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Mid-1950s photo of the Eagle ski tow, located above Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle, Colorado, on the Cole Black Ranch. Some call the ski hill "Cemetery Hill."
The boy standing on the top of the mountain looking at the camera, in the black coat, is Skip (Melvin) Chambers, son of Glen Chambers. Immediately below him on the hill in the reddish sweater is John Buchholz. The girl farthest down the hill in the red sweater is Susan Koonce.
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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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The Whittaker ski area on the Whittaker Place at Bruce Creek in the late 1940s. The man standing with his back to the camera on the left is Wayne Randall. Next to him are his cousins, Roxie "Mickie" Randall (sitting down) and Jo Ann Whittaker (standing and laughing). The girl with the scarf on her head at midground is Donna Randall.
Wayne is the son of Les and Florence Randall. He helped to build the ski tow.-- Kathy Heicher, 2011.