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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "These were times when we had no Community House."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed by 1934." -- Robert Brown, Holy Cross--the...
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1910: Five people seated on step of the U.S. Post Office, Edwards, Colorado. Log building was situated on site now occupied by the Edwards I-70 off-ramp. Screen door and double-hung window visible. Two dogs in foreground.
From left to right: Lucia Wellington, Esther Moore, Lydia Nelson, Nelse Nelson, Esther Wellington (Klatt). Esther Moore is wearing a bonnet, Nelse Nelson wearing overalls and hat, Esther Wellington wearing straw hat.
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1920s: Interior of Stremme's Store and Post Office in Gypsum, Colorado, with owner, Theodore Stremme, and clerk ,Thelma Anderson Wilson. Cash register and scale on counter with canned goods on shelving behind the counter. Lighting arrangement clearly visible. Clothing (pants) stacked in right foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Tinted photo postcard looking south down First Street toward Eagle Street in Gypsum circa 1905. The Travelers’ Hotel is the second building from the left. There is a boardwalk between buildings. Stremme's Store and Post Office is at the far right. [Original photo 1998.001.024]
Gypsum store owner Theodore Stremme had this postcard produced by Newvochrome [No. D 3341 printed in Germany]. It was sent May 1, 1909, to Mr. F. B. Cowden in Steamboat...
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The E. E. Glenn & Co. General Merchandise store on Broadway in Eagle. The Post Office was also located in the building. There are boardwalks around the building. A dozen men and two children are standing in front of the store.
"Ed Glenn was first attracted to this county by the mining camp at Fulford when that camp was at the boom stage, and later married Mrs. Belding who owned the store located on the site in the same building now occupied by...
29. Post Office
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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934. Dr. Randall is seated facing the camera at far right.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "21. Campfire at night, Tigiwon."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed...
31. Downtown Eagle
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A photograph of Broadway Street in Eagle, Colorado. Buildings and businesses line the street, including the E.E. Glenn store. Glenn's was located at the corner of 2nd and Broadway at the time and was also the post office. Eagle Valley Enterprise offices were located across the street from Glenn's. People are gathered on horseback and/or in wagons.
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Grand Junction MSC Dispatch Nov./Dec. 1984 p.8: "While the United States Postal Service held a ceremony to introduce the McGruff stamp at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., on September 26, 1984, Eagle County had its own ceremony. Eight postmasters and Sheriff A. J. Johnson gathered in Edwards for the celebration along with their special guest, McGruff. It was a good day for promoting awareness of crime...
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On August 1, 1951, a stamp commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Colorado statehood was released. The stamp featured the Colorado statehouse and also the iconic Mount of the Holy Cross. Special editions were released in Minturn, Colorado on this date and this particular envelope is from the first day of issue.
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The post office at Holy Cross City. Four individuals are pictured in the photograph, one standing in the snow on the left, one standing on the stairs, one in front of the door to the post office, and one on horseback on the right.
Holy Cross City was a short-lived mining camp located in what is today the Holy Cross Wilderness. A mining camp in the Holy Cross Mining District, Holy Cross City reached a population of 300 between 1881 and 1883. The...