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Standing on a rock, Earl Stroud fishes on the Eagle River, near Avon Colorado. He is wearing knickers and hat, holding the fishing pole in his right hand.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Gyp Mountain
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Gypsum Cliffs near Avon and the Offerson Ranch. Inscription: "Gyp Mountain."
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Hay barn on west side of Beaver Creek at the Wiltshire (Eaton) Place. One of the Eaton men is drinking from the stream by balancing on his stomach on a rock .
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Mildred Bailey wearing riding attire, seated on Dot the horse. They are standing on either the Kroelling or Avon Bridge over the Eagle River. Buildings in background. Used on p. 53 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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Kroelling's house about 1/2 mile west of Avon. Metcalf Gulch is in the background. Highway 6 is in the foreground. Bridge over the Eagle River is in right foreground. Note belfry on house. The house and all the outbuildings were replaced by the Sunridge Condominiums.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
6) Avon Bridge
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View of the old Avon Bridge looking south toward Beaver Creek. The Avon "gyp cliffs" are a prominent landmark. This is the second bridge to span the Eagle River at Avon, built around 1923. Inscription: "Avon bridge."
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Original Avon School before addition, taken prior to 1915. The horse barn has not been built. Fence surrounding school yard visible. Shows the Eagle River on right with "water spruce" hanging over the river and Johnson Lane (named for homesteader Joe Johnson) that was the road into Bachelor Gulch. The road eventually became Highway 6, located about 300 yards west of the current Avon Road. View is to the west. This picture was hanging on the...
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Three boys standing on rocks at the ford in the Eagle River west of Beaver Creek. Before the first bridge was built, people had to ford the river, preferably at its shallowest point. The shadow of the first Avon Bridge is visible in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
9) George Smith
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George Smith, Joe's only son, standing on a bridge (possibly the Avon Bridge). George has his left arm wrapped around a bridge rail on which sits two glass jars. River and buildings in background.
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Upper Turquoise Lake, south of Avon/Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek flows into and out of Upper and Lower Turquoise Lakes. Accessible by pack trail. Grouse Mountain is east of the Turquoise Lakes.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
