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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Camp site at Fulford
Jean Allen sets up a camp site near Fulford in 1943.
Campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office
Pilgrims gathered around a campfire at the Tigiwon Post Office, sometime between 1929 and 1934. Dr. Randall is seated facing the camera at far right. Caption by O. W. Randall: "21. Campfire at night, Tigiwon." The Tigiwon Post Office was established June 5, 1929. "By 1934 the U.S. Forest Service had built the long-awaited trail up Notch Mountain, first used by the seventh pilgrimage that year. A lodge [Community House] at Tigiwon was also completed by 1934." -- Robert Brown, Holy Cross--the Mountain and the City, p.72
Campfire girls
A group of girls, including Jean Allen, relax at Mayer's summer cabin in 1936.
Camping
Helen Herres Doll camping for Grandson Buddy Doll's 5th birthday, September 1954.
Camping at Fulford
The Allen family takes a camping trip near Fulford in 1943.

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