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22. Boy Scout Camp
23. Holy Cross City
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Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background.
"By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
24. Family camp
25. Tent camping
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Guests from Leadville tent camping at the Brett Ranch circa 1900. The tent is constructed on a 2 x 4 frame. The Brett house is visible in right background.
The two gentlemen seated on chairs on the porch are holding what appears to be glasses with wild flowers in them. A third man is carrying a bucket into the tent. A fourth man, seated at right, is smoking a pipe.
26. Tigiwon tents
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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "These were times when we had no Community House."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed by 1934." -- Robert Brown, Holy Cross--the...
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Don Knight, seated in front of a tent, putting on his boots. Campfire with utensils in foreground. Caption on verso: "French Creek 1939"
"Access Gold Park, Holy Cross City on Forest Service Road 703. Holy Cross City via Gold Park is a one-way road. Or, from the Missouri Lake Trail head to French Creek, use Forest Service Road 727. The road to Holy Cross City used to be a good road. We drove up it all the time. Now, Buster [Beck] said, it is...
34. Tent camping
35. Honeymoon
36. Pack trip
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Pack trip to the Flat Tops, close to Trappers Lake. Jake Borah is the outfitter. Man on left is the cook (Nogal?), showing antlers. Tents in background with men seated and standing facing the camera. Hunting dogs and rifles visible in mid-ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934. Dr. Randall is seated facing the camera at far right.
Caption by O. W. Randall: "21. Campfire at night, Tigiwon."
The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed...