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Monica Barnes holding baby Boyd in the sunshine.
"The homestead cabin was built on a hill. ... Water for the cabin came from a spring located up a hill from the cabin. Water for drinking, household use, baths and doing laundry was carried by bucket from the spring. Clothes were washed on a wash board. Water for doing laundry was heated on the wood burning stove and then carried to the tubs used for washing as needed. There was no electircity...
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Monica Heeren Barnes holding son, Boyd Barnes, born July 5, 1920. They are in the cabin door on Castle, the original homestead.
She was born in 1899 in Whiting, Iowa. She was helping her cousin on a ranch in South Dakota when she met Guy T. Barnes, working as a herdsman. They married and moved to Eagle, Colorado, where Mr. Barnes was employed by Andrew Christiansen.
"While living in a cabin owned by Mr. Christainsen, Guy and Monica Barnes began...
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Monica Barnes hold the reins to the family work horses with Boyd Barnes standing in front of her.
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Joe Figgins, his mother, Birdie, and Lola Figgins stand around a new puppy on a chair. They are on a porch with a door behind them.
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Hester Larsen and her children, Duane & Melissa. The outcropping at the top left corner is part of a building roof and there is a tree directly behind them.
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A baby (Bob Larsen?) gets some assistance from a woman with standing.