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Long-time friends meeting at Buster and Angela Beck's place in Red Cliff, May 26, 2008.
From left: Angela Beck, Alex Baldo, Buster Beck, Mary Baldo, and Quinn Beck.
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Betty Taylor Beck and Angela Beck (holding baby Aurora Beck) at hunting camp on Homesatke Rd., October 18, 2008. Betty was the daughter of Jeff and Eddie Taylor. They owned Jeff's Place in Minturn. Betty married Jack Beck and had three children, Bruce, Ronnie and Marylin.
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Studio portrait of Ellinora "Ellie" Williams Beck. She graduated from Red Cliff Union High School and married Theodore Beck at the Presbyterian Church in Red Cliff. Ellinora's mother, Martha Williams, was postmaster in Red Cliff. Ellie served on the hospital board in Grants, New Mexico, and taught in the literacy program at the women's prison there. She passed away in 2007.
5) Camping
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A camping trip with buckboard and tent. Dessie is in white at the right; Earl is fence sitting at far left. Another couple is with them and there's a buckboard in the center of the scene.
6) Camping
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Campsite with tent at far right, clothes drying on bushes, and dog keeping guard.
7) Buster Beck
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Buster Beck in uniform, age 18. World War II era photo. Buster's parents were Earl and Dessie Beck of Red Cliff, Colorado.
8) Bob McDougal
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Photo portrait of Bob McDougal dressed in aviator jacket, scarf, helmet and goggles. World War II era photo. Bob's parents were "Red" and Myrtle McDougal of Red Cliff, Colorado. Red was Town Marshall.
10) Minturn Bus Line
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Abandoned Minturn Bus Line bus parked on the old road between Bells Camp and Red Cliff, October 1996. The Minturn Bus Line ran between Minturn and Gilman, taking workers to the Gilman mines. The Minturn Line was owned by Bert Winters.
"The bus line between Red Cliff and Gilman was a separate entity, for a long time owned by Mr. Neff and, eventually, by Ralph Henderson." -- Bud Beck
"Bud, Buster, our grandson, Conrad, and I walked the old road from...
11) Uranium mining
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Several Red Cliff residents prospected uranium on Wilson Mesa, Utah, in 1953. Sitting around the breakfast table in the camp are, from front left: Jeff Taylor, Vic Chitwood, and Johnny Tetreault. At front right, Buster Beck, with two unidentified men standing. Jeff Taylor's grandsons currently [2010] mine uranium in Moab, Utah.
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Studio portrait of sisters Angela Fear [Beck] (born May 4, 1930) and Johanna Fear (born September 4, 1927; died January 1, 1937). Johanna, almost 4 yrs. old, is holding Angela's hand. Angela is 14 months old.
14) Sarah Ellis
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Studio portrait of Sarah Jane Arthur Ellis, Mrs. Charles Ellis, who died on Dec. 28, 1920. She was grandmother to Earl Beck.
15) Earl Beck
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Photo postcard of Earl Beck holding onto the reins of two horses. Fence in background. Earl was an employee of the Empire Zinc Company and a veteran of World War I.
16) Bus lines
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Photocopy of a postcard, the photo for which was taken by R. R. Cooper. Miners arriving for "Ole's Shift," standing in front of the bus.
From Ted Beck:
The Red Cliff bus line was probably started away back, probably in the 1930s, by Mickey Walsh. He got hold of a big old sedan, probably a Cadillac or Pierce-Arrow, that 7 or 8 men could crowd into and started hauling miners to Gilman. I don't think it was much of a success as it kept breaking down....
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Marie Warren, her daughter-in-law, Lorna Hargreaves Warren (married to Everett), and Johanna Fear, posing in a front yard. Marie Warren worked as a postal clerk in Red Cliff from 1946 to 1959. She also reported news of the Red Cliff community for the Eagle Valley Enterprise.
