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A group of unidentified individuals stack hay at Leroy Borah's ranch in 1916. They are using a Mormon derrick to stack the hay
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A Mormon derrick is used to stack hay at LeRoy Borah's ranch in Gypsum.
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A group threshes oats at the Borah ranch. The thresher is a Gaar Scott & Co. model. Alfred Borah is pictured second from the right.
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A team of horses is hitched to a wagon. A threshing machine is visible behind the wagon. Taken at the Borah ranch on Brush Creek.
105) News from home
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A postcard of a cowboy on a horse. This was sent to Alda Borah at Salt Lake City from Jennie Schumm. The postmark is dated September 2, 1914, from Gypsum.
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An old cabin hidden among the trees at Jake Borah's ranch in Gypsum. Taken in 1917.
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The old cellar at Jake Borah's ranch. Deep snow covers the ground
"The Old Cellar is nearly snowed in up Gypsum Canyon, Colo." -- Alda Borah
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A warranty deed, given by Mary Borah to Alfred Borah, dated March 16, 1910. The deed signed over the Borah ranch property from Mary to Alfred. The land had been in Mary's name since August 8, 1890, when the Borahs purchased the property.
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A holiday postcard sent by Myrtle and L. J. Borah, possible to Mary (Grant) Borah and Alda (Borah) Perkins. A small poem in the greeting card reads, "Not all the gold / These mountains old / Keep deep within their coffers / Could buy for you / A wish, more true / Than this Christmas greeting offers."
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A view of the mountains behind L. J. Borah's house on Gypsum Creek.
111) Myrtle Borah
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Myrtle Borah fishes in Deep Lake above L. J. Borah's ranch near Gypsum.
"Myrtle Borah trying her luck for the big ones in Deep Lake back of L. J. Borah's in high mountains some climb. Gypsum Creek, Colo. 1915" -- Alda Borah
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Myrtle Borah stands with her two twin granddaughters, Eileen and Elaine.
"Taken on East Brush last summer" -- Alda Borah
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Myrtle (Staup) Borah, stands with her son, Marvin, near a house in Gypsum.
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Myrtie Hockett (left) stands with Alda Borah near some trees. Myrtie was the niece of Minnie (Hockett) Borah, Jake Borah's wife. Minnie was also Alda's aunt.
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A postcard sent to Alda Borah from Art Stremme. The postmark is dated August 23, 1919, from Gypsum.
116) Picking strawberries
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From left to right: Alda Borah, Mary Borah, and George Guenon pick strawberries in a field near the old Borah log cabin.
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A large potato field on Jake Borah's ranch near Gypsum.
118) Marvin Borah
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Marvin Borah stands for a professional photograph, taken in 1919.
"Marvin Borah, son L. J. and Myrtle (Staup) [Borah], Gypsum, Colo. The family spent the winter with us at 1154 E. Culver St. Phoenix, Ariz." -- Alda Borah
119) Marvin Borah
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Marvin Borah sits on a sled in deep snow. A door to a cellar is visible in the background.
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Marvin Borah (left) and David Pillow stand near the Borah house on Gypsum Creek. Taken on July 26, 1993.
"This is the same house and Ranch your uncle Jake had up Gypsum Creek." -- Marvin Borah
