Eagle Valley Manuscripts

: Canyon Echos- Volume 1, Number 5: September, 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.

: Certificate of Baptism for Melissa Larsen; Melissa Larsen (Trezise) was baptized on 11/30/1913 at Eagle Methodist Episcopal Church.

: Certificate of Honor for Robert Webb; A certificate of honor awarded to "Robert Webb for Regular Attendance, Good Deportment, and commendable progress in the Studies of the Eighth grade of the Eagle School. Awarded at Eagle this 25 day of May 1928." The award was for achievement in Arithmetic. His teacher was Mrs. George Ferguson, Jr.

: Certificate of Naturalization for Hans Larsen; Hans Larsen became a naturalized United States citizen on 10/02/1920 having moved from Denmark.

: Chapter 1: Before 1879; The first chapter of the typescript "Early Days on the Eagle" written by MacDonald Knight. This chapter may be from his thesis (1953) or was part of the final published verison of the book (1964). After serving overseas in the army, he came home and moved directly to Holy Cross City, an isolated mining camp. He eventually became a teacher, was chosen as a Fulbright Scholar, and lived in Paonia for several decades. In 1964, Knight and a colleague wrote "Early Days on the Eagle", which is still considered an excellent reference source for early Eagle County.

: Christmas Concert Program from Brush Creek School; A handmade program for a Christmas concert at the Brush Creek School. Titled "Merry Christmas to All." Undated. 28 performances are listed, along with the names of the performers. The performers include Ralph Beck, Mittie Borah, Eddie Long, Mamie Long, Roy Long, Willie Long, Miss Mahoney, Alan Metheny, the Peterson Girls, Leila Peterson, Lilliam Peterson, Dorothy "Dora" Shryack, Paul Shryack, and Byron Zartman.

: Class Night Program; A program for "Class Night" held at Red Cliff Union High School in Red Cliff, Colorado, on May 15, 1947. The event included music from the school band, awards, and a senior class play. The program appears to be two documents, but the third page ("Baccalaureate Service") was an insert provided in the program.

: Clayton Gerard's Birth Certificate; Certified copy of Clayton's birth certificate dated 01/10/1943

: Climbin' Through - program of high school performance; Program of Eagle High School performance of Climbin' Through: A comedy in three acts. Date unknown but presumed to be 1921-1926 based on the list of student actors.

: Contour sketch of the Eagle Vanadium Company's Consolidated Mines; A contour sketch map of the Eagle Vanadium Company's consolidated mines, located along Brush Creek. This map was created in August of 1915. Charles G. Walker, a mining engineer and surveyor, may have drawn the map. According to Alda Borah, Charles "Chas" G. Walker was in charge of surveying all the mines on Salt and Brush Creek.

: Cradle Roll (Sunday School enrollment) for Melissa Larsen; The Cradle Roll Certificate was the enrollment into Sunday School at Eagle Methodist Episcopal Church. Dated 06/15/1913

: Crown Hill Cemetery; A description of the founding of Crown Hill Cemetery, one of the first cemeteries created in the Eagle Valley. "Enclosed you will find a brief sketch of the founding of Crown Hill Cemetery. I wanted you to know how we lived without a place for our dead, what we did without telephones, how we built our own coffins and how, at least one man could live among us and never really be known, and how a child grew to womanhood in those surroundings. There are other ways of telling the simple story but I thought this one quite effective." - Mabel Poage, 1889-1973.

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