Local History Photo Archive
The Eagle Valley Library District and the Eagle County Historical Society work together to bring you thousands of photographs, artifacts, and many other items from historical Eagle County and the surrounding areas on the Western Slope.
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- Ambos Homestead
- The John Ambos homestead on Congor Mesa, March 20, 2008 (looking northeast). "The Ambos ranch buildings on Conger Mesa in 1907. John Schiller, a Yampa carpenter, did the finishing work on the house after the logs were laid up. Members of the Ambos family lived here until 1919. Among others who occupied it after that date were: the Warren Henry and Hugh Norman families; Shorty Anderson and his son-in-law, Patscheck. Charley and Mildred Cock were the last ones to live here before it was destroyed by fire January 2, 1942. The sage-bush area in the background is on a part of School Section 16." --McCoy Memoirs, p. 241 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.], Dupe 2012.012.031
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- Ambos Ranch, Conger Mesa
- "Conger Mesa 1917. Group at the John Ambos ranch. Harry, Grace and Emma Abbett, Minnie and John Ambos, Grandpa Louis Klumker of Long Park." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.243 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Ambos and Schomers Ranches
- The John Ambos Ranch on Congor Mesa in the foreground with the Martin Schomers Ranch in the background. Martin Schomers was among the last to homestead on the Congor Mesa. "Schomers died of tick fever in May of 1940 after being ill only a short time. The children fell heir to his property but since two were still minors, the estate was not settled until 1944. During the intervening time Darrell Ray, who was married to Helen Schomers in 1939, operated the two ranches until 1943. The administrators of the estate then sold the original Schomers place to Frank Zastrow and the Ambos place to Charles Cock." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.264-265 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.], Dupe 1992.004B.011
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- Ambos cabin and reservoir
- The Ambos homestead cabin and Ambos Reservoir. "In 1906 John Ambos filed on a reservoir site on what is now a part of the Black Mountain Ranch and a year later built this cabin to camp in while the dam was under construction. Built for temporary use at an elevation of 8,500 feet where four feet of snow is nothing unusual, the little 8' x 12' cabin" was still standing in 1977. --McCoy Memoirs p.240 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Ambos home
- The Ambos home at 226 Hill Street in Steamboat Springs, Colorado during Christmas 1946. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Ambos home in Golden
- The Ambos home on Garrison St. in Golden, Colorado. They resided there from 1900 to 1904; the photo was taken in 1940. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]