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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- Army Truck at Construction
- A pair of Army Reserve officers drive a large truck on the construction site of the new Bailey Bridge. The truck is marked "US ARMY 05B57671". The Bailey Bridge was constructed in the mid 1960's (1967-1968) by the 244th Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion, United States Army Reserve based at Fort Carson, Colorado. Local men including Claude Gerard and Dan Koprinikar, county commissioners at the time, were part of the project. The Bailey Bridge was erected where the current roundabout in Avon, Colorado is today, directing traffic to Beaver Creek.
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- Army obstacle course training
- A part of Dorris Johnson's company completes an obstacle course training exercise during World War II. Taken at Fort Know, Kentucky in 1943.
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- Around the Table
- Jessie Fair, Sarah Parkinson, Doc Parkinson, and Clarence Fair are out to a meal together at Clifton's in Los Angeles, January 1958.
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- Arthur "Art" Stremme
- Arthur "Art" Stremme stands near a fence in Gypsum. Stremme was a member of the first graduating class of the Eagle County High School. His father, Theodore Stremme, owned the Stremme Store and served as the postmaster for Gypsum from 1905 to 1935.
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- Arthur "Bud" Guy, Jr.
- Studio portrait of Bud Guy [Arthur Guy, Jr.] for graduation from Minturn High School.
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- Arthur & Tillie Shryack
- Arthur & Tillie Shryack, parents of Dorothy Shryack.