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This photograph of the Eagle River Canon was taken around 1885 by Alexander Martin. At the center-bottom of the image, you can see the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. In the cliffs above, you can see various structures and buildings that are no doubt related to mining activities in the area.
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This photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station in Gilman, Colorado was taken around 1896. The photographer is identified as C. W. Erdlen.
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A view of the long flume on the Conger Mesa Ditch. [photo says 1910, McCoy Memoirs says 1909].
"The Conger Mesa irrigation ditch in 1909 was nearly three fourths wooden flume in Rock Creek Canyon. A year later, this section of the flume went out resulting in major catastrophe for the Railroad and Ditch Company. Nearly 200 feet of track was covered with mud and rock to a depth of from five to sixteen feet and required 200 men working in ten hour...
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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.
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A souvenir booklet titled, "Over the South Park to Leadville." This accordion style booklet was printed by Chain & Hardy, Publishers and Booksellers from Denver, between 1881 and 1890, and shows the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad between the South Park region and Leadville. Several sites have been illustrated including Kenosha Pass Horseshoe Mountain, several Leadville streets, and the Mount of the Holy Cross.
506) D&RG RR YMCA
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The D&RG Railroad YMCA (now the International Trade Center) was used as sleeping quarters for railroad men. "It had a big sun porch on the east, and it had a glass-enclosed reading room. The stationary boiler in the roundhouse heated the YMCA building. The two floors above the lobby were used for sleeping rooms….Each room had a hang-down electric bulb with a pull-chain switch. Also, one single bed and a little nightstand.
On the main floor...
