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"Always referred to as the Harris house, it has had considerable face lifting since the large Harris family occupied it for twenty eight years or from 1917 to 1945. Quite a number of people lived here before and since the Harrises. Earlier residents were the Towers, Porters and Robinsons." -- McCoy Memoirs p.173
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25. Maxwell Place
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Photo postcard of the Maxwell place, taken by John Ambos. "Among the very early pioneers of the area were Elliott and Mary Maxwell who located on 160 acres of land at the confluence of the Grand River and Elk Creek, about four miles west of McCoy about 1896. The elevation there was about 6,500 feet, the lowest in the area where most vegetables and some varieties of hardy fruits could be grown." -- McCoy Memoirs p.155
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1880-1900: Brett's house porch showing two hand made doors. The right hand door is shut with the screen closed. The left hand door is open with the screen propped on the wall between the two doors. Two children are playing with two dogs in the sunshine on the porch.
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27. J. P. Gates
29. Shoshone Dam
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Building construction at the Methodist Church in Eagle, Colorado. A woman and three younger boys have shown up to assist, as well as a small black dog (standing in the wooden frame ready for concrete). They appear to be laying out a new sidewalk or walkway and are almost ready to pour concrete.
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"At the former Groh ranch on Rock Creek above McCoy in 1916 [photo dated 1917]. Here are: George Shepard, John Brooks [Jr.], Jessie [Brooks] Groh and Harry Groh. George, a faithful worker had been associated with the Brooks family for many years." -- McCoy Memoirs p.124
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35. Who's driving?
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Family grouping on house porch. Dogs visible in foreground.
Back row: George Clyde Nottingham, Lola (his daughter), Bill Sweeney (son-in-law), Roland Nottingham, Grandma Hurd, Emmett Nottingham
Middle row: Lou Nottingham Sweeney, Marie (Mrs. Harry) Nottingham, Frances (Mrs. Emmett) Nottingham, Myrtle (Mrs. Clyde) Nottingham, Harry Nottingham
Front row: Leota (daughter of Clyde), Winifred, Claire, Willis, "Uncle Ed" Sweeney
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Indian leg wrestling in someone's yard, 1918. A dog is visible on the other side of the fence.
"In Leg Wrestling two players lie flat on their backs side by side. They should be next to each other and touching but pointing in different directions – so the feet of one player are next to the head of the other and the players hips are touching. They then raise their adjacent legs straight up simultaneously three times. On the third raise players...
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Ruby Dump (Crye), daughter of Blanche and Victor Dump, standing with Jack Mize and dog at the Dump family ranch, (Isabell Ranch) Pando, Colorado. Ranch buildings 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 during WWII. Byers then moved to Dillon,...
40. Burns Stockyards
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Burns Stockyards, October 1939, showing cattle in loading pens going up the ramp to rail cars on shipping day. Steam engine at left background. Four horses in foreground with dog.
The yards were built in exchange for the right of way needed by the railroad to go through the Benton Land & Livestock Company property. It was a great help to local ranchers and, when the railroad no longer would ship cattle by rail, it caused hardship for the ranchers...