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A postcard with a photograph of Shoshone Falls Power Plant located in Glenwood Canyon near the Hanging Lake tunnels. The power plant is still in operation; the best view is from I-70 westbound. Alda wrote a message to her mother while visiting in Glenwood Springs on the back postmarked August 24, 1915: " Dear mother, got here about 1:30. We tried to get you from Eagle but the --- was out. Mrs. Collins isn't here yet. I met Helen Shyrack on the street....
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A postcard of the Grand River (now the Colorado River) in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon). The first tunnel of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in Glenwood Canyon is visible on the left.
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A postcard consisting of four images of Eagle. Clockwise from top left: Broadway Street looking towards Castle Peak, the Eagle High School, State Bridge at Eagle, the Eagle River.
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A postcard of the Fryingpan River between Basalt and Ruedi. This postcard was sent by Elffeda "Fleda" Biglow to Alda Borah from Norrie.
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A postcard of the Palisades in the Grand River Canyon (now Glenwood Canyon). A passenger train is passing through the canyon. This postcard was sent to Alda Borah from Susie S. Bolt, and is dated July 30, 1917.
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A postcard print view of the Grand (now Colorado) River at Burns, or Burns Hole, around 1915. The old post office is visible on the right.
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Verso of the Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother. Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado." "C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo. The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at...
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Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother. Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado." "C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo. The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at Gilman, Colorado...
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"On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the Eagle River takes its rise, and gathering volume from hundreds of snow fed tributaries, rushes down to its junction with the Grand, pouring through the gorge known as Eagle River Cañon. One of the striking features of this cañon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and, looking up the rugged heights, one catches glim[p]ses of the shaft-houses...
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"On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the Eagle River takes its rise, and gathering volume from hundreds of snow fed tributaries, rushes down to its junction with the Grand, pouring through the gorge known as Eagle River Cañon. One of the striking features of this cañon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and, looking up the rugged heights, one catches glim[p]ses of the shaft-houses...
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Machin's Ranch, Riland, Colorado, showing buildings, roads, and river. The place to go for trout and game, Rates $2.00 per day."
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"Double Track, Eagle River Canon, Colo." A passenger train in the Eagle River Canyon. Verso of the postcard reads: "Eagle River Canon is between Leadville and Glenwood Springs, and is the center of considerable mining activity. One of the striking features of this Canon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and looking up the rugged heights, one catches glimpses of the shaft houses and...
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"Along The River Road Near McCOY, Colo." This postcard was sent from a Katherine to Mr. James Murphy of Elgin, Illinois. It is dated July, 17, 1913, and was sent from McCoy. Verso of the postcard reads: "Well Jim how do you stand the warm weather. I don't know what it is to be hot. but I suppose when I get home I will make up for it. Katherine"
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A postcard of the Red Cliff Bridge, taken sometime after its opening and dedication in 1941. Verso of postcard reads: "High bridge over Eagle River Cañon at Red Cliff - Battle Mountain Highway (U.S. 24), Colorado."
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A postcard of Glenwood Canyon near Eagle. This view is taken near the eastern entrance to the Canyon.
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This Easter themed postcard was sent to Dorothy Shryack by an unknown sender on April 2, 1912.
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This intricate postcard was sent to Dorothy Shryack by an unidentified sender on October 2 at some point in the 1910s. The message on the front of the card says, "Fair be your hopes and prosperous be your life..."