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Mildred Howard kneeling next to Tip, the dog, in the snow in front of a cabin. Fence in right background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Albert Smith feeding cattle near Wayne Creek corrals. Snow is on the ground. Aspens and fence are visible in the background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The ranch buildings on what later became the Black Mountain Ranch. When this picture was taken in 1935 [photo has both 1934 and 1936 written on it], it was a working ranch (with emphasis on work) and had about fifty acres under cultivation, the balance of the 1,100 acres was pasture and timberland. Pioneers named the hill in the background Sawmill Mountain. Until 1915 the hill was a paradise for grouse and to see fifty or sixty in a flock was...
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Five children lined up by the fence in front of the Avon School. Snow is on the ground. One boy holds a sled, another a pair of skis. Addition to the school is visible. Used on p. 54 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Upper Gypsum School, School District No. 5, in the snow.
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Hanscome's old home after the fire. Tango, the dog, is looking down the road. Alfred and Mary Jane Baker Young Hanscome married at Grand Lake in 1883, then coming to Eagle County, about one mile west of Wolcott. They worked a small ranch until Alfred's death in 1919. Mrs. Hanscome died in 1921. -- Eagle Valley Enterprise Aug. 19, 1921 p.1
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The John Ambos homestead on Congor Mesa, March 20, 2008 (looking northeast). "The Ambos ranch buildings on Conger Mesa in 1907. John Schiller, a Yampa carpenter, did the finishing work on the house after the logs were laid up. Members of the Ambos family lived here until 1919. Among others who occupied it after that date were: the Warren Henry and Hugh Norman families; Shorty Anderson and his son-in-law, Patscheck. Charley and Mildred Cock were...
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Winter on Brush Creek, around 1928.
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Velma Ewing-Larsen stands beside the cabin in the snow.
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Larsen ranch home in winter.
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"Jack and the Turkeys" (caption from photo album). Jack the dog standing in the snow with the turkeys. There is a wagon, small shed, and fenceline in the background.

12. Turkeys

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Larsen family turkeys in a fenced-in area attached to a log building with an open door.
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Winter on Brush Creek. The picture features an intersection of fencelines in the woods.
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Byron McGinnis moving cattle below the Howe homestake cabin on Bellyache during the tour. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Horsemen Byron McGinnis (left) and Carl Gray drive cattle on Bellyache during the tour. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Carl Gray of Eagle moving cattle below the Howe homestake cabin on Bellyache during the tour. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Rail cars at Pando (site of Camp Hale) showing loading area, pens, and track. Some snow on the ground. The second of three photos comprising a panoramic view from left to right.
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Rail cars at Pando (site of Camp Hale) showing loading area, pens, and track. Some snow on the ground. The third of three photos comprising a panoramic view from left to right.
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Rail cars at Pando (site of Camp Hale) showing loading area, pens, and track. Some snow on the ground. The first of three photos comprising a panoramic view from left to right. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Lower Gypsum School during the 1926-27 school year, School District No. 16.