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Redcliff, named for the surrounding cliffs covered in quartzite, has been a continuous settlement at the junction of Turkey Creek and Eagle River since 1879. Leadville miners founded the town in the early days of Colorado’s silver boom when they came over Tennessee Pass scouting for better prospects. This was the first permanent community on the Eagle River, and the town served as the County seat from 1883 until 1921.
Redcliff boomed as a mining town at the turn of the century with the first toll roads, hotels, bank, sawmill, grocery stores, dairies, saloons, and even an opera house.
Today many of Redcliff’s residents are employed in nearby Vail, Avon, and Beaver Creek. The community attracts bicyclists, hikers and cross-country skiers who enjoy Shrine Mountain Pass and the surrounding White River National Forest. Redcliff is experiencing somewhat of a resurgence due to these recreational visitors and to the proposed Ginn development.
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