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1913: Minturn roundhouse crash showing Rio Grande engine 513. Minturn as the division point between Glenwood Springs and Salida became an important service stop for the railroad. Onlookers posed in front of the engine which is partially ejected through the roundhouse. Water tank in left background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Abandoned Minturn Bus Line bus parked on the old road between Bells Camp and Red Cliff, October 1996. The Minturn Bus Line ran between Minturn and Gilman, taking workers to the Gilman mines. The Minturn Line was owned by Bert Winters.
"The bus line between Red Cliff and Gilman was a separate entity, for a long time owned by Mr. Neff and, eventually, by Ralph Henderson." -- Bud Beck
"Bud, Buster, our grandson, Conrad, and I walked the old road from...
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Wagon loading/unloading goods in front of the Minturn Store. Several children, women and men are on the boardwalk in front of the store. Tent with sign ("Photographs") in between the store and the house on the right.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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Coleman truck parked in front of the Battle Mountain Trading Post, Minturn, Colorado, May 2004. The truck has antlers piled on the bed.
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View of the Minturn rail yard from U.S. Hwy 24, looking east, showing iced water tanks at center. The depot is on the right with the Taylor addition neighborhood in the background.
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Group photo at the Minturn train depot ca.1925. The engine is #3715, A.T.&S.F. The railroad was a large part of the Minturn economy in the 1920s and 30s.
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Coleman truck parked in front of the Battle Mountain Trading Post, Minturn, Colorado, January 2004.
"I remember that Walt Owen had an International two-ton truck with a Coleman front end. It was a County vehicle,... later turned into a wrecker. The tires on that Coleman truck are about what I thought they would be. Back in those days that was a pretty big tire; they were said to have cost $100.00 apiece and I believe that Gates was the only...
