Business & Commerce
Showing
281 - 296
of 296
, query time: 0.02s
Format:
Image
The Eagle County Historical Museum at its present location at Chambers Park in Eagle, Colorado. The Chambers horse barn was originally located at the site of the present I-70 interchange on the Chambers Ranch. It was moved to temporary storage in 1981, while the Eagle County Historical Society raised funds for a foundation to be built. It was seated on the foundation in 1984 and opened to the public as a local history museum in 1991.
The historic...
282) Moving farm house
Format:
Image
The Mayne farm house being moved from the Eagle County Fairgrounds to its final location at Chambers Park to become the Information Center.
283) Nogal-Ping Hotel
Format:
Image
The Nogal-Ping Hotel at the corner of Capitol Street and Highway 6. A sign for a Conoco gas station is visible to the left of the hotel.
"Otis and Minnie Ping bought the Nogal Hotel in 1923. The Pings expanded the commercial operation by adding two wings out back and several detached motel units. Minnie Ping was an ambitious businesswoman, and Otis was the handyman who did the work. The Pings eventually installed a gas station, featuring a glass-bubble...
Format:
Image
"Where Frank Figgins works in Portland, Oregon". (caption from photo)
No other information provided. It appears to be a lumber yard; there are stacks of lumber and logs and accompanying machinery. Workers can be seen in the building to the left.
Format:
Image
Business card for the Eagle Valley Enterprise during Howard and Marilla McCain's ownership, 1947 to 1972.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, Dec. 30, 1999: ""Ade" Reyolds...remained active as The Enterprise publisher until his death on Oct. 10, 1949.
His daughter, Marilla Reynolds McCain, had been on the receiving end of practical training in the newspaper business from the time she was 7 years old. At the time of her father's death, Mrs. McCain was serving...
Format:
Image
Work on the stablilization of the Rock Creek Stage Stop. Companies involved: John Dobell Construction, Bill Irvine Construction, Jan Kaminski-Mountain Architecture Design Group, HRC! Volunteers.
Format:
Image
"This well constructed log building is located on the original Gore Road, between Toponas and Kremmling. Called the Rock Creek Ranch Road House, it was built by Jim Gates about 1900 and served as a stage stop with rooms and meals for travelers. Both floors had a porch running the length of the building. The Gates family operated it until about 1906 and then left it and the furniture which was soon stolen. About 1915 Dr. Henderson, a chiropractor,...
Format:
Image
The ribbon cutting of the restored Rock Creek Stage Station on August 30, 2003. Jayne Hill of Historic Routt County! is at far left with Bud Gates, representing the Gates family, standing next to her. The new chinking on the exterior is clearly visible as are replacement framings.
Format:
Image
A photo of the Rock Creek stage stop in 2000, prior to restoration. Historic Routt County! partnered with the Colorado State Historical Fund, Colorado Preservation Inc., U.S. Forest Service, and the Department of Wildlife to replace, repair and stabilize the logs as well as chinking the exterior. The work was completed in 2003 and the ribbon cutting ceremony was held August 30, 2003. The Gates Family was a part of this partnership, as well.
Format:
Image
"Gates ranch and stage stop on Rock Creek, between the Gore and Toponas, CO. L-R--J.P. Gate, and his wife "Katie," with sons Clark and Bert Gates. Other people unknown." -- The Gates Genealogy
A bicycle is leaning against the fence.
Format:
Image
Rock Creek stage stop between Gore Pass and Toponas. Six people and a dog are taking advantage of the balcony.
"This beautiful building was the Stage Coach Inn on Gore Pas. Built by James P. Gates--in 1886 or 1887." -- The Gates Genealogy
Format:
Image
The Rock Creek Ranch Road House built by Jim Gates in 1900. It served as a stage stop until the Gates family left in 1906.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
The Eagle River at Edwards [Wilmore stop]. Lettuce shed next to the railroad with the old water tank in the background. Benny Klatt's home and small store on Highway 6. Benny Klatt was killed by his brother-in-law, William Wellington, over the ownership of the cabin in which Wellington lived.
296) Tom and Ella Lewis
Format:
Image
Tom and Ella Lewis, standing in front of a house.
Thomas "...was born in Broadtop, Pa., Oct. 12, 1872 and came to Boulder, Colorado as a young man. For a time he managed a store at Erie before coming to Western Colorado and entered the mercantile business at Palisade with the J. W. Hugus Co. There he met Miss Ella Rose Berger, a clerk at the old Fair Store in Grand Junction. The couple was married March 3, 1907 and eight years later came to Eagle."...
