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Looking south on Broadway Street, Eagle, Colorado. Texaco gas station in left midground. Man running down sidewalk toward camera. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Taken April 7, 2011, showing an interior wall and wallpaper. Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw began in 2010. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets and...

83. Ruedi

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Ruedi, Colorado, showing plaster mill, coal kilns, depot, and section house. "The first white man to settle in Ruedi was John Ruedi, who showshoed up from Basalt in the spring of 1885. He homesteaded what is now known as the J revers R Ranch. Bill Smith came in 1887 and homesteaded the YS Ranch. The steel for the Colorado Midland Railroad was laid through the valley in 1887. The railroad company wanted ground for a depot and section houses....
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An unidentified woman is standing next to a barber pole in downtown Eagle. Behind her, from the left, the signs read: E. E. Glenn & Co. General Merchandise; Livery and Feed; Spearhead Plug Tobacco; Eagle Cafe.
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The front of the Holy Cross Garage in flames on March 21, 1963. Eagle Valley Enterprise, March 21, 1963 p.1: "An historic landmark in Red Cliff was burned to the ground and an adjoining building destroyed in a blaze early this morning and two young men are being quesioned in connection with a reported break in at the garage. The Holy Cross Garage and adjoining house, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owen went up in smoke. The residence was just remodeled...
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Several young men running down the main street of Red Cliff, Colorado, during Fourth of July foot races, 1919. J. W. Dowd Mercantile visible on left side of photograph.
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Frank Van Vleck Burbank standing in the Burbank Grocery Co. store about 1912 (later the Riepenhoff Store). Mr. Burbank came to Red Cliff in 1898 and married Lillian Horton Colburn.
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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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Two young men in a foot race down the main street of Red Cliff as part of the July 4, 1919, festivities. The Red Cliff State Bank, J. W. Dowd Mercantil, and Short ORder Restaurant are visible to the left of the runners.
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Photo postcard of the Gypsum Hotel (formerly the Skiff Hotel) after the fire in 1912. Eagle Valley Enterprise, Feb. 9, 1912, p.1: GYPSUM TOWN HAS BIG FIRE. Early Sunday Morning Blaze Destoys Three Buildings and Portion of Contents. The most disastrous fire in the history of Gypsum or Eagle county took place in that town last Sunday morning at four o'clock, and before the fire was discovered it gained such headway that every effort to quench the flames...
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Continuing down Eagle Street, Martinez Liquors is the tall building with the false front at center. The town park is visible at left.
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The J. P. Oleson building after a second floor apartment fire in September 1918. This was the first home of J. P. Oleson. with the store on the firs floor. An automobile is at left.
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Lundgren's Warehouse was built by Adolph Lundgren and George Beale as part of the Lundgren Store. In addition to groceries and merchandise, Lundren and Beale ran a lumberyard and sold hardware. The warehouse building later burned down.
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Lundgren's Store was built in 1900. It was the first two-story building in Gypsum. The upstairs was used as a school.
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Three women and a child standing in front of a General merchandise store (possibly Olson's) in Gypsum.
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A photo of the corner of Highway 6 and 5th Streets showing a car dealership sign over gas pumps. The photo was taken October 1955.
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A view of the east side of the Ping residence (the former Nogal hotel) in Eagle on the corner of Capitol St. and Hwy 6. There is an automobile parked behind the building and lots of snow on the ground.
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Beginning of the deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets and was the town's first permanent hotel, boasting 13 rooms...

100. Belden

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Looking toward Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. Tram to Gilman visible at midground.