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.
A postcard of the Mosquito Trail near Leadville. The Mosquito Range is located in Central Colorado. Mosquito Pass, pictured here, is the boundary between Lake and Park Counties.
From the verso: "Mother Lupton in Minturn." It's possible that this is Alice Lupton. Alice was born in Arkansas in October of 1856. She married John William 'Bill" Lupton in July of 1871/2 (there are conflicting dates). They moved to the area in the 1880s and settled in Gypsum. For a time however, it appears they resided in Minturn as Bill had accepted a job as a special officer for the Rio Grande Railroad at Minturn. Bill passed away in 1940 at the age of 92. Alice passed away in 1947 at the age of 90