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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- McCoy Flood, 1952
- Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
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- McCoy Flood, 1952
- Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
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- McCoy Flood, 1952
- Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
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- McCoy Flood, 1952
- Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
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- McCoy Flood, 1952
- Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
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- McCoy High School
- The McCoy High School as it appeared around 1960.
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- McCoy High School basketball
- The McCoy High School basketball team faces another school around 1953. Terry Seaman is in the number 3 jersey, and Arthur Sheets is wearing the number 4 jersey.
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- McCoy High School basketball team
- The McCoy High School basketball team lined up for a team photo. From left to right: #1 John Fitzgerald, #8 Gerald Combs, #6 John Whiteley, #12 Jack Spitelle, #7 Tom Sawyer, Frank Foster, Coach Dean Brewer [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- McCoy High School class photo
- A class photo of students at McCoy High School. Back row (l-r): Lenetta Blake, Ruby Lowe, Koy (Sheets) Wolverton, Janey Spitellie, Unidentified teacher, John Tipton, Dorothy Virden, Millie Seaman, Ellen Stark, ? Front row (l-r): Mack Spitellie, Leonard Blake, John Saltzgaver, Robert Cock, ?, Tom Sawyer, Leo Tipton, Ernie Shue, ?, Mickey Maguire
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- McCoy High School classes of 1958 and 1959
- A class photo of McCoy High School's classes of 1958 and 1959. From left to right: ?, Terry Seaman, ?, Arthur Sheets, John Whiteley, Barbara Shue, Edith Bearden, ?, Rhoda Halle, Susan Booco, Sherry Brown