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41. Mabel Colerick
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Sarah Mabel Brown was born in Polk City Iowa July 14, 1877 and her family later moved to Chicago. She was the last Fulford school teacher 1909-1912. She went by Mabel S. Brown. She met surveyor/miner William (Billy) Colerick (1869-1944) in Fulford. She died Oct.1, 1964, age 87 in Los Angeles Ca. She would have been about 80 in the 1957 photo of Mabel's Madhouse.
Mabel bought and owned the Fulford cabin in her name alone (1927). The original 1893...
44. Mabel Colerick
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"I think it would be best to label this as 'homestead on Hernage Creek' rather than 'Hernage Homestead.' I checked the patent records and they do not indicate that Henry Hernage homesteaded this specific parcel. Rather, he homesteaded clser to the mouth of Brush Creek. ... Location: T5S R84W Sec. 21, NW1/4 SW1/4 A patent search indicated the earliest record on this property is a homestead claim by Issac Kalbaugh on 160 acres in 1912. However,...
47. Cabin on Piney
49. Mewthing cabin
52. Henry family
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The Warren Henry family standing in front of their cabin on Henry Creek. From left: Mary, Florence, Warren and Ruth Henry. There are antlers piled between Florence and Warren. The cabin has a sod roof.
"Warren Henry and his brother, Bill, were familiar figures around McCoy during the early days of the 1900's. They were both Daddy McCoy's ranchhands and also did freighting between Wolcott and Yampa. Both brothers homesteaded on Blacktail Creek."...
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Emma Edwards standing in front of the homestead cabin in winter.
Emma wrote in little Joe's [Joseph Klyde Edwards] baby book, 1925: "When you were 5 months old we were going over to your Grandma Millers in the sleigh. One runner ran up on the bank and the other in the soft snow making the sleigh tip over on its side and threw you and me out in the snowdrift. You were asleep and never even woke up." -- Esther Rogers, March 3, 2013