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Mary Ann and Joe Carter in the drive in front of the original warming house at the Whittaker Ski tow. They made the house their summer home for three years before the sale of the ranch. Cars, campers, and playground equipment in the background.

Studio portrait of Addison L. and Bird Crawford Hockett, early pioneers of Eagle County. He married Birdie Crawford on November 22, 1898. They lived in Gypsum and had six children. Addison's father, Barclay Hockett, first settled on the mouth of Brush Creek in 1882, in an area now known as Hockett Gulch. Barclay Hockett was Eagle's first postmaster. [Thanks to Bill Stephens, Sr., for this information.] [Title supplied from catalog prepared by...

Jack and Ella Layton standing in front of their house in Eagle, Colorado. Jack arrived in Eagle County [then part of Summit County] in 1879. He prospected, hunted and fished on Brush Creek, arriving "early enough to see Indians." [Eagle County History, 1940] He married his wife, Ella, on August 5, 1891. Together, they ranched and lived in Eagle.

Isabel and Louis Nesthouse standing at Brush Creek. [Taken during same outing as 2012.005.033.] Isabel was born in Red Cliff in 1907 and graduated from Eagle High School. She graduated from Greeley Teachers' College and taught school in Aspen and Eagle. She married Louis Nesthouse of Gilman in 1936.

The original warming cabin across from the Whittaker Ranch ski tow. Mary Ann and Joe Carter used it as a summer home for three years before the ranch sold. They are sitting on the porch of the cabin in this photo.

Hans puts his arm around his wife, Hester, for a picture. A car can be seen to the left of Hans in the background, with mountains and trees.