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Taken August 2, 2011, wall paper and curtain in the hotel. Deconstruction of the Nogal-Ping hotel and cabins in Eagle by Claude DeGraw began in 2010. Nogal's Hotel, built in 1892, was later purchased by the O. A. Ping family in 1923. It was occupied by siblings Leonard and Garnet Ping most recently. Leonard died in 1988 and Garnet moved to Gypsum in the late 1990s, passing away in 2003. It stands at the corner of Hwy 24 and Capitol Streets and...
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Abandoned cabin [negative found in envelope labeled "Pando"]. The cabin is chinked log with a metal roof. Windows appear to be broken out (window and door frames are painted blue). Snow is banked around the building. [Film scanned to produce digital image January 2009]
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The McCoy School, McCoy, Colorado [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Jean Allen sits in a backyard in the summer of 1929.
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House built by Howard McCain on Wall Street, in Eagle, Colorado. The house was completed in 1940.
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A winter scene at Ruedi. Taken around 1910 at the Bess ranch.
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A group of men examine the aftermath of the Eagle Valley Enterprise building fire. St. Mary's Cathoic Church is in the background (belltower visible). "A devastating fire on January 13, 1932, destroyed the newspaper office on Broadway. The fire started in an adjacent dry-cleaning shop and wiped out several main street businesses. George Carlow sounded the fire alarm, but the town's limited fire equipment malfunctioned in the freezing termperatures....
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"Judge Lyle named his four guest cabins after Conger Mesa pioneers. This one is the Conger, others are the Theisen, Butler and Ambos." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 251 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Robert with an 18.5 in. Native trout that weighed just over 2.5 lbs. and appeared in a Denver Post newspaper spread. It was caught in the pool on Cross Creek which was created for water intake for Minturn's water supply.
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Lionshead Place cul de sac.
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The ski tow building at Camp Hale with circular tow mechanism clearly visible. Patchy snow on the ground [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The camel-back bridge over the Eagle River on U.S. Hwy 6 & 24, approximately 5-6 miles east of Eagle, Colorado.Behind the train, is the Leonard Horn ranch with ranch houses to the left of the tall pine tree at center. Rube Creek flows by the ranch houses. The dirt road at left goes to the ranch.
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The garage, blacksmith shop, bunkhouse and chicken house at the Offerson place. A wagon is parked at midground, under a large tree. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bell's Camp, Colorado, between Gilman and Red Cliff [sticker affixed to back: 0386] Photo taken from above the camp showing six large structures and various outbuildings. A crowd of people are standing in right midground. Myers, Rex. The Upper Eagle River Valley, 1964. p. 14: " Celeveland, first called Bell's Camp, clustered around the Black Iron and Ground Hog Mines which provided the support for the settlement. The town was founded around...
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West Meadow Drive with the Vail clinic at extreme right.
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Photo postcard of a ranch, possibly near Edwards, in the early 1900s. Barn, house, corrals in foreground; train in background. Snow on the ground.
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Webster cabin at Lake Creek, built in 1914. Woodpile in foreground.
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Vernon Mann and Carl Eaton, left to right, seated on horses at the Wiltshire Place. Wagon and cart behind the riders, in addition to log out-buildings. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Roy McDougall in an automobile in Eagle [possibly Capitol Street].
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A view of Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs looking north. Taken in the 1910s. The two bell towers of the Hotel Colorado are visible in the background. A sign before the bridge reads, "OBSERVE SPEED LIMITS KEEP MUFFLERS CLOSED." A furniture store, pool hall, and café are visible on the right. A restaurant is visible on the left.