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2. Woods Lake
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A postcard of Woods Lake. Buildings from the Woods Lake Resort are visible across the lake.
"Woods Lake played a significant role in the development of tourism and recreation in the Rocky Mountains. ... The Colorado Midland Railroad (which ran from 1886-1918) was instrumental in bringing tourists into the mountains, especially for fishing expeditions. ... Woods Lake is listed on the National Register of Historic Places not only because of its importance...
3. Mount Sopris
5. Ute Pass
6. Twin Lakes
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A postcard of Vail Pass. The postmark is dated October 22, 1951. Following the completion of Highway 6 over the pass, the Eagle County Commissioners asked the state highway board to name the pass Vail Pass, after Charles D. Vail, the chief engineer for the State Highway Department. The request, originally put forth in December of 1939, was approved in 1941. The county commissioners were eager to have the pass named for Vail after local residents near...
9. Aspen, 1950s
10. Vail, Colorado
11. Black Lake
12. Black Lake
13. The Lodge, Vail
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An evening view of the Lodge, a resort hotel located in Vail. The Lodge was one of the first hotels in Vail, having opened in November of 1962. It is considered the "cornerstone" of what is known today as Vail Village.
From the verso, "An evening view of the Lodge at Vail, a 67-room resort hotel at Vail, Colorado. Late evening light illuminates the peaks of the Gore Range in the background. Vail is 35 miles west of Frisco on U.S. Highway 6 in the...
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Caption: "Nature has placed a perfect snow-white cross upon this mountain. It is formed by the two transverse canyons of immense depth, wherein lies snow twelve months of each year."
"Published by Elmer C. Clark, 739 Marion St., Denver, Colo.; Natural Color Post Card Made in U.S.A. by E. C. Kropp Co., Milw., Wis. --CDY"
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"BATTLE MOUNTAIN is the most striking section of the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway between Tennessee Pass and Glenwood Springs. After the town drops down into the picturesque town of Red Cliff, hidden in the valley of the Eagle River, it cuts its way spectacularly along a great series of sheer, pointed, out-jutting white faced cliffs, gradually rising until it travels along the top of the great Eagle River Cañon far below."
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"The famous mountain, 14,176 feet in height, lies at the extreme northern end of the Sawatch Mountains, near the headwaters of Eagle River. The cross is formed by a deep vertical fissure in the face of the mountain, 1,500 feet in length, intersected by a transverse ledge of some 750 feet, both retaining permanently deep snow with which they are filled."