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1908-1910: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad section crew with hand-car in front of the Avon Depot (also a residence of William Finley Cole and family). Five men are standing on the hand-car, one is standing on track in front of the car. From l. to r.: Mike Kelly, Jack Wellington, Dow Hancock. Some snow is on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
3) Avon Depot
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Facing the Avon Depot building, looking across the platform. There is a man sitting on a bench in front of the Depot, watching a woman walk by. Next to the man, there are two cream cans, one on its side. [Farmers shipped their excess cream to Denver by rail.] There are signs for telegraph services and money orders over the Depot door.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
4) Avon Depot
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Avon Depot in the snow.
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Man in suit and tie standing in front of the lettuce shed filled with crates, on the east railway spur of the Avon Depot. Railroad tracks in foreground. Inscription :"10/15/28."
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Claude Robertson, daughter Mabelle, son W.R. and wife Bertha in front of their Avon Depot home. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Hart family seated at Avon Depot: Bobby and Dad, Kelly, in back; Roger, mother Ann (sister of Mrs. Claude Robertson0, and Jean Hart in front.
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W. R. (Bill) Robertson and sister, Maybelle, at the Avon Depot (circa 1930s).
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Mabelle Robertson (later Mrs. Robert Redwood) in front of automobile with Arizona license plates at the Avon Depot. Daughter, Billy Jo, dressed for cold weather, is seated on the hood of the automobile.
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"Uncle" Doc Rodgers, Polly Barlow Rodgers, and sons at the Avon Depot.
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C.1886: Studio portrait of William Finley Cole and Mary Johnson Cole. Mrs. Cole is standing with her left hand on Mr. Cole's shoulder. He is seated with hands on lap. Both are dressed formally.
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Beaver near Eagle River. Lettuce shed and railroad siding in background. View is looking to the northeast at Swift Gulch from Emmett Nottingham's old place at Avon.
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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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Grace and Emmett Nottingham standing on sledge drawn by horse team in front of the old house in Avon. Dog and cats are around the sledge. View is to the northwest overlooking the future Avon town site. Railroad track visible in background. Harry Nottingham place at Buck Creek is in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
15) Avon STOLport
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Series of three shots from the same spot, showing a Rocky Mountain Airways airplane landing at the Avon STOLport.
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Colorado: Avon STOLport [short take-off and landing airport], 2004: "The date of construction of this field is unknown.
It was apparently built at some point between 1963-82, as it was not depicted on the October 1963 Sangre De Christo Mountains World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald...
