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Louis and Edith Fenno standing next to their home at Squaw Creek. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Arthur and Nettie [Pross] Panting, shortly after they were married in 1906." -- McCoy Memoirs p.169 There is a dog in front of Mrs. Panting. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Kate Flynn and Tom Gill posing at the Glenwood Springs train station while attending Stawberry Day 1917. Kate and Tom were married in 1921. Tom worked for the Bulding and Bridge Department of the D. & R. G. Railroad, based in Wolcott.
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Studio portrait of Addison L. and Bird Crawford Hockett, early pioneers of Eagle County. He married Birdie Crawford on November 22, 1898. They lived in Gypsum and had six children. Addison's father, Barclay Hockett, first settled on the mouth of Brush Creek in 1882, in an area now known as Hockett Gulch. Barclay Hockett was Eagle's first postmaster. [Thanks to Bill Stephens, Sr., for this information.] [Title supplied from catalog prepared by...
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A photo montage of Vic and Zella Lindersmith in celebration of their 34th wedding anniversary. They were married on May 28, 1939. "Lindersmith lived in Hotchkiss for 35 years, where he worked as a fruit rancher and a carpenter. Vic and Zella moved to Eagle in 1965, where he worked at the Conoco station, and as an equipment operator for the Kaibab lumber mill." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Aug. 5, 1993. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the...
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"Carl and Josie Ruehle of Casper, Wyoming, pay a brief visit to the Conger Mesa. They operated and lived on the Kayser place from time to time before 1920. Mrs. Ruehle was formerly Josephine Kayser." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.230 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait of Casper and Mary Zabel Schumm. "Casper Schumm was born in Dwight, Ill., October 5, 1856 and came to Leadville Colo., in 1879. He stayed in and around Leadville for some time and then went to Cattle creek in Garfield county where he spent the winter. The following year he went to Eagle county and in 1881 he homesteaded a ranch on the Eagle river between what is now the towns of Eagle and Gypsum. In 1888 he married Mary Zabel, and...
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Tom and Barbara Pearch in Glenwood Springs, July 1979. "Barbara kept books for Koonce Chevrolet and sold show tickets in the evening for John Greve at the Eagle Theater. She worked for the Independent Lumber Company from 1941-51. She then went to work for Mr. Hubbard in the Abstract Office until she retired in 1975." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Apr. 3, 2007 p.A9
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Dewey and Melvina Schmoeger standing in front of a building in Denver. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Wedding photo of Edna J. Stewart and Samuel Samson Lemon. Sam Lemon moved to Gypsum in 1901 and married Edna, who was born in Dotsero, in 1905. Edna's wedding costume includes a lace collar and cameo brooch. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Tom Pearch and Barbara Gleason standing on a church lawn on Sept. 16, 1947. They were married November 9, 1947 in Eagle. [Her obituary says Nov. 9, her oral history says Sept. 16] Tom was raised on Squaw Creek. He worked as a heavy equipment operator at Camp Hale and Climax but was probably most known for his work as an auctioneer. In 1950, Tom and Barbara bought the Bert Billings house on Brush Creek so that they could have horses and live out...
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John Walker and Allie Bailey standing outside in their yard at the Bailey Ranch.
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William S. and Nora (Steward) Johnson pose for a photograph in 1900.
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Studio wedding photo of Ivan Lon "Ike" Dump and Joy Marfitano Dump. They were married on July 20, 1941, but, due to circumstances were unable to have their wedding picture taken until December 7, 1941, in Leadville. "While having their picture taken, they listened to breaking news about Pearl Harbor on the radio." -- courtesy of Len Dumph
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Esther Batey and Jack Flynn at Kent in 1917. Inscription reads: "Sweet & Pretty."
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Fumiko and Charles Ellis. Charlie was the son of Frank and Laverne Ellis and a cousin to the Beck boys. He grew up and went to high school in Red Cliff and later served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars (U.S. Navy). He met Fumiko Ganaha while stationed in Japan and they were married in 1974.
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Eva Dillman Meek and Willilam H. Meek in a studio portrait taken in 1945.
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Studio portrait of Edith and Louis A. Fenno, most likely a wedding portrait. Edith Nilson and Louis Alton Fenno were raised and married in Leadville, Colorado. In 1910, they moved to Squaw Creek and in 1912, Fenno filed on a homestead there. They had three children: Mary, Ida and Louis C. Fenno. Louis died on Feb. 17, 1961; Edith died on Mar. 6, 1973. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Elaudia and Procopio Velasquez at a funeral in Leadville.. Elaudia lived in Truchas, New Mexico. She married Procopio Velasquez November 26, 1949. The couple moved to Colorado and Procopio worked for many years as a miner for New Jersey Zinc at Gilman. He passed away in 2005.
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Elaudia and her brother, Arturo Romero, after Elaudia's wedding. They are standing in front of Elaudia's father's house. Elaudia lived in Truchas, New Mexico. She married Procopio Velasquez November 26, 1949. The couple moved to Colorado and Procopio worked for many years as a miner for New Jersey Zinc at Gilman. He passed away in 2005.