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Photo postcard of the spring run-off from Conger Mesa in 1920.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking at Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon, below Gilman, from the surface tram. The railroad siding was where chemicals were off loaded and ore was loaded into freight cars. The power plant sits across the Eagle River, accessible by a foot bridge. A group of men are gathered at the center of the photo.
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Train wreck in Eagle Canyon near Gilman on April 13, 1899. Men examining the wreckage with the Denver & Rio Grande engine in the water.
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View of the Chambers Ranch with houses, outbuildings and barn. The barn was moved to its present site at the Eagle Visitor Center in 1986 and donated to the Eagle County Historical Society. The Eagle River is in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard, hand colored, 15799: Looking down the Colorado River at Burns, Colo., on the Dotsero Cutoff.
Caption on verso: "'The Pagodas' in Red Canon, Colorado River. The Dotsero Cutoff, 38.1 miles long, is the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's latest construction, connecting Dotsero, 17 miles east of Glenwood Springs, with Orestod, on the Moffat Road. This reduces the distance 175 miles from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City...
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"Dock Roberson" in Army uniform, standing on a rock in the Eagle River at Minturn.
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A view of the lettuce sheds at Allenton taken from the south side of the Eagle River in 1932 near Edwards, Colorado. Railroad facilities in the background.
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View of Rock Creek Canyon showing the Moffatt railroad grade at upper right.
"This two and one half miles of railroad track with tunnels No. 45, 46, 47, 48 and the big bridge across the creek was considered the costliest piece of grade on the railroad. A high bridge across the canyon in the foreground could have eliminated all this costly construction and maintenance and such a bridge was contemplated, but steel for the structure was unobtainable...
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at Eagle, Colorado
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
11) Fishing
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Fishing at Lucky G.J. Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned the Hilltop Dude Ranch in Sweetwater...
12) Rex Flats
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"Colorado River below Red Cliff 4/51"
Rex Flats above Minturn, looking N-NW from Battle Mountain. Aquaduct visible left of center. . Small blue spot to right of telephone pole possibly Bolt's Lake.
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A locomotive and coal car derailed into a river. Two men are standing on the locomotive, examining damage.
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The Gay-Bar (Clark) Ranch as seen from Bellyache Mountain, October 1949. Highway 24, the Eagle River, and WIlmor[e] Lake are all visible at midground. Hay stack visible in closest field. [color degradation]
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Gilman is at the top of the photo with the tram from Gilman Mine going down to Belden at the bottom, next to the Eagle River.
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Central Colorado Power plant in Glenwood Canyon, prior to the Shoshone Power Plant. Colorado River is in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of a horse-drawn float with flags attached. People walking along Water Street on the sidewalk above the river, next to houses. House in midground is the Beck House, built in 1914. Train in background. [not in focus]
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Verso of 2010.009.005, showing photographer's notes for the photo.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at Eagle, Colorado, construction completed.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
