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The Gilman fire truck used in Minturn, Colorado, September 1996.
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California fire fighters parked their trucks at Benson's sawmill on Turkey Creek to fight a fire around Shrine Pass, September 2, 1996.
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A view of Eagle Street in Red Cliff, taken from the railroad tracks (at right). From left, the tall white building with a small steeple is the old town hall and fire house. The hose drying chamber is an attachment on the back of the building. Next, across the street is the Community Church with dark steeple. The railway viaduct to Pine Street is at far right.
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A view of Eagle Street in Red Cliff, taken from the school. Right of center, the tall white building with a small steeple is the old town hall and fire house. The hose drying chamber is an attachment on the back of the building. The jail is the samll building behind the town hall.
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Interagency Fire Management truck parked at Benson's (up Turkey Creek towards Shrine Pass) while fighting a forest fire, September 2, 1996.

6. Jail

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The Red Cliff jail with the Eagle River flowing behind it. The jail is situated behind the old town hall and fire department. On the hill above, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church is visible on Pine St.
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Former Grand Junction Fire Chief Frank Kreps describes living in a one-room log cabin on his parents’ Roan Creek homestead as a young boy in the 1910’s, the feeling of community among the scattered residents, and a sawmill that provided lumber to residents. He talks about his father’s career as a locomotive engineer for the Uintah Railway and the Denver & Rio Grande. He remembers having to split wood for all the sick families in Atchee during...