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Six people sitting on port of "Thirteen" house, Burns, Colorado. From left to right: Frank Benton, Marie Durbin Bainum (cousin to Grace), Grace Benton (Mrs. Frank), T. Harry Benton (son), unidentified man, Charles Mann. (The latter two men are from the Mann Livestock Commission Co.) [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nogal, Eagle, Colorado, standing outside. Mr. Nogal has a hat in his right hand. They came to Eagle on March 23, 1885, from Cedarvale, Kansas. The photo was taken on their 50th wedding anniversary. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait photograph of John Welsh, original homesteader and owner of the J over J Ranch, now (2009) 4 Eagle Ranch 4 miles north of Wolcott. He is wearing a three-piece suit with tie tack and a Masonic pin in his lapel. John Welsh also built a house on Wall Street in Eagle, Colorado, where the family of Charles and Sallie (Welsh) Hartman stayed during the winter so the children could attend school. John Welsh lost the Ranch in 1929 or 1930...
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Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thoberg, Eagle, Colorado. Mr. Thoberg is seated on a rock wall; Mrs. Thobert is standing to his left, leaning on the same rock wall. Both are in formal attire for the occasion. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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post-1879: Portrait photo [copied from newspaper] of Joe Brett, first settler to locate homestead in Edwards, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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C.1900: Mr. Stone (Stoney), livestock foreman for Doll Brothers Ranch. Mr. Stone is seated, right side of face to the camera. He wears a corduroy jacket, shirt and tie, and is not wearing a hat. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait photograph of Mary Elizabeth Shields Welsh, wife of John Welsh, mother of Sallie Welsh Hartman. She and her husband homesteaded the J over J Ranch north of Wolcott (now the 4 Eagle Ranch). The story of their early days establishing the ranch was written by their daughter, Sallie Welsh Hartman, and is titled "Early Days in Eagle County" [RARE 978.844 H3331].
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Keith Gerard riding a horse.
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Keith Gerard in the fields.
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Hans Larsen can be seen in the background with the horses, wagon, and equipment to dig potatoes. Gladys and Teddy are pictured in the foreground (names from photograph). Teddy appears to be sitting on a full sack of potatoes and there are others scattered throughout the photograph.
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Brush Creek Annual Picnic at the Larsen's on the Sproule Ranch. Many children and adults are gathered in a field; there is a fence in the background with many trees.
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Figgins family members pose with a large fish. From left to right: Hester, "Daddy", George, and (?).
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A man (Mr. Giles?) stands with Daisy and new foal, Flossie.
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Branding cattle on the Gerard ranch.
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Three men drive cattle down a dirt road. On the far right is Keith Gerard with a stray calf in front of him.
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Arthur & Lulu Horn were ranchers in northern part of Eagle County in McCoy on the Rock Creek Ranch.
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Meeting between ranchers and the Forest Service held at the CCC Camp, Yeoman Park, in the 1930s. Adrian "Abe" Reynolds, founder of the Eagle Valley Enterprise is wearing the dark suit and standing in the back row. Back row: 7th from left Adrian Reynolds (father of Marilla McCain); 8th Ellery Burford, sheep rancher; 9th L. J. Borah, Gypsum Creek rancher and guide Front row: 2d from left Clyde Schlegel, McCoy rancher; 3rd Cyrus Dice, rancher; 4th...