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The east entrance to Glenwood Canyon in the 1930s. The road was not paved and was very close to the Colorado River which carved the canyon. The road connects Dotsero and Eagle County to Glenwood Springs and Garfield County, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Deep Creek Canyon above the Dilts Ranch. Hunter is posed with large set of horns.
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Looking across Deep Creek Canyon toward Coffee Pot Springs on the Flat Tops, early 1900s.
45) Red Point
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Red cliff at Red Point in Red Canyon, Horn Ranch property. Leonard Horn frequently jumped his horse across the crevice between the cliff and the hillside.
[April 20, 2014: first tour of the Horn Ranch property, sponsored by the Eagle County Open Space Department. The conservation easement on the property allows limited numbers of the public to tour the historic cliff property four times a year.]
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A couple in a buggy drawn by a horse team on their way through Glenwood Canyon. A large rock is balanced in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Cross and bleachers on Red Cliff [Red Canyon] used for Easter sunrise services in the 1960s and 1970s. When you are looking at the cross, you are looking directly east up the valley.
"According the the [Eagle Valley] Enterprise archives, the cross was installed by [Leonard] Horn in 1962 after Rev. Mann of the Eagle Methodist Church sought permission to hold a sunrise service on the site on Easter morning. The cross, although never cemented into...
48) Hanging Lake
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Photo postcard taken at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The American flag on a cliff located between the Shoshone Intake Dam and the Shoshone Power Plant on the south side of the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon.
Mike Paddock and Steve Kibler, avid rock climbers, decided to put a flag in Glenwood Canyon before they entered military service in 1968. Paddock spent part of his enlistment in Vietnam. The flagpole is 13 ft. high and sits in a hole, supported by eight wires drilled and fastened into the surrounding...
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A team of horses (Bill and Tom) pulling a sled of wood in the canyon above Black Mountain Ranch, 1928. Cabins visible in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking south from Tunnel 49 into Lower Egeria Canyon.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
52) Dam at Shoshone
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Dam at Shoshone on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, seen from the railroad tracks.
53) Hanging Lake
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"4134. Falls below Hanging Lake, Glenwood Springs, Colo."
Addressed to Mrs. A. Townsend, 1016 Main St., Canon City, Colo.; from Mrs. Kascone & Dorothy.
Canceled Glenwood Springs, Colo., Jul 27, 1929, 12-M.
" Hanging Lake is located in Glenwood Canyon, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado and is a very popular tourist destination. The lake is reached via a trailhead located along the Glenwood Canyon Bike and Pedestrian Path that...
54) Belden
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Railroad tracks running through Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. The New Jersey Zinc Co. used the railroad to ship ore from the Gilman mines located above Belden.
"After the trains quit running, Buster and I walked the railroad tracks." -- Angela Beck Oct. 11, 2010; photo taken August 1998.
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Train wreck in the Eagle Canyon near Gilman on April 13, 1899.
Publication: Eagle County Blade (Red Cliff, Eagle County); Date:1899 Apr 13; Section:None; Page Number: 4
"A Bad Wreck" The Locomotive and Three Freight Cars Plunge Into the River.
About 1 o'clock Monday night, an east bound freight train was wrecked in Eagle Canon near Rock Creek. The engine struck a large rock that had fallen from the perpendicular cliffs...
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The Central Colorado Power House located about one-half mile below the present Shoshone Dam in Glenwood Canyon.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Distant view of the Peterson Creek tramway, used to transport lumber from the Peterson Creek sawmill to the railroad at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. The picture was taken from the Champion Mine at Bell's Camp. The steep terrain is testimony to the difficulty in logging in this area.
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Verso: "D&RG RR train passing through Belden in the Eagle Canyon 1930s"
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View of Belden toward the portal of the New House Tunnel. Taken 10/03/1982
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Bill Luby's automobile parked at the Shoshone Power Plant in Glenwood Canyon.
