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Members of the Allen family pose for a picture around 1925. From left to right: Joe Allen, "Frau" Katherine Allen, ?, Helen Hart Allen, ?, ?.
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Hans Larsen, along with two other men and a dog, appear to be chopping a tree in the barnyard. There is a fence, trees, and numerous buildings also in the picture.
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John Walker Bailey seated in front of a hay stacker with two dogs at his feet. He has a pitchfork in his right hand. A child is watching him.
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Sadie and Alec Macdonell at far right with three Benedictine sisters and an unidentified man, standing outside the Brush Creek rnach house. Dog in foreground. The photo was taken in August 1955.
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"A revival meeting at the McCoy Hall in 1916. In the back row of the group are: Florence Scrivens (a sister to Elsie Brooks), Reuben Stifel, Ed Robinson, Cora Mulnix, Mrs. Lovett, Gladys Mulnix, Perry Ault, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bailey, Preacher Tom Smith, Mrs. Kibbler, Mary Walters, Lulu Horn, Elizabeth Ault, Inez Robinson, Hazel Skiff, Pauline Schomers, Frank Panting Jr., Frank Ault. The three young children are: Frank and Edna Mulnix and Leonard Horn. In...
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Celia Bess drives a team of horses near the Bess family home at Ruedi. The family dog is sitting beside her in the buggy. Taken in 1907.
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Joe Dice on Sally, the mare, at the Half-Way barn up Brush Creek. Rex, the dog, is visible under the horse's belly. Joe, ten years old, rode past the barn on his way to school. The Half-Way barn (at the entrance now in 2007 to Sylvan Park) was a stage stop for the Eagle to Fulford stage line. The barn was long with plenty of room and freight wagons could be parked. The teamsters switched horses here and, if necessary, could sleep in the hay.
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Shared marker for: "Lopez, Regina, May 19, 1965--Sept. 8, 1987; Estevan Jr., April 19, 1963--Sept. 8, 1987; Carline M., June 15, 1954--Sept. 8, 1987," Riverview Cemetery. A mountain scene is engraved at the bottom with pines, elk and a dog. Inscription at the bottom is obscured.
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Blackie regally poses for a photograph. Blackie's owner was William Gould of Gypsum, Colorado, a family friend of the Borahs.
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Jake Borah in camp, blowing a hunting horn while dogs bay around him. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Marg (Mary Margaret) Macdonell (Morris) with fawn and dog, General Douglas MacArthur.
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Three men seated in a field with 2 dogs in front of the Doll Brothers' Ranch. They are probably members of the Doll family. Lucy Doll wearing coat and shawl, stands behind them. Barns, farmhouse and outbuildings shown with cattle grazing at left background.
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Celia Bess (middle) and E. J. Bess (right) sit for a picture while out hiking with their dog and a unidentified individual (left) from Ruedi. Taken around 1910.
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Jim Dilts, a pioneer of eagle County, seated in front of his cabin on Deep Creek, reading the Chicago Tribune. His feet are propped on a saddle and his dog is sleeping under his legs. Chaps and bridle are hanging on either side of the door. He was County Superintendent of Schools (1896-1897) and an attorney. This photo appears to be taken at the same time as 1982.001.024.
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"Always referred to as the Harris house, it has had considerable face lifting since the large Harris family occupied it for twenty eight years or from 1917 to 1945. Quite a number of people lived here before and since the Harrises. Earlier residents were the Towers, Porters and Robinsons." -- McCoy Memoirs p.173 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A young woman poses for a picture near the Fryingpan River, between Ruedi and Basalt. A dog is seated next to her. It's possible that this is Anna Potter, a friend of Alda Borah.
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Fourth of July picnic on Rock Creek in 1919. From left, standing: "Jacob Johannbroer, Frank Garner (on horse), Katherine and Mary Ebert, Florence Henry, Lillian Johannbroer, Pauline and Helen Schomers, Lulu Lowe, Mary, Ruth and Warren Henry, Martin Theisen, Bill Johannbroes (on horse). Seated: Lily and William Johannbroer, Mary Theisen, Katherine and William Hoff (Martin Schomers' Mother and Step-father), Mary Ebert. On the ground: August Ebert,...
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Raymond Bearden standing by a gasoline pump at the family gas station in Burns. Herman Newquist's Volkswagen in background with passenger door open. Dog sitting on pavement.
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Evelyn Urdine Douthit sits with the dog, Spot, in the mail cart that her grandfather, George Washington Messermith, would use to pick up mail from the Gypsum Post Office. The photo was dated 1926.
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Mildred Howard kneeling next to Tip, the dog, in the snow in front of a cabin. Fence in right background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]