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Colorado.
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Eagle
County, Colorado
The lead
carbonate strike in Leadville in 1874 brought many prospectors
to the valley which became Eagle County. By 1879 a permanent
camp was established and became the town of Redcliff. Eagle
county was formed in 1883 from Summit County. The original
county seat was Redcliff. The county seat moved to the town of
Eagle in 1921.
Eagle
county is located in the Rocky Mountains to the west of Denver.
I-70 runs east-west through the middle of the county. Once
dependent upon mining and agriculture, today's economy is driven
by tourism. The Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts are located in
Eagle County. The evolution of Vail into an international resort
is credited to the famous 10th Mountain Division ski troops who
were introduced to the valley while training at Camp Hale in the
1940s. Following World War II, a group of former Army buddies
returned and developed a ski resort, Vail.
Eagle
County includes the towns of Vail, Avon, Edwards, Minturn,
Eagle, Gypsum, Dotsero and Basalt, CO
In 1995,
Eagle County had a population of 28,844. In 2015 Eagle County
had a population of 53,605
Eagle County Courthouse
in 1932
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