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Darrell Barnes and Guy Barnes in the lettuce patch at the Castle homestead. The cabin is visible in the background.
"Grass and sage brush were cleared from a large area not far from the cabin and the cleared land was planted to make a lettuce field. Barnes was able to sell the lettuce crop by hauling it to town in a wagon pulled by horses. The lettuce was loaded into a railroad car and shipped to market. It was packed in ice to keep it fresh and...
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Potato fields on the Johannbroer Ranch. Pershing Post Office is on the left. Discrepancy in dates. Photo is labeled 1932, but the caption in McCoy Memoirs says 1928.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]