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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- Minturn depot
- Several individuals wait to board a passenger train at the Minturn depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in 1915. A note on the back reads, "Taken at Minturn, Colo. on Rio Grande Ry at noon U.W. Band Tour of Western States, 1915." The University of Wisconsin-Madison band, under the leadership of Charles "Charlie" Mann, toured the Western United States in 1915, before performing at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was held in San Francisco from February 20-December 4, 1915.
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- Minturn depot
- A group of young adults standing on top of a baggage cart at the Minturn depot.
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- Minturn high schoolers
- 5 students from the Minturn High School sit in a field in the 1950s. Bob Wise is second from the left and is holding a football. This image has been cut.
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- Minturn middle school students, 1940-1941
- Students from the Minturn school, grades 6-8, around 1940-1941. Back row (l-r): Henry Dittmer, Jr., George Roybal, Richard Day, Nathan Waibl, Jackie Palmer, Gerald Green. Middle row (l-r): Gene Clark, Tony Hernandez, Norman Covalt, Harold Ginther, Buddy Norwood, Leslie Jenkins, James Sifers, Bernie Bowen, Keith Lynn, Marvin O'Neal. Front row (l-r): Charlotte Perry, Shirley Winters, Raylene Palmer, Pauline Trujillo, Edna Cesko, L. Jordan, Leona English, Bena Lovato.
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- Minturn rail yard
- A view of the Minturn train yard in the 1970s. Three individuals are visible in the background standing next to a small parking lot.
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- Minturn roundhouse and turntable
- A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive on the turntable at Minturn. The Minturn roundhouse is visible on the right. The railroad employees are unidentified. Taken sometime in the 1920s.
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- Minturn roundhouse and turntable
- A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive on the turntable at Minturn. The Minturn roundhouse is visible on the left. The three railroad employees are unidentified. Possibly taken before the construction of the larger turntable in 1928.
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- Minturn train wreck
- "Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler." - Salida Regional Library. This image was taken by Bob Pierce. The two images are the same, with some cropping having occurred in both images.