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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- Dismant Brothers
- “Dismant Brothers were miners. Robert or Voss helped open the Iron Mask- the big mine in Gilman.” The Dismant family and Robert Vossburg sit on a rock holding their fishing poles. The faint numbers on the photo correspond to these names, from left to right: 1) John Merritt “Merritt” Dismant 2) John Dismant (son of John Merritt) 3) Merritt V. Dismant (son of John Merritt) 4) Robert Vosburg “Voss”, John Merritt’s brother.
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- District Meeting of Forty & Eight Veterans
- Attendees at a District meeting in Glenwood Springs of the 40 & 8, circa 1941. Back row, l to r: Jack Samuelson, Mike Bosco, Jack Huntley, Pete Thome, Nels Benson, Frank Doll, Herman Stein, James Walsh, Joe Allen. Bottom row: John Adriance, Ray Angel, Ivan Al Reider, Earl Faulkhabe, Joe F. Walsh (seated on floor), Thomas Fitzgerald, Doc Franklin McDonald, William H. Luby, W. W. "Mickey" Walsh, George Gillian and Wilt N. Thelin. "The Forty and Eight is an organization of veterans of the United States armed forces. Its official name is "La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux," which is French, and literally translates as "The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses. "The organization (also known as "La Société") can trace its roots back to 1920, when Joseph W. Breen and 15 other members of the American Legion, who were veterans of World War I, came together and founded it as an honor society for certain Legion members. The title "40&8" comes from the box cars that were used to transport troops to the front in France. Each car had the emblem 40/8 stenciled on the sides, which meant that it could carry 40 men or 8 horses. These cars were known as forty-and-eights. They were seen by the troops as a miserable way to travel, and the new organization was thus called the 40&8 in an attempt to make some light of the common misery they had all shared." -- Wikipedia [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Doan Place
- Known as the Doan Place, this log home was built by J. P. "Bert" Gates and is the current (1986) residence of Don Wurtsmith. It is located in Burns, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Doan Ranch
- James P. and Katie Gates in their new home on the Doan Place in about 1920. There is a grindstone to the right.