Poverty Flats, Colorado
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The Hart mining camp, "Poverty Flats," located on Battle Mountain east of Gilman and just below Bell's Camp. Harry Nottingham was orn in Belles Camp in 1890. There are varous buildings and outbuildings with a group of people gathered together at right midground. It may be a celebration of some sort.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Collins home
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One of the old homes in what was once named Poverty Flats, but now part of Bells Camp. The James Collins family lived here and Tom Collins was born here. The Collins family relocated to Red Cliff.
3) Bell's Camp
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Bell's Camp, Colorado, between Gilman and Red Cliff [sticker affixed to back: 0386]
Photo taken from above the camp showing six large structures and various outbuildings. A crowd of people are standing in right midground.
Myers, Rex. The Upper Eagle River Valley, 1964. p. 14:
" Celeveland, first called Bell's Camp, clustered around the Black Iron and Ground Hog Mines which provided the support for the settlement. The town was founded around...
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The Hart mining Camp, "Poverty Flats," east of Gilman, Colorado, and just below Bell's Camp on Battle Mountain. A group of adults appear to be playing tennis while children in the background are swinging. Two children are sitting on a pony at far right. At far left, people are seated under a shelter. Buildings are visible in the background.
From left to right: Ben Hart, 2. Jodi Beverly, 3. Albert Kuhn, 4. Mary McCormick, 5. not known, 6. Susan...
