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"At Craig, Colo. in 1960. Billy [William Woodruff] Booco, 92, and his three sons, Jack, Gordon and Gern." -- McCoy Memoirs p.184
"The Booco family certainly was a pioneer family of Colorado; they settled on the Western Slope in 1878. ... The family settled on the Eagle River and a small town sprang up around them which residents were soon calling Booco, the name later changed to Minturn. Boocos sold their holdings in 1887 to the Rio Grande Railroad...
22) Kavanaugh Family
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From left to right: family dog, Bill Kavanaugh, John Kavanaugh, Hilma Kavanaugh holding baby Mary. The family is standing in the yard next to the Kavanaugh home in Minturn, Colorado, August 1936.
23) Tom Knight
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Tom Knight standing in front of his home in 1959. [print copy date June 1984]
"Thomas Knight was born near French Lick, Ind. May 28, 1886 and completed his education at Central Normal College, Ill. He first came to Colorado with his parents and brother, Robert in 1908. ... He first came to Eagle County in 1929 from Canon City and went to work for the Empire Zinc...until his retirement in 1949." --Eagle Valley Enterprise Aug. 11, 1960
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Minturn High School band performing. Marjorie Trump is the drum majorette.
25) Frank Maloit
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Studio portrait of Frank Maloit, superintendent of the Gilman Mine beginning in 1922. Maloit Park in Minturn is named after Mr. Maloit.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
26) Boulder
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The Santa Maria children on what was once part of Lionshead Rock in Minturn. On March 4, 2014, a large section of the rock broke away from the local landmark and landed on the railway tracks below. The 30 foot boulder missed the Eagle River and nearby houses.
27) Railroad Shop
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Workers lined up outside the railroad shop in Minturn:
L to R, standing: Art Guy, Ed Ruder, Dan Rodrigue, Bill Harris, Harvey Cline, Gus Benjamin, Bill Joxin, Shorty the Jap, Harry Thomas ?, WInk Wilson ?, Joe Langford (Call Boy)
L to R, kneeling: Ira Shelton, ?, Earl Roberts
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Freshman Initiation at Minturn High School. Marjorie O'Brian is the teacher; she boarded with the Bayer family. The boys wore girls' clothes and the girls wore boys' clothes.
29) Fanny Collins
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Actor Madeline Moos portraying Fanny Collins, wife of Tom Collins, miner and community supporter.
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1913: Minturn roundhouse crash showing Rio Grande engine 513. Minturn as the division point between Glenwood Springs and Salida became an important service stop for the railroad. Onlookers posed in front of the engine which is partially ejected through the roundhouse. Water tank in left background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Tom Knight with his grandson, Jack Schmidt, in Minturn. Parked next to the house is the pickup Tom bought from Frank "Frenchy" Tetrault.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, Oct. 30, 1942, p.5:
”Frank Tetreault and son, John, of Gilman and Red Cliff, were business visitors in town Tuesday and paid this office a pleasant visit. Frank is one of the old time miners on Battle Mountain, for years working leases in the canon, sometimes getting out a car of ore...
33) Howard G. Bayer
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Howard G. Bayer was born at Lower Meaghers Grant, Nova Scotia, August 23, 1885. He was trained as an engineer and was at one point affiliated with the Stearns-Roger Company. He came to Eagle County in 1917, marrying Ethel Boies of Red Cliff in 1918. After a mining accident, he became a carpenter and decorator, living in Minturn. He was well-known as an active leader in the Boy Scouts and any activities involving children. He died in Glenwood...
34) John Kavanaugh
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John Kavanaugh dressed in suit and knickers for his 8th grade graduation. He is standing in front of a pine tree in his backyard in Minturn with the First Presbyterian Church in the background.
"When John graduated from the eighth grade in 1924; he is a nice looking boy, just like his Dad don't you think?" pencil, on back
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At the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon below Gilman, Belden is situated on the railroad. Ore was loaded on train cars here. The surface tram ran from Gilman down to Belden. The debris from the downpour covers the railroad tracks at midfield. The water was 8 ft. deep between the compressor house and the loading tipple during the cloudburst.
The compressor house had been at Belden for many years. "There was one huge Ingersoll-Rand piston-type...
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Front view of Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquors, with gas pumps removed. Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquor Store & Self Service Gas station opened in 1974. The gas station was closed in 2007 and the liquor store closed in 2008. Tony Lucero [81 years old in 2009], proprietor, also worked at the Climax Mine, Leadville, for twenty years.
Article on the opening of the liquor store: Eagle Valley Enterprise, Oct. 26, 1974 p.5.
Calendar from this service station is accessioned...
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A pregnant Blanche Wyatt Kavanaugh leans against a building. She is wearing a coat open over a dress. Various ranch buildings are in the background. A wagon with hay is at midground, pitchfork leaning against the side.
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John Kavanaugh and Blanche Wyatt [Kavanaugh] (sitting on fender) with two girls; all are posed in front of a vehicle. In the background is an IGA store in Minturn, Colorado. A Coca Cola sign is visible on the building. A gasoline pump is in the left background.
39) Payton Brothers
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Studio portrait of the three Payton brothers: Chester Arthur, Edwin J. and Roy Amos. They were sons of Natt and Clara Payton, early settlers of Minturn, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
