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81) Surveyor camp
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Laundry tent at the surveyors' camp at Wolcott. From left, Jim Flynn and Hughie. Inscription reads: "Polo"
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Doing laundry at the surveyors' camp at Wolcott. From right, Jim Flynn, Hughie and Fletcher (the two at left are unidentified). Inscription reads: "Fun"
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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.
84) 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.
85) 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]
86) Eagle Depot 1918
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From left, Ralph Belding, Mr. Freeman, and Jay McDougall at the Eagle depot in 1918.
87) 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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Grandmother Theresa Cistofani Allaria with Roy Marfitano and Joy Marfitano (Dump Boltjes) at the Denver & Rio Grand section house at the south end of Eagle Street, Red Cliff.
90) Marvin Laman
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Marvin Laman standing next to a truck with a soda bottle in one hand, taken September 17, 1949.
"Marvin worked for the railroad for 31 years, retiring in 1986 as a maintenance foreman. He also ranched his entire life. Marvin enjoyed his cattle and attending and participating in rodeos. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways Employees, an organization connected with the railroad." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Jan. 17, 2008 p.12...
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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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Railroad employees stand in front of engine 3410. Engine 3410 was a 2-8-8-2 type engine which was owned by and operated on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The train is possibly stopped at the top of Tennessee Pass. A building listing the elevation can be seen in the top right corner, and is listed as "Elevation 10242."
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Shared marker for: Gustafson, Mother, Lola Lucile, July 17, 1920-- ; Father, William Albert, May 28, 1913--Dec. 5, 1988; married Mar. 21, 1942, in Riverview Cemetery. A locomotive is engraved at the top of the marker.
95) 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...
96) 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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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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Family members standing under the Wolcott Bridge in the late 1920s.
Left to right: Roy Marfitano; his mother, Stella Marfitano; Francis Sansosti, Frank Sansosti; daughter Lena Sansosti Yost.
Frank was the D&RG section foreman at the Rex siding between Belden and Minturn. He was transferred to Wolcott.
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Tom Gill, left, and Dan Flynn standing near the Hot Springs pool in Glenwood Springs.
