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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Douglas Martin / The Bulletin
June 1, 2008
Earl Eaton, a dreamer who grew up glorying in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado as a hunter, a hiker, a prospector and a skier, then looked anew at a nameless 11,570-foot-high mountain and envisioned what became Vail, one of America’s most popular ski resorts, died May 25 at his home in....