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Dr. Andrew Gulliford, head of The Country School Legacy Project (a survey of rural schools over eight states, funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities) presents information from the project in a lecture at the Museum of Western Colorado. The lecture includes reflections from rural school teachers in Colorado, including teaching techniques, discipline problems, infectious diseases, and issues with poorly constructed buildings. Teachers also...
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Eagle County High School in Gypsum, Colorado circa 1916, the same year Alda Borah would graduate.
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The frame construction Antelope School building, completed in 1917, which replaced the original log school building completed in 1912. The log building became the teacherage. Some of the teachers at the Antelope School were "Leila Ferguson, Joan Funk, Mildred Sayre, Alma Slattery, Margie Harbaugh, Marion Conley, Maude Stratton Smith, Tracy Hatch, Yarbo, Gertrude McGlochlin, and Zola Sherwood." -- McCoy Memoirs p.47 The school was in use until 1950...
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Reuben A. Pitts talks about wars between cattle and sheep ranchers, about rural school life in Plateau Valley, Colorado, and about the Big Creek Reservoir flood. He also discusses his job as a typesetter for his father’s newspaper, The Plateau Valley Voice, in Collbran. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society....
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"Freshies at Eagle H.S. Sept. 10, 1915" Left to right: Merril Frasier, Mayme Long, George Ziegler, Hazel Harris, & Claude Peterson. The photograph is printed on a postcard, which also reads "From Buster (George Ziegler) to Mary Jane (Alda), the names we called each other September 29, 1915".
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Anna Foster talks about teaching at the Mesa School, beginning in 1908. She remembers some of the teachers and students at the school, and going sledding with them for fun. She speaks about the role of the Mesa’s Methodist church in providing community for people of all Christian faiths. She describes stagecoaches that delivered between towns, traveling the old Hogback Road from Palisade, and the building of the Plateau Canyon Road. She recalls...
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Dora McPheters talks about being orphaned at an early age in Illinois, at a time when people looked down on orphans. She discusses the orphanage and various homes where she and her brother grew up. She also talks about her career as a teacher in Illinois, and in rural schools around Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado...
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The 1953 Red Cliff Union High School yearbook, "The Bulldog", features every class in attendance at Red Cliff at the time. A full staff and faculty listing is included, as well as several pages of snapshots, clubs, sports, and activities. Please note that the Junior class photo(s) and names are missing. Several pages of advertisements feature local businesses, most in Red Cliff, including a few important employers like the Climax Molybdenum mine &...
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In 1949, Red Cliff Union High School yearbook name has been changed to "The Bulldog". Despite the name change, local mines and mining are more involved than ever. This yearbook similarly features upper classmen and their accomplishments, sports, and clubs. Elementary and junior high classes, 3rd grade through 8th grade, are also listed in their entirety. A lengthy advertisement section-- featuring several grocery stores, liquor stores, service stations...
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June Frey's purple and gold high school letter for Orchestra from Gilman School in 1941. June graduated from Red Cliff Union High School in neighboring Red Cliff, Colorado, in 1947. The letter is a bright purple with velvet gold lettering, including the signatures of school officials. It is now hanging in the Red Cliff Museum.
11) The Miner 1947
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The 1947 edition of The Miner begins with a photograph of the iconic Mount of the Holy Cross and features many other photographs of Red Cliff throughout. Administration, faculty, and the school board are featured. Many school board members and faculty were also employed by important local businesses, such as Fleming Lumber Company and Empire Zinc. The influence of the nearby mines is present in every edition of The Miner, and not just in name. Many...
12) The Miner 1942
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The 1942 edition of The Miner includes a class history, student listings with ambitions, pet peeves, and school involvement. Students are only pictured in class photographs, no individuals. In these yearbooks, pages with photographs were glossy and printed on heavier paper while text pages were typed and copied (again, perhaps in an effort to save on time and cost). A class prophecy flashes forward to 1967, imagining what students are up to and what...
13) The Miner 1940
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The 1940 edition of The Miner is a bit different than other years: it is considerably shorter and does not feature other classes outside of high school and junior high. Clubs like the Home Demonstration clubs (very popular at the time), class play, newspaper, and sports rivalries are all mentioned. Many pages of advertisements feature businesses from Red Cliff to Leadville, varying from clothing stores, groceries, hotels, and cafes. Each student's...
14) The Miner 1938
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"The Miner" was the official yearbook of Red Cliff Union High School. Each class has a 'class history', as well as photographs, names, clubs, and sports. Despite the small population and class sizes, many activities and clubs were offered for students. Impromptu snapshots offered by students are also included in the final pages showing a day in the life of Red Cliff and student jokes.
Heavily influenced by nearby mining town of Gilman, mine employees...
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A diploma presented to Imogene Louise Nottingham Doll on May 23, 1941 awarded for graduation from Eagle County High School (Gypsum, Colorado). The diploma is signed by principal Emmett Trys (?), school board president W.H. (William Henry) Lea, and school board secretary Kathleen O'Rourke.
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A diploma presented to Imogene Louise Nottingham Doll on May 14, 1937 awarded for graduation from middle school at Eagle County Middle School (Gypsum, Colorado). The diploma is signed by Georgia Heyer Clark, county superintendent, and a teacher, Hazel Corlett.
18) Catamount School
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School children standing outside the Catamount School (1931-32 school year). All the children are wearing hats.
Back row, l to r: Norman Schlegel, Delbert Miller, Bob Wright, Mary Wright
Second row: Don Russell, Milford Miller, Garland Rogers
Front row: Fay Russell, Jessie Schlegel
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
19) Eagle School
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Students of the Eagle School during 1910-11. Class was held in the building that is now St. Mary's Catholic Church. [Used in Eagle Valley Enterprise "Those Were the Days" October 20, 2005, p. 2.]
Tall girls in back, from left: Anna Thompson (head at corner of building), Beulah Buchholz, Grace Harris, Ralene Marquis, Hazel Harris (in front of man), Hugh Thompson (in front of tall girls), Marion Fox (in front of Hugh), Lola Tracy, Bob Luster, Claud...
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"At the Antelope School in 1921. Standing, from left to right: Dora and Ethel Ault, Harry Panting, Emma Maxwell, Myrtle Panting." -- McCoy Memoirs p.48
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
