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Looking down the Eagle River and U.S. Highway 24 as it enters Red Cliff on the south. Just to the left of Hwy 24 is the beginning of the approach road to what will be the Red Cliff Arch Bridge.
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"Looking east from a point two miles south of McCoy, showing the former George Brown Ranch in the foreground and the Kibbler place to the right of the river and the Bailey Mesa on the left. Yarmony Mountain is in the right background." -- McCoy Memoirs p.136
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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County road maintainer caught in trees above Homestake Creek on the Gold Park Road. Dempsey Perkins (county man in Red Cliff who plowed snow) and Buster Beck were plowing the Gold Park Road for the second day in the Winter of 1952. Something went wrong with the maintainer and it went off the road and over the hill with both men in it. The maintainer hung up on a tree and didn't drop into Homestake Creek. Both men made it out with minor injuries....
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County road maintainer caught in trees above Homestake Creek on the Gold Park Road. Dempsey Perkins (county man in Red Cliff who plowed snow) and Buster Beck were plowing the Gold Park Road for the second day in the Winter of 1952. Something went wrong with the maintainer and it went off the road and over the hill with both men in it. The maintainer hung up on a tree and didn't drop into Homestake Creek. Both men made it out with minor injuries....
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View of the area around Brush Creek Ranger Station taken on May 10, 1939. Some snow still visible on peak.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Ranch and range on Gore Creek" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 5. The scrapbook was completed as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
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Shared marker for: "Hoza, Nedra Elaine, Mar. 18, 1924--Dec. 14, 1997; James Richard, Apr. 3, 1924--May 3, 1957," Riverview Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines and a river is engraved on either side of the marker. At the center are engraved wedding rings, joined by a banner reading "Dec. 20, 1942."
49) Hugh T. Harris
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Marker for: "Grandpa, Hugh T. Harris, Dec. 18, 1916--Dec. 22, 1997," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, clouds, cattle, a river and a fish is engraved on the marker.
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Marker for: "Our beloved Jamie, husband-son-father, James D. Medina, May 3, 1965--July 17, 1986," in Riverview Cemetery. A mountain scene with elk, pines, river, dog and person on a motorcycle is engraved at the center of the marker. Roses and an embossed photo are at the top. Inscription reads: "Jamo, we all miss you."
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Shared marker for: "Schlegel, Mary E. (Handley), Apr. 6, 1932--May 9, 2008; Rancher, Wesley H., Feb. 8, 1927--Feb. 27, 2002," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with river, pines, columbines, hummingbird, elk and riderless horse is engraved on the marker. The family brand is engraved at center bottom.
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Shared marker for: "Bearden, Mom, Ida May, June 13, 1908--Aug. 18, 1985; Dad, Raymond C., June 9, 1908--Jan. 20, 1994; married Apr. 28, 1934," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with elk, deer, pines and a river is engraved on the marker.
Inscription reads: "Married 51 golden years."
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Marker for: "Rest in peace, Larry Louis Lederhause, 1963--1999," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, a river and clouds is engraved on the marker.
54) Dead Horse Creek
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"Mount at Dead Horse Creek in Grand Canyon east of Glenwood Colo near Hanging Lake, 1914" - caption on verso, Alda Borah. Dead Horse Creek begins high in the mountains above Glenwood Canyon, feeding into the now-infamous Hanging Lake. The creek forks into an east/west at Hanging Lake before meeting the Colorado River at the bottom of the canyon.
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Marker for: "William Woodruff Booco, Feb. 13, 1868--Dec. 7, 1967," in the McCoy Cemetery.
A mountain scene with river and pines is engraved on the marker.
56) Charlie Forster
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Marker for: "Charlie Forster, Sept. 29, 1910--Oct. 27, 1976," in the McCoy Cemetery.
A meadow scene with horse and rider, steer, river, trees and mountain is engraved on the marker.
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"Working on car on way to Glenwood" - Alda Borah 1917. Two men are looking under the hood of a car on the narrow dirt road winding through Glenwood Canyon. The drive to Glenwood Springs was an all-day adventure that required a few stops along the way. The body of water in the back would have been the Grand River at the time, later renamed to the Colorado River. In the left background, a utility pole can be seen along the railroad tracks across the...
59) Town of Eagle
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A view of Eagle, Colorado looking north; the river is at the bottom with the train tracks at midground.
The Eagle Valley Feed Mill, operated by Edward A. (E.A.) Michael, is the bright building facing the camera at midground, right. Above the train car sitting on the left, there is a dark building that reads "The Montgomery", or the Hotel Montgomery called the "Up to Date Hotel" of Eagle at the time; behind that is a large building with "Clothing,...
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Marker for: Beloved husband & father, Dwayne A. Norvell, Nov. 24, 1951--July 23, 1984, in Riverview Cemetery. The marker is engraved with a mountain scene featuring clouds, a river, a man fishing, fish, dogs, pine trees and a cross.
