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"Threshing grain on the Bill Winslow Ranch, Sheephorn 1914. Clarence Rundell, Ammi Hoyt, --?--, Everett Hoyt, Chas. Gutzler." -- verso caption "The machine at left is the thresher, appearing to be an early model that is hand fed as best I can determine. I think men on the stack are feeding the stacked grain into the machine, with straw discharge out of sight to left of photo. In any case, the horses in foreground are hooked to a 'horse power'. This...
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Warren Seiler, son of Jennie Seiler, on horseback at the Lloyd Ranch.
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Barbara Clark, Eagle County teacher, with Daisy, the horse, at the Bar-Gay Ranch near Edwards, Colorado (at the mouth of Squaw Creek). Ring, the dog (previously owned by Tom Pearch), is standing next to Mrs. Clark. The Bar-Gay Ranch was originally the Hawley place. Gaylord and Barbara Clark bought the house and outbuildings; the land was a school section which they leased for 99 years.
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"Ammi Hoyt on his way to a railroad siding with a load of potatoes for shipment to market. Until 1925 most potatoes were still being hauled by horse drawn wagons, but shortly afterwards hauling was done by trucks." -- McCoy Memoirs p.199 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Jack Booco and Leonard Horn on horseback in 1921. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Merry-go-round in Glenwood Springs. A man is holding a girl on a horse on the inside track. Possibly a Strawberry Day event.
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Two riders on horseback facing the camera. Barn in background and dogs in left midground. Inscription on photo: "Don't U think our horses nice?" [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The branding crew at the "Edge" corral on the Benton Ranch in the 1930s.One young mounted cowboy and four others are lined up for the photo; the firewood is in the foreground; cattle are behind the men.
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Marie Nottingham and friend returning from pack trip to Piney Lake. The women are on horseback, standing in a meadow. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Melonie Gordon, 1979-1980 Rodeo Queen, on stage during the Eagle County Fair.
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"A train of freight wagons like these were a common sight on the road between Wolcott and Routt County points, before the advent of the Moffatt Road. By traveling together freighters could lend assistance to one another in case of an equipment breakdown, encountering a mudhole or a steep grade, of which there were many. This photo was taken about a mile north west of McCoy, by A. B. Noyce of Steamboat Springs in the spring of 1903. The three freighters...
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Sterel Thompson on horse at Kent. "It [the bridle arrangement] is generally known as a hackamore, and most frequently used to start young horses. It obviously does not use a bit in the horse's mouth, and therefore protects sensitive tissues from abuse. Also could be used for horses with some form of existing sensitivty. Usually a transition was made to a bridle with a bit. The California vaquero tradition used this process to patiently produce a...
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Ed Rodgers and Stanley Gustafson with "dudes" from Texas getting ready for an outing. All the men are mounted on horses with a pack horse at the far left. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The trail drive to Wolcott, Colorado (the nearest shipping point from Burns, Colorado) was always an exciting time, eating and sleeping on the trail. But it also meant lots of hard work and long hours. Frank Gates (Dad) told his son George Albert "Bud" Gates that he was 12 years old before he was allowed to go on the trail drive. He was so excited." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Stacking hay on the Chester Mayer Ranch (Eagle, Colorado), not the Eagle Ranch subdivision on Brush Creek. The hay was lifted to the top of the stack by a "Mormon Derrick," a weight and pulley arrangement using a crane. The derrick is in the center of the photo with horse teams and rakes "pushing" hay to the loading area. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Edie Lederhause, 1980-1981 Rodeo Queen, at left, after being crowned. Karen Greenman, at right, is receiving her sash as Attendant during the Eagle County Fair.
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Brandie Burke, 1984-85 Rodeo Junior Princess. Brandie is nine years old in this photo, holding balloons, bouquet and belt buckle.
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One of two watches, possibly made in Denmark in the late 1800s, for the Doll brothers of Gypsum. The watch was passed down from John [Kennedy] Doll, adopted son of Charles Hiram Doll, to John C. Doll, who later changed his name to John C. Gregg, after his stepfather. The watch has a quarter hand for timing splits (horse racing).
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Jr. Princess Jo Jo Walker and Queen Lacey Satterfield at the Pretty Baby Contest, Eagle County Fair 1988.
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Lola Nottingham, oldest daughter of Clyde Nottingham, seated on Tony, the horse. Nera, the dog, is in the foreground. They stand in front of Emmett Nottingham's house at Avon, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]