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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- Early Gypsum
- Panoramic photograph of early Gypsum, Colorado. The photograph is dated "about 1902".
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- Early Gypsum saloons
- Two of the tent buildings on First Street across from the railroad station in Gypsum [circa 1900]. The first buildings providing services to railroad employees had wooden platforms with tent structures on top and sometimes a false front. Many of the buildings housed saloons and, in this photo, even a bank/saloon combination. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Early Gypsum toward Red Hill
- 1894: From left to right, Bill Bolton, Jr., A. L. Hockett, and Jake Borah in early Gypsum, looking toward Red Hill. Bolton and Hockett are mounted with an additional pack horse; Borah is standing next to his saddled mount and two additional pack horses. Two dogs stand near Bolton's horse. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Early camp at Dotsero
- A photograph of an early camp/settlement at what is now Dotsero, Colorado.