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Florence Walker describes in vivid detail the environment of Glade Park while living and teaching there during the 1916-1917 school year. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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"Ready to leave the Cow Camp for Castle Rock Look Out Station. The extra horse was mine as I took all the pictures" - from Alda Borah, 1918. Faces are numbered as follows:
1) Leo Carey; 2) William Long; 3) Harry Woods; 4) Marion Mayer; 5) Marion Dickerson; 6) Mrs. Dickinson; 7) Earl Carey; 8) Mayme Long; 9) Miss Fleming; 10) Beulah Buchholz; 11) Mr. Dickinson; 12) Dorothy Shyrack; 13) Herman Stein; 14) Miss Fleming; 15) --- Mayer; 16) Carl Mayer;...
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Another group photo from Castle Peak. From left to right: Alda Borah, Mayme Long, Mrs. Dickinson, Miss Fleming, Beulah Buchholz, Marion Dickerson, Dorothy Shryack, Miss Fleming, Marion Mayer(?)" - from Alda Borah. This cabin was also used as the 'lookout man home' for forest fires.
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"1918 Going to Castle Rock, Colo" - from Alda Borah. From left to right: Marion Dickinson, Marion Mayer, Mayme Long, Doothy Shryack, Beulah Buchholz, Miss Fleming, Miss Fleming.
125) The Potters
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Mr. and Mrs. Potter, with Anna on a horse. Dated 1917 by Alda Borah. Mr. Potter is holding the horse that Anna is riding, while Mrs. Potter has the reins of the other two. A large log cabin is at left with a fenceline and tree in the yard area.
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Helen Johnson talks about moving to Denver, Colorado from Cleveland, Ohio at a young age and growing up in different places in Colorado. She talks about the fraudulent land sale that first brought her family to Delta County, Colorado in 1910, and that took her father’s life savings. She discusses living in a rented log cabin in Hotchkiss, her mother working as a hired washerwoman and housekeeper, and her father’s difficulty finding gainful employment...
127) Florine Zartman
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Florine Zartman (dressed as herself this time) sits on the front stoop reading a book. The photo was taken in Eagle around Brush Creek.
128) Borah log cabin
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The original Borah log cabin on Brush Creek. Alda Borah was born there in 1896. The Borah's later rented out the cabin when their new house was built. Eulene Kilgore was born here in 1914. A ladder is propped up against the cabin. An unidentified individual is standing in the doorway.
129) Borah log cabin
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The old Borah log cabin on Brush Creek. Aldred Borah, along with his wife, Mary, and daughter, Alda, lived in the cabin until 1905.
"Home where Alda Borah was born Dec 4, 1896." -- Alda Borah
130) Kilgore Children
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The Kilgore children stand together for a photograph in front of the cabin below the cherry orchard at the Borah place on Brush Creek. Gordon, Mildred, and Eulene are standing together, while Marvin may have lost interest with the photograph.
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c.1914: South Derby Ditch Camp, Burns, Colorado. Built by James and Bert Gates in the 1890's.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
133) Grandma Grant's Home
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"Grandma Grant's Home, Eagle River. Just East of Eagle, later was Ernie Nogal's home. Grandma Grant, Mary Catherine Grant Borah, and my mother (Minnie "Min" Borah)"
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"Barns of Roy Marvins, 1917. Gypsum Creek about 6 miles from Gypsum, beautiful pine forest" - from Alda Borah. A cabin and fencelines are visible at the very bottom of the photograph.
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Darrell, Boyd and Monica Barnes, with the family dog, standing in the yard of the larger cabin at Four Mile.
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Darrell, Guy and Boyd Barnes, standing at the doorway of the large cabin at Four Mile (four miles up Eby Creek, toward Castle).
The smaller cabin ..."was built from aspen wood logs and was really small. The roof on this cabin was made of dirt and the family garden was grown on the roof of the little cabin. Phyllis Barnes [Johnson] was born in this cabin one year pretty close to Christmas. ... Guy Barnes cleared more land and built a much larger...
138) Frenchy's Cabin
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A plein air oil by Barb Bomier.
"Frenchy's Cabin," in Red Cliff, was owned by the Tetreault family of Red Cliff. Members of the Tetreault family worked in Red Cliff and Gilman at the Eagle Mine, which was owned by the Empire Zinc Company.
139) Frenchy's Cabin
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Cabin belonging to the Tetreault family of Red Cliff. This photo was taken on Oct. 26, 2010.
Frank "Frenchy" Tetrault was married to Agnes. They had a son, John, and a daughter, Sue.
"Both men were rather small, wiry guys and good workers. Frenchy worked for years as the haulage man for the town of Gilman; the company had a team of horses, a wagon and a sled and he hauled anything he was asked to. In later years, he lived at Bell's Camp and gouged...
140) Johnson log house
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"Log house Johnson's lived in for 10-13 yrs. Dorris on ground [in shadow of tree], Ray and Jesse in doorway."
