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Allan and Mauri Nottingham, wearing their first dress coats.
"The Nottinghams have been an integral part of Eagle County history since pioneer William Nottingham arrived in the Red Cliff mining camp in the 1880s. In 1890, William moved down the valley to homestead 160 acres of land on the Eagle River at what is now Avon. William's son, Harry, expanded that ranch to encompass most of the present-day community of Avon, stretching from Wildrige to...
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This piece originally appeared in the Eagle Valley Enterprise as two articles, one published in November of 1980 and the other in January 1981. Roberta Depp has written several pieces of the early history of Eagle and Eagle County and was the recipient of the Nimon-Walker Award presented by EVLD and Eagle County Historical Society.
Depp provides another voice into the businesses, people, and beginnings of the town of Eagle. Street maps and clippings...
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c.1922: George Albert Gates and family, Burns, Colorado. Back, left to right: Frank, James, Nonetta (mother), George A. (Bert), Ruth, Mary. Front, left to right: Lemly, Albert, Edith, Marie (holding flowers) and Berta (flowers on dress). This was a picnic gathering.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1910: Grandpa Bert and Grandma Nona Gates at their home in Burns, Colorado. They are sitting on a hewn water trough in dress clothing. Grandpa Gates is wearing a hat and holds a pipe in his left hand. Grandma Gates wears a brooch at the throat of her blouse.
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1897: Nona George Gates and George Albert (Bert) Gates of Burns, Colorado, in a studio (formal portrait). They married in Breckenridge, Colorado, October 13, 1897; honeymooned in Leadville, Colorado. (Could be wedding photo.)
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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c.1922: Nine children lined up by size in front of the teacher at the Derby Mesa School House. From left to right: Teacher Mrs. Ann Zastrou, Mary, Helen, Orris, Albert, Alva Newman, Lemley, Ella May, Berta, Martha.
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Studio portrait of Charles Gustafson (1855-1940). He was born November 12, 1855, in Vasa, FInland. He died on February 5, 1940, in New Castle, Colorado. He came to the United States in 1880, working as a miner in Leadville before moving to Gypsum. His wife and three children (Charles, William and Sophia) joined him in 1891, but his wife died in 1893. He later remarried and had a son, Andrew. He spent the last fifteen years of his life with his...
16. Jim Nimon
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1948: Charlie Albertson (75 yrs. old) on "Laddie" at Burns, Colorado stockyard, Fall of 1948. Mr. Albertson wears hat, leather jacket, and chaps; lariat prominent on saddle horn. Stock chute and cattle car (Rio Grande) in left background. Two automobiles in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Albertson, Burns, Colorado. Married Nov. 11, 1903, in Burns. Ella McMillan Albertson was born in 1883, Guthrie, Iowa; died May 3, 1969 (86 yrs.). Charles F. Albertson was born in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Jan. 27, 1873; died Sept. 1953. Charles is seated in a chair, legs crossed, with Ella standing at his right, holding a handkerchief in her hands.
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1890's cabin where Mr. and Mrs. John Edge lived when they came to Burns, Colorado, to homestead. The chicken coop was on the left, living rooms were in the middle and the wagon shed was on the right. The cabin was still standing in 1986 on the place called "Edge," owned by Benton Land & Livestock Co.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]