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61) Hugh Riley, Jr.
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Hugh Riley, Jr., in Navy seaman's uniform.
"Hugh Riley was the Public Service representative in Red Cliff and lived upstairs in the Public Service Bldg. on Eagle St. His wife, Margaret, was bookkeeper. They eventually moved to Canon City and died there.
They had two sons, Hugh Riley, Jr., and Timothy, both attending high school in Red Cliff. Hugh Riley, Jr., worked in Gilman (1970?-1980?) and lived in Leadville. His wife was named Bonnie. ...
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Verso: "Mom at Gilman with Harold Stoner home on furlough." Sophie Knight and Harold Stoner are posed next to an automobile.
"Harold was a good friend of my brother Don. So there was work at the mine and Harold boarded with us. So I guess he was really 'home' on leave!" -- letter Nov. 25, 2013, Betty Jo Schmidt to Jaci Spuhler
63) Ivan "Ike" Dumph
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Ivan "Ike" Dump in his Army uniform during World War II, including a regulation special issue sweater,
64) Charley Dump
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Portrait photograph of Charley Roy Dump. "Charley left home to join the Army at age 17. He later joined the Air Force and proudly served his country for 31 years. He retired in 1975 as the youngest Air Force Warrant Officer ever appointed. ... In his youth he was an avid skier, and was selected to compete, as an alternate for Downhill and Slalom for the 1948 Olympics Team in St. Moritz, Switzerland." -- obituary 2003
65) Camp Hale
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Sanborn photographic postcard of "Camp Hale--Tennesse [sic.] Pass Between Leadville and Red Cliff, Colo. W2144"
The view gives a good idea of the extent of Camp Hale in the Pando Valley.
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Ellis Bearden, in uniform, standing with his stepmother, Elizabeth Diamond Bearden. Ellis's mother, Maude Lewright Bearden, died in 1933, leaving three sons with husband Roland J. Beardon. Roland and Elizabeth were married in 1939.
67) Ellis Bearden
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Studio portrait of Ellis Bernard Bearden in Army Uniform. He served with the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion during World War II, fighting for 21 months in Germany and France. "He told friends about being caught in Belgium, in the Battle of the Bulge, just days before Christmas. The Allied troops were surrounded by Germans, and the cloudy weather prevented planes from providing air support for days. Bearden talked of his joy on the day the...
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1944: U.S. Army Mule Packers passing through Red Cliff, Colorado. Snow on ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps stationed at Camp Hale and guests.
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Theodore "Bud" Beck on leave from the Army, October 1944, standing in the Beck's yard. The house in the background burned down. Tib Montoya was living in it at the time.
71) Bonar
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Photo labeled "Bonar, Gypsum."
The photo appears to be of World War II vintage.
Wyon E. Bonar came to Colorado in 1906 and was first employed on the Frank Doll ranch in Gypsum. He opened a barber shop in Red Cliff from 1911 to 1920, and then relocated to Caspter, Wyoming. He returned to Colorado and bought a pool hall and barber shop in Gypsum from Charles Doll in 1923. He had two children, Wyon and Betty Bonar Oliver, with Lenna Lupton Bonar.
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Camp Hale, looking down at the railway with train in midground at left. Smoke from the Camp is at midground, right. Snow on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ski troops training near Camp Hale, Colorado. 22 skiiers proceeding in a line across the midground with mountain in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1940-1945: View of Camp Hale from a distance showing buildings and training areas. Taken during World War II. Writing on photo: "Camp Hale - Tennesse [sic] Pass between Leadville and Red Cliff, Colo."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Clipping from Zinc Magazine [[no date] "Thomas E. Knight, Watchman, Gilman; MacDonald, Army."
"J'ai decoupe ca dans le journal de la cie de Gilman pour vous faire voir Tom. [Micheline Knight] [I've clipped this from the Gilman Company magazine so you could see Tom.]
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Barracks at Camp Hale. Parking lot for servicemen's vehicles at right in photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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George Nelson Yost sends a his official United States Air Force photograph to a special person. The photo was originally black and white but has been colored in.
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Soldiers mustering in front of a building at Camp Hale. Snow is falling. Crane in background; wooden barricade in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard showing skiiers carrying skis to the tow at Ski Cooper, near Leadville. Cooper Hill is where the 10th Mountain Division trained while at Camp Hale.
Verso: "Bob--this is where we skiied [sic.] near Gilman, Colorado, where they trained the Army before going to Europe. This before 1950. Tennessee Pass on Rt. 24."
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Soldiers with duffle bags and rifles in front of the barracks at Camp Hale.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
