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Freshman Initiation at Minturn High School. Marjorie O'Brian is the teacher; she boarded with the Bayer family. The boys wore girls' clothes and the girls wore boys' clothes.
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Howard G. Bayer was born at Lower Meaghers Grant, Nova Scotia, August 23, 1885. He was trained as an engineer and was at one point affiliated with the Stearns-Roger Company. He came to Eagle County in 1917, marrying Ethel Boies of Red Cliff in 1918. After a mining accident, he became a carpenter and decorator, living in Minturn. He was well-known as an active leader in the Boy Scouts and any activities involving children. He died in Glenwood...
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Mary Frances "Fannie" Evans Collins holding grandson, Ralph Bayer. Fannie Evans was three years old when she spent several days in Ft. Arnett. Red Cliff's response to the Meeker Massacre was to gather citizens in the fort, anticipating a local threat, which never materialized.
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The church, built in 1906 on the corner of Main St. and Toledo [191 Main St.], served the Presbyterian denomination for 96 years. In 2002, the congregation built a larger church 4 miles west of Minturn. This older church has a high-ceilinged interior, original high-peaked windows and almost century old light fixtures. Two of the six original lights date from the early 1900's and came from the old county seat in Redcliff while the other 4 were made...
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"James P. Carrigan, who was appointed pastor of St. Stephen's in Glenwood Springs in 1910, began making monthly visits to celebrate Mass in Thomas Minturn's section house. With his encouragement, local Catholics formed St. Patrick's parish on September 13, 1913. Thanks to a $500 gift from the Catholic Extension Society and funds raised by parish suppers and plays, a church was constructed in the fall of 1925. Howard G. Bayers built the one-story,...
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Twenty-fifth anniversary photo of Ethel Boies and Howard G. Bayer. They were married June 20, 1918, settling in Minturn, Colorado. Howard was an engineer and carpenter; Ethel taught at Minturn High School.
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Ethel Boies Bayer's father, Brett Timothy Boies, ran an experimental farm in British Columbia. These are chickens from the farm, on a photo postcard.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. From left, Alex and Mary Frances Baldo, Tom Garnett, Charlie Jude, Shirley Wenziker Washburne, Marie and Bill Belina. The white house on the right behind the groups was occupied by Bob and Myra Enzenroth when they were first married.
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A studio photograph of Mary Frances, Garth [born in 1926], and Ralph Bayer [born in 1920]. The children's parents were Howard G. and Ethel Boies Bayer of Minturn.
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Wedding photo of Ethel Boies and Howard G. Bayer. They were married June 20, 1918, settling in Minturn, Colorado. Howard was an engineer and carpenter; Ethel taught at Minturn High School.
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Minturn High School faculty dinner. At back table beginning far left and moving clockwise: Gail Dein, ? , Gail Mather, Hoffmeister, Irma Collins, Ethel Bayer Front table: H.G. Bayer, Connant, Marjorie O'Brian