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Barbara Gleason (Pearch) grooming her horse. "Louise: Did you do a lot of horseback riding?" Barbara: "I did when I could. I was spoiled rotten. I was twelve years old when they let me have a horse. Billy Tucker brought it down and gave it to me. It was a black mare and her colt that was old enough to wean, so I got the colt. ... My mare, when she grew up, had this beautiful gold colt. It was the first Palomino." -- Barbara Gleason Pearch: an Interview...
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"Branding and dehorning cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch in 1908 [Yarmony Creek ranch]. Left to right: John Payne, Charley McCoy, Everett Hoyt, Fred Bailey, Ammi Hoyt, Lawrence Payne, Edgar Sperry and Ethel McCoy on the horse." -- McCoy Memoirs p.105 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The 1987-88 Fair and Rodeo Royalty shopping for clothes at Lancasters. From left, Junior Princess, Staci Burton; Queen, Laura Miller; First Attendant, Dee Ann Jansen.
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Clyde Lloyd on horseback. ”Clyde (C.F.) Lloyd and his wife Adele, owners of the Red Mountain Ranch, were Chicago residents who spent their summers in Eagle. Late in the 1920s, Lloyd obtained a special-use permit from the Forest Service that allowed him to develop a mountain camp at Lake Charles, a high-county lake on East Brush Creek. Lloyd and other family members built half a dozen cabins, including a cook’s cabin and a ’honeymoon’ cabin...
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The 2013 Eagle County Fair & Rodeo royalty. From left, Queen Attendant, Morgan Kromer; Queen, Katie Stephens; Princess, Malorie Stephens; Princess Attendant, Adie Lengel.
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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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Wagonloads of potatoes and hay brought to the Eagle Depot to be loaded onto D&RG cars. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Harvesting a good crop of oats on the Arthur Horn ranch in 1916. Along with the assurance of an ample supply of irrigation water out of Rock Creek, this soil is very productive. In the background is Table Rock, a lava formation separating Rock and Egeria Creeks. The top of the rock is mostly sagebrush with some cedars and pinyons scattered through it. Until 1950 there was clear evidence of an Indian arrowhead makers' camp including a round area about...
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A potato sorter (pulled by horse) shakes potatoes of similar sizes into sacks during the potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Jake Hollander, Canadian, at Beaver Lake Sawmill camp. Jake has his left hand resting on the pommel of his saddle with his horse facing left. Log building is visible behind the horse. Jake is outfitted in western attire including boots and spurs, holstered weapon, lariat, hat, bandana, etc. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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James P. Gates with his Percheron stallion.
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Group of four people, two woman (in the back seat), two men, in a "run-a-bout" wagon with a four horse team. Another wagon in background. Photo identified by name "McCollum" on back and notation "South of Ping's place" on catalog record. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Clyde Lloyd on far left with three cowboys at the Lloyd Ranch; cattle are behind the riders. Stamp on back of photo: Quality Photo Finishing Ping's Service Station Eagle, Colorado
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George Ziegler (l), horses Nell and Trilby, and a ranch hand in Eagle, 1914. George is holding a hat over Nell's head; Trilby is wearing a hat. The horses are yoked as a team.
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McCoy Lane, McCoy, Colorado, looking East. A mix of automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are on the streets. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Frank [H. F.] Doll and Mort Doll hunting near Black Lake. Horses in background
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Austin Offerson is standing with his right arm across the neck of his horse, Midnight, in front of a rail corral. Offerson is wearing leather chaps. There is another horse in the corral. Inscription: "Austin and Midnight." [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Attendant Heather Miller and Queen Lacey Satterfield at the Garfield County Fair in Rifle, Colorado, August 1988.
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Ranchers loading bags of wool at the depot in Eagle. Horse teams are dragging the skids.
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Joe Edwards at far left. The men are sorting potatoes by size into sacks, the sorting equipment being pulled by a horse.