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121) Work crew
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Five overalled work crew members at Kent. Kate Flynn is second from left; Jack Flynn is fourth from left.
122) Work train at Kent
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The D&RG work train stopped at the Kent section house, 1919. The man at left is unidentified; the man at right is "Moier."
123) Flynn's Curve
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Location of the section house at Kent. Milk Creek is at the center of the photo. This is called "Flynn's curve" -- Jim Flynn derailed a train at the curve. No one was hurt.
124) Mary Flynn
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Mary "Molly" Flynn, youngest daughter of the Flynn family, standing at Kent. This photo is cropped from 2011.016D.184, showing Kate Flynn, Lucy Cooper and Molly standing at Kent.
A large hand-colored portrait was made from this photo, it being one of few photos taken of Mary.
"Mary, the 12 year old [sic. 13 year old] daughter of Mrs. Katie Flynn, of Sherwood, died last Tuesday [Feb. 10, 1914] after a illness of only a few hours. She attended school...
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The 1917 girls' basketball team, Eagle County High School, Gypsum, Colorado. Names listed: Ganow, Anderson, Wellington, Tracey, McGlohlin, Conoway, Anderson, Nelson, McGlohlin
128) Nora Flynn
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Nora Flynn, dressed up and standing in the yard. Nora was the oldest child of William and Catharine Flynn. Hers was the first recorded birth in the town of Eagle in 1892. [Not to be confused with Norah Flynn, Bill Flynn's wife.]
129) "Home Sweet Home"
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The Kent section house which was the home of the Flynn family until Oct. 15, 1923, at which time Catherine and Nora Flynn moved to Glenwood Springs.
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Ruth Gilroy holding Dorthy Gilroy at Kent in 1918. Railroad tracks are to the left.
131) Thomas Gill
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Studio portrait of Thomas Gill. He worked at Wolcott in the bridge and building department of the Rio Grande, meeting Kate Flynn at Kent, just west of Wolcott.
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From left, Claude Bailey and Smith standing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
133) Going to Eagle
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"On our way to Eagle for the Fourth." A car load going to Eagle from Kent on July 4, 1918. "Cecil, Kate, Dell, Jim, Eck, Matt"
134) Kent and 4 Pines
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Rock formations [called Blue Mountains: local designation] behind the Kent location.
135) Work train crew
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The work train crew posing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
"Often a work train of the 1880s consisted of just the machine and the locomotive, as cabooses were still too scarce to warrant using one on what many managers saw as unnecessary service. As the years went by, it became common practice to attach a caboose, and/or a tool car, to the train. An extra water car was frequently attached to pile driver trains to reduce the number of times the train...
136) The Gill Family
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Mary Elizabeth, Tom and Kate Gill in about 1923. Kate Flynn married Tom Gill in 1921. Tom was working for the Building and Bridge Department of the D&RG based in Wolcott. Their first child, Mary Elizabeth Gill, was born in 1921 in Glenwood Springs. In 1923, the family moved to Los Angeles. -- Jack Hughes
137) Concrete bridge
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Kate and an unidentified male at the concrete bridge over the Eagle River at Kent.
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Mr. Whitney and Jack Cockram standing next to a handcar at Kent. Inscription reads: "Heck."
139) 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.
140) Western Union Crew
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The Western Union crew lined up next to an outfit car at Kent, 1917. Inscription reads: "Western Union Boys." They worked on telegraph poles for Western Union and were not railroad employees.
