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1. Dock Homan
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Dock [Fletcher Bliss] Homan at Wolcott. Two children are unidentified in the photo.
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The last section of "A Glossary of Vail Valley Names" pays homage to the other towns and communities scattered throughout the Vail & Eagle River Valleys. Many towns precede Vail's history by as much as a century and provide context to the people, communities, economy, and growth of the area as well as the movement of people and industries.
What's in a name? The Simontons link the rich heritage of Eagle County pioneers to the names of our towns...
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The Flynn men on Christmas day 1917 at Kent. Railroad track is at right foreground. Inscription reads: "Flynn & Co." William R. Flynn died in 1905 so the older gentleman is not he.
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"D. & R.G. Railroad" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
The railroad would haul zinc out of the mines at Gilman for several decades. Three buildings are visible, including one perched on the mountainside. At far right, a sign says "Eagle Mines of the Empire Zinc Co". A tailings pipe appears to be dumping into the Eagle River (midground). The town of...
5. Work Train
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The work train at Woody Creek, employing a ditcher with fill cars on either side.
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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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Jay McDougall, Dan Flynn and Ralph Belding standing at the Eagle Depot, 1918. The sign board behind the men says, "Money orders," "July 18, 1918." Ralph Belding owned "Ralph's Store" in Eagle, Colorado.
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Ice train wreck in Red Cliff. Ice was being transported from Pando to the ice houses in Minturn, Colorado, to be used in refrigerator cars. The brakes on the train froze and the train wrecked in the Red Cliff city limits. Several men are examining the wreckage.
The accident occurred December 31, 1927.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1930s: Rio Grande Railroad crane dropping section of bridge span into place, guided by men at either end of the span. Eagle River visible at left (Eagle, Colorado).
"The Rio Grande Railroad began construction of the steel railroad bridge at Eagle in 1934." -- Those Were the Days, EVE Jan. 22, 2004 p.2
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10. Shawna Rowen
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Shawna Rowen, daughter of Christine Beck and Jim Rowen, riding her tricycle in Red Cliff. Behind Shawna is the viaduct over the railroad. At far upper right is the Red Cliff school, now the town hall.
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In this oral history, Jim Ortega describes his life in Lafayette, Colorado where he was raised. Jim discusses the Lafayette of his childhood and the changes that have occurred. He talks in detail about his career with the telephone company and all the changes that he was instrumental in bringing to fruition.
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Sarah Savage Brillhart traveled with her family from England when she was ten, arriving in Lafayette in 1893. They arrived in New York by boat then traveled by train to Colorado. Sarah’s father worked in multiple mines around Lafayette including Cannon Mine. Sarah met her husband, Percy Brillhart, in Lafayette. Sarah, who is 105 years old at the time of her interview, reflects on daily life in late 1800s and early 1900s in Lafayette and Boulder....
13. Ice Train Wreck
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The "Big Hook" steam-powered wrecker, based in Grand Junction, moving the Ice Train engine into an upright position. Damaged box car in foreground.
"Volunteer labor was called for and many miners from this place went to work with the men rushed to the scene by the railroad company to clear the line."
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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A view of the long flume on the Conger Mesa Ditch. [photo says 1910, McCoy Memoirs says 1909].
"The Conger Mesa irrigation ditch in 1909 was nearly three fourths wooden flume in Rock Creek Canyon. A year later, this section of the flume went out resulting in major catastrophe for the Railroad and Ditch Company. Nearly 200 feet of track was covered with mud and rock to a depth of from five to sixteen feet and required 200 men working in ten hour...
15. Watts
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Area referred to as Watts, originally, now called Dowds Junction, where Gore Creek and the Eagle River meet.
16. Kate Flynn
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Kate Flynn photographed after a dance. Caption: "6 o'clock in the morning, coming home from a dance. Ray McDougall took it."
There were many entries in the Eagle Valley Enterprise, listing those who attended dances. For example, from the July 23, 1920, edition, p.8: "Misses Katie Flynn and Francis Lloyd attended the dance at Gypsum Friday night."
17. Kent location
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Newspaper article showing the estimated location of what was formerly Kent. Milk Creek drainage is to the left of I-70 [3/4 mile west of the Wolcott exit on I-70; Milk Creek comes into the Eagle River at the bridge]. The 4 pines on the opposite hillside remain.
The Old Watson Road labeled in this photograph refers to George Watson, a cattle rancher.
"The Watsons also bought the old Sherwood [Kent] ranch near Wolcott from John Morris, and owned...
18. Early Gypsum
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Early Gypsum where tents provided original services: hotel, stores, saloon, restaurant. Meals at the Eagle Hotel were 35 cents, a bed was 25 cents. All of these services were located across from the train depot. The location is close to present day Railroad Ave. and Second Street.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Arch bearings at pier #2 of the Pine Street viaduct over the railroad tracks and Eagle River in Red Cliff, Colorado. One of a series of photographs prepared by Lonco, Inc., consulting engineers for the Town of Red Cliff on July 31, 1992.
20. Dan Flynn
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Dan Flynn in the cab of engine 5101. He was an engineer for the Denver & Rio Grande, driving the coal train route from Grand Junction to Aspen.