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"A grain threshing outfit and crew on the Frank Groh ranch on lower Rock Creek in 1911. From left to right they are Phil Hines and Frank Parker, who were onlookers. Next are Charley McCoy and Tom Wohler, who owned the outfit. Then Phil Kapale, Ben Butler, unknown, Ed Bailey, Frank Groh, Jr., Harry Groh and Sam Kibbler. While in operation, it was the duty of the owners to see that all parts of the equipment were functioning properly. Other men...
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Threshing crew on the Borah Ranch, Eagle, 1914. Man on top feeding the thresher; chaff blown out; men bagging at right.
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Photo postcard of threshing grain on the Ambos Ranch. Surrounded by threshing equipment, Jim Jones, Martin Schomers, and L. E. Kirby are standing on the sorter platform. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Threshing equipment with two men operating the machinery on the Offerson Ranch (near the weaning sheds on Wayne Creek). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Threshing oats by a group that moved equipment from farm to farm near Eagle, Colo" - Alda Borah. Dated 1915.
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Threshing on the Frank Groh Ranch on lower Rock Creek, below McCoy, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"On the old home farm, threshing time" - from Alda Borah. Leo Daugherty and Alvin Kilgore are carrying a heavy sack over to the pile. Another man oversees the bagging process. The threshing machine is a Gaar Scott & Co, who introduced steam engine threshing machines around 1884, then went out of business in 1911.
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The McCoy and Wohler grain threshing outfit on the Frank Groh ranch, lower Rock Creek near McCoy, in 1911. Related to 1992.004A.026 Left to right: Charles McCoy, Phil Kapale, Frank Groh, Cliff Daniels, Harry Groh, Ben Butler, Tom Wohler, Sam Kibbler, Ed Baily [from verso of photo] [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]