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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- First National Bank
- Joe Allen, long-time president of First National Bank of Eagle, standing between two unidentified men. They are in the office space behind the teller's cage in the bank. The wall calendar says Saturday, March 4, but does not have a year. Joe Allen, president of the First National Bank of Eagle County for 44 years, was born in Glenwood Springs Feb. 21, 1899, the son of Alexander and Leah Allen. He attended school in that city and also attended West Point, U. S. Military Academy prior to the end of World War I. He began his banking career in Glenwood Springs; worked for a short time in a bank at Red Cliff; then joined the First National Bank at Eagle in 1919, taking over its operation in 1921. He married Miss Helen Hart of Red Cliff on June 21, 1922, in Denver. Mrs. Allen was active in nearly every progressive movement in Eagle and the county and was a member of the Eagle Chamber of Commerce, the Masonic Lodge, Order of Eastern Star, the American Legion and the Forty & Eight. He was past president of the Colorado Bankers' Association, and was currently a member of the governor's board of the Federal Reserve system's Tenth District. --Eagle Valley Enterprise, April 23, 1964, p.1
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- First Nimon-Walker Award
- Louise Walker and Jim Nimon pose by a poster congratulating them on being the first recipients of the annual Nimon-Walker Award. The award recognizes individuals for their contributions to preserving Eagle County history. The Eagle County Historical Society and the Eagle Valley Library District present the award each year in the spring.
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- First School House, Yarmony
- "A community picnic gathering at the Yarmony Creek School house in 1910. Back row: John Payne, Willie Elliott, Arthur Grimes, Lawrence Payne, Perry Ault and daughter Ethel, Lottie Elliott, Lily Grimes, Ada Sperry (Stella McCoy's half sister), Lola Elliott, Stella McCoy, Minnie Schrupp, Mrs. Kibbler, George Brown, Polly Tuck (Edith Stifel's sister), Harry Groh, Arthur Horn, Lily Brown, Connie Rudisill, Guy Grimes, Cliff Daniels, Sam Kibbler, Tom Elliott Lower row: Marie Elliott, Mae and Mary Grimes, Maria Grimes, Elizabeth Ault, Mary Payne, Florence Payne, Harold Horn, Dora Ault, Lulu and Leonard Horn, Ruby Grimes, Effie Payne, Edith Stifel, Mrs. George Brown, Nannie Elliott, Irvine Payne, Mary Groh, Ellen and Grandma Elliott, Lucille Kibbler, Mrs. Ed Bailey, Frank Ault, Frank Groh, Jr., Jacob Johannbroer and Irvine Elliott." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 44 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- First Street, Gypsum
- A postcard of First Street in Gypsum, looking south. Stremme's Store and Post Office is visible on the left. The Gypsum Hotel is on the right. Further down on the right side of the street, the Travelers' Hotel is visible. Snow covers the ground. Two men are standing near a wagon in the middle of the street.
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- First and Second Grade, Eagle School, 1930
- First and second graders from the Eagle Elementary School take a class picture in the spring of 1930. Jean Allen is the third from the right in the middle row.
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- First and Second Grade, Eagle School, 1931
- First and second graders from the Eagle Elementary School take a class picture in the spring of 1931. Jean Allen is sitting seventh from the left in the first row.