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Darrell Barnes and Guy Barnes in the lettuce patch at the Castle homestead. The cabin is visible in the background.
"Grass and sage brush were cleared from a large area not far from the cabin and the cleared land was planted to make a lettuce field. Barnes was able to sell the lettuce crop by hauling it to town in a wagon pulled by horses. The lettuce was loaded into a railroad car and shipped to market. It was packed in ice to keep it fresh and...
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"This photo was taken on the old Wilmont Ranch on Sheephorn Creek in 1915. In the group are" Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tester and their two children, Ralph and May McGlochlin. The boy in the center remains unidentified." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 194
Eagle Valley Enterprise Dec. 27, 1918 p.1: "Ralph McGlochlin, who has the mail contract from Wolcott to State Bridge was in town Monday evening. With the Moffat road tied up just before Christmas when the mails...
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Charles B. "Charley" McCoy (son of Charles H. McCoy, founder of McCoy, Colorado) seated with his family. Wife, Stella Hatch (married in 1900) has one arm on Charley's shoulder and one hand on daughter Mildred (born in 1913). Daughter Ethel (born in 1902) is seated at far left. A different pose for a photo taken on the same day is used on p. 105 of McCoy Memoirs by John Ambos.
Charley McCoy developed a ranch on Yarmony Creek, five miles east...