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61) After a dance
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Hazel Tracy and Kate Flynn at the Gypsum depot after a dance. They are holding a suitcase between them.
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Standing in the door of the Wolcott section house. From left, Tom Gill, Jim Flynn, little Agnes, Cecil Playford and Margurite Terrell. A dog is watching at right.
63) Bridge Building
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Railroad employees building a bridge. Railroad ties and building materials are visible in the foreground. The inscription reads: "Building Turkey Creek Bridge" which raises some questions about accuracy given that Turkey Creek is at Red Cliff and this photo is identified as Kent.
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In back, from left, Bert Johnson and Kate Flynn. In front, Jim Homan and Florence Quinlan. Railroad cars and buildings are in the background.
65) B & B Boys
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"B & B Boys: Fred P., Tom N., Al, Tom G. [Tom Gill]
They are at the tunnel entrance at Tennessee Pass, most likely on the east side, not far from the depot location. This is the tunnel that collapsed under the highway in July 2012. They are using movable scaffolding (on train wheels) pulled by a horse along the track in the tunnel in order to perform tunnel maintenance. [Information courtesy of Jimmy Blouch]
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From left, Kate, Jim and Molly [Mary] Flynn [not well-focused]. Molly died in 1914.
67) Kent
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A vew looking down on Kent and the railroad tracks through it. The Eagle River is in the foreground.
68) Thomas Gill
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Studio portrait of Thomas Gill. He worked at Wolcott in the bridge and building department of the Rio Grande, meeting Kate Flynn at Kent, just west of Wolcott.
69) The Gill Family
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Mary Elizabeth, Tom and Kate Gill in about 1923. Kate Flynn married Tom Gill in 1921. Tom was working for the Building and Bridge Department of the D&RG based in Wolcott. Their first child, Mary Elizabeth Gill, was born in 1921 in Glenwood Springs. In 1923, the family moved to Los Angeles. -- Jack Hughes
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The second Malta school house, south of Leadville, which operated from 1902-1945, now part of the Leadville Historic District.
"My Uncle Bob worked down in the canyon at the Gillman Mill. My Uncle Bob and my Aunt Thelma, my Mother's sister, and their family lived in Red Cliff. On the Denver Public Library there is a picture of the Red Cliff Depot with icicles. When I showed this picture to my Cousin he said his Dad went by the depot on his way...
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Kate Flynn and Tom Gill posing at the Glenwood Springs train station while attending Stawberry Day 1917. Kate and Tom were married in 1921. Tom worked for the Bulding and Bridge Department of the D. & R. G. Railroad, based in Wolcott.
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Earnest [Cook] in uniform and Billy [Flynn] standing at the section house at Kent.
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Kate Flynn tying up H. Peterson on the railroad tracks at Kent. Inscription reads, "Naughty Children."
74) 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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Harriett Nelson at the Kent section house on July 4th, 1918, back from a day in Eagle.
76) Kent and 4 Pines
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Location of the section house at Kent. The four pines on the hillside opposite continue to be a marker for the Kent location.
77) Kate Flynn
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Kate Flynn photographed after a dance. Caption: "6 o'clock in the morning, coming home from a dance. Ray McDougall took it."
There were many entries in the Eagle Valley Enterprise, listing those who attended dances. For example, from the July 23, 1920, edition, p.8: "Misses Katie Flynn and Francis Lloyd attended the dance at Gypsum Friday night."
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Kate Flynn at Kent holding a service flag with two blue stars, for her brothers serving in the Army during World War I.
"On May 28, 1918, President Wilson approved a suggestion made by the Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defenses that, instead of wearing conventional mourning for relatives who have died in the service of their country, American women should wear a black band on the left arm with a gilt star on the band for each member...
79) Flynn's Curve
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Location of the section house at Kent. Milk Creek is at the center of the photo. This is called "Flynn's curve" -- Jim Flynn derailed a train at the curve. No one was hurt.
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A bird's-eye view of Wolcott, looking east. The cement bridge is barely visible at midfield.
