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Twin daughters of Frank and Rowena Walker George, Gretchen and Rowena, in 1917.
"Gretchen and Rowena, twins of Frank and Rowena George, were seven month babies and doctors said in those days that seven month babies couldn't live. Also, their mother Rowena lived just four days after their birth. One can only imagine the heartache Frank George went through at that time. But Frank could not give up his twin baby girls without trying everything he could...
5. John Hartman
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Doug Hughes and Maybelle "Dickie" Yandell across the valley from Squaw Creek. Dickie is Doug's aunt, Melba's sister.
"Melba Yandell Hughes and her family came to Squaw Creek because of the lettuce. Melba had been married when her family lived in Oklahoma, and had lost her husband after their son, Doug, was born. Eldest of eight children, Melba moved back home so her son could enjoy family life and the attention of all those brothers and sisters--actually,...
10. Tracy Sisters
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Left to right, top: Clarine, Leah, and Lola. Bottom: Frances, Blanche and Hazel.
"Frank and Blanche Tracy and six daughters.
Leah Tracy was born on Jan. 25, 1897, in Guthrie Center, Iowa. She was married Sept. 7, 1919, to Raymond Clarence Staley in Gypsum.
Clarine Tracy was born Feb. 12, 1900, in Marble, Colorado. She died Dec. 17, 1915, in Salida, Colorado, and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Gypsum.
Lola Tracy was born on Oct. Oct. 31, 1901,...
11. Chester Ridgeway
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The children of Adrian Reynolds, Jr., and Rhoda May Wall Reynolds, taken between 1916 and 1918. From left to right: Wynonia, Pauline; Marilla is in front. The girls are dressed up and Pauline is wearing a bowed headband.
Wynonia married Claude Peterson; Pauline married Frank Byers; Marilla married Howard McCain.
13. Greiner Family
14. Hart Children
18. Metcalf Family
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The John C. Metcalf family who came to Avon in 1883. From L to R: Lizzy Metcalf, Emma, John, Amy and John C.. Metcalf.
In the Eagle County Blade [Mar. 13, 1902], there was an obituary for Emma Metcalf, "...aged about 15 years, the second daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Metcalf, of Edwards...." Burial was in the Edwards cemetery. "The deceased was a granddaughter of Mr. John W. Love of Eagle."
19. Beck Family
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Studio portrait of the Beck Family circa 1899. The family was living in Iowa at the time. Ira Earl Beck, lower left in portrait, is the progenitor of the Beck Family in Red Cliff, Colorado.
Mother: May Abduie Scott Beck (Wisconsin; Scottish)
Father: Chambers Mortimer Beck (Johnstown, PA; Pennsylvania Dutch)
Children: Aura Bell (born April 13, 1886); Floyd Mortimer (born July 14, 1887); Viola Agnes (born April 14, 1888); Ira Earl (born March 13,...