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41. Earl Beck
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Photo postcard of Earl Beck holding onto the reins of two horses. Fence in background. Earl was an employee of the Empire Zinc Company and a veteran of World War I.
42. Fancy Pass
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Looking at one of the two piles of lumber that were left at Fancy Pass.
43. Bus lines
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Photocopy of a postcard, the photo for which was taken by R. R. Cooper. Miners arriving for "Ole's Shift," standing in front of the bus.
From Ted Beck:
The Red Cliff bus line was probably started away back, probably in the 1930s, by Mickey Walsh. He got hold of a big old sedan, probably a Cadillac or Pierce-Arrow, that 7 or 8 men could crowd into and started hauling miners to Gilman. I don't think it was much of a success as it kept breaking down....
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View of Gilman, Colorado, from the highway in winter. Company housing is visible in the center of the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
45. Dessie Beck
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Dessie Beck, in suit, gloves and hat, standing in a yard.
46. Gold Park
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Horseback riding at Gold Park, 1945.
From L to R: Mrs. Smith, Jack Mize, Joyce Mize, Buster Beck, Charlie Ellis, Kay Smith (standing)
47. Bolt's Lake
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Ice skaters on the Pando ice pond.
"The highway to Leadville runs along the base of that cliff in the left background. The road on which the cars facing the camera are parked is the dike for the pond. In recent years, the cliff has become a haven for rock climbers. This was the north east corner of the pond and a great place to skate. You could drive right to the edge of the ice and the sun was good in the afternoon. With the exception of the...
48. Dessie Beck
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Dessie Beck and dog standing in the yard, probably in Salida.
49. Silver Mine
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Don Knight's silver mine at Marble, Colorado. The dump truck is in the foreground with the aerial tram running between it and the mine portal at the tope of the photo. One of the prospectors is standing in the mine portal.
"We mined and hand picked for silver for 4 to 6 weeks. We worked on a fairly large portal with hand steel and powder until the ore vein gave out. Then we took a dishpan and a prospector's pick to a couple of small openings in...
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Marie Warren, her daughter-in-law, Lorna Hargreaves Warren (married to Everett), and Johanna Fear, posing in a front yard. Marie Warren worked as a postal clerk in Red Cliff from 1946 to 1959. She also reported news of the Red Cliff community for the Eagle Valley Enterprise.
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Stump in the snow. The trail where logs have been dragged through the snow is to the right of the stump.
52. Holy Cross City
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Abandoned cabins of Holy Cross City in the foreground, mountains in background. [photo damaged with ink]
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Floyd and Eleanor Beck
54. Jack Beck
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Jack Beck using a horse to pull a log on upper Wearyman Creek for Warren Brothers & Robinson Sawmill.
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Service tram going from upper level, Gilman, to Belden in Eagle River Canyon. Cribbings visible, holding hillside in place. Train tracks in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
56. Russell Beck
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Russell Beck in Red Cliff High School graduation photo.
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The Beck house in Salida, with hop vines covering the porch area.
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Bud Beck, being shipped from Mindinao, Philippines, to Japan, to act as occupation troops at the end of World War II. At the time, Bud was a T-5 (corporal) and a medic in the 193 Regiment of the 41st Division. "I have no idea what ship we were on, we spent so much time on ships that it was easy to lose track. I was 22 years old at the time."
59. Wading
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Dessie Beck on right and another woman wading during a camping/fishing trip.
60. Julia's Deck
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Mount of the Holy Cross Overlook, also known as Julia's Deck, on the Shrine Pass Road [FSR 709], a maintained dirt road, connects Vail and Red Cliff. The overlook was built as handicapped access to the overlook by volunteers representing PAWS, an organization providing recreational facilities for handicapped people.
The photo was taken in July 1994. Quinn and Buster Beck are getting a great view of the Mount of the Holy Cross in the Sawatch Range...