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Two men with rifles slung over their shoulders standing on skiis [cabinet card].
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Ski troops training near Camp Hale wearing packs. Six troopers in foreground with view of pines and mountains in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Skiers on Whittaker Hill (Bruce Creek, off Brush Creek) with cattle in the background. Ping's photo finishing date Oct. 24, 1939.
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Mid-1950s photo of the Eagle ski tow, located above Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle, Colorado, on the Cole Black Ranch. Some call the ski hill "Cemetery Hill."
The boy standing on the top of the mountain looking at the camera, in the black coat, is Skip (Melvin) Chambers, son of Glen Chambers. Immediately below him on the hill in the reddish sweater is John Buchholz. The girl farthest down the hill in the red sweater is Susan Koonce.
The ski tow,...
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Ski troops training near Camp Hale, Colorado. 22 skiiers proceeding in a line across the midground with mountain in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
7) Verne Trunde
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Verne Trunde, Avon School teacher, on skis. Dog in left midground. The view is to the northeast looking at Buck Creek. Given the elevation, the photo may have been taken at Bachelor Gulch. Inscription: "He couldn't do anything with Austin Offerson either."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard showing skiiers carrying skis to the tow at Ski Cooper, near Leadville. Cooper Hill is where the 10th Mountain Division trained while at Camp Hale.
Verso: "Bob--this is where we skiied [sic.] near Gilman, Colorado, where they trained the Army before going to Europe. This before 1950. Tennessee Pass on Rt. 24."
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Ski troops training at Cooper Hill, Camp Hale. Rope tow used, centerground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Gordon H. Haith
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Marker for: Gordon H. Haith, October 29, 1934, Riverview Cemetery. A skier is engraved on the left side of the marker.
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The Whittaker ski area on the Whittaker Place at Bruce Creek in the late 1940s. The man standing with his back to the camera on the left is Wayne Randall. Next to him are his cousins, Roxie "Mickie" Randall (sitting down) and Jo Ann Whittaker (standing and laughing). The girl with the scarf on her head at midground is Donna Randall.
Wayne is the son of Les and Florence Randall. He helped to build the ski tow.-- Kathy Heicher, 2011.
12) Lime Creek
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"Head of Lime Creek. Bob Barnard, Harold Koonce, and Dorris [Johnson] skied from Zurchers over [the] top to Thomasville - March 1948."
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Judith Allen, Marguerite "Mike" Koonce, and Dick Allen ski on Cooper Hill in January of 1947.
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Jean Allen Johnson, Marguerite "Mike" Koonce, and Dick Allen ski on Cooper Hill in January of 1947.