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1) Avon Store
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The old Avon Store and the shed next to it, located on the north west corner of Avon Road (above the building) and Hwy 6 (in front of the building). The Avon bridge crosses the Eagle River. The store is unused in this photo. It was moved to Chambers Park and the Information Center in Eagle as part of the Eagle County Historical Society museum complex.
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The foundation for the Information Center at Chambers Park about ready for the restored farm house.
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"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...
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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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The Mayne farm house being moved from the Eagle County Fairgrounds to its final location at Chambers Park to become the Information Center.
7) Nogal House
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Charley Nogal house at far right; bridge to Wolcott and the upper valley before I-70 and Highway 6.
"Charley Nogal and his wife, Rosetta, arrived in 1885, claiming a homestead on what is now the Eagle River Villas housing complex, north of the Eagle River. Like most homesteaders, their first home was a modest cabin, reportedly built with logs taken from the remains of the first bridge over the river. They constructed their second home (pictured above)...
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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...
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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.
10) Koprinikar Ranch
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The Koprinikar [Koprivnikar] ranch east of Wolcott, with barn and Mormon stacker. The ranch is now the Eagle Springs Golf Club at Wolcott. The barn has been incorporated into the course.
