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"James P. Carrigan, who was appointed pastor of St. Stephen's in Glenwood Springs in 1910, began making monthly visits to celebrate Mass in Thomas Minturn's section house. With his encouragement, local Catholics formed St. Patrick's parish on September 13, 1913. Thanks to a $500 gift from the Catholic Extension Society and funds raised by parish suppers and plays, a church was constructed in the fall of 1925. Howard G. Bayers built the one-story,...
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Albert and Newell Buffehr, from left to right, each holding dogs at the Buffehr ranch. The ranch cabin is in the background. Jacob and Lydia Buffehr, their parents, purchased the ranch at the mouth of Buffehr Creek (which flows from north to south, entering Gore Creek at what is now West Vail) in about 1916. Jacob Buffehr had worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad out of Minturn for fifteen years when he decided to operate a dairy farm. He...
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Another Mallet locomotive at Minturn. Anatole Mallet, a Swiss engineer, patented the compound engine which was housed under one locomotive frame having six or more sets of axles. The rear set of driving wheels were fixed in the main frame of the locomotive. The extra pull generated made the locomotive useful in mountainous regions but slower on flat terrain.
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Continuing west on Highway 24 would take you to Minturn. Continuing east would take you to Gilman and Red Cliff. Photo taken by Tom Knight. Tom worked at Gilman as a watchman.
Verso: "Looking west down Eagle River. You can see I'm on top of the world. This shows the S curve on the O. to O. [Ocean to Ocean] Highway. We go to work tonight. Don't know what doing." [written by Tom Knight]
"Old highway on Battle Mountain" BJS
69. Lion Head Rock
71. Sophie Knight
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School Days 1945-46, photo of teacher, Sophie Hamrick Knight.
”She taught my daughter, Patricia, in kindergarten, Red Cliff. (First year we had kindergarten here.)”--Angela Beck
”Mrs. Knight began her teaching during a teacher shortage in World War II era. She went back to college and received her degree at Western State, then returned to Eagle County to teach. She has taught in the Minturn area for 16 years. Mrs. Knight plans to spend the...