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Tree Marking Navajo Indian grave near Burns, Colorado, in 1989.
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Lizzie Hernage, 24, and her husband Henry were among the first pioneers to arrive in the valley, homesteading at the mouth of Brush Creek in 1882. On July 29, 1885 Henry and Lizzie were moving a herd of cattle across a rickety bridge over the Eagle River when the weight of the load caused the bridge to collapse. Lizzie drowned. The grieving citizens of the pioneer community buried Lizzie Hernage on a sage-covered mesa overlooking the little settlement,...
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Tree that marked the final resting place of a Navajo Indian who was working for the D& RGW Railroad and was drowned in the river. A wooden cross marking the grave was placed in the dead tree, but was not evident in 1989.
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Lizzie Hernage, 24, and her husband Henry were among the first pioneers to arrive in the valley, homesteading at the mouth of Brush Creek in 1882. On July 29, 1885 Henry and Lizzie were moving a herd of cattle across a rickety bridge over the Eagle River when the weight of the load caused the bridge to collapse. Lizzie drowned. The grieving citizens of the pioneer community buried Lizzie Hernage on a sage-covered mesa overlooking the little settlement,...
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Tree that marked the final resting place of a Navajo Indian who was working for the D& RGW Railroad and was drowned in the river. A wooden cross marking the grave was placed in the dead tree, but was not evident in 1989.
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Tree Marking Navajo Indian grave near Burns, Colorado, in 1989.