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A view of the Minturn train yard in the 1970s. Three individuals are visible in the background standing next to a small parking lot.
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Left to right: Charlene, Larry, Byron Walker, Glenda Walker, unknown, and Larry Collins stand in front of the Minturn roundhouse and coaling tower. Taken in 1940.
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Dan Flynn and Fred Martinez standing in a yard in Eagle, 1918. Dan was employed by the D. & R. G. W. railroad at Minturn (1930s).
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A freight train near the town of Minturn. Taken in the 1980s or 1990s. The railroad employee next to the diesel locomotive is unidentified. The front diesel locomotive is an EMD GP40-2, and is number 3100. The Denver and Rio Grande ordered 37 EMD GP40-2 diesel locomotives, all of which we transferred to the Union Pacific Railroad following a merger between the two railroads in 1996.
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Shared marker for: "Williams, Marie A., May 24, 1915--Jan. 2, 1997; David D., Dec. 1911--Apr. 14, 1991," Riverview Cemetery. A book is engraved under Marie's name; a locomotive is engraved under David's name. At center in a heart above two roses is engraved "Married Nov. 3, 1938."
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Shared marker for: "Sanders, Frank G., 1915--1979; Betty M., 1923-- ," Riverview Cemetery. A steam engine with coal tender is engraved at the center of the marker.
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Bill Kavanaugh and Bob Crane, his nephew, in front of the Kavanaugh home in Minturn, Colorado.
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The Payton Family homestead in Minturn. Lionhead rock is at far upper right. Railroad tracks are visible behind the treeline.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Shared marker for: "Matheson, Bertha, July 27, 1933--Mar. 14, 2003; K. E. "Smokey," Jan. 6, 1932-- ," Riverview Cemetery. A locomotive and a butterfly are engraved at the left corner of the marker; a Marine Corps eagle, globe and anchor are engraved at the right corner. Inscription at the bottom reads: "Together again."
51) Mercantile
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John E. Kavanaugh, 10 or 12 years old, standing between two men in a store, possibly in Minturn. John was born in Salida, Colorado, December 6, 1910. His parents were Henry O. Anderson and Hilma Lindgren Anderson. His name was later changed from Anderson to Kavanaugh when he was adopted by his mother's second husband, William "Billy" Kavanaugh, an engineer on the D&RG Railroad.
Many products are visible, such as bananas hanging in the center...
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"At Craig, Colo. in 1960. Billy [William Woodruff] Booco, 92, and his three sons, Jack, Gordon and Gern." -- McCoy Memoirs p.184
"The Booco family certainly was a pioneer family of Colorado; they settled on the Western Slope in 1878. ... The family settled on the Eagle River and a small town sprang up around them which residents were soon calling Booco, the name later changed to Minturn. Boocos sold their holdings in 1887 to the Rio Grande Railroad...
53) Railroad Shop
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Workers lined up outside the railroad shop in Minturn:
L to R, standing: Art Guy, Ed Ruder, Dan Rodrigue, Bill Harris, Harvey Cline, Gus Benjamin, Bill Joxin, Shorty the Jap, Harry Thomas ?, WInk Wilson ?, Joe Langford (Call Boy)
L to R, kneeling: Ira Shelton, ?, Earl Roberts
54) Buffehr children
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Albert and Newell Buffehr, from left to right, with an unidentified girl standing between them at the side of a house. Both boys are wearing hats and gloves. A dog is at their feet. Jacob Buffehr, their father, worked for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad from 1901 to about 1915, living in Minturn with his family.
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From the verso: "Mother Lupton in Minturn." It's possible that this is Alice Lupton. Alice was born in Arkansas in October of 1856. She married John William 'Bill" Lupton in July of 1871/2 (there are conflicting dates). They moved to the area in the 1880s and settled in Gypsum. For a time however, it appears they resided in Minturn as Bill had accepted a job as a special officer for the Rio Grande Railroad at Minturn. Bill passed away in 1940 at the...
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Albert and Newell Buffehr, from left to right, each holding dogs at the Buffehr ranch. The ranch cabin is in the background. Jacob and Lydia Buffehr, their parents, purchased the ranch at the mouth of Buffehr Creek (which flows from north to south, entering Gore Creek at what is now West Vail) in about 1916. Jacob Buffehr had worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad out of Minturn for fifteen years when he decided to operate a dairy farm. He...
57) Harvesting ice
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Harvesting ice at Pando. Workers on the right are pulling ice chunks to the bank with gaffs. A pair of tongs is in the foreground.
According to the Assessment Roll 1930 Eagle County, the Western Railways Ice Co. (Pando), in School Taxation District Mitchell 2, owned the following, located on railroad property in Minturn:
1 boarding house (18' x 100'), 2 bunk houses (12' x 50'), 1 bunk house (12' x 16'), 1 tool house, 1 boiler house, 1 machine shed...
