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1) Wolcott
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Wolcott, Colorado, in September 1947.
The Wolcott bridge over the Eagle River is visible at midfield. It was a Luten arch bridge, constructed in 1916, and has since been replaced.
Lena Yost's father, Frank Sansosti, was the D&RG section foreman at Wolcott for many years. The railroad depot and section house are next to the tracks in this photo. The Sansosti family lived at Wolcott for 27 years.
"Frank Sansosti was born in Cosenza, Italy, on...
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Locomotive crossing the Eagle River railroad bridge. Castle Peak Ranch is in the background.
3) Wolcott
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, at center, over the Eagle River. The bridge was built in 1916. Railroad tracks cut through the photo, with the Wolcott community at center.
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View looking southeast of the town of Eagle (right midground). Eagle River is in center foreground; Chambers Ranch is in left foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Avon as viewed from the "Gypsum Cliffs." Two engines of a train putting off lots of smoke in midground. Emmett Nottingham place is at lower right. Harry Nottingham place is above the smoke at Buck Creek. Original Avon Store is 100 feet west of Avon Road. Above the smoke plume are the buildings on the Nottingham Ranch. Below the railroad tracks, the Avon Road and bridge across the Eagle River are visible through the treeline. At the bottom left,...
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The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
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Looking south toward the Town of Eagle c1917, according to notes on the photo. If the large building in the far right background is the County Courthouse, this photo could not be dated earlier than 1932. The railroad bridge can be seen in the left background. U.S. Hwy 6 is running across the center of the photo
