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681) Road to Red Cliff
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A view of the road leading down into Red Cliff. The town is visible on the right.
682) Twin Lakes
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A stereoscopic view of a footbridge at Twin Lakes near Leadville. This was part of the "Rocky Mountain Stereoscopic Views" series, and was published by Nast & Martin, Portrait and Landscape Photographers of Denver.
683) Ute Pass
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A postcard of Ute Pass, located in the Rampart Range in Teller County, Colorado. Two horses are pulling a small buggy on the road near a lookout point. A creek runs alongside the pass, possible Fountain Creek.
684) Twin Lakes
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A postcard of Twin Lakes, located near Leadville. This postcard was published by the Davis Drug Company of Leadville.
685) Lake Constantine
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A view of Lake Constantine, located in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area near the Mount of the Holy Cross.
686) Glenwood Canyon
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A view of Glenwood Canyon, taken in 1919. The Colorado River flows through the canyon. Glenwood Canyon is located between Dotsero and Glenwood Springs.
687) Vail Pass, 1951
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A postcard of Vail Pass. The postmark is dated October 22, 1951. Following the completion of Highway 6 over the pass, the Eagle County Commissioners asked the state highway board to name the pass Vail Pass, after Charles D. Vail, the chief engineer for the State Highway Department. The request, originally put forth in December of 1939, was approved in 1941. The county commissioners were eager to have the pass named for Vail after local residents near...
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A view of the Mount of the Holy Cross, taken in July. From the verso, "Even in July, the snow blanketing Mount of the Holy Cross outlines the dramatic cross-like natural formation on the mountain's side."
689) Aspen, 1950s
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A postcard of Aspen, sent by Ivan and Rachel "Rae" Staton to Alda (Borah) Farnsworth. The postmark is dated September 11, 1958, from Glenwood Springs.
690) Hunting party
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"Uncle Jake Borah's camp site in Colorado near Sweetwater Lake". Two tents are visible for the camp with several men and horses (plus one pack mule) surrounding the area. A spit in the center holds what appears to be a bear strung up by his feet with other small animals attached. A smattering of snow remains on the small ridge behind the camp. Jake Borah is possibly the second man from right in a wide-brim hat.
691) East of Eagle
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A photograph near Eagle, Colorado where Diamond S Ranch is located today. From Alda Borah.
692) Mountain Scenery
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Double-printed on a green postcard reading "Colorado Mountain Scenery Photographed by C. W. Collins, Georgetown." Four people are perched on a mountainside looking down at the town below; the homes in the valley below provide scale for distance and height.
693) On horseback
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"Mr. MacKenzie, Uncle Jake (Borah), Mr. Hollingsworth" identified on back of photograph.
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"This showed the entire length of the farm" and the Borah's house is circled (from Alda Borah). The ranch was located on Brush Creek from what is now the Hardscrabble Road up to the red schoolhouse, then east toward Bruce Creek.
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"Big Mallard Engine going toward Pass at Red Cliff Ball Park, Colo 1917" from Alda Borah. (1919 is crossed out, replaced with 1917.) Trains of all kinds had trouble with Colorado mountain passes, eventually leading to the elimination of many routes over and through the the Rockies. Mallard engines were steam-powered locomotives developed in Europe and later versions hold the speed record for this category of engine.
Alda was concerned about the...
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Mr. Hollingsworth sits atop a large elk on a hunting trip. He has a long rifle across his lap and another holstered on his hip.
698) On Brush Creek
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"Coming home from hunting trip on Brush Creek, Colorado" - from Alda Borah. Several men and horses, loaded down, weave their way along Brush Creek. Two men are sitting in front of the horse furthest to the left; two others are mounted.
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" Father's Camp at Sweetwater Lake" - from Alda Borah. "Father" would be Alfred Borah. One tent has a flap opening facing the camera with a cot or other items visible.
700) Mountain lodging
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Three men stand around a doorway (there is 1 man standing in the dark doorway itself) to a long building, possibly lodge. A pile of logs is in front and there are more houses pictured at left. Double-printed on green postcard reading "Colorado Mountain Scenery, Photographed by C.W. Collins, Georgetown".
