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Main Street looks a bit different these days. From left to right, Joan, Olive, Barbara, and Helen stand on Main Street of Fulford, Colorado in October 1964.
The cabins of Forest Cave, right, and Charles "Heimie" Hemberger, left, at Fulford, Colorado.
Cave served as Eagle County Treasurer from 1937-1963. Heimie would serve as Clerk and Recorder for one year before a successful run to the Colorado State House of Representatives (1926-1930). Hemberger acquired many properties at Fulford by paying the back taxes on them.
July 1956: Olive Gabelman & Barbara watch Clarence Dubach scythe hay for his horses in Triangle Park at Fulford, Colorado. Triangle Park is a mark of the interesting geologic feature of this area. When viewed from above, it is a singular near-perfect triangle among the mountains of the Fulford Mining District.
October 1955: Snow is deep. Viewing west near Windy Point in Upper Town, Fulford, Colorado. Harry Morgan's "Portadrill" is a large structure in center right, with a lean-to and other equipment in the area.
The old hotel and store in Fulford, Colorado. At its peak, Fulford once supported its own newspaper, post office, and school. The mines never did produce as expected and the town soon dwindled as its residents moved down the mountain.
A view up-valley of Fulford, Colorado looking east to the Hotel and the store. (Note that this photograph is reversed.)
Fulford, Colorado sits approximately 18 miles southeast of Eagle and was once the site of an early 20th century mining boom. The town once supported a post office, school, its own newspaper, and a community of ranchers and miners. This photograph was captured by John Gabelman, who completed a geology project of the Fulford Mining...