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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- Mount of the Holy Cross, Colo.
- Postcard image of the Mount of the Holy Cross.
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- Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- "The famous mountain, 14,176 feet in height, lies at the extreme northern end of the Sawatch Mountains, near the headwaters of Eagle River. The cross is formed by a deep vertical fissure in the face of the mountain, 1,500 feet in length, intersected by a transverse ledge of some 750 feet, both retaining permanently deep snow with which they are filled."
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- Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- A postcard of Mount of the Holy Cross, which sits at an elevation of 14,176 feet.
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- Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- "Situated near Redcliff, Colo., this natural cross is one of the Wonders of the World. Once each year services are held below the cross, at which thousands of visitors attend."
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- Mountain Scenery
- Double-printed on a green postcard reading "Colorado Mountain Scenery Photographed by C. W. Collins, Georgetown." Four people are perched on a mountainside looking down at the town below; the homes in the valley below provide scale for distance and height.
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- Mountain lion cubs
- A postcard print of two mountain lion cubs sitting on a fallen log. The verso reads, "Mountain lion cubs patiently waiting for mom."
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- Mountain lodging
- Three men stand around a doorway (there is 1 man standing in the dark doorway itself) to a long building, possibly lodge. A pile of logs is in front and there are more houses pictured at left. Double-printed on green postcard reading "Colorado Mountain Scenery, Photographed by C.W. Collins, Georgetown"., Possibly Georgetown? No location offered.
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- Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- Postcard image of the Mount of the Holy Cross.
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- Mountains South of the White family ranch
- A view of the White family ranch looking South towards some mountains. "Mts South of White Ranch on Salt Creek, Colo." -- Alda Borah