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Description
Ethel Bayer was born and raised in Red Cliff, Colorado. In 1918, she married Howard Bayer and the two were well-known throughout eastern Eagle County. This short typescript is a summary of Colorado history and moments, in Ethel's words, dating from statehood to current (1960). Ethel covers ghost towns such as Astor City and the Astor family; streams and rivers; trappers and early pioneers; trading posts and Utes. Bayer also includes a description of the annual rendezvous of trappers and hunters in the mountains-- a welcome break from their trade. She ends her writing with a verse from "The Cross of Snow" by Longfellow inspired by Mount of the Holy Cross.
