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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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A truck load of lettuce bound for the Allenton lettuce sheds, near Edwards, Colorado, in 1932. The Penney family is on the truck.
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Lettuce shed at Allentown, Colorado, near Edwards Colorado, 1939. Fort Tidwell Company is on the sign on top of the building.
[Title supplied from a catalog supplied by the Eagle County Historical Society]
4. Family camp
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A family camp near Edwards, Colorado. The man was working in the lettuce sheds and his family was camping nearby.
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c.1932: W. H. "Dad" Wellington shown in mail wagon, with his donkey, "Jack" standing next to the railroad crossing sign at Edwards. Lettuce shed is on the far left, with stacks of crates. Wellington hauled mail from the railroad to the Edwards Post Office twice a day for over 42 yrs.
"He has driven this route, carrying the mail for forty-four years, since May 13, 1895, without missing a single trip. He makes three each day. He calls his mule...
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The Eagle River at Edwards [Wilmore stop]. Lettuce shed next to the railroad with the old water tank in the background. Benny Klatt's home and small store on Highway 6. Benny Klatt was killed by his brother-in-law, William Wellington, over the ownership of the cabin in which Wellington lived.