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The little log cabin the town park at Red Cliff.A little girl is seated on the roof; a dog is seated in the shade to the right.
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Panorama of Water Street in Red Cliff, Colorado, showing road repair. Photo is marked "Plaintiff's exhibit 3, 10-26-81."
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The house to which the barn belongs is on Eagle St. in Red Cliff. It was the Forest Ranger station and then housing for the Erlandson, Penrod and Ottens families. To the right of the house is the old town hall and jail.
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The Tobias and Marie Montoya house on Water St., Red Cliff, Colorado, in February 2008...a good snow year. Mr. Montoya worked for New Jersey Zinc Co. as a miner. Their son, Ramon, is the current mayor of Red Cliff [2010].
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Flood waters from Turkey Creek in Fleming Lumber and Mercantile Co. yard during spring runoff June1952.
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1886-87: Front view of the one-room Red Cliff School House, built in 1886. Stovepipe and bell coupola evident; snow on ground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Richard DaLee (L) and Jack Elliott (R) holding rifles standing in the rain next to deer carcasses. Automobile and buildings in the background.
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Red Cliff main street waiting for Fourth of July Parade. Short Order Retaurant sign visible on the right hand side of the street. American flag hanging over the center of the street. Woman facing camera also photographed in front of one of the floats.
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The fire brigade and hose cart for the Red Cliff fire department, posed in front of the Town Hall. The fire department was in the bottom floor of the Town Hall building. "The first fire department was organized by Aaron Graham in 1888. It was of the push cart type but an improvement over the old bucket brigade type."--A History of Eagle County, p.5. Since the bottom floor of the Town Hall was the fire department, an estimate of 1888-1889 is used...
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Elaudia Velasquez standing at 446 Eagle St., Red Cliff. Elaudia lived in Truchas, New Mexico. She married Procopio Velasquez November 26, 1949. The couple moved to Colorado and Procopio worked for many years as a miner for New Jersey Zinc at Gilman. He passed away in 2005.
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Harold "Lefty" Stokes, July 1966. Mr. Stokes worked on the Homestake Dam project, along with Harry Snyder (Whitey), Kelly Bissell, Sy Piedmont (Project Manager), Chuck Kincaid, Van Wiley (Safety), Harry Lentz, Jack Trepto, Buster Beck (Drill & Powder Foreman). The work crews lived in trailer homes at Pando.
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Buster Beck standing in front of the doors of the Holy Cross Garage in Red Cliff. "The doors in the background were used every day so it can be assumed that the accumulation of ice took place over night." -- T. Bud Beck
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A view of Ione Woll's building after the fire, taken from across Turkey Creek. Only one corner of the brick wall was left standing. "Twin houses" visible in right background.
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Tobias and Marie Montoya's home on Water Street in Red Cliff [between Turkey Creek and the old Post Office]. The house was demolished on September 9, 2014. Original rock work on the older part of the building at left; siding at right.
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Teenagers in front of the Public Service Building in Red Cliff. This building had been the bank up until the time the county seat moved from Red Cliff to Eagle. Bruce Beck, standing with his back to the camera, is wearing a leather jacket. The three young men standing, to his right, are: Chuck Dump, Hugh Riley Jr., and Bud Beck.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Red Cliff. [aging Polaroid]
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Victor Dump seated in the middle of his family. Two older girls are standing behind Mr. Dump; his wife and another daughter are seated; three younger children are sitting in front. An exterior house wall is the backdrop.
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Joy Marfitano and Roy Marfitano's dog.
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The Trujillo house on Water Street in Red Cliff on January 31, 2014, after the sun came out. From January 1 through January 31, 2014, Red Cliff received 63 inches of snow. On January 31, the town received an additional 21 inches.
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Horses Tom and Dick tethered to a wagon. Tom and Dick were the team that moved Dessie, Earl and Theodore Beck from Salida to Red Cliff. "The Earl Beck family moved into town sometime after Jan. 14, 1923, when I was born, and before March 2, 1925, when Buster was born, but I have never known just exactly when. We lived for a short while in a house on Monument Street and then moved down to the lower end of town on Water Street. We rented for a while...