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Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, mother of Elizabeth Charity and Franklin Pierce Forster. "Henry Moore and his new wife settled down on the farm that Henry's dad had given to him. He didn't plan to stay on his farm for long. He wasn't content with being like the others. He had a dream to join the movement west. But time has a way of slipping by and then they started their family. On July 27, 1854, Elizabeth Charity Forster was born. Another daughter,...
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Gaylord Clark in a school year photograph from 1962-63. He returned to his teaching career after ranching and working at the Gilman Mine.
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A family photograph with the Gates brothers, Albert Gates and James P. Gates, at the Burns ranch. Back row: Bert (George Albert) Gates, Albert, Martha, Mary, Berta, Lemley, Clark and James. Front row: Uncle Albert, Nona holding baby Edith, Grace Gates holding Eva, Grandma "Kate," and Grandpa James P. holding Marie.
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Albert Gates, brother of James P. Gates, and his family. Albert is at far left. Back row, from left: Amelia (Millie) Borwn Gates, Albert's wife; daughter Flora Gates. Front row, from left: son Artie Gates, Flora's daughter, and Anna Gates (daughter of Millie and Albert).
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Moving cattle into the shipping pens at Wolcott, Colorado, to wait for the train. "Daddy Frank also told "Bud" that the first time he could remember going to Wolcott, he was about 5 years old. The cowboys ran their horses down the street shooting their guns. He was so frightened he hid behind his mother's skirt (Grandmother "Nona" Gates). Bet Grandmother was rather uneasy herself." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. Workers with skids and horse teams at right, waiting for the detonation to clear at left.
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"This picture shows rounding up the cattle to start the long trip to the railroad yards. Uncle Orris Albertson said that Grandpa "Bert" Gates could drive cattle anywhere. He must have been quite a cowboy." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Two graves in the Burns area, up Fargo Gulch (left side of County Road 39). One grave marked "Fargo" and the other is "Richards," or possibly "Richardson." Fargo broke both legs crossing the gulch sitting on just the running gears...no bed or box on the wagon. He died of gangrene. Richards (or Richardson) was killed trying to break an outlaw horse at the Newcomer Place, located at the top of Burns Hill. Both graves are marked with natural rock on...
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Bailey School at Burns, Colorado. The log structure is above the "21" Ditch across from the T. Harry Benton home and west of the present Ben Wurtsmith home (formerly known as the Bailey Place). Martha Gates was the teacher as well as Margaret Porter (nee Brooks). Martha is now Mrs. Garland Godbold (1986). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Albert Gates, brother of J. P. Gates, standing next to a woman at Burns in 1910. In the caption, the woman is identified as his daughter, Anna, but given birth and death dates, the woman might also be his wife, Amelia "Milllie" Brown Gates. [Anna was born in 1882, so in this photo she should be 28.]
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Gertrude Charity Debaun, maternal grandmother of Franklin and Elizabeth Forster.
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"Burns, Colo. 1945. Ted Harris, Calvin and Calla James and Nina Harris." -- McCoy Memoirs p.174 "After Mr. and Mrs. James had sold their homestead they moved to Burns where Calvin worked in the timber and also for a short time on the railroad. The couple retired in 1942 and build a home in Eagle. Calvin died there but his wife, Calla still resides in their home." -- McCoy Memoirs p.175 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...
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Group photo of four women, three men, standing in front of a wagon. Horse standing to left of group. Women are wearing bonnets, men wearing hats. Building in left background. Caption on verso: "On our way to a barn dance 1914" [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A cabin at The 21 place on the Benton ranch, built in 1919. Partially burned down.
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The Derby Mesa Schoolhouse on the right; accompanying teacherage on the left. Gaylord Clark was hired as teacher from 1933-1935. Daughter, Lou Clark (Layman) was born to Barbara and Gaylord Clark in the teacherage on September 12, 1933, joining sister, Barbara Jean . An automobile is parked between the buildings and laundry is drying on the clothesline. "The schoolhouse...contained a stove (teachers in those days were expected to carry in wood...
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Studio photograph, from left, "Clark Gates and Bert Gates taken just before they moved to Rock Creek, Colorado from Hebron, Nebraska, 1884. George Albert "Bert" Gates was 12 years old and Clark was age 6." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Fargo and Richards/Richardson gravesites near Burns, Colorado, in 1989.
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Grave "two tenths of a mile up the road to the John Benton house, on the right just off the road. Natural stone faces 'Castle' [peak]. No one seems to know who is buried here." -- Mildred Toomer
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One of the log houses on "Thirteen" in Burns, Colorado. The area is now part of the "Twenty-one" Ranch belonging to Benton Land & Livestock Co. The houses are no longer in existence. The sod roof on the log building is clearly visible. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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James P. Gates seated, reading. "J. P. had heard about gold being found in Routt county, and also that land could be filed on for homesteading in both Routt and Eagle counties in the state of Colorado. So he loaded up his family and headed west. They arrive in Routt county about 1885. James P. filed on some land on Rock Creek. Then he found a place for the family to stay in Yampa, Colo. George Albert, 13, and Clark Lemley, 7 years old, went to school...