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Wilhelmina Schoop Ambos, her daughter-in-law Minnie (married to Leonard), and grandson, Jack (son of Minnie and Leonard), at the Black Mountain Ranch. Jack is seated on a horse and the ranch house is in the background. Verso: "Happy days" [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"This photo was taken on the old Wilmont Ranch on Sheephorn Creek in 1915. In the group are" Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tester and their two children, Ralph and May McGlochlin. The boy in the center remains unidentified." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 194 Eagle Valley Enterprise Dec. 27, 1918 p.1: "Ralph McGlochlin, who has the mail contract from Wolcott to State Bridge was in town Monday evening. With the Moffat road tied up just before Christmas when the mails...
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Marty Miller on horse. Photo is facing south, west of Arrowhead. [processing date Mar 1967]
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Nicholas and Mary Owen Buchholz at center, surrounded by five of their children. In 1882, Mr. Buchholz and his famly came to the Eagle River valley, ranching on what was later the Sherman Brothers Ranch at Eagle. This ranch was sold to Z. T. Hollingsworth and the Buchholz family relocated to the Buchholz Mesa. This ranch was sold to E. M. Tabor, and Nick Buchholz and his son, John, opened a livery stable in Eagle. In 1890, Nick opened a butcher...
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C.1894: Sam (Sammy) Doll holding a newly planted tree (no leaves) with his right hand, left hand on hip, posing for the camera. He wears a small-brimmed hat, pulled down to his ears, wool coat and laced boots (which look too large for him). Sam was born in Osnaburg, Ohio, October 31, 1882; died in Gypsum, Colorado, 1899. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bertha McCain, in bonnet and apron, holding Howard McCain's hand as they go to feed the chickens on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Lou Clark (Layman) with County Fair projects: registered bull, Cran-Clay Roland, and registered heifer, Bar-Gay Anne. The Clark ranch house is in the background.
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Marty (left) and Marilyn Miller in front of the family's original house.
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Lou Clark (Layman), approximately 15 years old, on horse, Daisy, in front of the Clark house. The log house at the foot of Squaw Creek was the Clark home from late 1945 until 1953.
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Ivan C. Decker, Bertha Perry Decker, Caroline Decker, and the grandchildren (Iva and Marvin Laman's kids), standing on a porch for a photograph.
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Nine children seated on a log for a photograph, all residents on Bellyache Mountain.
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Doug Hughes and Maybelle "Dickie" Yandell across the valley from Squaw Creek. Dickie is Doug's aunt, Melba's sister. "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,...
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Bertha McCain holding baby Grace, standing next to an unidentified woman. They are in the yard in front of a log house.
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Lou Clark (Layman) and Bar-Gay Robin, a young registered bull. The Clark family raised milking shorthorn cattle on their ranch. Some of the cattle were 4-H projects.
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Monica Barnes, holding deer carcass, with Boyd at left and Darrell at right. The dog is interested. They're at the homestead cabin on Castle. The rules of the homestead act required fence around the property and other improvements. "The fence was built totally by Guy Barnes. Every post hole was dug by hand, every fence post was sawed or chopped from trees on the land and barbed wire (usually four strands) was strung on every fence post. Wooden...
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Ellis Miller, half-brother to Emma Newby Edwards, seated on a horse with his nephew, Joseph Klyde Edwards riding in front. The family cabins are in the background.
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Ernest and Helen Rundell, outside the house at the ranch on Sheephorn Creek. Helen is standing on a chair with Ernest helping to steady her.
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Blanche Dump holding the reins of a horse on which Ruby Dump is sitting. Victor Dump is ready to catch Ruby should she fall. The family is at their ranch at Pando, Colorado. Ranch buildings are visible in the background. Victor Dump died in 1935 and the family stayed on the ranch for another year before moving to Red Cliff. Frank and Pauline Reynolds Byers took over the Pando ranch and lived there until the Army constructed Camp Hale on the site...
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Joe Dice on horse, "Dolly," at the Beecher Gulch Place.
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Caption: "Joseph Washington Edwards with Joe, Esther, and Lois." "I was the middle child. My brother, Joseph K. Edwards was born on Bellyache in 1924. He was killed in WW II. My sister, Lois Elaine Edwards, was born on Bellyache in 1927. She died in 1985. Lois married Robert W. Kirk in Colorado Springs in 1945. I had a brother, Richard ("Dickey") born after they left Bellyache. He died in 1936 in LaJunta, Colorado, at age 5." -- Esther Rogers,...