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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- Artifacts in Offerson's attic
- Items found in Howard/Offerson attic, displayed for accessioning. From back to front, left to right: Small American flag between two rolls of wall paper Umbrella, letter, dressmaker's form, Harper's Weekly Document Ladies' Home Journal, Eagle County Times, Ladies' Home Journal, photo of a young boy The Golden Eagle, penmanship book, The Household Used on p. 57 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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- Aspen, 1950s
- A postcard of Aspen, sent by Ivan and Rachel "Rae" Staton to Alda (Borah) Farnsworth. The postmark is dated September 11, 1958, from Glenwood Springs.
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- Aspens near Fulford
- Aspens located near Fulford at peak colors in autumn.
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- Assay Office, Holy Cross City
- An assay office located at Holy Cross City. Assay offices are set up to test the purity of metals. Holy Cross City was a short-lived mining camp located in what is today the Holy Cross Wilderness. A mining camp in the Holy Cross Mining District, Holy Cross City reached a population of 300 between 1881 and 1883. The town included a post office, two general stores, saloon, assay office and hotel, called the Timberline Hotel. There were reportedly two mills in operation at Holy Cross City, the Holy Cross Mill, and the Treasure Vault Mill. The town was abandoned in the late-1880s, but was revived for a short period in the 1890s. Today, only a small number of buildings remain.
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- At Burfords
- The Johnson children pose for a picture at the Burford home in August of 1953. From left to right: Steve Johnson, Jeb Burford, Sally Johnson, Bill Johnson, and Sam Johnson.