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"BATTLE MOUNTAIN is the most striking section of the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway between Tennessee Pass and Glenwood Springs. After the town drops down into the picturesque town of Red Cliff, hidden in the valley of the Eagle River, it cuts its way spectacularly along a great series of sheer, pointed, out-jutting white faced cliffs, gradually rising until it travels along the top of the great Eagle River Cañon far below."
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A letter from Mrs. J.E. Porter to Dolly Webb concerning Dolly's son, Alvin. Alvin appears to have been sick and was in the hospital at Grand Junction. Dated March 13, 1930.
4) Esther Batey
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Esther Batey in nursing uniform, standing by a building in Grand Junction.
5) Dan Flynn
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Dan Flynn in the cab of engine 5101. He was an engineer for the Denver & Rio Grande, driving the coal train route from Grand Junction to Aspen.
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Studio photograph of Ella Rose Berger Lewis, posed with her hand on a metal pitcher. Ella married Thomas E. Lewis on March 3, 1907, in Grand Junction and moved to Eagle in 1915.
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Ella Warren [Burnett], drum majorette for the Red Cliff Union High School marching band, at a band tournament in Grand Junction, Spring, 1943. Ella also played trombone.
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This postcard, featuring the profile of a young woman, was addressed to Dorothy Shryack by someone named Victor on January 13, 1913 from Grand Junction, Colorado.
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This birthday postcard was addressed to Dorothy Shryack by someone named Victor from Grand Junction, Colorado on January 29, 1913. The text on the front of the card reads, "A wish for your birthday. May you have many, many, birthdays, for each of them is a rose in the garden of friendship."
10) John Anderson
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John Anderson, a railroad fireman from Glenwood, standing outside the rest home in Lynwood (Grand Junction).
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Jim Flynn and John Anderson, a railroad fireman from Glenwood, standing outside the rest home in Lynwood (Grand Junction).
12) Claire J. Kaho
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Photo postcard of C. J. Kaho. He was a brakeman for the D&RG running between Grand Junction and Minturn.
13) Lion's Head
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"Lion's Head, Vail, Colorado."
Photographed and Published by R. C. Bishop, P.O. 1177, Grand Junction, Colo. 81501; V326
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Ella Warren Burnett, in uniform, graduation from nursing school, May 1947. Ella trained at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver and St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction.
"To Uncle Tom & Aunt Fannie. 'Ella'"
15) Nancy Neil
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Nancy Neil stands in front of a car in. Taken between 1953 and 1954. Nancy Neil attended the Minturn High School, before transferring to the Grand Junction High School in her sophomore year. She graduated from there in 1956.
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John L. Martinez showing the elk he got with Ben Aragon hunting up Wearyman Creek (Shrine Pass). The photo was taken on Eagle Street. John owned the liquor store in Red Cliff. Ben and Emma Aragon lived on Water Street in Red Cliff before moving to Grand Junction.
17) Jack Flynn
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Studio portrait of John Joseph "Jack" Flynn.
"John Joseph Flynn, 71 of Glenwood Springs died at the Veterans Hospital in Grand Junction June 8.
He was born Dec. 23, 1897 at Spruce Creek near Glenwood, and as a young man lived in the Eagle area. He married Adelia Thorndale at Leadville, Oct. 25, 1930.
Mr. Flynn was a retired railroad telegrapher and a veteran of World War I.
He is survived by his wife; a son, John Joseph, Jr. of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; a...
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A postcard advertising Strawberry Day in Glenwood Springs, taking place June 21-22, 1912. An annual event celebrating the strawberry harvest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It began in 1898, and is ongoing. According to the Glenwood Springs Visitor’s Center, it is the longest continually held civic celebration west of the Mississippi River. It began as an agricultural festival. At one time, a bicycle race between Grand Junction and Glenwood was held...
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Tom and Ella Lewis, standing in front of a house.
Thomas "...was born in Broadtop, Pa., Oct. 12, 1872 and came to Boulder, Colorado as a young man. For a time he managed a store at Erie before coming to Western Colorado and entered the mercantile business at Palisade with the J. W. Hugus Co. There he met Miss Ella Rose Berger, a clerk at the old Fair Store in Grand Junction. The couple was married March 3, 1907 and eight years later came to Eagle."...
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Frank Maloit retirement party from New Jersey Zinc Co. Frank is in the center wearing a boutonniere.
"Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloit were guests of honor at a cocktail-dinner party in Gilman Saturday, when 115 guests--employees of the New Jersey Zinc Company and other friends gathered to extend their best wishes to the Maloits who are leaving Gilman Nov. 20 to make their home in Grand Junction." -- Leadville Herald Nov. [?] 1958.
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