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Sanborn photo postcard [W-1116] looking south down Broadway St., Eagle, Colorado, showing downtown buildings. Highway 40 sign in intersection. Texaco station on left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard looking down on Eagle, Colorado. The Eagle River is at lower left; Brush Creek Valley is at right midfield. Highway 6 runs from left to right across the midfield. The County courthouse is the square building at right midfield, placing this photograph after 1932.
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"This photograph appeared on the inside cover of the 1928 Eagle High School yearbook [Lux Aquilae]. Although there was never a big population of bighorn sheep on Brush Creek, they were known to winter there. The animals could be found in the summer on New York Mountain, Fools Peak, at Nolan Lake and in the Metheney Park area. The sheep population declined in the mid-1950s due to poaching and disease." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.121
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Photo postcard of the Memorial Day Parade at Eagle, Colorado, May 30, 1930. The colors followed by the American Legion are marching down Broadway.
"Local veterans march down Eagle's main street in the 1930 Memorial Day parade. Note that the Buchholz Livery is no longer in place. The businesses in the middle of the block (on the east side of Broadway) include a restaurant and the Eagle Valley Enterprise offices." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.80...
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"Along with the move of the county seat came an obligation to build a modern county courthouse. Designed by renowned architect J. Francis Pillsbury, the Eagle County Courthouse was constructed in 1932 at a cost of $60,000. The sheriff's office was on the basement floor along with living quarters for the jailer. The jail and courtroom were on the third floor (note the bars on the window at leaft). -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.82
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Photo postcard of action at the Eagle Rodeo in 1925. There are two mounted horsemen in front of the rodeo stands. A dog is in the foreground.
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Photo postcard of the Memorial Day Parade at Eagle, Colorado, May 30, 1930. The colors followed by the American Legion are marching down Broadway.
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Photo postcard of the Memorial Day Parade at Eagle, Colorado, May 30, 1930. The colors followed by the American Legion are marching down Broadway, having made a left-hand turn from 2nd St. The E.E. Glennn store is the focal point.
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Photo postcard looking northeast of James E. Ullman's Castle Peak Ranch in Eagle. Ullman bought the ranch from John Carey in September 1919 for $28,000. It included ninety acres of farming land in the home place and included summer range on Castle. [EVE Sept. 19, 1919 p.1]
The ranch was purchased by Holly Brooks in 1931.
11) Omar Howland
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Photo postcard of Omar Howland in baseball uniform. Omar is standing on a bear rug in front of a studio backdrop, posed after a catch.
"Omar Howland...was born at Winchester, Ohio, January 27, 1886, and came to Eagle in August 1909. He worked for many years on the Sherman Brothers rnach east of Eagle, now owned by Carl Lloyd of Chicago.
An ardent sports fan, Mr. Howland played with the Eagle baseball when the community had the best team in its...
12) Large Burbanks
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Photo postcard of ten potatoes and a dish of peas. The potatoes are propped on a leather couch. Caption reads: "12 to 14 in. Burbanks, average 2-lbs., grown near Eagle, Colo."
The potatoes were grown on Ben White's Ranch, which was located on lower Brush Creek. A note, written between July 16 and 17, 1923, reads, "The Eagle Valley is a small one but with some nice fields of potatoes. The ones they have photographed are not our ideal of size or...
