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The new Miller house as constructed in 1965. There will eventually be a swimming pool east of the house. [processing date Aug 65]
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"1915 Gypsum Creek Colo Jake's home" - from Alda Borah. She would be referring to Jake Borah, her uncle, and the home is presumably at the far right side of the photograph. There are three vehicles pictured and a person is standing on the running board of the car at center.
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Students of Brush Creek schoolhouse line up for a photo outside the building. Edna Pearch is their teacher, at left. From left to right: William Long, Alda Borah, Mayme Long, Dorothy Shryack, Alan Metheny, Roy "Dutch" long, Byron Zartman, and Eddie Long.
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Arthur & Tillie Shryack, parents of Dorothy Shryack.
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"Ready to leave the Cow Camp for Castle Rock Look Out Station. The extra horse was mine as I took all the pictures" - from Alda Borah, 1918. Faces are numbered as follows: 1) Leo Carey; 2) William Long; 3) Harry Woods; 4) Marion Mayer; 5) Marion Dickerson; 6) Mrs. Dickinson; 7) Earl Carey; 8) Mayme Long; 9) Miss Fleming; 10) Beulah Buchholz; 11) Mr. Dickinson; 12) Dorothy Shyrack; 13) Herman Stein; 14) Miss Fleming; 15) --- Mayer; 16) Carl Mayer;...
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Another group photo from Castle Peak. From left to right: Alda Borah, Mayme Long, Mrs. Dickinson, Miss Fleming, Beulah Buchholz, Marion Dickerson, Dorothy Shryack, Miss Fleming, Marion Mayer(?)" - from Alda Borah. This cabin was also used as the 'lookout man home' for forest fires.
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"1918 Going to Castle Rock, Colo" - from Alda Borah. From left to right: Marion Dickinson, Marion Mayer, Mayme Long, Doothy Shryack, Beulah Buchholz, Miss Fleming, Miss Fleming.
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Arthur Stremme and LeRay Borah at L.J.'s in 1914. The men appear to have paused in sawing this log-- a saw is visible a little more than halfway through. Arthur's hand rests on the wooden handle of the saw (left). Several log buildings and a fenceline are visible in the background. Arthur Stremme was part of the first graduating class of Eagle County High School, Gypsum, in 1910.
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The birth place of Eulene Kilgore on Brush Creek, 1914. Log cabin structure with 3 doors and a window visible. Ladder propped against building giving access to a log roof covered with sod.
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The Brush Creek Schoolhouse, taken around 1910. "Little old school house on Brush Creek. Many were the happy days spent there." -- Alda Borah
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Back row, left to right: Dorothy Shryack, Ilene Mahoney, Edna Wilkinson, Mrs. C.C. Kennedy Front row, left to right: Georgia Lumley, Mittie Alda Borah, Florine Zartman, Stanley Lumley, William Long, Mamie Long, Eddie Long. All attended the Brush Creek Schoolhouse, now part of Sylvan Lake State Park. The schoolhouse still stands.
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A photo postcard addressed to "Mittie Borah" from Fleda Biglow postmarked November 6, 1909. Fleda writes: "Dear Friend, I am sorry for not writing sooner but I haven't my hand & couldn't hold a pencil and received your cards well. Mittie I will close, Fleda Biglow". The photograph is a schoolhouse with a group of children and a teacher in front. A dog is also in the front yard. Fleda is identified by the "x" above her head. Many thumbprints are on...
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1890's cabin where Mr. and Mrs. John Edge lived when they came to Burns, Colorado, to homestead. The chicken coop was on the left, living rooms were in the middle and the wagon shed was on the right. The cabin was still standing in 1986 on the place called "Edge," owned by Benton Land & Livestock Co. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bill Gates building constructed in 1919 on Derby Creek.
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"Grandma Grant's Home, Eagle River. Just East of Eagle, later was Ernie Nogal's home. Grandma Grant, Mary Catherine Grant Borah, and my mother (Minnie "Min" Borah)"
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Douglas Martin and Glende Vernice standing next to the remains of a building on the Hank Fox place, Red Dirt Creek. Vesintiner's Dam broke on June 3, 1952, flooding the area down through McCoy. -- Verso Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red,...
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Lillian Eaton and Gladys Hall, a friend from Denver, at McCoy Creek Ranch. They are wearing overalls and hats, posed with rifles and game birds in front of a log barn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The front of the cabin at Four Mile with children in the snow.
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Charles Eaton with horse standing in front of log barn at the McCoy Creek Ranch. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"An old barn still standing on the former Ralph McGlochlin ranch on the east side of Wolcott Divide." -- McCoy Memoirs p.195 "To write about the McGlochlin family and their activities would require a complete book. Three brothers Ralph, Al and Melvin hailed from Harrison, Missouri. After coming to Colorado they located in Northern Eagle County in the spring of 1898. That year Ralph worked for John Conger, a Piney Creek rancher. But the next year...