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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- Cliffs east of Eagle
- Red cliffs just east of Eagle. Taken in 1919. "Red Mt east of Eagle, Colo. 1919." -- Alda Borah
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- Climbing Fancy Pass
- Climbing Fancy Pass to the Holy Cross Mining District. From left: Harold Stoner, Buster Beck and MacDonald Knight. The Holy Cross District covered 100 square miles of the intervening country between the headwaters of Cross and Homestake Creeks. Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps. Verso: "Big'un Stoner, Buster Beck, Don Knight climbing Fancy Pass 1939" "Harold Stoner was known by his Missouri Family as 'Big'un.' He had a much shorter brother called 'Little'un.'" -- letter, Nov. 25, 2013, Betty Jo Schmidt to Jaci Spuhler
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- Climbing up Castle
- A group of people clamors up a 'trail' on Castle Peak. A man at center is pointing off into the distance with another person; other members of the group begin climbing the makeshift stairs in the background.
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- Clock Tower and Covered Bridge, Vail
- A winter postcard scene of Vail's iconic Covered Bridge and Clock Tower. From the verso, "Vail's Clock Tower and Covered Bridge at Christmas Time." Peter Runyon Photography, Box 1441, Vail, Colorado 81657; The Continental card, Mike Roberts Color Productions, Berkeley, CA 94710; B6297