Basalt, Colorado
Showing
1 - 3
of 3
, query time: 0.01s
Format:
Image
Lucksinger's house in Basalt, Colorado.
From the Basalt Regional Heritage Society Walking Tour: "Luchsinger Half-Way House. In 1885 Gabe and Julia Sneider Luchsinger arrived in Frying Pan Junction (Basalt). Gabe was an enthusiastic fisherman and along with his brothers Ottomar, Gabriel, Marcus and Jacob, would catach fish and take them in gunny sacks to Aspen to sell.
In addition to their fishing, Gabriel and Julia ran a dairy ranch and in 1887...
Format:
Image
Front of the Sloss's grocery store: two story brick building with prominent sign. "The old County Road was beginning to be used as a business section. Bill Tierney put up a brick store building on this road, and was in the grocery business until 1904, when William Frey took it over and ran it until 1905. After that, he moved back down on Railroad Avenue. Next., Mr. J. F. Sloss and Son took over the store and ran it until 1928. From that time...
Format:
Image
The Odd Fellows Lodge was built on 2d Street in 1900. "The first story was used for a grocery store. It was run by John Miller and Mac Millan at first. It changed hands many times. Dan Dentor, Mr. Lucker, A. F. Carlson, and Don Lupton were some of the proprietors that had charge of it. It finally was made over into a dance hall which it is now." -- History of Eagle County, 1940, p. 242
