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"This house, located on the south side of the Colorado River is presently the property of a Denver attorney, John Comer. It was build by Earl Brooks about 1920 and considered one of the better homes of the McCoy area. The Brooks family lived in it for seventeen years before moving to California." -- McCoy Memoirs p.152
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8. Horn Ranch
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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The low building on the right was the kitchen, the two story addition had two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that...
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Neff and Rogers families, standing in the front yard.
From left to right: Mr. Marcus Neff, Mrs. Neff (Annabelle Crawford), Lizzy (Elizabeth) Neff Rogers, Lizzy's sister, Pauline Rogers Roberts; Bob Rogers (married to Lizzy) is kneeling in front
(Inscribed May 1954 on back but Mr. Neff died in 1944; most likely an error.)
"Mr. and Mrs. Bob (Lizzy) Rogers and daughter, Pauline, lived in town. Bob Rogers built the log cabin they lived in (Sandra Rose...
11. Jane Darrow
12. Gilman
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The Howard Van Horn house, log construction, in McCoy, Colorado. There is a rocking chair on the front porch, a screen door, and a second story entrance accessible by stairs.
"Howard and Mattie Van Horn and daughters came from Edwards about 1917 looking for a location. They bought part of the former Groh ranch from Hollis Brooks. This property adjoined the old D.O. Bailey place on the south, about 30 acres were under cultivation under a ditch but...
17. Mae Smith
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The main ranch house at the Lucky GJ Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned the Hilltop...