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Water fall that runs only in the spring. "Go up Bush Creek Road, past Woods Lake, down Lime Creek about 1/2 mile off Burnt Mountain Road."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
302) Panning gold
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Man pans gold while two women look on. The trio is inside a corral on East Brush Creek. A pipe anchored to a log is directing a flow of water into the pan.
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The Yeoman Park Ranger Station (Eagle Ranger District) on East Brush Creek, Colorado. Barn and implement shed are along drive before station. An automobile is parked by the central building.
A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was situated near the station. The foundations are visible today. The campground is convenient to the Holy Cross Wilderness, the old mining town of Fulford, and Fulford Cave.
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Guests, bride, and groom at the wedding reception. Claude Gerard and Mary Jo Trezise are on the left, shaking another man's hand. Melissa Larsen-Trezise is on the far right of the photograph looking right; Bob Trezise is in the middle in a dark suit. Bob & Melissa are Mary Jo's parents. There is a small girl in the right foreground.
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Sadie Figgins Macdonell behind Alex Macdonell on a ladder. Possibly a wedding day photograph.
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Schlutter Place during haying season. The Eaton Place would be to the right. Tractor visible in left background.
307) Large Burbanks
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Photo postcard of ten potatoes and a dish of peas. The potatoes are propped on a leather couch. Caption reads: "12 to 14 in. Burbanks, average 2-lbs., grown near Eagle, Colo."
The potatoes were grown on Ben White's Ranch, which was located on lower Brush Creek. A note, written between July 16 and 17, 1923, reads, "The Eagle Valley is a small one but with some nice fields of potatoes. The ones they have photographed are not our ideal of size or...
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Bill Johnson, Dana Rule, Steve Johnson, and Tom Rule roast marshmallows while on a picnic near West Brush Creek in September of 1949.
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The Johnson and Allen families gather for a picnic near West Brush Creek in August of 1949.
From left to right: Dorris, Steve, and Bill Johnson, and Richard Allen.
310) Harvesting Potatoes
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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.
311) Unknown boy and dog
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A boy and his puppy sit on an International Harvester tractor. To the left is another tractor in the background; on the right, other farm equipment and storage can be seen.
312) On the Tractor
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Hans Larsen and Skipper the dog sit on the John Deere tractor. A boy is on the equipment behind the tractor; this could be Duane Larsen(?).
313) On the Tractor
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Hans Larsen and Skipper the dog sit on the John Deere tractor. A farmhand is on the equipment behind the tractor.
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Doug Lewis and Dick and Joyce Allen sit along side West Brush Creek in 1943.
