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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- Eagle Airport
- A group of men and boys, gathered around an airplane at Cooley Mesa (Gypsum), now Eagle Airport. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Eagle Baseball Team, 1909-1910
- In addition to being a County road overseer, Frank Tracy loved baseball, managing teams frequently. Eagle Valley Enterprise, July 29, 1920 p.1: "Frank Tracy had a dream the other night that he died and descended to Hades in a balloon (that is where all good baseball managers go). He duly arrived at his destination. After introducing himself and shaking hands with old Nick, the latter, as a preliminary to starting the conversation, to to break the ice, said politely: 'Pretty hot down here.' 'Oh, hell, no,' replied Frank; 'this is cool; you ought to be in Eagle about two o'clock in the afternoon. I'm thinking of telephoning for my blankets and overcoat.' Just then Dr. Green's cow moowed [sic.] for her calf and Frank woke up." [submitted by John J. Flynn, Jr.]
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- Eagle Baseball Team, 1916
- Eagle baseball team, in uniform, seated on bleachers, 1916. This team played the Denver Bears in 1914, losing in the last inning 5-7. Until then, the Eagles had the game tied 5-5. Front row: Eddie Place, catcher; Bill Nimon [died of influenza 1918]. 2d row: Left to Right: Leo Carey [rancher]; unidentified from Minturn; Roy Dodson [big league ball player, store owner]; Frank Stapp. Back row: Left to Right: Lloyd Carey [rancher]; Omar Howland [rancher]; Roy Langford; Charley Hemberger (Heimie) [state legislator, rancher, mining engineer]. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Eagle Cafe
- A group of diners at the Eagle Cafe. Happily, the calendar on the wall identifies the date as September 1952. From left: Dennie Eaton, Howard McCain, Marilla McCain, Lucille Eaton and the Cafe owner.
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- Eagle County Airport
- One of the first American Airlines flights into Eagle County Airport in 1990. The aircraft pictured is a Boeing 757 “Luxury Jet" model.