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Photo postcard of the Maxwell place, taken by John Ambos. "Among the very early pioneers of the area were Elliott and Mary Maxwell who located on 160 acres of land at the confluence of the Grand River and Elk Creek, about four miles west of McCoy about 1896. The elevation there was about 6,500 feet, the lowest in the area where most vegetables and some varieties of hardy fruits could be grown." -- McCoy Memoirs p.155
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Jack Williamson's cabin on Rock Creek, snow on the ground. The cabin was built circa 1909 and burned in about 1922. This photo was taken in 1920.
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3) Avon Store
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The old Avon Store and the shed next to it, located on the north west corner of Avon Road (above the building) and Hwy 6 (in front of the building). The Avon bridge crosses the Eagle River. The store is unused in this photo. It was moved to Chambers Park and the Information Center in Eagle as part of the Eagle County Historical Society museum complex.
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The Schlegel homestead on the Piney. Barn and corral built by Matt Schlegel (Mathias).
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"The Pioneer bridge across the Grand River [Colorado River] five miles above State Bridge was built by Doug Wilmont, John Winslow, Gus Hoyt and Tim Mugrage in 1900. Most of the material used in its construction was round timbers. In 1914, Eagle County built the Yarmony Bridge a little further downstream." -- McCoy Memoirs p.315
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Old barn just west of the Emmett Nottingham place. The barn was probably built by Clyde Nottingham around 1908. Beaver Creek is to the left. The old Avon School is just right of center. The first Avon bridge is visible in the foreground in front of the school (west of current bridges about 100 yards and lower to the water). The Joe Smith house is to the right.
This bridge was probably built in the early 1900s. It was replaced by the second...
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Original Avon School before addition, taken prior to 1915. The horse barn has not been built. Fence surrounding school yard visible. Shows the Eagle River on right with "water spruce" hanging over the river and Johnson Lane (named for homesteader Joe Johnson) that was the road into Bachelor Gulch. The road eventually became Highway 6, located about 300 yards west of the current Avon Road. View is to the west. This picture was hanging on the...
9) Nogal House
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Charley Nogal house at far right; bridge to Wolcott and the upper valley before I-70 and Highway 6.
"Charley Nogal and his wife, Rosetta, arrived in 1885, claiming a homestead on what is now the Eagle River Villas housing complex, north of the Eagle River. Like most homesteaders, their first home was a modest cabin, reportedly built with logs taken from the remains of the first bridge over the river. They constructed their second home (pictured above)...
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Panorama of Water Street in Red Cliff, Colorado, showing road repair. Photo is marked "Plaintiff's exhibit 3, 10-26-81."
11) Koprinikar Ranch
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The Koprinikar [Koprivnikar] ranch east of Wolcott, with barn and Mormon stacker. The ranch is now the Eagle Springs Golf Club at Wolcott. The barn has been incorporated into the course.
12) Sheep sheds
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"Sheep sheds on the Jack Terry place on East Lake Creek, approximately 1920. East Lake Creek has been 'developed' since sheep shed days." -- Esther Klatt
