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Nostalgia & History > Pando, [Camp Hale], ColoradoDate: 03/27/17 07:11 Pando, [Camp Hale], Colorado Author: flynn There is an interesting article, “A sacred place: A tribute to Sandy Treat and the 10th Mountain Division” in the Vail Daily newspaper.
http://www.vaildaily.com/news/a-sacred-place-a-tribute-to-sandy-treat-and-the-10th-mountain-division Three railroad pictures from the Denver Public Library. Picture 1, “Call Number: Z-5342. Title: Pando, during Camp Hale construction. Date 1942. Summary: A view the railroad depot and box cars at Pando (Eagle County), Colorado. People stand near railroad tracks as a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive approaches the depot. The ground is covered in snow. Description: 1 photographic print ; 7 x 12 cm. (3 x 4 1/2 in.) Is Part Of 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection. Source: Betty Seller John.” Date: 03/27/17 07:14 Re: Pando, [Camp Hale], Colorado Author: flynn Picture 2, “Call Number: Z-5345. Title: Pando Sta. Colo. leaving Camp Hale for the air corps. Date: 1943 Nov. Summary: A view of the Pando depot near Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. A group of soldiers in uniform wait near railroad tracks. Mountains are in the distance. Description: 1 photographic print ; 9 x 13 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). Is Part Of 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection. Source: Fay Fairvalley.”
Date: 03/27/17 07:16 Re: Pando, [Camp Hale], Colorado Author: flynn Picture 3, “Call Number: RR-1693. Title: D&RGW freight train eastbound at Pando, Colo. Creator: Richardson, Robert W. Date: 1954. Summary: View of a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company freight train stopped near Pando (Eagle County), Colorado. The train is pulled by a type 3600 locomotive. Shows gondola cars with ore, and box cars. Richard Kindig stands to the side with a camera on a tripod. Description: 1 negative : nitrate ; 7 x 11 cm. (3 x 4 1/2 in.).”
Date: 03/27/17 09:49 Re: Pando, [Camp Hale], Colorado Author: hogheaded Picture 1: Somebody must have gotten carried away with the dynamite during Camp Hale's construction.
EO Date: 03/27/17 10:43 Re: Pando, [Camp Hale], Colorado Author: monaddave Thanks for the look. My Dad, who will be 93 in May, served with the 10th. Lots of stories.
Dave in Missoula Date: 03/27/17 11:22 Re: Pando, [Camp Hale], Colorado Author: SPDRGWfan Incidentally, after I moved to Rochester NY in the late 1980's, the consulting firm I worked for was installing water supply wells for the 10th Mountain Division which of course, many many yeasr later than these photographs, was moved to Fort Drum NY.
Cheers, Jim Fitch Date: 03/27/17 13:38 Re: Pando, [Camp Hale], Colorado Author: elueck Looks like Dick Kindig on the right in photo #3
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