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41. Catamount Bridge
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"The Catamount Bridge, looking east, showing the river, river road and railroad with Yarmony Mountain in the right background.
The bridge, built in 1909 stood up well until 1951 when a loaded soft drink truck found a weak place and broke through. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the bridge was out about ten days." -- McCoy Memoirs p.18
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
42. Belden
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Photo postcard [Sanborn] of Belden in the Eagle River canyon, below the town of Gilman. Caption: "Eagle River Canon as seen from Highway U.S. 24, Colo." Ore from the mines at Gilman was shipped out from Belden.
43. Evelyn Glaze
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Evelyn Glaze in a baby buggy at Wolcott. The Eagle River and some buildings are in the background.
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Marker for: "Rest in peace, Larry Louis Lederhause, 1963--1999," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, a river and clouds is engraved on the marker.
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Old State Bridge structure in July of 1983, taken from State Highway 131 (south of the bridge). The southern half of the bridge collapsed soon after this photo was taken. The State Bridge Lodge is in the background.
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View looking southeast of the town of Eagle (right midground). Eagle River is in center foreground; Chambers Ranch is in left foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking north from the south side of the Colorado River in the McCoy area, August 23, 1975.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
48. Eagle River
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Section of the Eagle River and the railroad tracks around Wolcott.
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Mildred Bailey wearing riding attire, seated on Dot the horse. They are standing on either the Kroelling or Avon Bridge over the Eagle River. Buildings in background. Used on p. 53 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
50. Belden
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Facilities at Belden, some abandoned. Mine buildings are at right, midfield. The Eagle River is at the right and railroad tracks are at the bottom
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1930s: The confluence of the Frying Pan and the Roaring Fork Rivers near Basalt, Colorado. There are two people standing in the right foreground and a bridge in the background with houses behind it. Some snow on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"July 1950 Cliffs above Eagle Colo." Probably Red Point. Telephone lines cutting across photo.
53. Maxwell Place
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Photo postcard of the Maxwell place, taken by John Ambos. "Among the very early pioneers of the area were Elliott and Mary Maxwell who located on 160 acres of land at the confluence of the Grand River and Elk Creek, about four miles west of McCoy about 1896. The elevation there was about 6,500 feet, the lowest in the area where most vegetables and some varieties of hardy fruits could be grown." -- McCoy Memoirs p.155
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54. West Brush Creek
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Looking up West Brush Creek at the Sawatch Range south of Eagle, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
55. State Bridge
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View of State Bridge with the railroad tracks at midground, Colorado River in the foreground,
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Approaching Belden via surface tram which operated between Gilman (at the top) and Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon.
57. Hayfield
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"August 1950 Hayfield." Man driving a red tractor with baler. Location appears to be near Eagle.
58. Road crew
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The road crew that worked on the stage coach roads to keep them open. Horse teams are harnessed to scrapers.
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"Eagle River Canon, Colo., D. & R. G. Ry." Tinted photo postcard shows mine cribbing and mine buildings above Belden with the rail tracks and Eagle River at the bottom.
Verso: No. C8708 Published by The Colorado News Company, Denver, Colo., Dresden-Leipzig-Berlin. Trademark [Corson #632] for American News Co., New York, NY, Litho-chrome process.
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The Brooks water wheel in 1970 showing signs of deterioration. Water wheels were common along the Colorado but the Brooks wheel is one of few still standing.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]