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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- Swimming hole
- "swimming hole" Album
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- Sylvan Lake
- A copy of a painting depicting the Johnson Family branding cattle near Sylvan Lake. This brand symbol, a "W" with two vertical lines beneath it, was used as the Johnson brand from 1935 to the 1940s.
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- Sylvan Lake at the William Johnson Ranch
- Before Sylvan Lake became the state park we know it as today, it was a lake located on the William Johnson ranch. A barn and possibly the ranch home are pictured here.
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- Sylvester T. Hockett
- Marker for Sylvester T. Hockett, Born 1857 -- Died November 17, 1938, Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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- T.E. Lewis Store
- A man is entering the T.E. Lewis (Tom) store in Eagle, Colorado dated 1914. A car sits at far left and it appears to be Christmastime with trees and garland in the store windows. A child is on a bicycle beneath the window at right.
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- Tailgate lunch during cattle drive
- Tailgate lunch being served by Rae Benton and Mildred Wurtsmith (on right) during the cattle drive. "At noon, more ranchers' wives drive up. Rae Benton and Mildred Wurtsmith (Wiss' wife) each have a carload of lunch fixins. They're accompanied by Frieda Lowe, and Linda Rasmuson of Albuquerque." Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19., Mike Rawlings