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C.1900: "The Big Barn," Doll Brothers Ranch, Gypsum Valley. Barn had 3 full stories, running water and electricity. Could stable 250 horses individually. Winter view with snow on ground. Fencing in foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Potato harvest on Bobson Ranch near Gypsum. The unearthed potatoes are put on the horse-drawn sorter by hand. Two men are filling the sack from the sorter. Filled sacks are left upright in the rows to be loaded onto carts. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Edna Stewart Lemon on horseback at left, Madeline Winifred Lemon on horseback at right (probably 4-6 years old). In between them is Laura Josephine Lemon, Madeline's grandmother. They are riding on the Stewart family homestead land at Sweetwater, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The J. P. Gates ranch on Derby Mesa, Colorado, about 1898. Left to right, J.P. and wife Katie, Clark Gates, Bert Gates and an unidentified 5th person.
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Jim Rule on left, standing next to Madeline Winifred Lemon (seated on Columbine, the horse). Carl Stewart, at right, has one hand on Columbine. Carl is madeline's uncle. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Two unidentified riders with rifles across their saddles at the Doll Brothers Ranch. Fencing and cattle behind them. It's possible that the man on the left is Mr. Stone, livestock foreman on the Doll ranch. The Chicago photo studio mark infers that the photos were those of John Condon, Doll Brothers' partner, developed after a visit to the ranch.
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The entrance gate to the Glen Schmidt ranch with the boxed reverse G brand at the top right.
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The original ranch house on the Hans Oleson/Schmidt Ranch in Gypsum. It's still on the ranch [2013]. Lottie Schmidt, Glen Schmidt's mother, is riding Hunter. Glen's niece, Donna, is riding on Polly at center. Kathy has dismounted and is holding reins for Pommers.
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Greg Knight feeding the horses on the Schmidt ranch.
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Three men during the potato harvest on Bobson Ranch, Gypsum. Sigurd Bobson wearing glasses is in the middle. The horse is pulling a sorter/bagger on a sledge. Extra bags are held underneath the sorter tray. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Kathy Schmidt on Pommers, her horse. "Our daughter, Kathy, was in 4-H and wanted a horse. We found one not yet 'broke' and bought him. Kathy had taken a course in horse training from the University of Wyoming by correspondence. So we trained 'Pommers.' We found the name of a war horse in an unusual book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle--writer of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. We spent a lot of time with Pommers to get him used to the railroad, the highway...
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1894: From left to right, Bill Bolton, Jr., A. L. Hockett, and Jake Borah in early Gypsum, looking toward Red Hill. Bolton and Hockett are mounted with an additional pack horse; Borah is standing next to his saddled mount and two additional pack horses. Two dogs stand near Bolton's horse. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Frank Doll shows one of his race horses at the Doll Ranch in Gypsum. The horse stables are visible behind Frank. A caption on the back reads, "Frank Doll with Race Horse - this horse had won much money in races (Killed horse in RR going south to a race)"