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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Plowing the garden
"Dad Smith and Daddy Borah [Alfred] putting plow down deep in garden" - from Alda Borah. Near Brush Creek. Smith is pulling while Alfred pushes; both men are in similar dress with hats.
Poker Game, Edwards Post Office storeroom
"Poker game in storeroom back of old Edwards Post Office." "My mother, Thelma Ding owned & operated the Edwards Store & Post Office from 1957 to 1966 on what, eventually, was the Kemp building on west side of Gashouse restaurant.  From L to R in the photo are Wallace Hill (drove the little kids' school bus), Champ Scott (lived on Berry Rd.), Clifford Dunmire (drove the bus after Wallace retired), Cullie Jacobs (owned Edwards Store and built nearby Conoco gas station & cafe in late forties, and built trailer park west of store in sixties), Tom Pearch (Eagle auctioneer) and Danny Koprinikar (owned ranch near current I-70 exit to Edwards).  Conoco Station & cafe are, now, Gashouse restaurant." - Jeanine K., February 2017.
Pool hall
Inside of a pool hall, possibly at Gilman.
Portrait (unknown)
Unknown portrait from Borah Family collection.
Portraits at Fort Sill
"Lester L. Martain, George Hiloby, Battery A 9th Fort Sill, OK April 7, 1920" - caption from verso.

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