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Railway to Camp Hale, winter. Dick Lowe was foreman when this line was put in. Pando was the name of the siding. There were 85 Indians working on the line. They lived in "cars" designed for that use and stayed on the job full time. Buildings seen in right midground, railroad tracks in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Camp Hale, looking down at the railway with train in midground at left. Smoke from the Camp is at midground, right. Snow on the ground.
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Looking over civilian housing and the mess hall, Camp Hale. Train standing at midground with ranch buildings behind the train. Light snow on the ground.
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Vehicles parked at Camp Hale (dump trucks and passenger cars) in the winter. Train visible in left midground with barracks in the background.
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A troop transport train departs from Camp Hale in the 1940s. Trains like this could carry up to 2,000 troops.
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A troop transport train departs Camp Hale in the 1940s. Trains like this could carry up to 2,000 troops.
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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."
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Hazel Henson is interviewed by Gary O'Dell and Darin O'Dell about her life growing up in South Routt County in the early twentieth century.
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Hazel Henson describes growing up in in Phippsburg, Colorado, during the early twentieth century.
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In this interview with Tommy Sharp and Bill McKelvie, John Fetcher describes his early life and education and his involvement in munitions manufacturing during World War II. After the war John and his family purchased a ranch in Routt County and learned about the reality of the cattle business.
