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Vail Pass, elevation 10,603' . Patchy snow on ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Vail Pass in 1944. Highway unpaved. Patchy snow on ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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 Interstate 70 as it crosses over Vail Pass.
From the verso, "Vail Pass crosses the Gore Ranges at an elevation of 10,603 ft. between Vail and Dillon Reservoir."
