Mystic Island Lake, Colorado
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"Clyde (C.F.) Lloyd and his wife Adele, owners of the Red Mountain Ranch, were Chicago residents who spent their summers in Eagle. Late in the 1920s, Lloyd obtained a special-use permit from the Forest Service that allowed him to develop a mountain camp at Lake Charles, a high-county lake on East Brush Creek. Lloyd and other family members built half a dozen cabins, including a cook's cabin and a 'honeymoon' cabin on unpatented mining claims at...
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The Lloyd cabin at Lake Charles viewed through the trees.
"In addition to incredible high-mountain scenery, both Lake Charles and Mystic Island Lake offered some great fishing for cutthroat trout. They remain popular destinations for backpackers and hikers. By the late 1940s, the cabins, weathered by high-mountain snows, had fallen into disrepair. The Forest Service dismantled the remaining buildings." -- Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher p.93
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Zoe Benton grabs for something in the water at Mystic Lake while Judith Allen steers the small raft. Taken in September of 1944.
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Marguerite "Mike" Koonce poses for a photograph at Mystic Lake in September of 1944.
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Marguerite "Mike" Koonce, Judith Allen, and Zoe Benton (sitting) move a small raft away from the shoreline of Mystic Lake in September of 1944.
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Left to right: Judith Allen, Marguerite "Mike" Koonce, Jean Allen Johnson, and Zoe Benton pose for a picture at Mystic Lake in September of 1944.
