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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: Michael A. Walsh; Mike Walsh standing at the anvil in his blacksmith shop. Ferrier equipment, horseshoes visible in foreground and hanging from the rafters. "Saturday afternnon Mike Walsh and his son, Billy, stopped in town a short while, during which Mike visited with a number of old friends, among them the editor and Dr. Hotopp. Mike was eighty-six years of age a few days ago, and a number of his close friends threw a party in his honor on the occasion. More than fifty-two of those years have been spent in Eagle county. He came to Battle Mountain from Leadville in 1882 and started shoeing horses and is still following the trade. If hard work would kill a healthy man, Mike would have been dead long, long ago. But he has thrived and reached a ripe age, working hard, not eight hours a day, but from before daybreak until after dark. When we used to live in Red Cliff Mr. Walsh's anvil chorus was our alarm clock and signal to get out of bed in the morning. It was a rare occasion that he was not hammering away at from between 5:30 and 6:00 o'clock."--EVE Dec. 14, 1934.

: Michael Beck

: Michael Christopher Martinez

: Michael Craig Lugthart Hendricks

: Michael D. Walsh

: Michael Family; Edward and Edna Michael with their 4 children on the front porch of their home in Eagle, Colorado. A fenceline surrounds the home and a neighbor's residence can be seen on the left. The Michaels owned and operated the Eagle Valley Feed Mill, which expanded into a livery and stable, from 1912 to 1920 before selling the business.

: Michael Family home; "Our house where we live now" dated November 1914. The Michael family-- Edward A. and Edna-- lived in Eagle and operated the Eagle Valley Feed Mill. The back of the photograph is dated November 1914.