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8701) Benjamin A. Hart
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Benjamin Hart was an Eagle County pioneer, arriving to Red Cliff as a child with his family in 1886. The Hart family were miners and owned, worked, and operated many productive mines near the Battle Mountain area. He married Jennie May Bryant in 1897 and the couple had three children. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Red Cliff.
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Dr. William Lawrence Conway with his granddaughter, Lillian Naomi Higdon, now Starr Doll. Dr. Conway is leaning down and touching Freckles, the dog. Starr's mother died in childbirth and she was raised by her grandparents.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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.
8704) 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...
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The cities of Colorado Springs and Aurora sponsored the development of a dam and reservoir that would provide each city with 37,000 acre feet (approximately twelve billion gallons) of water per year. Ultimately, the decision was up to communities using the water on the Western Slope. The project is detailed in two phases, both of which are available at the Eagle Public library and archives, and this map is included as part of those collections, respectively....
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Francis Lufkin poses with twins; their names are unknown, but their mother was Lola Figgins, daughter of Frank & Birdie Figgins.
