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Studio portrait of Casper and Mary Zabel Schumm.
"Casper Schumm was born in Dwight, Ill., October 5, 1856 and came to Leadville Colo., in 1879. He stayed in and around Leadville for some time and then went to Cattle creek in Garfield county where he spent the winter. The following year he went to Eagle county and in 1881 he homesteaded a ranch on the Eagle river between what is now the towns of Eagle and Gypsum. In 1888 he married Mary Zabel, and...
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Wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Hans P. Oleson (Grace A. Wolverton) November 29, 1905.
"Hans P. Olesen [Oleson] was one of the pioneer citizens of the Eagle River valley. With his brothers, he settled in the county in the eighties, as a young man. For many years, he has been one of the foremost cattle raisers and ranchers in the county. He owns one of the largest irrigated areas of farm land under one head in the valley, located on the Eagle River,...