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Cast and ECHS docents for the River View Cemetery Tour, a production of the Eagle County Historical Society and the 2014 fundraiser. Front row, L to R: Sarah Pounder (Violet Buffehr), Cooter Overcash (Hank Elliott), Cindy Jones (Augusta Nelson), Doug Lewer (Hugh Luby), Sandy VanCampen (docent), Janice Tonz (Sophie Knight) Back row, L to R: Kathy Heicher (docent), Donna Spinelli (Elvira Schlegel), Brian Hall (Billy Booco), Laura Thompson (docent),...

"Bert Wolverton and Art Koonce were partners in this ranch located immediately north of Eagle in the vicinity of what is now the Interstate 70 interchange. The ranch was eventually sold to Ross Chambers. This view is looking east with Red Point in the background. The barn in the photograph has since been moved to Chambers Park in Eagle, where it serves as the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The interstate highway now runs through what would...

Rudy Olin portraying Charley Johnson during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Charley (Charles H.) Johnson died about July 26, 1901. He was a Dotsero cattleman who was murdered by a gunshot to the back of the head...

Eagle County Commissioner Sara Fisher portraying Lillian Anderson, caretaker of the County Poor Farm, during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Lillian Anderson died February 26, 1962. She and her husband, John, were...

Terri Vroman portraying Lucy Doll during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Lucy Ellen Slusser Doll was born October 22, 1859 and died June 22, 1939. She came to Gypsum with her husband, rancher Frank Doll, in 1887.They...

The Chambers barn at right and the foundation for the Information Center in Chambers Park, on the banks of the Eagle River, in October/November 1988. The Chambers horse barn was originally located at the site of the present I-70 interchange on the Chambers Ranch. It was moved to temporary storage in 1981, while the Eagle County Historical Society raised funds for a foundation to be built. It was seated on the foundation in 1984 and opened to the...

Town of Eagle workers grading the area next to the barn in preparation for the relocation of Bob Mayne's donated farm house, which serves as the Information Center in Chambers Park.

The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. From l. to r.: Rudy Olin, Kris Keys, Terri Vroman, Jessica Kline, Lucinda Hanke, and Eagle County Commissioner Sara Fisher.

Jessica Kline of the Porchlight Players, portraying Anna Norgaard during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Anna Helen Schmidt Norgaard was born January 21, 1847, in Osterlendidt, Denmark. She died January 28, 1937. SHe...