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Anthony Beck, two months old, tucked into a Dupont dynamite box on the porch of the Beck home in Red Cliff, February 1957.
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The Beck wedding party on the steps of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Red Cliff, July 1949. From left to right: Quinn Beck, Angela Fear Beck, Buster Beck, Ruby Dump (Crye). Unidentified children at upper right.
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A panoramic photograph taken from the Beck family yard as the last Union Pacific freight train to travel through Red Cliff rolls by. The tracks are visible with the Pine St. viaduct at far left. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is right of the viaduct and a small group of people are watching the train from the churchyard. August 1997 "Union Pacific has pulled the last of its cross-country freight trains from the Tennessee Pass route, which...
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Joseph H. Fear standing in front of his business, the Holy Cross Garage, in Red Cliff, Colorado. Christine Fear, his daughter, is in the automobile on which he is leaning. Christine graduated from high school in 1957 and worked as her dad's bookkeeper.
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Whitey, the dog, in the snow in front of the Beck garage in Red Cliff, February 1969, obviously a good snow year. A Scout International is parked next to Whitey.
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Christine Fear in her cap and gown, displaying her diploma from Red Cliff High School, 1957. She is standing in the living room of the Fear house.
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A panoramic photograph taken from the Beck family yard, waiting for the last Union Pacific train to travel through Red Cliff. The tracks are visible with the Pine St. viaduct at far left. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is right of the viaduct. "Union Pacific has pulled the last of its cross-country freight trains from the Tennessee Pass route, which averaged 12 trains a day through Eagle County. ... Union Pacific, as a part of its acquisition...
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Theodore "Bud" Beck on leave from the Army, October 1944, standing in the Beck's yard. The house in the background burned down. Tib Montoya was living in it at the time.
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High school graduation photograph of Bruce Beck, 1946. Bruce was killed in action in Korea on Sept. 23, 1951, on Heartbreak Ridge.
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Earl Beck, on left, and Ken Slevensky, getting ready for a parade in Red Cliff with burros Rochester and Spencer. Rochester and Spencer belonged to Bob and Ilene Warren, neighbors of Buster and Angela Beck.
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Bud Beck with sunglasses in hand, standing next to a 1941 Ford. There is snow on the ground.
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Joe and Joanna fear at the home Mass in celebration of their 42nd wedding anniversary. Joanna is cutting the cake. Eagle Valley Enterprise, July 3, 1969: "Father Thomas Stone offered the first home Mass in Red Cliff on June 27. This beautiful Mass was offered in honor of the forty-second wedding anniversary for Joe and Johanna Fear. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fear and five children of Buena Vista; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fear and...
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Looking from the Fleming lumberyard at left, down to the Beck house below, which is on fire. A crowd of onlookers is gathered while a train passes in the background. The fire burned the roof and second story.
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Coleman truck parked in front of the Battle Mountain Trading Post, Minturn, Colorado, January 2004. "I remember that Walt Owen had an International two-ton truck with a Coleman front end. It was a County vehicle,... later turned into a wrecker. The tires on that Coleman truck are about what I thought they would be. Back in those days that was a pretty big tire; they were said to have cost $100.00 apiece and I believe that Gates was the only...
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Earl (Ira Earl) Beck standing with his sister, Sattie Beck, family dog between them. This is probably in Salida, Colorado. The Beck family moved to Salida from Baliot, Iowa, in 1908, and then to Red Cliff in 1921
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From left, Ray tippett, Buster Beck, Bud Beck, and Don Knight, resting on the Holy Cross City Road. Wuinn Beck may be seated just above Buster in the photo [difficult to see].
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Confirmation from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Red Cliff, October 27, 1967. Joe, Anthony, and Bill Beck are standing by their home. Anthony is holding his Confirmation certificate.
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Fleming Lumber Company framing mill in Red Cliff, Colorado. Man in midground is working on framing timbers. Steps and fence in foreground. Equipment on top road in background was being used to prepare road for the construction of the Red Cliff bridge (Hwy 24). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Margaret Ellis Tomlin standing in the Beck family yard in Red Cliff (1937). She is wearing Earl Beck's new leather cap and wool mackinaw.
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The front of Fear's Standard Service station in Red Cliff, Colorado. Gas pumps are visible at left and there is snow on the ground.