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1) McCoy Hotel
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1895-1900: McCoy Hotel built by J. F. McCoy between 1891 and 1895 (caption with photo). "Eagle County History" says it was built and operated by C. B. McCoy. View of the log buildings and fences with bridge in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) McCoy lane
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....
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Photo postcard of the McCoy Bridge over Rock Creek.
On verso, by John Ambos: "For many years all traffic between Wolcott and Routt Co. passed over this bridge, including thousands of freight wagons, hundreds of stages and many herds of cattle, traveling in both directions. Hi water and floods took the bridge out on 3 occasions. There has been no bridge across Rock Creek at McCoy since Hiway 131."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
