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"Homecoming Day at McCoy, June 15, 1975. Of the 225 who attended, a good many had left shortly before the picture was taken by Tom Sherwood." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.338 The photo has been name indexed and is available at the Eagle Public Library Local History Department. ...
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At the Ambos trailer in Glenwood Springs on October 31, 1969. From left, Maude Ambos, Libby Bedell, Lillian Miller, Chris Miller and Lulu Horn. Maude appears to be holding a pumpkin cake. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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McCoy hunters, horses and dog on Piney Creek in October 1907. From left, Emmett Quinlan, Fritz Arendt, Harry Groh. F. W. Ambos is taking the picture. In McCoy Memoirs, p. 10, there is the same shot only with F. W. Ambos included and Harry Groh taking the picture. According to John Ambos, "In the early years of the 1900's deer were not plentiful in the McCoy area." [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]...
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The John Ambos Ranch on Congor Mesa in the foreground with the Martin Schomers Ranch in the background. Martin Schomers was among the last to homestead on the Congor Mesa. "Schomers died of tick fever in May of 1940 after being ill only a short time. The children fell heir to his property but since two were still minors, the estate was not settled until 1944. During the intervening time Darrell Ray, who was married to Helen Schomers in 1939, operated...
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Participants at a birthday party on October 28, 1969, at Bay Terrace in Glenwood Springs. From left, John and Maude Ambos, Libby Bedell, Chris Miller, Lillian Miller, and Lulu Horn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Students and teacher at Conger Mesa School, December 1912. From left, Marie Theisen, Ed Schrupp, Cecil Gray, Emma Theisen, Katherine Ebert, John Ambos, Mary Ebert, Kate Pound (teacher), Ethel Gray, Lena and Emma Schrupp. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The John Ambos homestead cabin, built in 1903. This photo, taken in 1909, shows Fritz Arendt who was batching in it, his dogs and an assortment of firearms. Fritz, an early day ranch hand, hunter, trapper, Game Warden and poacher left the McCoy area for Utah about 1911 and never returned. The cabin was demolished in 1912 and the salvaged material used for other purposes." --McCoy Memoirs, p. 238 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the...
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"Pioneer Day at McCoy, August 18, 1968. [From left] Leilah and Perry Ault, John and Maude Ambos." -- McCoy Memoirs p.334 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A group of former McCoyites at Glenwood Springs in 1964. Left to right: Harry Groh, Mrs. Frank Groh, Mrs. Katherine Tuyls, Frank Groh, Jessie Groh, Mae Grimes, Ferdinand Ambos, Elsie Brooks, Hollis Brooks and Lulu Horn." -- McCoy Memoirs p.211 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]