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A group of men and boys sitting at the railroad yard in Gypsum. Rail cars and facilities are in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The local train, stopped at Gypsum, being checked. Inscription reads: "Local."
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Four women standing at the train station in Gypsum. Some may be students at Eagle County High School. From left, "Ruth, Helen, Stena [or Steva], Kate."
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The Gypsum Depot as it appeared in July 1968 after its relocation to Eagle, Colorado. It was remodeled by Leo Hargrave into a duplex.
6) Gypsum Depot
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The Gypsum Depot on wheels, being moved from Gypsum to Eagle.
EVE March 28, 1968 p.3:
"Gypsum: Work has commenced on the removal of one of the old landmarks of the town this week. Leo Hargrave bought the building from the D&RG and will move it to Eagle. He will put it on land in east Eagle. The depot was built in 1887 when the railroad came through Gypsum. It was closed several years ago when passenger service was taken off this section of the...
7) Gypsum Depot
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Photo show the beginning of the removal and relocation of the Gypsum Depot from Gypsum to Eagle.
EVE March 28, 1968 p.3:
"Gypsum: Work has commenced on the removal of one of the old landmarks of the town this week. Leo Hargrave bought the building from the D&RG and will move it to Eagle. He will put it on land in east Eagle. The depot was built in 1887 when the railroad came through Gypsum. It was closed several years ago when passenger service...
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Hazel Tracy and Kate Flynn at the Gypsum depot after a dance. They are holding a suitcase between them.
9) Early Gypsum
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Early Gypsum where tents provided original services: hotel, stores, saloon, restaurant. Meals at the Eagle Hotel were 35 cents, a bed was 25 cents. All of these services were located across from the train depot. The location is close to present day Railroad Ave. and Second Street.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Ervin, Al, Bill and Jim, the Western Union Boys," eating watermelon at Gypsum.
11) Above Wolcott
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Fern Homan [Moore] and Kate Flynn, above Wolcott. There is a dog sitting behind Fern.
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Two of the tent buildings on First Street across from the railroad station in Gypsum [circa 1900]. The first buildings providing services to railroad employees had wooden platforms with tent structures on top and sometimes a false front. Many of the buildings housed saloons and, in this photo, even a bank/saloon combination.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
13) Lupton's house
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The house of John William Lupton in Gypsum. Boardwalk is visible and there is a man (Mr. Lupton?) standing behind the fence.
William Lupton was a soldier in the Union Army and a marshall in Cripple Creek, Colorado. While living in Gypsum, he was a special officer for the Rio Grande Railroad, stationed at Minturn. He was the grandfather of Betty and Wyon Bonar and Eldon Wilson.
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The 44-year reunion of the first graduating class of Eagle County High School, Gypsum, Colorado.
From left: Arthur Stremme, Elizabeth Quinlan Bedell, Aden Mosher, Harold Norgaard, Carl Norgaard, Pearl Chatfield Jensen
Eagle Valley Enterprise Aug. 26, 1954 p.8: "The first class to graduate from Eagle County High School in Gypsum, recently gathered for a 44-year reunion at the summer home of one of the members in Gypsum Canon.
In 1910 seven young...
15) Railroad Avenue
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Looking north down First Street toward Railroad Avenue in Gypsum circa 1916. Automobiles are parked in front of businesses, including the Gypsum Garage (Olesen's) on the right hand side and the Travelers' Hotel on the left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait of Dr. WIlliam Lawrence Conway, beloved doctor in Gypsum for many years. Dr. Conway wears collar and tie with tie tack and a lapel pin. He holds a cigar in his left hand.
"Dr. Conway was company doctor for the railroad company at Tercio [now extinct town in Las Animas County], before [moving] to Gypsum" -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, 12-21-67.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
17) Lundgren Store
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The Gypsum Valley Grocery on Railroad Avenue was the original Lundgren Store. Adolph Lundgren immigrated from Sweden in 1907 and started the store in 1912. After Adloph died in 1916, wife Anna and daughter Minnie Lundgren continued the store. In 1920, George Beale became a partner and the name changed to "Beale and Lundgren." In 1930, Beale left and it was operated by Minnie and her brother Elmer.
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Studio portrait of Rosamond Skiff Coombs and Harvey N. Coombs.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Dec. 3, 1948 p.1: "Mr. Coombes [sic.] was one of the early settlers of Eagle county, coming in with the laying of the railroad following the work from Red Cliff to Gypsum. In Gypsum he met and married Rosamund M. Skiff on Dec. 11, 1895, and the couple spent their married life together in Eagle and Garfield counties."
Mr. Coombs was buried in Fairview Cemebery...
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Photo postcard of the Odd Fellow's Hall in Gypsum taken sometime after its construction in 1902. A horse and buggy are tethered at the street.
The lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Gypsum, burned after a December 15,1990, late night fire. According to Fire Chief, Dave Vroman, the blaze was traced to a furnace recently installed. First Lutheran Church of Gypsum and Mount of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Vail took over ownership...
20) Kathy Schmidt
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Kathy Schmidt on Pommers, her horse.
"Our daughter, Kathy, was in 4-H and wanted a horse. We found one not yet 'broke' and bought him. Kathy had taken a course in horse training from the University of Wyoming by correspondence. So we trained 'Pommers.' We found the name of a war horse in an unusual book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle--writer of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. We spent a lot of time with Pommers to get him used to the railroad, the highway...
