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The Colorado and Rio Grande Railroad showing the Quinlan [Kirby] Ranch at midfield. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A bird's-eye view of Kent with a few buildings visible, hayfields in foreground.
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, at center, over the Eagle River. The bridge was built in 1916. Railroad tracks cut through the photo, with the Wolcott community at center.
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"Ammi Hoyt on his way to a railroad siding with a load of potatoes for shipment to market. Until 1925 most potatoes were still being hauled by horse drawn wagons, but shortly afterwards hauling was done by trucks." -- McCoy Memoirs p.199 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard of a ranch, possibly near Edwards, in the early 1900s. Barn, house, corrals in foreground; train in background. Snow on the ground.
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Man standing on the cliff at Red Point, on the north side of the Eagle River. The railroad tracks can be seen in the valley below. Leonard Horn frequently jumped his horse across the crevice between the cliff and the hillside.
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Ranchers loading bags of wool at the depot in Eagle. Horse teams are dragging the skids. Caption: "Loading part of $20,600 wool shipment from Eagle, Colorado."
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"An upstream view of the Colorado River and railroad, showing the former Quinlan ranch (now Kirby's). Note how the river was relocated to avoid building bridges. The Quinlans lived on and cultivated some land in the foreground area at one time." -- McCoy Memoirs p.143
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A view of the Colorado River near McCoy with the Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks running alongside the river. The Quinlan [later Kirby] ranch is at midfield. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Payton Family homestead in Minturn. Lionhead rock is at far upper right. Railroad tracks are visible behind the treeline. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Just across Rock Creek Canyon from the Ebert place on Conger Mesa, Bert Hadley took up a 160 acre homestead and built this house on it in 1905. Prior to that year, he had married Huldah LaForce and they had spent a part of their honeymoon on the former Milby Frazer place at the head of Egeria Canyon. Bert, who was in poor health, did not live long enough to realize his dream of transforming the homestead into a cattle ranch. After his death, about...
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"The Brooks Bridge, built by the railroad company during construction of the Dotsero Cutoff, replaced an earlier one near the same site. It is now in a sad state or repair and unsafe for other than light traffic. Adjacent to the north end of it is the railroad track and it was here that Leonard Horn had the misfortune to be caught by a train while driving cattle across the bridge, resulting in the loss of several head that were struck by the train."...
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Marvin Laman standing next to a truck with a soda bottle in one hand, taken September 17, 1949. "Marvin worked for the railroad for 31 years, retiring in 1986 as a maintenance foreman. He also ranched his entire life. Marvin enjoyed his cattle and attending and participating in rodeos. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways Employees, an organization connected with the railroad." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Jan. 17, 2008 p.12...
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Kent with the section house visible.
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"A downstream view of the river from a point just below the Ronald Kirby Ranch. The McCoy ferry was located about a mile or so below from where this photo was taken." -- McCoy Memoirs p.144
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Kent with hayfields visible. A two-horse team is cutting.
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17) Ruedi
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Ruedi, Colorado, showing plaster mill, coal kilns, depot, and section house. "The first white man to settle in Ruedi was John Ruedi, who showshoed up from Basalt in the spring of 1885. He homesteaded what is now known as the J revers R Ranch. Bill Smith came in 1887 and homesteaded the YS Ranch. The steel for the Colorado Midland Railroad was laid through the valley in 1887. The railroad company wanted ground for a depot and section houses....
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Joe Sullivan, pipe in hand, standing on the tracks at Kent.
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Locomotive crossing the Eagle River railroad bridge. Castle Peak Ranch is in the background.
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20) Wolcott
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Wolcott, Colorado, in September 1947. The Wolcott bridge over the Eagle River is visible at midfield. It was a Luten arch bridge, constructed in 1916, and has since been replaced. Lena Yost's father, Frank Sansosti, was the D&RG section foreman at Wolcott for many years. The railroad depot and section house are next to the tracks in this photo. The Sansosti family lived at Wolcott for 27 years. "Frank Sansosti was born in Cosenza, Italy, on...