Eagle Valley Manuscripts
Browse letters, documents, stories, certificates, just about anything on paper in this collection-- all from Eagle County and the surrounding areas of the Western Slope of Colorado.
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- Bellyache Mountain As I Knew It
- First-hand account of early living near Bellyache Mountain as told by Herman Newquist.
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- Bert & Nona Gates at D-7
- The Gates family has traced their genealogy back 6 generations beginning in Europe. This short family history is of Bert & Nona Gates, 5th generation, and their ranching and homesteading experiences in the Eagle River Valley. The information used in this was compiled by Lemley Gates.
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- Brush Creek School souvenir book
- A school souvenir booklet from the Brush Creek School, dated April 24, 1908. Louise K. Stein was the school teacher. This small booklet lists the names of the students from the 1907-08 school year. A poem, written by Julia C. R. Dorr, is on the front of the booklet.
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- Brush Creek Valley Homesteads and Ditch Claimants
- "Brush Creek Valley, Township 5 South, Range 84 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, the area at hte mouth of Breek Creek between the Eagle River and the railroad tracks and west of Brush Creek. Ditch is Lower Rule, Priority #137, Spring in 1884 by H.E. Rule. The ditches are located by right bank or left bank and this is determined by facing downstream. This is supposed to be the original settlers of the Brush Creek Valley." Ditch digging and irrigation were crucial for the first ranchers and homesteading families in the valley. Satellite maps can be used to verify locations and names of ditches today and most are still visible, if not in use. Some ditches have become routes for hiking and biking trails. Brush Creek Valley was a ranching area to some of the first homesteaders in the Eagle area. Water law and rights have become evermore important with growing populations, community needs, and parceled ranches. This document begins with the first claimants in 1884.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 1, Number 10: Fall, 1977
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 1, Number 11: March, 1978
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 1, Number 1: April, 1976
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 1, Number 2: May, 1976
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 1, Number 3: June, 1976
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 1, Number 4: July-August, 1976
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 1, Number 6: October, 1976
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.
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- Canyon Echos Volume 2, Number 3: Fall, 1981
- Canyon Echos newsletter debuted in April of 1976 as a citizen-directed/centered informational letter concerning the upcoming and ongoing efforts of construction in Glenwood Canyon. The newsletter was published and distributed by Colorado Department of Highways. Construction to begin extending Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon was first approved on February 20, 1976. Over the next decade, a myriad of construction and impact-mitigation would take place throughout the canyon to better accommodate an influx of traffic, visitors, and workers. Part of the project also included extending Interstate 70 west of Eagle, Colorado, creating a major highway through the entirety of the Eagle & Roaring Fork Valleys. Canyon Echos is evidence of a concerned citizenry throughout the project. A Citizens’ Advisory board and the Colorado Department of Transportation held meetings with the public to discuss the project and its many facets, including travel impacts, timeline, updates and changes, as well as the study and science that went into this expansive engineering project.