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461) Gypsum Depot
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The Gypsum Depot on wheels, being moved from Gypsum to Eagle.
EVE March 28, 1968 p.3:
"Gypsum: Work has commenced on the removal of one of the old landmarks of the town this week. Leo Hargrave bought the building from the D&RG and will move it to Eagle. He will put it on land in east Eagle. The depot was built in 1887 when the railroad came through Gypsum. It was closed several years ago when passenger service was taken off this section of the...
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A panoramic photograph taken from the Beck family yard as the last Union Pacific train to travel through Red Cliff passes under the viaduct. 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...
463) Pine St. Bridge
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The Pine St. bridge over the railroad tracks and the Eagle River. The bridge connects Pine St. and Monument St. in Red Cliff.
464) Western Union Boys
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"Ervin, Al, Bill and Jim, the Western Union Boys," eating watermelon at Gypsum.
465) Ice Train Wreck
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The "Big Hook" steam-powered wrecker, based in Grand Junction, moving the Ice Train engine into an upright position. Damaged box car in foreground.
"Volunteer labor was called for and many miners from this place went to work with the men rushed to the scene by the railroad company to clear the line."
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
466) Lover's Leap
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Lover's Leap rock formation which marks the access to Red Cliff. Hoist on the top of the formation indicates the construction period for the Red Cliff arch bridge on Highway 24 (1938-1939). Railroad tracks in foreground.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 2]
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"Uncle" Doc Rodgers, Polly Barlow Rodgers, and sons at the Avon Depot.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
468) Shawna Rowen
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Shawna Rowen, daughter of Christine Beck and Jim Rowen, riding her tricycle in Red Cliff. Behind Shawna is the viaduct over the railroad. At far upper right is the Red Cliff school, now the town hall.
469) Train near Red Cliff
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Train running near Red Cliff.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
470) Train wreck
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Train wreckage from a crash. Engine 778 visible; in right midground, two men are examining a car.
Photo rescanned from a better copy owned by Darla Goodale, Minturn, Oct. 26, 2010.
471) Railroad tracks
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Checking the railroad tracks outside of Red Cliff, August 11, 2013.
472) Early Gypsum saloons
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Two of the tent buildings on First Street across from the railroad station in Gypsum [circa 1900]. The first buildings providing services to railroad employees had wooden platforms with tent structures on top and sometimes a false front. Many of the buildings housed saloons and, in this photo, even a bank/saloon combination.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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C.1920: View of haying on Koprinikar's Ranch near Edwards, Colorado. Now the site of Singletree Golf Course and Berry Creek Ranch development. A team of three horses is working the field. Hay is stacked, waiting to be taken to ricks. In the background, a train is passing by.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
474) W. H. Wellington
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"The old mail carrier at Edwards, W. H. Wellington." -- Esther Klatt
"Dad" Wellington began carrying the mail between the post office in Edwards, Colorado, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad station in Edwards on May 13, 1895. He was scheduled for 14 trips per week at a distance of 2,264 feet per trip, using his buckboard pulled by "Faithful Jack." Wellington claimed it was the only mule mail route in the United States."
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Three generations of Marfitanos get together for a 4th of July celebration (1956, 1957, or 1958). They are seated outside at the Denver & Rio Grande Section House in Carbondale, Colorado.
Left side of table, front to back: Irene Marfitano, Karen Marfitano Green, David Marfitano, Mary Jo Marfitano and Stella Marfitano.
Right side of table, front to back: John Marfitano, Ralph Marfitano (standing), Rose Marfitano.
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A rear view of the Ivan Dump house in 2009 showing various additions and changes in original roof line.
The the left of the house is a1950s cinder block garage erected by Joe Trujillo.
Railroad track are in the foreground.
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1900-1910: Red Cliff Train Station, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, in the snow.
Note: "a residence of William Smiley Cole"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Family members standing under the Wolcott Bridge in the late 1920s.
Left to right: Roy Marfitano; his mother, Stella Marfitano; Francis Sansosti, Frank Sansosti; daughter Lena Sansosti Yost.
Frank was the D&RG section foreman at the Rex siding between Belden and Minturn. He was transferred to Wolcott.
480) George W. Watson
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Frances Watson retells the story and history of her esteemed husband, George Watson. Watson was an influential cattleman, stockman, and rangeman, who helped secure grazing rights, served on advisory boards for different livestock and agriculture organizations, and was a rancher himself. Watson served a term as Eagle County Commissioner. Frances tells stories of riding on long cattle and horse drives, helping her husband in remote areas of wilderness,...
