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From left to right, George, Marg and Ethel Mary Macdonell on horseback, standing in a corral.
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Alec Macdonell, born in Beauly, Scotland, with one of his Scottish longhorned cattle. "Highland cattle or kyloe are an ancient Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century....
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Sadie Macdonell and Alex (at right) playing cards with a friend in their house at Brush Creek.
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Alec/Ackie and Sadie Macdonell formall attired standing at the north side of their ranch house on Brush Creek.
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Marg and George Macdonell with General Douglas MacArthur, the dog, sitting in an automobile at the Macdonell house at Brush Creek. Another vehicle is in the background, as well as the house and outbuildings.
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High school graduation photographs of the Alexander Macdonell children.
Top row: Ethel Mary, Mac (Alexander Jr.)
Bottom row: Margaret, George
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Alexander Macdonell on horse. His family in Scotland called him Ackie or Ack; in Eagle, he was referred to as Alec. Alec was first employed on the Frank Doll ranch in Gypsum Valley. Then he leased land on the George Wilkinson ranch on Brush Creek, south of Eagle. After World War I and his marriage to Sadie Figgins, he returned to Eagle and moved to the Sproule ranch on Brush Creek. In 1923, he bought land from Charles Mayer and established his...
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Sadie and Alec Macdonell at far right with three Benedictine sisters and an unidentified man, standing outside the Brush Creek rnach house. Dog in foreground. The photo was taken in August 1955.
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Alexander Macdonell in a studio photograph taken with two of his sisters in Scotland. Alex (called Ack or Ackie by his family), was born November 16, 1882, in Beauly, Scotland. He emigrated to the United States and was employed on the Frank Doll ranch in the Gypsum valley. He then leased land on the Geo. Wilkinson ranch on Brush Creek. He served with the U.S. Army 6th Cavalry in World War I.
He returned to Eagle after the war and married Miss...
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Sadie Macdonell, at right, with friends in her kitchen. From left: Rena Chatfield, Mary Rule, Merle Taylor and Sadie Figgins.
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Sadie Figgins Macdonell behind Alex Macdonell on a ladder. Possibly a wedding day photograph.
