. Meleta Wilson directed the play. A large...
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Actor Brian Hall portraying Billy Booco,and docent Laura Thompson.
10) Billy Booco
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Actor Brian Hall portraying original Minturn Homesteader Billy Booco [not buried in River View].
11) Hugh Luby
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Actor Doug Lewer portraying Hugh Luby, engineer turned saloon keeper [not actually buried in River View].
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The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
From l. to r.: Rudy Olin, Kris Keys, Terri Vroman, Jessica Kline, Lucinda Hanke, and Eagle County Commissioner Sara Fisher.
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Cast of the River View Cemetery Tour. While research on their characters was provided, some of the actors did additional research and fleshed out their characters.
Front, L to R: Sarah Pounder (Violet Buffehr), Cooter Overcash (Hank Elliott), Cindy Jones (Augusta Nelson)
Back, L to R: Donna Spinelli (Elvira Schlegel), Brian Hall (Billy Booco), Joanne Cermak (Eliza Bolt), Doug Lewer (Hugh Luby), Janice Tonz (Sophie Knight)
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Actor Doug Lewer portraying Hugh Luby,and Sarah Pounder portraying Violet Buffehr.
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W.L. “Windy” Martin discusses coming to Grand Junction, Colorado in the early 1930’s while working for a tent show named Fred G. Brunk’s Comedians. He talks about his time working for the traveling show, the types of crowds for whom they performed, how to care for a tent show during bad weather, and the different plays they liked to perform. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
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Al Look talks about the use of radiocarbon dating during Hannah Marie Wormington’s excavation of the Turner-Look Site, a Fremont Indian cultural site in Grand County, Utah. He discusses minstrel shows and his involvement in them in his younger days. He also speaks about aspects of Colorado Western Slope history. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western...
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Chuck Thomas recalls growing up in Cedaredge, where he hunted rabbits from horseback as a kid, and where he learned his future trade as a tightrope walker by walking on top of barbed wire fences on his way to and from Cedaredge High School. He also talks about his high wire act for the Happy Day Rides carnival, doing Houdini’s straight jacket stunt on a Ferris Wheel, being a vaudeville actor and musician in traveling tent shows, and hypnotizing...
