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June of 1948: View up the Fulford road between Jo Good Park and Fulford. From John Gabelman collection.
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Bridge over the Colorado River at Blue Hill, Burns, Colorado. Grand River (Colorado) Hill Road visible at right. Bearden's General Store was built after this photo was taken (it will be behind the bridge). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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US Highway 24 on Battle Mountain in the foreground. Eagle Canyon is to the left, Belden is in the canyon.
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Colorado River at Burns, Colorado
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Harold Steinmeyer directing road clearing on the lower road to Rock Creek. Highway 24 is in the background.
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Blasting to create a road to the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge. Railroad bridge over the Eagle River visible at right foreground. [Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 5]
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Red Cliff Bridge on U.S. Highway 24, across the canyon of the Eagle River at Red Cliff, Colorado. Completed on July 28, 1941; dedicated and opened to travel on August 3, 1941. Dimensions: 470 ft. long; 209 ft. high; 30-ft. roadway and two 18-inch curbs. The Red Cliff Bridge was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 1985, in recognition of its contribution to the heritage of the state of Colorado Buildings in background...
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Lover's Leap rock formation as seen from below. Hoist on top of the formation dates it somewhere between 1938 and 1939, just prior to construction of the Red Cliff arch bridge. [Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 3]
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Looking up from the arch girders to the support beams of the roadbed in the Red Cliff Bridge. One man is at a girder at the far right; another is standing on the arch right below the roadbed at left. [Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 10]
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Taken from the Beck family's house, the Fleming Lumber framing yard is at midfield with Al Mann working on timbers. There is a shovel on the old road at the top of the photo, working on a road detour.
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View east over house and up Turkey Creek. Taken on 09/14/1986
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Red Cliff friends posed in and on an automobile on a trip to Lime Creek. L to R: Myra Squires, unknown, Shirley Sanders, Ella Warren, Esther Mae Garner, Hugh Riley, Quinn Beck
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Earnest "Ernie" Nogal and Jay McDougal pour water on an overheated engine while driving on Battle Mountain. Alda Borah and Marie Zenger are seated in the backseat. Taken in 1919.
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A view of Gypsum Creek road, taken in July of 1993.

135. Gilman

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A view of the company houses at Gilman. Mining buildings can be seen on the right. Taken between 1917 and 1919.
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A view of Brush Creek looking south. Some cattle can be seen grazing on the left. A Mormon derrick is visible on the right in the mid-foreground. "Looking South on Brush Creek. Road to my old home, 1915." -- Alda Borah
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A view of mountains near Woods Lake. A road is visible in the midground. "Woods Lake played a significant role in the development of tourism and recreation in the Rocky Mountains. ... The Colorado Midland Railroad (which ran from 1886-1918) was instrumental in bringing tourists into the mountains, especially for fishing expeditions. ... Woods Lake is listed on the National Register of Historic Places not only because of its importance in the early...
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A windy point on the wagon road to Holy Cross City.
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A view of Coffin Mountain near Brush Creek. Buildings from the Borah ranch are visible in the background. "Coffin & Beacher Brush Creek, Colorado, on the road to school house where Mother watched for me." -- Alda Borah
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A view of the road leading down into Red Cliff. The town is visible on the right.