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"This building, as it appears today [1974], became the Copper Spur store and Post Office after the Wymans left, Frank Bedell as Post Master and store proprietor. The Bedell family lived here until Frank's death in 1956." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 149 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"There were many small post offices in Colorado in the horse and buggy days for the simple reason that travel was slow. A post office was established at Copper Spur on Yarmony Creek four miles southeast of McCoy in 1920 and named Coppertown with Ed Lindvold as the postmaster. About 1922 Lindvold disappeared with the post office funds and Kenneth Wyman was appointed to succeed him. ... In 1928 the Post Office was re-named Copper Spur which name it...
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Post office at Tigiwon, Colorado. Located on the way to Notch Mountain trail, it was used to postmark letters for people on pilgrimage to view the Mt. of the Holy Cross. The Post office was established June 5, 1929 and discontinued September 30, 1942 [from Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989, by Bauer, Osment and Willard, 1990]. There are several people standing next to an automobile and a camper with bedroll standing in front of the log building. [Title...
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The Carlson IGA Store and the Basalt Post Office, located about midblock of main street (Railroad Avenue) Basalt. A public water fountain is located between the two buildings.
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Four men and a dog on the boardwalk in front of the Edwards Store and Post Office. Two of the men, seated on crates, are playing a board game. Appears to be spring or summer. (Note on photo description: Burnison or Brooks) [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The McCoy Hotel as it appeared when Charles H. 'Daddy' McCoy was operating it in 1904. The photo was taken looking south west. The east end of the building was the kitchen and dining room, the lobby, Post Office and the McCoys living quarters in the center while the west end was mostly guest rooms and a large hall for community gatherings, dances, etc. In later years the ground floor was converted into a store. The man feeding the cub bear is...
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The Mayor of Copper Spur, three women, two girls and a man standing in front of a gas pump at the post office/store. Signs on building. Appears to be a warm time of year. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The U.S. Post Office in Eagle Colorado, barbershop and drug store. They are located in the Dice Building, built in 1904, on the west side of Broadway. There is an automobile parked on the street and some men are sitting on the stairs at the far left. From the collection of Robert Thomas DeFoor who coached the Gypsum High School football team in the 1920s. He was a school teacher and pharmacist. He married Lydia Gretchen Doll, who died in Denver...
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[5,000th image added to the collection] A view of Broadway St. in Eagle, taken at the intersection with 3rd St., looking north. There is a streetlight post in the middle of the intersection with "Keep Right" written at the base. Castle Peak is on the horizon. A directional sign to U.S. Highway 24 is at the right at midground On the left, the Dice building [2 story brick] is the closest building on 2d St. At the northern end, the Koonce Chevrolet...
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The Post Office in Gilman, Colorado, with Postmaster Harry White sitting on the boardwalk in front of it. An automobile is parked up the street. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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U.S. Post Office, Eagle Colorado, 81631. Photo developed December 1962.
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Josh Rabedew, back center, standing in the streets of Gilman surrounded by piles of snow. Tunnels to the post office are to the left of Josh. Photo taken c1899. L. K. Fleck's store in back of post office.
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Postmaster Kenneth Wyman standing next to his so, Leonard, and wife, Doris, at the Coppertown Post Office and store in 1925. The name was changed to Copper Spur in 1928. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"About 1922 Lawrence Davis built this house at Volcano railroad siding, at a time when there were a number of railroad men and a few homesteaders living in that area. Davis became Postmaster of the Hydrate Post Office that had been established in 1920 and held that position until the post office was discontinued in 1938 for lack of patrons. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Davis, their daughter, Nellie Seaman, and her son, Vernon, made it their home to some...
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"In some respects similar to the preceeding picture [1992.004A.084], but taken about 1924. Trees obstruct a view of the Hotel and several buildings in back of it that haver never shown in any of the many photographs of McCoy. The little building in the foreground has served as living quarters for a number of people in past years, but is presently the McCoy Post Office. The small white building on the left was built by the Brooks Brothers in 1914....
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Looking south down First Street toward Eagle Street in Gypsum circa 1905. The Travelers' Hotel is the second building from the left. There is a boardwalk between buildings. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The U.S. Post Office in Minturn. Ethel (Boies) and Howard G. Bayer may be the couple at center, facing the street. Another group at left is examining something on a table.
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1910: Five people seated on step of the U.S. Post Office, Edwards, Colorado. Log building was situated on site now occupied by the Edwards I-70 off-ramp. Screen door and double-hung window visible. Two dogs in foreground. From left to right: Lucia Wellington, Esther Moore, Lydia Nelson, Nelse Nelson, Esther Wellington (Klatt). Esther Moore is wearing a bonnet, Nelse Nelson wearing overalls and hat, Esther Wellington wearing straw hat. [Title...
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1920s: Interior of Stremme's Store and Post Office in Gypsum, Colorado, with owner, Theodore Stremme, and clerk ,Thelma Anderson Wilson. Cash register and scale on counter with canned goods on shelving behind the counter. Lighting arrangement clearly visible. Clothing (pants) stacked in right foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The two story building at left is the former U.S. Post Office on Water St. in Red Cliff. The trailr was also used as the Post office for a while. The new Post Office was opened in 1990.