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Photo postcard of the Maxwell place, taken by John Ambos. "Among the very early pioneers of the area were Elliott and Mary Maxwell who located on 160 acres of land at the confluence of the Grand River and Elk Creek, about four miles west of McCoy about 1896. The elevation there was about 6,500 feet, the lowest in the area where most vegetables and some varieties of hardy fruits could be grown." -- McCoy Memoirs p.155
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"The grave of Mary E. Maxwell, 1833-1889. A short distance northwest of the Salt Well. She was the first white woman to be buried at McCoy. Her husband, Elliott, is also buried nearby." -- McCoy Memoirs p.156
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