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Albert Gates [born 1844], older brother of James P. Gates, standing with his daughter Anna [born 1882]. "He had the urge to move west and liked the sound of sunny California. He settled there around 1890." -- The Gates Genealogy.
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A grouping of the Gates women during the summer. Back row, from left: Clark Gates' wife, Grace; Walter Gates' wife, Grace; Mary Middle row: Ruth, Nona, Eva and Martha Front row: Berta, Marie and Edith
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From left, Clark and Walter Gates going on a camping and hunting trip. Clark is "probably scanning the countryside for elk." -- The Gates Genealogy
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From left, Clark Gates, Bert Gates (standing) and cousin Walter Gates cooking during a hunting trip. Pork and Beans were definitely on the menu.
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Franklin Pierce Forster at the age of 6, before his family left Iowa for the West.
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Walter Gates with his wife, Grace, during a Colorado visit. "Walter and Grace were always very well dressed and very friendly. They rode horses but did not take much part in the ranch acitivities. They were very presentable and meticulous in their dress, but were not pompous in any way." -- Bettie Gates in The Gates Geneaology.
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From left, Clark Gates, Bert Gates (seated) and cousin Walter Gates in the yard.
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Studio portrait photograph of Elizabeth George, at right, with her daughter, Edna George Hesse.
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"The Doan ranch was purchased from Mr. Doan by James P. Gates in about 1899. When J. P. Gates and Kate first moved to the Doan place, they lived in the small house to the left until the big house was built. Later, James George Gates, son of Bert and Nona Gates, purchased the ranch from J. P. Gates." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Catharine "Katie" Lemley Gates seated at a writing table. James P. Gates..."married Catharine J. "Katie" Lemley in Monrow county, Ohio, on the 22d of October, 1868. Katie was born in 1842. They moved to Hebron, Nebraska, and started a family. A son George Albert was born August 15, 1872, in Hebron, Neb. Their second known child, Clark Lemley, was born August 21, 1878, in Hebron. James P. and Catharine had at least 2 more boys and twin girls,...
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Muriel Colburn, daughter of Alice George Colburn; granddaughter of Elizabeth George.
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Walter (left) and Clark Gates, cousins, standing by a campfire. Walter frequently visited his cousins, coming from Nebraska in the summertime.
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Madison Cassius "Cash" Gates and his brother, Albert E. Gates (at right) visiting J. P. Gates in Burns. The child is unidentified. "Madison Cassius Gates, born in 1852, like his older brothers Albert and James P., also had a desire for adventure. He migrated [from Ohio] westward to Hebron, Nebraska, around 1881, and later moved to California.
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Albert Gates, brother of James P. Gates, and his sister, Sarah. THey're standing in a yard and Sarah is holding flowers. Sarah was born in 1835 and is 90 in this photograph.
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Pauline George, daughter of Frank George and Rowena Walker George; granddaughter of Elizabeth George.
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Edna George Hesse's daughters, Elizabeth and Marguriette, in 1920. Their grandmother was Elizabeth George.
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Charity Elizabeth "Libbie" Forster George, wife of William Henry "Bill" George, at Derby Mesa, Burns, Colorado, in 1930. She's standing in the fenced yard with antlers in the background.
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Twin daughters of Frank and Rowena Walker George, Gretchen and Rowena, in 1917. "Gretchen and Rowena, twins of Frank and Rowena George, were seven month babies and doctors said in those days that seven month babies couldn't live. Also, their mother Rowena lived just four days after their birth. One can only imagine the heartache Frank George went through at that time. But Frank could not give up his twin baby girls without trying everything he could...
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From left, Walter and Clark Gates going on a camping and hunting trip.
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Katie Gates standing in a yard next to her niece, Anna Gates. Anna was the daughter of James P. Gates' brother, Albert.