Vail Region (Colo.) - History
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Kim Fuller is depicted hugging the Widge's Ridge sign at Vail's Sun Down Bowl. Fuller's grandmother is Alice "Widge" Ferguson. Vail pioneer and first public relations director, Bob Parker, named the the ski run for Widge Ferguson. Ferguson had an uncanny knack for bringing snow with her.
The photographer was Kim's husband, Bobby L'Heureux of West Vail.
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In 2014, siblings Scott Lord Fuller and Kim Fuller, the children of Sandy Fuller and Alan Fuller, were pictured upon the commemorative bench honoring their late grandfather, John Lord Ferguson. This commemorative bench is located in Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail, Colorado.
John Ferguson was the late husband of Alice "Widge" Ferguson. From the 1960s until his passing, Ferguson served as attorney for their friends of many decades, Pepi and...
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In 2020, a series of oral history interviews with Jack Eck, M.D. were performed and professionally compiled by the "Voice of Vail," Tony Mauro. Chupa Nelson and Elaine White Kelton are featured narrators in Mauro's oral history compilation of Dr. Jack Eck.
Dr. Jack Eck discussed his family and youth in the Pocono Mountains of northeast Pennsylvania, his early medical training, his duty as a 101st Airborne Division Flight Surgeon in Vietnam, being...
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This image of Dr. Jack Eck with his 1965 Porsche 356C is courtesy of Barbara and Brent Bingham Photography of Edwards, Colorado.
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Doug McLaughlin, Dave Garton and Packy Walker embody the spirit of Vail's Irish-Scottish Festival parade. This one-time festival was held ca. 1985 in Ford Park - when the Park was still a large, open field.
Longtime Vail local, Diana Donovan (who arrived in the 1960s), reported that the festival included a parade, traditional competitions, and a twelve bagpipe-band spectacle at Ford Park. Donovan also noted that the pipe band maneuvers, color,...
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Dave Garton and Packy Walker enthusiastically support football at Battle Mountain High School in Eagle-Vail, Colorado.
Photo context: Circa early 1980s, Walker had a good friend was an NFL referee who sent him 2 referee shirts. Walker and Garton wore the shirts to a local football game and joined the cheerleaders during the half-time festivities.
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Hanna "Ann" and Josef "Pepi" Langegger at Twin Creek Ranch near Silt (1993).
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 5 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 7 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 6 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 10 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 15 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 12 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 8 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 11 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 16 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 9 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 13 of 16 pages.
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Vail's First 50: A Retrospective 1962 - 2012 is a periodical-style publication and historical overview commemorating the 50th anniversary of the community of Vail. This is page 14 of 16 pages.
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Annie Staufer recounts her memories of moving to Vail in January of 1963, their first charming accommodations, and life "in the Wild West." Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail," performs Staufer's oral history interview.
Jonathan Staufer, Annie's son shares his remembrance of the early incarnation of Vail Mountain School at the base of Meadow Mountain near Dowd Junction.
