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Actor Donna Spinelli, at center, portraying Elvira Schlegel, wife of Piney homesteader Mathias Schlegel. Docent Laura Thompson is at left.
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Actor Cooter Overcash portraying Hank Elliott, rancher, boxing promoter and bootlegger.
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Actor Madeline Moos portraying Fanny Collins, wife of Tom Collins, miner and community supporter.
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Actor Janice Tonz portraying Sophie Knight, wife of Thomas Knight, both prospectors in the Holy Cross Mining District.
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Actor Brian Hall portraying Billy Booco,and docent Laura Thompson.
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Actor Brian Hall portraying original Minturn Homesteader Billy Booco [not buried in River View].
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Rudy Olin portraying Charley Johnson during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Charley (Charles H.) Johnson died about July 26, 1901. He was a Dotsero cattleman who was murdered by a gunshot to the back of the head...
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Eagle County Historical Society President, Kathy Heicher, leading a group at the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Eagle County Commissioner Sara Fisher portraying Lillian Anderson, caretaker of the County Poor Farm, during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Lillian Anderson died February 26, 1962. She and her husband, John, were...
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Brian Hall of the Porchlight Players, portraying both mountain man John Root during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. John Root was born in 1835 and died December 1919. He came to the Eagle River valley while the Ute...
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Terri Vroman portraying Lucy Doll during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Lucy Ellen Slusser Doll was born October 22, 1859 and died June 22, 1939. She came to Gypsum with her husband, rancher Frank Doll, in 1887.They...
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Actor Doug Lewer portraying Hugh Luby, engineer turned saloon keeper [not actually buried in River View].
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Lucinda Hanke portraying Julia Stremme during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Julia Ann Kuhllman Stremme was born March 18, 1859, and died December 31, 1935. She and her new husband, John Stremme, arrived in Gypsum...
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The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. From l. to r.: Rudy Olin, Kris Keys, Terri Vroman, Jessica Kline, Lucinda Hanke, and Eagle County Commissioner Sara Fisher.
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Kris Keys of the Porchlight Players, portraying both O. W. Daggett and Ed Slaughter during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Orin W. Daggett was born January 4, 1861, and died April 16, 1942. He owned and operated the...
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Jessica Kline of the Porchlight Players, portraying Anna Norgaard during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Anna Helen Schmidt Norgaard was born January 21, 1847, in Osterlendidt, Denmark. She died January 28, 1937. SHe...
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Dacia Belisle Woodworth portraying Iva Oleson during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Bob Mayne is standing in the center of the photo. Iva Bernice Beck Oleson was born March 2, 1879, and died Sept. 26, 1974. She came...
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Cast of the River View Cemetery Tour. While research on their characters was provided, some of the actors did additional research and fleshed out their characters. Front, L to R: Sarah Pounder (Violet Buffehr), Cooter Overcash (Hank Elliott), Cindy Jones (Augusta Nelson) Back, L to R: Donna Spinelli (Elvira Schlegel), Brian Hall (Billy Booco), Joanne Cermak (Eliza Bolt), Doug Lewer (Hugh Luby), Janice Tonz (Sophie Knight)
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Actor Doug Lewer portraying Hugh Luby,and Sarah Pounder portraying Violet Buffehr.
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Bill Heicher telling Jake Borah stories during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Jacob "Jake" Borah was born April 13, 1847, and died July 19, 1929. He came to Gypsum in 1875 with his brother, Al, and became internationally...