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Students and teacher, Miss Patterson, in front of Spring Valley School, Gypsum. The log school building has six tall, paned windows providing light to the classroom. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Joe and Jane Dice standing outside the Beecher Gulch Place in the snow. Jane is wearing a snowsuit. Joe is in shirtsleeves with mittens, boots, and helmet. The log building has icicles hanging off the roof. This building is still standing [2007].
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A family gathering at the J.W. Edwards' house, probably after Joe and Emma's wedding. Left to right: John K. and Ella Casteel Edwards, Granda (Mamie) Miller; skip 4 popel; Emma and Joe Edwards; Nick Edwards (Joe's brother); boy's sitting, Ellis and Karlton Miller.
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[Information taken from "The Margaret A. Downing Branch of the Lauffer Family," prepared by Blanche Tracy Kyes in June 1989, and provided by John Flynn.] Ma: Margaret A. Lauffer, married on Sept. 20, 1872, to James Madison Downing in Guthrie County, Iowa. Pa: James "Jim" Madison Downing, born in Cedar County, Iowa, and died March 21, 1937, in Marble, Colorado. "Jim Downing, considered to be one of the 'most fearless' bear hunters in the Rockies."...
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Elizabeth and Annie (Mrs. James) Holden standing on the front port of their house in Avon. They are in the same pose as John and James Holden in a related photo [1986.001.151]. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Five generations of women in one family, probably taken at the "Halfway House," once on the Fulford Ranch, about .5 mile north of the forks. 1. Elizabeth Halloran; 2. Sarah Jane Fulford; 3. Adelaide Morgan; 4. Nettie Peterson; 5. Lillian Peterson [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Sixteen school children and their teacher lined up in front of the Avon School. School horse barn is visible in far right background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Nellie Abrams, daughter of Loyal Abrams, granddaughter of Mary Jennie Abrams, standing in front of log cabin
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"The Blacktail School near Radium, Colo., in 1909. Back Row: Dewey Leroux, Dora Mugrage, Jessie Cannon (teacher), Alonzo Hudson, Leon Leroux. In front: Andrew Henry, Laura Mugrage, Leander Hoyt, Ammi Hoyt." -- verso caption [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Family group standing in the sideyard next to the Kavanaugh home in Minturn. Front gate visible on right. From left to right: 2 neighbors, Hilma Kavanaugh holding baby Mary, John Kavanaugh and Blanche Wyatt Kavanaugh.
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The Theisens: Emma, Juanita, Mrs. Mary Theisen, and Marie. Martin and Mary Theisen were married in Denver in 1891. Juanita was born in 1895; Emma in 1897 and Marie in 1902. In 1904, they moved to Routt County and in 1905 they established their own ranch on Congor Mesa. This photo is labeled 1908 but, from the appearance of the girls, it may have been later. --McCoy Memoirs, p.252 Same as 1992.004B.059, second John Ambos album. Only entered...
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Joe Dice on Sally, the mare, at the Half-Way barn up Brush Creek. Rex, the dog, is visible under the horse's belly. Joe, ten years old, rode past the barn on his way to school. The Half-Way barn (at the entrance now in 2007 to Sylvan Park) was a stage stop for the Eagle to Fulford stage line. The barn was long with plenty of room and freight wagons could be parked. The teamsters switched horses here and, if necessary, could sleep in the hay.
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"Yarmony Creek School, 1909. Ethel McCoy, Lucille Kibbler, Frank Groh and the teacher." -- McCoy Memoirs p.213 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Two girls and a man on a wagon drawn by a 2-horse team. Dog in foreground. Ping's place in background. "McCollum" written on back of photo. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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John Holden and father, James, standing on the porch of their house in Avon. The house is log and frame. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1936: Four children and female teacher standing on the steps of log schoolhouse: Teacher Martha Gates; children Rose Marie Bailey, "Billy" Wurtsmith, Alzora and John Benton. School built by James P. Gates. Photo taken in 1936. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Jane and Joe Dice sitting on the front step of Melissa Larsen Tresize' log cabin (across from Lower Brush Creek School). This is the location of School House Ranch today (2007). Both children wear hats.
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Lou Clark (Layman), approximately 15 years old, on horse, Daisy, in front of the Clark house. The log house at the foot of Squaw Creek was the Clark home from late 1945 until 1953.
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Nine children seated on a log for a photograph, all residents on Bellyache Mountain.
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Bertha McCain holding baby Grace, standing next to an unidentified woman. They are in the yard in front of a log house.