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Three boys standing on rocks at the ford in the Eagle River west of Beaver Creek. Before the first bridge was built, people had to ford the river, preferably at its shallowest point. The shadow of the first Avon Bridge is visible in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Avon Amusement Center on left side of Hwy 6. Building was destroyed in c1948 when Hwy 6 was widened. Avon General Store on right (view is looking south to Beaver Creek) Store destroyed c1980. Photo is taken just south of the old Avon bridge in about the same location as photo 1986.001.161.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
86. Austin Offerson
89. Everett Howard
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Everett Howard holding the reins of his horse team (Don and Chubb, as identified by Mamie Rodgers) while standing on timber sled. The sled is empty. Caption reads "after unloading logs at depot." Snow on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
90. Verne Trunde
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Verne Trunde, Avon School teacher, on skis. Dog in left midground. The view is to the northeast looking at Buck Creek. Given the elevation, the photo may have been taken at Bachelor Gulch. Inscription: "He couldn't do anything with Austin Offerson either."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
91. New Avon School
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New Avon School under construction (concrete block), 200 yards east of Hwy 6 & Beaver Creek intersection. Built to replace the original Avon School, removed in about 1948. Used for several years. Rented as a residence to Harry Nottingham. Sold by the school district around 1990 and destroyed.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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South end of the second Avon Bridge with Buck Creek in the background. Three men are standing at the bridge entrance and one is sitting on the right side rails. Several of the men are holding lettuce crates. Used on p. 63 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by june Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
95. George Smith
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Formal portrait of Gulling and Olive Porter Offerson. If it is their wedding photo, it would have been taken in Leadville, April 1899. Used on p. 47 of Beaver Creek: the first one-hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
99. Metcalf Family
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The John C. Metcalf family who came to Avon in 1883. From L to R: Lizzy Metcalf, Emma, John, Amy and John C.. Metcalf.
In the Eagle County Blade [Mar. 13, 1902], there was an obituary for Emma Metcalf, "...aged about 15 years, the second daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Metcalf, of Edwards...." Burial was in the Edwards cemetery. "The deceased was a granddaughter of Mr. John W. Love of Eagle."