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Verso: "Don and Tom on Battle Mt. Highway 1930s"
The highway was then unpaved and was the only route for workers going to the mine at Gilman.
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Verso: "Tom [Knight] and Sam Anderson, road to Holy Cross City 1940"
The men are resting their horses on the improved road.
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Continuing west on Highway 24 would take you to Minturn. Continuing east would take you to Gilman and Red Cliff. Photo taken by Tom Knight. Tom worked at Gilman as a watchman.
Verso: "Looking west down Eagle River. You can see I'm on top of the world. This shows the S curve on the O. to O. [Ocean to Ocean] Highway. We go to work tonight. Don't know what doing." [written by Tom Knight]
"Old highway on Battle Mountain" BJS
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Automobile parked at the side of the road. Tom Knight is at left and an unidentified man, possibly Sophie Knight's brother, Krug Hamrick, is at right.
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Perlita Knight [Gauthier] standing at the new Red Cliff bridge on Battle Mountain highway.
The dedication was held at noon on Sunday, August 3, 1941. Governor Ralph L. Carr and other officials attended. The bridge and six miles of new highway built over Battle Mountain cost a total of $636,405. The bridge is 470 ft. long, 209 ft. high; the roadbed is 30 ft. wide and has two 18-inch curbs. It is listed on the Historic Bridge Inventory, Colorado Historical...
