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From back left, MacDonald Knight, Perlita Knight, Tom and Sophie Knight. In front are Betty Jo Knight Schmidt and Glenn Schmidt. Verso: "Minturn 1944 by M&R Café, Don, Perlita, Mom, Tom, Me and Glen BJS" [June 1984 copy]
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"At Craig, Colo. in 1960. Billy [William Woodruff] Booco, 92, and his three sons, Jack, Gordon and Gern." -- McCoy Memoirs p.184 "The Booco family certainly was a pioneer family of Colorado; they settled on the Western Slope in 1878. ... The family settled on the Eagle River and a small town sprang up around them which residents were soon calling Booco, the name later changed to Minturn. Boocos sold their holdings in 1887 to the Rio Grande Railroad...
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From left to right: family dog, Bill Kavanaugh, John Kavanaugh, Hilma Kavanaugh holding baby Mary. The family is standing in the yard next to the Kavanaugh home in Minturn, Colorado, August 1936.
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Tom Knight with his grandson, Jack Schmidt, in Minturn. Parked next to the house is the pickup Tom bought from Frank "Frenchy" Tetrault. Eagle Valley Enterprise, Oct. 30, 1942, p.5: ”Frank Tetreault and son, John, of Gilman and Red Cliff, were business visitors in town Tuesday and paid this office a pleasant visit. Frank is one of the old time miners on Battle Mountain, for years working leases in the canon, sometimes getting out a car of ore...
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Studio portrait of the three Payton brothers: Chester Arthur, Edwin J. and Roy Amos. They were sons of Natt and Clara Payton, early settlers of Minturn, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blanche and John Kavanaugh, holding baby Mary on his shoulder, in Minturn, August 1936. They are standing next to an automobile.
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Family group standing in the sideyard next to the Kavanaugh home in Minturn. Front gate visible on right. From left to right: 2 neighbors, Hilma Kavanaugh holding baby Mary, John Kavanaugh and Blanche Wyatt Kavanaugh.
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Mary Frances "Fannie" Evans Collins holding grandson, Ralph Bayer. Fannie Evans was three years old when she spent several days in Ft. Arnett. Red Cliff's response to the Meeker Massacre was to gather citizens in the fort, anticipating a local threat, which never materialized.
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Twenty-fifth anniversary photo of Ethel Boies and Howard G. Bayer. They were married June 20, 1918, settling in Minturn, Colorado. Howard was an engineer and carpenter; Ethel taught at Minturn High School.
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Mabel, Carol "Bobbye," and Don Ginther posed in front of automobile. Donald Burdett Ginther was born Nov. 3, 1910, in Belvidere, Nebraska. He married Mabel Gehr on June 30, 1930. They lived in Minturn while Don worked as a miner at Gilman. Carol Ginther married Russell Beck.
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Four generations photograph, from left: MacDonald Knight holding baby Patricia Knight, Sophie Hamrick Knight (Don's mother), Portie Hamrick (Sophie's mother)
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MacDonald Knight and his sister, Perlita Knight (Gauthier), standing in front of Mom's Cafe in Minturn, suitcases in hand. Don was returning to the Army and Perlita was enlisting in the Waves. Verso: "Don recalled to Army duty, Perlita enlisting in Waves, at Mom's Café in Minturn 1943"
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Studio portrait of Nathaniel (Natt) and Clara Payton, early settlers of Minturn, Colorado. The photo was taken on Feb. 15, 1889; Nathaniel was 29, Clara was 28. Nathaniel is seated to Clara's right. She is standing, wearing a dress suit and brooch. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A studio photograph of Mary Frances, Garth [born in 1926], and Ralph Bayer [born in 1920]. The children's parents were Howard G. and Ethel Boies Bayer of Minturn.

15. Rileys

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Hugh Riley, Fr. Leberer, and Margaret Riley, holding baby, Anthony Beck, outside St. Patrick's Church, Minturn, Colorado, 1957, following Anthony's baptism.
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Floyd Beck and Eleanor Frances McLaughlin in Minturn, Colorado, in the early 1960s.
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Ginther family members standing by two automobiles. The first three children, from left to right, are: Carol "Bobbye" Ginther [Beck] 3 yrs. old; Harold Ginther 7 yrs. old; Dorothy Ginther [Ross] 5 yrs. old. The road is unpaved.
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Studio portrait of Donald and Mabel Ginther taken for their 58th wedding anniversary on Dec. 12, 1988. After retirement, they moved from Minturn to Salida, Colorado, where this photo was taken. Don worked at Gilman and then for the Climax mine. He was also a handy man. He built a corner cupboard for Angela Beck to house some of Ollie Meyer's china. Mabel worked at the Minturn Post Office for Tad Collins. Their daughter, Carol, married Russell...