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Students and teacher, Miss Patterson, in front of Spring Valley School, Gypsum. The log school building has six tall, paned windows providing light to the classroom.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Group of children dressed in their Sunday best, standing in front of the Lutheran Church on the steps, Gypsum, Colorado. All the girls but one are wearing flowered hats; boys also have hats (possibly Easter). Jennie Schumm is the first child in the second row from the back, wearing a black hat.
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[Information taken from "The Margaret A. Downing Branch of the Lauffer Family," prepared by Blanche Tracy Kyes in June 1989, and provided by John Flynn.]
Ma: Margaret A. Lauffer, married on Sept. 20, 1872, to James Madison Downing in Guthrie County, Iowa.
Pa: James "Jim" Madison Downing, born in Cedar County, Iowa, and died March 21, 1937, in Marble, Colorado. "Jim Downing, considered to be one of the 'most fearless' bear hunters in the Rockies."...
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Portrait photograph of Rosamond Myrna Skiff, six months old, taken on December 21, 1875.
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5) Sam Lemon
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Studio photograph of Sam Lemon (born in 1880) as a young man, taken while living with his mother, Laura Josephine Lemon, in Fowler, Colorado.
"Mr. Lemon ranched for several years, was employed in construction work and later owned and operated the Gypsum Poolhall." --Eagle Valley Enterprise, Apr. 27, 1961 p.1
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Evelyn Urdine Douthit sits with the dog, Spot, in the mail cart that her grandfather, George Washington Messermith, would use to pick up mail from the Gypsum Post Office. The photo was dated 1926.
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Girls' basketball team, Eagle County High School, 1916-1917. The building at the far right is the Odd Fellows' Hall. At one time, Eagle County High School basketball games were played in the building’s second story.
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William Henry Lea stands outside his home in Gypsum, Colorado. His son, William Oscar (Willie), is peeking through the window on the right side of the photograph.
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George Washington Messersmith sits on a small porch with his granddaughters, Mary Ellen (left) and Evelyn Urdine Douthit (right). The photo was taken around 1930 in front of Urdine Bell & William Henry Lea's home in Gypsum, Colorado (George Washington's daughter and son-in-law). The log cabin in the picture was also on the property and once was home to William Lea's mother, Johanna Harrison Lea, and his sister, Ada Lea (Sprague).
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Edna Stewart Lemon on horseback at left, Madeline Winifred Lemon on horseback at right (probably 4-6 years old). In between them is Laura Josephine Lemon, Madeline's grandmother. They are riding on the Stewart family homestead land at Sweetwater, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1920 photo of baseball team and friends on the boardwalk in front of Lundgren's Store, Gypsum, Colorado (print reversed). Front row is seated on the boardwalk with two rows of people standing behind them. Players are wearing uniforms. Majority of women are wearing hats.
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The Bobson family standing next to the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon. Parents, Anna Ryden Bobson and Sigurd Bobson are standing behind Edmund Bobson and Alvin (left to right).
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George Messermith holds Evelyn in front of her great-grandmother Johanna Lea's cabin in Gypsum, Colorado.
15) Early Gypsum
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Early Gypsum where tents provided original services: hotel, stores, saloon, restaurant. Meals at the Eagle Hotel were 35 cents, a bed was 25 cents. All of these services were located across from the train depot. The location is close to present day Railroad Ave. and Second Street.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
16) Messersmiths
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From left to right: George Washington Messersmith, Elias Messersmith (brother to George Washington), Urdine Messersmith Lea, James Cain Messersmith (son of Elias), Andrew "Andy" Elias Messersmith (son of George Washington). Evelyn Urdine Douthit, Urdine's granddaughter, is standing on a chair in the front. There is a dog in the bottom right corner of the photograph and Elias Messersmith is holding a cane. A road and mountains can be seen in the background....
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Girls trip to Glenwood Springs. Left to right: Paul Jean Douthit, Evelyn Marguerite Lea, Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, Evelyn Urdine Douthit, Mary Ellen Douthit (in the back).
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Mrs. Gould's class at the Canyon School in Upper Gypsum School District No. 5.
19) Skiff Family
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Francis M. and Mary Elizabeth Edson Skiff and their children.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
20) Sam Lemon
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Studio photograph (second pose) of Sam Lemon (born in 1880) as a young man, taken while living with his mother, Laura Josephine Lemon, in Fowler, Colorado.
"Mr. Lemon ranched for several years, was employed in construction work and later owned and operated the Gypsum Poolhall." --Eagle Valley Enterprise, Apr. 27, 1961 p.1
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
