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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on verso of cover] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only.
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Hauling logs on a sled using a two-horse team. "James P. Gates was a very good carpenter, and decided to build a stage coarch inn on their new land, which as a stop on the stage line between Kremmling and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. So the cutting and hauling of logs began. J.P. knew hoe to use a broad axe to shape the logs he used for building so that they fit together evenly and firmly." -- The Gates Genealogy
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"The Rock Creek Ranch in its hey-day or about 1905. It would be interesting to know who the men and women are. The man in the center has an antlered deer head." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.313 The building was constructed by Jim Gates about 1900. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The story has been told that great grandmother (Katie) Gates, used water from this mineral spring, located at the old stage stop on Gore Pass, for some of her baking." -- The Gates Genealogy
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The "old hotel" in Basalt, which became a C.C.C. Camp in the 1930s. It was located between the railroad water tank and the railroad depot on main street (Railroad Avenue).
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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on p.5] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only. "For those who enjoy beauty never-to-be-forgotten, Eagle County offers scenes indescribable."...
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"The McCoy Hotel as it appeared when Charles H. 'Daddy' McCoy was operating it in 1904. The photo was taken looking south west. The east end of the building was the kitchen and dining room, the lobby, Post Office and the McCoys living quarters in the center while the west end was mostly guest rooms and a large hall for community gatherings, dances, etc. In later years the ground floor was converted into a store. The man feeding the cub bear is...
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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on p.8] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only. "Light airy rooms, clean comfortable beds and woolen blankets, a requisite even in summer....
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View of the Brush Creek Lodge from the brochure, "Spend your vacation this summer...at Brush Creek Lodge." [photo mounted on p.7] The Lodge was situated south of Eagle. Taking Brush Creek Road, travel eleven miles to the fork; take the left fork and drive four miles to the lodge, near Yeoman Park. Mrs. Jo Wirsching, owner, manager; rooms by reservation only. "Spend your vacation at Brush Creek lodge away from the turmoil and summer heat. A place...
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....
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"A view of the Hotel from the west bank of Rock Creek and looking south east. This early day photo shows the size of the 24' x 40' log addition. In later years, this building, an mportant part of the original hotel, was removed. After 1915 subsequent owners of the property performed more or less remodeling, which changed the appearance of the pioneer hotel to a great extent." -- McCoy Memoirs p.94. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
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Looking south down First Street toward Eagle Street in Gypsum circa 1905. The Travelers' Hotel is the second building from the left. There is a boardwalk between buildings. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Main Street in Red Cliff (possibly 1892-1907), storefronts visible for bakery and restaurant, general mercantile ("boots and shoes made to order") and Quartzite Hotel. A wagon and horse team are parked in left foreground. The street is not paved and appears to be muddy. "The Quartzite Hotel (sign atop building behind the flag pole on the right) was run, and presumably, owned by the William Greiners for several years between 1900 and 1910. This...
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Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets. It was the town's first permanent hotel, boasting 13 rooms (8 bedrooms). The fellow sitting in the upstairs window, right side, is C.F. (Charley) Nogal. The woman on the porch below in the black dress, holding the baby, is Charley's wife, Rosetta. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...
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Work on the stablilization of the Rock Creek Stage Stop. Companies involved: John Dobell Construction, Bill Irvine Construction, Jan Kaminski-Mountain Architecture Design Group, HRC! Volunteers.
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The finished Rock Creek stage stop with horses and pack horses in the yard. "J.P. passed his knowledge down to his sons, Bert and Clark. They were both good carpenters. The whole family helped to buld their new stage inn home." -- The Gates Genealogy
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The ribbon cutting of the restored Rock Creek Stage Station on August 30, 2003. Jayne Hill of Historic Routt County! is at far left with Bud Gates, representing the Gates family, standing next to her. The new chinking on the exterior is clearly visible as are replacement framings.
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A photo of the Rock Creek stage stop in 2000, prior to restoration. Historic Routt County! partnered with the Colorado State Historical Fund, Colorado Preservation Inc., U.S. Forest Service, and the Department of Wildlife to replace, repair and stabilize the logs as well as chinking the exterior. The work was completed in 2003 and the ribbon cutting ceremony was held August 30, 2003. The Gates Family was a part of this partnership, as well.
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"Gates ranch and stage stop on Rock Creek, between the Gore and Toponas, CO. L-R--J.P. Gate, and his wife "Katie," with sons Clark and Bert Gates. Other people unknown." -- The Gates Genealogy A bicycle is leaning against the fence.
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Rock Creek stage stop between Gore Pass and Toponas. Six people and a dog are taking advantage of the balcony. "This beautiful building was the Stage Coach Inn on Gore Pas. Built by James P. Gates--in 1886 or 1887." -- The Gates Genealogy