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The home place at the Benton Ranch, built in 1914.
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One of the 13 cabins built by a man from Chicago by the name of Kenner who came to the Burns area each summer in the 1890's. The place was known as "Thirteen." The log cabin has a very ornate window and a sod roof.
"Thirteen" was bought by Frank Benton in 1907. Mr. Benton took the windows and built them into his frame house, still on the ranch in Burns.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Edge place on the Benton ranch, built in 1909. An automobile is parked on the side of the building.
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Back view of School section, Benton Ranch, built in 1904.
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Commissary on Benton Ranch in Burns, Colorado. This building was used from 1912 to 1970 to hold food supplies for ranch hands. View shows the two story building with upper porch. Rail fence evident at midground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Back view of the home place at the Benton Ranch, built in 1914.
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School section, Benton Ranch, built in 1904.
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Down cabin on D&RGW land on the Benton Place, Burns, Colorado. Built in 1924.
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The Edge place on the Benton ranch, built in 1947.
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The 21 place on the Benton ranch, built in 1909 from a mail order kit from Sears which arrived by rail. Three automobiles are parked by the building.
11. Bailey School
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Bailey School at Burns, Colorado. The log structure is above the "21" Ditch across from the T. Harry Benton home and west of the present Ben Wurtsmith home (formerly known as the Bailey Place). Martha Gates was the teacher as well as Margaret Porter (nee Brooks). Martha is now Mrs. Garland Godbold (1986).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A cabin at The 21 place on the Benton ranch, built in 1919. Partially burned down.
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One of the log houses on "Thirteen" in Burns, Colorado. The area is now part of the "Twenty-one" Ranch belonging to Benton Land & Livestock Co. The houses are no longer in existence. The sod roof on the log building is clearly visible.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
14. Burns School
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Burns school in 1976 (abandoned). Mrs. L. K. Toomer was one of the last teachers. Freda Lowe was the last cook. The Gates, Albertson, Benton, Toomer, Strubi, Luark, Schlegel, Wheelock, and Wurtsmith children went to this school (grades 1 through 8).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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School house situated at the mouth of Sunnyside Creek, Burns, Colorado, during the early 1900s. T. Harry Benton rode his horse to this school as did the children of George Benton. Evelyn Evans was the teacher. She married a local cowboy. Evidence of the schools is totally gone.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
16. Bailey Homestead
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Sod-roofed log cabin, in the yard at the "Baily Place," currently (1986) owned by Ben Wurtsmith. John Bailey homesteaded this area of Burns, Colorado, in the 1890's.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
17. Doan Place
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Known as the Doan Place, this log home was built by J. P. "Bert" Gates and is the current (1986) residence of Don Wurtsmith. It is located in Burns, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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The Newcomer place on the Benton ranch, built in 1914.