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Christine Fear posing at the Red Cliff Arch Bridge upright. The sign behind her directs traffic to Red Cliff and Shrine Pass (left) or to Leadville and Buena Vista continuing on U.S. Highway 24. Christine and her friend, Mary Eleanor Vigil, were riding bicycles (seen in background) around the "loop:" up the high road, across the bridge, down Hwy 24 to Homestake Canyon and back into town. It was safe to bike or ride this route and many women used...
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Avon as viewed from the "Gypsum Cliffs." Two engines of a train putting off lots of smoke in midground. Emmett Nottingham place is at lower right. Harry Nottingham place is above the smoke at Buck Creek. Original Avon Store is 100 feet west of Avon Road. Above the smoke plume are the buildings on the Nottingham Ranch. Below the railroad tracks, the Avon Road and bridge across the Eagle River are visible through the treeline. At the bottom left,...
163. Army Engineers
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Army Reserve Engineers stand alongside the road with trucks full of supplies and building materials for the Bailey Bridge in Avon, Colorado. Pallets and other materials are on the ground and a frontloader is visible in the background.
The Bailey Bridge was constructed in the mid 1960's (1967-1968) by the 244th Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion, United States Army Reserve based at Fort Carson, Colorado. Local men including Claude Gerard and...
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Dan Koprinikar stands with his arms crossed at the completion of the Bailey Bridge in the mid-late 1960s. A man behind him is attaching a sign that reads "This bridge built courtesy of 4th Engineer Battalion Fort Carson Colorado". Koprinikar was an Eagle County Commissioner at the time, as well as Claude Gerard, pictured far left.
The Bailey Bridge was constructed in the mid 1960's (1967-1968) by the 244th Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion,...
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A bridge over the Eagle River at Minturn.
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"The new bridge across Eagle River - Up stream from old bridge. Pasture across river in foreground."
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New bridge over the Eagle River. "Temporary bridge washed out by high water - just under new bridge."
168. Red Cliff Bridge
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The town of Red Cliff with the Red Cliff Bridge visible in the background. The image was taken in August of 1983 by Jim Nimon. A Conoco gas station sign can be seen in the bottom lefthand corner of the image.
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The Eagle River at Edwards [Wilmore stop]. Lettuce shed next to the railroad with the old water tank in the background. Benny Klatt's home and small store on Highway 6. Benny Klatt was killed by his brother-in-law, William Wellington, over the ownership of the cabin in which Wellington lived.