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Teacher Mrs. Melissa Trezise posed in front of car at the Edwards School, April 22, 1953.
2) Edwards
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Photo postcard from "Louise" to Mrs. S. S. Wooldridge, 226 1st St., Salida, Colo.", mailed from Edwards, Colo., in 1913. There are four men and a boy standing in a fenced area. Luggage is piled at the right, an automobile is behind the fence. Possibly the depot area at Edwards.
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Verso caption: "George Price, brother-in-law of A. V. Hunter, driving first auto in Eagle Valley in 1903. Picture also shows rock fort protection against the Indians."
There are four people in the automobile. It appears to be parked at a depot, on the right, with rock fortification on the left. Could this possible be Edwards, Colorado, near the Brett Ranch?
This photo is a great example of the effect of rubber cement [used to secure the photo to...
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A truck load of lettuce bound for the Allenton lettuce sheds, near Edwards, Colorado, in 1932. The Penney family is on the truck.
5) Family camp
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A family camp near Edwards, Colorado. The man was working in the lettuce sheds and his family was camping nearby.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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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.
