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1) Road crew
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The road crew that worked on the stage coach roads to keep them open. Horse teams are harnessed to scrapers.
3) Conger Mesa
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The upper end of Conger Mesa showing the crater as viewed from Tunnel 49.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking across Deep Creek Canyon toward Coffee Pot Springs on the Flat Tops, early 1900s.
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Looking down on the volcano at Dotsero in 1939.
"The most recent lava flow in Colorado occurred in Eagle County. This was approximately 4,000 years ago ( think Stonehenge) as determined by radiocarbon dating of a tree found in the ash in 1962. Local historians weren’t available for documentation purposes, however, according to an article written by Allen Best in 1990 [Vail Trail Dec. 7, 1990], there would have been a native American local population...
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View from the top of Fancy Pass (12,398 ft.), Holy Cross Wilderness (Homestake area).
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Photo postcard [Sanborn W-H78] of Battle Mountain from the overpass at Red Cliff, Colorado. The image was taken prior to the construction of the Red Cliff bridge in 1941.
10) Conger Mesa
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"The upper part of the Conger Mesa, looking south-east and across Rock Creek Canyon, From Volcano Ridge. Taken in 1919, it shows the Ebert, Ambos, Johannbroer, Theisen, Abbett and a portion of the Schomers place on the extreme right. Before settlement, a well defined Ute Indian trail crossed over the Mesa from Egeria Park to the Blue River, by way of Yarmony Park. Notice the Crater before its exploitation by commerical interests." McCoy Memoirs,...
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"A view of the Mesa looking southwest, about 1930 [photo date is 1932; Album 1 index is 1924]. Shown are parts of seven ranches, with the Kayser and Schrupp ranches in the distance. The nearest place is Theisens, Schomers is just above the railroad S, the Bill Johannbroer ranch in the center and the former John Ambos ranch to the right." McCoy Memoirs p. 216
"Conger Mesa was to stand deserted until about 1903, then a group of people mostly of...
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Eagle Canyon, with Battle Mountain on the right. Belden and the Eagle River would be at the bottom of the canyon on the left.
14) Battle Mountain
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Panoramic photo postcard, "Battle Mountain Road, Lovers Leap, Homestake Creek, Redcliffe, Colo. Sold by O. W. Daggett."
15) Lover's Leap
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Lover's Leap rock formation which marks the access to Red Cliff. Hoist on the top of the formation indicates the construction period for the Red Cliff arch bridge on Highway 24 (1938-1939). Railroad tracks in foreground.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 2]
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Lover's Leap rock formation as seen from below. Hoist on top of the formation dates it somewhere between 1938 and 1939, just prior to construction of the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 3]
17) "The Volcano"
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The Dotsero volcano, or crater, near Dotsero.
"The most recent lava flow in Colorado occurred in Eagle County. This was approximately 4,000 years ago (think Stonehenge) as determined by radiocarbon dating of a tree found in the ash in 1962. Local historians weren’t available for documentation purposes, however, according to an article written by Allen Best in 1990 (Vail Trail Dec. 7, 1990).
18) "The Volcano"
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The Dotsero volcano, or crater, near Dotsero.
"The most recent lava flow in Colorado occurred in Eagle County. This was approximately 4,000 years ago (think Stonehenge) as determined by radiocarbon dating of a tree found in the ash in 1962. Local historians weren’t available for documentation purposes, however, according to an article written by Allen Best in 1990 (Vail Trail Dec. 7, 1990).
