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The last section of "A Glossary of Vail Valley Names" pays homage to the other towns and communities scattered throughout the Vail & Eagle River Valleys. Many towns precede Vail's history by as much as a century and provide context to the people, communities, economy, and growth of the area as well as the movement of people and industries. What's in a name? The Simontons link the rich heritage of Eagle County pioneers to the names of our towns...
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A passenger train departs the Tennessee Pass station. Several men are visible on the platform and by the tracks. Two individuals are looking out the windows of the passenger car.
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This photograph, dated ca. 1886, was taken along the tracks of the Colorado Midland Railway where it passes through Hell Gate in Pitkin County. The photographer is identified as J.L. Clinton. In the canyon below is Ivanhoe Creek, which feeds into the Fryingpan River. The man holding onto the electrical pole is unidentified. The tracks in this area have since been removed and the path turned into Frying Pan Road.
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This stereoscopic view of Gilman, Colorado was taken around 1895 by A. E. Dickerson. Gilman proper is off to the left of this image. With the main focus being on the cliffside south of the town. What are likely mining buildings can be seen in the top left corner of the image with what appears to be waste rock coming down the cliffside towards the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The man in the center of image is unidentified.
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This photograph of the Eagle River Canon was taken around 1885 by Alexander Martin. At the center-bottom of the image, you can see the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. In the cliffs above, you can see various structures and buildings that are no doubt related to mining activities in the area.
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This photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station in Gilman, Colorado was taken around 1896. The photographer is identified as C. W. Erdlen.
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Two Students interview Alma Baer about her unique experience growing up in Routt County, going to the many multiple rural schools in the area, and taking the train to nearby towns.
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A view of the long flume on the Conger Mesa Ditch. [photo says 1910, McCoy Memoirs says 1909]. "The Conger Mesa irrigation ditch in 1909 was nearly three fourths wooden flume in Rock Creek Canyon. A year later, this section of the flume went out resulting in major catastrophe for the Railroad and Ditch Company. Nearly 200 feet of track was covered with mud and rock to a depth of from five to sixteen feet and required 200 men working in ten hour...
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The Eagle River at Edwards [Wilmore stop]. Lettuce shed next to the railroad with the old water tank in the background. Benny Klatt's home and small store on Highway 6. Benny Klatt was killed by his brother-in-law, William Wellington, over the ownership of the cabin in which Wellington lived.
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A souvenir booklet titled, "Over the South Park to Leadville." This accordion style booklet was printed by Chain & Hardy, Publishers and Booksellers from Denver, between 1881 and 1890, and shows the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad between the South Park region and Leadville. Several sites have been illustrated including Kenosha Pass Horseshoe Mountain, several Leadville streets, and the Mount of the Holy Cross.
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The D&RG Railroad YMCA (now the International Trade Center) was used as sleeping quarters for railroad men. "It had a big sun porch on the east, and it had a glass-enclosed reading room. The stationary boiler in the roundhouse heated the YMCA building. The two floors above the lobby were used for sleeping rooms….Each room had a hang-down electric bulb with a pull-chain switch. Also, one single bed and a little nightstand. On the main floor...