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Looking down on Black Mountain Ranch from Sawmill Mountain. The sawmill was located at the foot of the mountain and Dick Webb was the sawmill operator. Photo taken January 1936.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Two large frame buildings in winter near Camp Hale, Colorado. Spruce trees and utility poles in foreground; mountain in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of Gilman, Colorado, from the highway in winter. Company housing is visible in the center of the photo.
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"The ranch buildings on what later became the Black Mountain Ranch. When this picture was taken in 1935 [photo has both 1934 and 1936 written on it], it was a working ranch (with emphasis on work) and had about fifty acres under cultivation, the balance of the 1,100 acres was pasture and timberland. Pioneers named the hill in the background Sawmill Mountain. Until 1915 the hill was a paradise for grouse and to see fifty or sixty in a flock was...
6) Snowbound
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The door to the bachelors' quarters in Gilman during the winter of 1938. The occupants were obliged to dig out the door and stairway in order to get to work.
7) Gilman
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Gilman, Colorado, December 25, 1948, taken from the "u" turn in Hwy. 24.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 30:
"Gilman was close to the top of Battle Mountain at 9,000 feet above sea level. Since a great deal of my day was spent in the mine I was several thousand feet lower, but the only time Trudie got below this was when we drove down off the mountain. Over the top and about 3-4 miles away (mostly down), was Red Cliff and Turkey Creek, both...
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Don Wilson and Angela Beck on March 20, 2014, in Red Cliff.
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The Trujillo house on Water Street in Red Cliff on January 31, 2014, after the sun came out. From January 1 through January 31, 2014, Red Cliff received 63 inches of snow. On January 31, the town received an additional 21 inches.
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Snow falling in Red Cliff on January 31, 2014. From January 1 through January 31, 2014, Red Cliff received 63 inches of snow. On January 31, the town received an additional 21 inches.
12) Town of Fulford
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A view up-valley of Fulford, Colorado looking east to the Hotel and the store. (Note that this photograph is reversed.)
Fulford, Colorado sits approximately 18 miles southeast of Eagle and was once the site of an early 20th century mining boom. The town once supported a post office, school, its own newspaper, and a community of ranchers and miners. This photograph was captured by John Gabelman, who completed a geology project of the Fulford Mining...
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Jean Allen skis up to the family cabin in March of 1938. A ranger station can be seen on the left. "Daddy [Joe Allen] and I skied to cabin."
