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Fishing at Lucky G.J. Ranch. Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields. Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned the Hilltop Dude Ranch in Sweetwater...

Robert Maloit with his father, Frank, and their catch taken from the Upper Homestake in 1932. There are 34 Native trout in the string, from 10 to 17.5 inches long and weighing 1/3 to 2 lbs. each. They were caught in a little more than 2 and a half hours. They dressed out the fish, packing them in fresh grass in two creels. It was an 8 mile hike to and from Gold Park, so the hike out carrying 15 lbs. of fish each, poles, and hip boots was demanding....

Austin Offerson standing in front of bunkhouse with fishing pole, ready to go fishing. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

Ed Rodgers, Chester Tolbey and Bill Robertson leaving for a fishing trip on the Piney. The men are mounted on horses with a pack horse in front of Tolbey. A dog is visible in left midground, behind Rodgers. Photo was taken near Emmett Nottingham's place and looks southwest toward Wayne Creek (Beaver Creek). Bachelor Gulch is to the far right. The blacksmith shop is on the far right, on its original site. [Title supplied from catalog prepared...

Robert with an 18.5 in. Native trout that weighed just over 2.5 lbs. and appeared in a Denver Post newspaper spread. It was caught in the pool on Cross Creek which was created for water intake for Minturn's water supply.

John Skubic wearing hat and glasses, seated in his car. John was a Gilman miner, Red Cliff resident and avid fisherman. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

Clarence Smaller, in overalls with a cigarette in his mouth, holding two fish in a yard in Minturn, Colorado. A house with clothesline in use is in the background. The picture was taken August 14, 1949.

“Dismant Brothers were miners. Robert or Voss helped open the Iron Mask- the big mine in Gilman.” The Dismant family and Robert Vossburg sit on a rock holding their fishing poles. The faint numbers on the photo correspond to these names, from left to right: 1) John Merritt “Merritt” Dismant 2) John Dismant (son of John Merritt) 3) Merritt V. Dismant (son of John Merritt) 4) Robert Vosburg “Voss”, John Merritt’s brother.

Marker for: "Bob 'Bear' Ferrer, beloved son, father & brother, July 26, 1951--May 23, 1998; Always in our hearts," in Fairview Cemetery. There is a scene engraved on the marker with mountains, trees, a river and fisherman. Ferrar's picture is at the upper right.