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Tom Knight, leading a pack burro. Sam Anderson is mounted, riding behind Tom. Holy Cross City and mill are in the background. Front: "Me and my ------- Holy Cross City, me, Sam Anderson 1940"
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Verso: "Tom [Knight] and Sam Anderson, road to Holy Cross City 1940" The men are resting their horses on the improved road.
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Verso: "Pete Mann who ran the pack string 12 miles from the Glengary mine to Gold Park; 22 tons packed out summer 1939"
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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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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...