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Photo postcard looking down on Eagle, Colorado. The Eagle River is at lower left; Brush Creek Valley is at right midfield. Highway 6 runs from left to right across the midfield. The County courthouse is the square building at right midfield, placing this photograph after 1932.
2) Assay office
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Photo postcard of Gilman with Belden at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. Ore cars are lined up on the tracks and the surface tram is clearly visible.
"Eagle River Canyon and Gilman from Battle Mt. Highway Sanborn W-1102"
3) Belden
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Photo postcard [Sanborn] of Belden in the Eagle River canyon, below the town of Gilman. Caption: "Eagle River Canon as seen from Highway U.S. 24, Colo." Ore from the mines at Gilman was shipped out from Belden.
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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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Photo postcard [Sanborn W-1013] of Minturn, Colorado, looking south. The Eagle River is at midfield.
6) Horn Ranch
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch taken from the top of Table Rock.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard looking northeast of James E. Ullman's Castle Peak Ranch in Eagle. Ullman bought the ranch from John Carey in September 1919 for $28,000. It included ninety acres of farming land in the home place and included summer range on Castle. [EVE Sept. 19, 1919 p.1]
The ranch was purchased by Holly Brooks in 1931.
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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.
10) Fryingpan 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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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...
13) Double track
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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...
14) Red Cliff Bridge
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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."
