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Looking down the tracks toward the Avon Depot in 1918.
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1930s: Winter view of a teacher's house, including directional sign for Bond, depot, lunch room. Wire fence in right foreground. Additional houses in left background. Caption: "Where the teacher lives. All houses are alike." [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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The Gypsum Depot as it appeared in July 1968 after its relocation to Eagle, Colorado. It was remodeled by Leo Hargrave into a duplex.
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Avon Depot in the snow. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The section house for the D.&.R.G. at Kent, Colorado, seen through the trees.
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View of the Minturn rail yard from U.S. Hwy 24, looking east, showing iced water tanks at center. The depot is on the right with the Taylor addition neighborhood in the background.

8. 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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View looking down on the Red Cliff Depot and railroad tracks in 1941.
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Passengers waiting at the Red Cliff railway (Denver & Rio Grande) depot, circa 1915. Several trunks are on the platform. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Kent section house which was the home of the Flynn family until Oct. 15, 1923, at which time Catherine and Nora Flynn moved to Glenwood Springs.

12. Wolcott

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Wolcott, Colorado, in September 1947. The Wolcott bridge over the Eagle River is visible at midfield. It was a Luten arch bridge, constructed in 1916, and has since been replaced. Lena Yost's father, Frank Sansosti, was the D&RG section foreman at Wolcott for many years. The railroad depot and section house are next to the tracks in this photo. The Sansosti family lived at Wolcott for 27 years. "Frank Sansosti was born in Cosenza, Italy, on...
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Train at the depot in Pando, Colorado. Heavy snow on the ground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Grandmother Theresa Cistofani Allaria with Roy Marfitano and Joy Marfitano (Dump Boltjes) at the Denver & Rio Grand section house at the south end of Eagle Street, Red Cliff.
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The Gypsum Depot on wheels, being moved from Gypsum to Eagle. EVE March 28, 1968 p.3: "Gypsum: Work has commenced on the removal of one of the old landmarks of the town this week. Leo Hargrave bought the building from the D&RG and will move it to Eagle. He will put it on land in east Eagle. The depot was built in 1887 when the railroad came through Gypsum. It was closed several years ago when passenger service was taken off this section of the...
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Two of the tent buildings on First Street across from the railroad station in Gypsum [circa 1900]. The first buildings providing services to railroad employees had wooden platforms with tent structures on top and sometimes a false front. Many of the buildings housed saloons and, in this photo, even a bank/saloon combination. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo show the beginning of the removal and relocation of the Gypsum Depot from Gypsum to Eagle. EVE March 28, 1968 p.3: "Gypsum: Work has commenced on the removal of one of the old landmarks of the town this week. Leo Hargrave bought the building from the D&RG and will move it to Eagle. He will put it on land in east Eagle. The depot was built in 1887 when the railroad came through Gypsum. It was closed several years ago when passenger service...
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The Red Cliff railway depot around 1919. Two rail cars are visible on the left. Some passengers are standing to the right of the station.
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This photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station in Gilman, Colorado was taken around 1896. The photographer is identified as C. W. Erdlen.