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Lizzie Hernage, 24, and her husband Henry were among the first pioneers to arrive in the valley, homesteading at the mouth of Brush Creek in 1882. On July 29, 1885 Henry and Lizzie were moving a herd of cattle across a rickety bridge over the Eagle River when the weight of the load caused the bridge to collapse. Lizzie drowned. The grieving citizens of the pioneer community buried Lizzie Hernage on a sage-covered mesa overlooking the little settlement,...
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Photo postcard looking up Broadway (the main street) in Eagle, Colorado, north toward Castle Peak in the backround. The Eagle theatre is on the far left.
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"Along with the move of the county seat came an obligation to build a modern county courthouse. Designed by renowned architect J. Francis Pillsbury, the Eagle County Courthouse was constructed in 1932 at a cost of $60,000. The sheriff's office was on the basement floor along with living quarters for the jailer. The jail and courtroom were on the third floor (note the bars on the window at leaft). -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.82
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Karen Greenman, 1984-85 Rodeo Queen..
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Bill Burt with his horse, Kipling, standing between freight wagons and in front of fence. Eagle School (now Catholic Church) in background so this must have been taken in Buchholz Livery Stable, c. 1908. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Photographer Leonard Ping (middle) prepares to snap photographs of deer browing in town. Leonard, who took many of the photographs that appear in this book, is standing on the porch of the Ping Hotel on Capitol Street." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.124
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Eagle County Fair and Rodeo Queen, 1989-90, Jo Jo Walker.
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The 2014 Eagle County Fair & Rodeo Queen, Autumn Gile, holding a bouquet and buckle.
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View looking southeast of the town of Eagle (right midground). Eagle River is in center foreground; Chambers Ranch is in left foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Legal Description: Block 05 Lots 21-21; Property Code 30; Original observation date 06-Oct-05. Use History 1926: The "Record of Tax Sales" ledger (page 101) lists the owner of record on December 4, 1926 as H. P. Oleson. The sale was to be for property at Block 5, lots - all. Use History from 2005 to 2005: Residence. Use History from 2012 to 2014: The trailer was removed. The lot is vacant now and part of adjoining corner house.
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A panorama of Eagle taken from the Mayer Ranch, prior to the construction of the Eagle County Courthouse in 1932. The Eagle School is at left. The view in north toward Eby Creek.
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Dan Rule and steer, Brush Creek [Photo developed Oct. 12, 1941, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colorado]
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Dan Rule and steer, Brush Creek [Photo developed Oct. 12, 1941, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colorado]
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Main street in Eagle in 1917 (Broadway), looking north.
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Legal Description: Block 02 Lots 13-17; Property Code 16; Original observation date 06-Oct-05. Southeast Corner of 2nd and Church Streets. Use History from 1921 to 1921: The "Record of Tax Sales" ledger 9page58) lists the owner of record on December 24, 1921, as David R. Harper. The sale was to be for property at Block 2 lots 7-12. The "Record of Tax Sales" ledger (page 55) lists the owner of record on December 19, 1921, as the estate of William...
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Dan (right) and Larry Rule, showing cattle. [Photo developed Jan. 23, 1941, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colorado]
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T. J. Fox, standing in a yard. The photo was printed September 15, 1940, at Ping's Station. Mr. Fox was the son of Rosa and George Fox of Brush Creek; his sister was Maude Fox Figgins.
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Legal Description: Block 03 Lots 20-22; Property Code 21; Original observation date 06-Oct-05. Use History from 2005 to 2005: Residence.
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Chicken judging at the 2012 County Fair. From left to right: Anna Gongaware, Noah Seaman, Joseph Emmer, Malorie Stephens, Elena Ortiz, Randi Ponce
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"July 1950 Cliffs above Eagle Colo." Probably Red Point. Telephone lines cutting across photo.