Both Gunnison County Libraries are open to the public. Current hours are Monday-Friday, 9-6PM, Saturday 10-4PM, and Sunday 1-5PM.

Archive Search Results


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 , query time: 0.01s
Thumbnail for 'Packard home'
Format:
Image
Group photo (29 people) taken in front of the Packard home, Gypsum, Colorado. Mrs. Packard is seated on the far right; Mrs. William Lea is second from right. The women appear to be dressed up for the occasion. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Thumbnail for 'Welch Place'
Format:
Image
Welch place on LaGrow Rd., Gypsum, built in 1893. The logs for construction came from Hardscrabble Mountain. The house was moved to Carbondale.
Thumbnail for 'J. P. Oleson's first home'
Format:
Image
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.
Thumbnail for 'Hans Olesen/Schmidt ranch'
Format:
Image
"The Hans Olesen place when owned by Schmidts; also the cover photo of the calendar." October 1976 in a calendar, Rural America, the Bi-Centennial Year, Copyright 1975, Time Piece Photography, Inc. Boulder, Colorado 80302, Photo Chrono Graphics; photographer for October Jay Simon $4 "1 1/2 story house, built in 1900 containing 8 rooms with four bedrooms and a bath. The first floor area has 968 square feet with the second floor area 242 square...
Thumbnail for 'Strohm residence'
Format:
Image
A back view of "Kate's place," the Strohm residence in Gypsum [2nd and Eagle Streets]. George Strohm bought the former Poor Farm in 1939 for $5,000. The Poor Farm provided assistance to the elderly, disabled and homeless before Social Security, Medicare, etc., and was situated on land that now is the location for the Town Park and Bertroch subdivision.
Thumbnail for 'Ed Slaughter and Grandchildren'
Format:
Image
Ed Slaughter holding the hands of his grandchildren, Eugene Slaughter, Jr. ("Junior") on the left and Betty Slaughter (Compton) on the right. Junior is holding onto the back hoof of a hung deer. Log ranch house in background. The photo has been hand tinted.
Thumbnail for 'Hans Olesen/Schmidt ranch'
Format:
Image
"The Hans Olesen place when owned by Schmidts; also the cover photo of the calendar." October 1976 in a calendar, Rural America, the Bi-Centennial Year, Copyright 1975, Time Piece Photography, Inc. Boulder, Colorado 80302, Photo Chrono Graphics; photographer for October Jay Simon $4
Thumbnail for 'Hodari Place'
Format:
Image
Hodari place on Highway 6 in Gypsum, built in 1897. Caption on verso: "Burned Mulligan." A lawnmower rests in the yard.
Thumbnail for 'Doll's house in Gypsum'
Format:
Image
Franklin and Lucy Doll's house in Gypsum with chickens in the yard. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Thumbnail for 'Lupton's house'
Format:
Image
The house of John William Lupton in Gypsum. Boardwalk is visible and there is a man (Mr. Lupton?) standing behind the fence. William Lupton was a soldier in the Union Army and a marshall in Cripple Creek, Colorado. While living in Gypsum, he was a special officer for the Rio Grande Railroad, stationed at Minturn. He was the grandfather of Betty and Wyon Bonar and Eldon Wilson.
Thumbnail for 'Family home of Theodore Stremme'
Format:
Image
The Family home of Theodore Stremme in Gypsum, Colorado. The well-attended buildings are surrounded by a white picket fence.
Thumbnail for 'Orgish home'
Format:
Image
"After Paul and Frieda Orgish sold their McCoy ranch (Stifel place) they moved to Gypsum where they bought a tract of ground near the Cottonwood road junction, and built this house on it, themselves." -- McCoy Memoirs p.167 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]