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Threshing equipment with two men operating the machinery on the Offerson Ranch (near the weaning sheds on Wayne Creek).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Haying on the Beecher Gulch Place. Mr. Cain is driving the buck rake horse team in right foreground. Fred Dice is on the haystack, distributing the hay from the International Overshot Stacker. Tractor in background, possibly driven by Joe Dice.
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Three men during the potato harvest on Bobson Ranch, Gypsum. Sigurd Bobson wearing glasses is in the middle. The horse is pulling a sorter/bagger on a sledge. Extra bags are held underneath the sorter tray.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Emma Newby Edwards and Joe Edwards with their son, Joseph K. [Little Joe], who was born in 1924. The horse team is hitched to a wagon filled with lettuce crates.
66) Stacking Hay
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"Pa Pa stacking hay on the Sproule place (Brush Creek). Granny in front taking a picture." Hans Larsen Caption taken from photograph.
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Two work horses, Dick & King, are moving a hay derrick by a hired man. He is standing on the platform of the derrick holding the reins of the horses. There are trees in the background.
68) Hay Derrick
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Hans Larsen is hanging from the pulley of a hay derrick over a large haystack.
70) Melissa & Duane
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Duane, smaller and in the front, looks at his sister, Melissa, who is piling up potatoes. Potatoes were an important crop to early ranchers and farmers in the Eagle Valley.
71) On the Tractor
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A man on a tractor pulling farm machinery; it appears to be harvesting potatoes. He is wearing a hat and has a pipe in his hand.This man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard family.
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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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Threshing on the Frank Groh Ranch on lower Rock Creek, below McCoy, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Date discrepancy: photo says 1932, McCoy Memoirs p.275 says 1925.
"A Conger Mesa spud picking crew on the Joe Tuyls ranch about 1925. Of the six man crew, only four can be identified, they are: Sam Moniger, Frank Ault, John Ambos and Joe Tuyls, all to the left of the sorter. A good crew could pick up to 400 bags per day, providing the yield was good. This crop was well below average with a yield of less than 100 bags an acre." -- McCoy Memoirs,...
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"The Binder at work in the oats near Eagle, Colo" as remembered by Alda Borah. From the left to right, from photo caption: Leo Daugherty's sister, Mildred Nutt, and Leo Daugherty. There are three horses pulling the binder with Mildred on the seat. Leo is peeking up behind the horses wearing a hat.
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John Walker Bailey and wife, Allie (Alemeda Suell or Seuell), in front of the haystacker on the Bailey Ranch, Burns, Colorado. A second man is standing next to the hay stack in the background.
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The McCoy and Wohler grain threshing outfit on the Frank Groh ranch, lower Rock Creek near McCoy, in 1911. Related to 1992.004A.026
Left to right: Charles McCoy, Phil Kapale, Frank Groh, Cliff Daniels, Harry Groh, Ben Butler, Tom Wohler, Sam Kibbler, Ed Baily [from verso of photo]
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Schlutter Place during haying season. The Eaton Place would be to the right. Tractor visible in left background.
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A man on a tractor harvesting potatoes. There are several children on the potato harvester with many sacks of potatoes scattered throughout the field for pick-up. Mountains and trees are in the background. The man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard/Trezise family.
