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Studio portrait of Francis Marion Skiff, 1847-1910.
A History of Eagle County [1940], p. 186: "F. M. Skiff owned the town site of Gypsum, Mrs. Skiff owning the first dry goods store and running the first post office. Mr. Skiff built the first two story building in Gypsum [1900]. This bulding is now the Lundgrens store. p. 187 The upstairs of this place was used for a school."
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Photo postcard of the Gypsum Hotel (formerly the Skiff Hotel) after the fire in 1912.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, Feb. 9, 1912, p.1: GYPSUM TOWN HAS BIG FIRE. Early Sunday Morning Blaze Destoys Three Buildings and Portion of Contents.
The most disastrous fire in the history of Gypsum or Eagle county took place in that town last Sunday morning at four o'clock, and before the fire was discovered it gained such headway that every effort to quench the flames...
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Working on roof beams for Skiff's Ranch hotel (later the Oddfellows Hall) in Gypsum.
