Architectural Inventory Form for 100 South Ridge Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Historic building name(s): Bank of Breckenridge; Engle Bros. Exchange Bank. Date of construction (actual): 1881.
Cultural Resource Historians LLCGeorge and Gertrude Engle stand in the entry of a snow tunnel across Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. The stone front of Charles A. Finding's hardware store is in view behind them.
UnidentifiedElmer C. Peabody dedicated this typed manuscript to his granddaughters in 1952. In it, he shares his memories of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899 as a fourteen year old boy living in Breckenridge. Of particular interest is Elmer's description of "snow bikes". Also, he tells about mail delivery and transportation by skis, low food supplies and Mrs. Kaiser's cow, and dances held at G.A.R. Hall and Fireman's Hall.
Peabody, Elmer CliftonView of the Summit County Courthouse, facing Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado. In the foreground is a rough-hewn log cabin with a rock chimney and The Engle Brother's Bank on Ridge Street. Circa after 1910.
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