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Darrell Barnes and Guy Barnes in the lettuce patch at the Castle homestead. The cabin is visible in the background.
"Grass and sage brush were cleared from a large area not far from the cabin and the cleared land was planted to make a lettuce field. Barnes was able to sell the lettuce crop by hauling it to town in a wagon pulled by horses. The lettuce was loaded into a railroad car and shipped to market. It was packed in ice to keep it fresh and...
4. Doug Hughes
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Doug Hughes hoeing lettuce on Squaw Creek, circa 1928.
"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, his uncles and aunts. The youngest of them, Maybelle,...
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"Field of lettuce being irrigated on experimental farm at Avon. Note irrigation furrows halfway between rows."
In: High Altitude Vegetable Growing: Lettuce--Cauliflower--Peas, by R. A. McGinty. Fort Collins, Colorado Experiment Station, Horticultural Division, Bulletin No. 309, May, 1926. p.13.
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Family gathering in lettuce fields of Bachelor Gulch.
L to R: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Chestain; Guy Cates (Mamie Rodgers' brother) sitting on lettuce crate, holding Grace Rodgers (White); Mamie Rodgers; Ed Rodgers; Aunt Teddy Tolbey.
Used on p. 64 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10. "Tera" Miller
11. Picking lettuce
12. Lettuce harvest
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Everkrisp Lettuce crate label, Stanley Fruit Company, Avon, Colorado. Lettuce was produced in Avon, Beaver Creek and the surrounding areas in the 1920s and early 30s. Used on p. 62 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Esther Edwards [Rogers] chewing on a head of lettuce while supported by her uncle, Ellis Miller. Crates of picked lettuce are in the background.
Esther was born in November 1925 on Bellyache Mountain. "Dr. Rucker failed to register my birth. It's not clear to me why that was. ... However, it did cause one problem when I tried to get a birth certificate in order to get a passport." -- Esther Rogers March 3, 2013