Brush Creek, Colorado
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Eileen, Edward, and Elaine Borah sit for a picture around 1946-47. Taken somewhere on East Brush Creek. The three were the children of Marvin Borah.
262) Edward Jean Borah
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Edward Jean Borah, the son of Marvin Borah, sits on a rock near a picnic table. Taken somewhere on East Brush Creek.
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An account of auction ledger for the sale of the Borah ranch. A public auction was held on November 24, 1917. Many locals in the Brush Creek Valley and surrounding towns purchased items at the auction. Alfred Borah, along with his wife, Mary, and daughter, Alda, moved to Phoenix, Arizona following the public auction. James F. Shults served as the auctioneer. Later dates from the 1920s are included in the ledger from business dealings Alfred had in...
264) Borah ranch
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A view of the Borah ranch looking north toward Eagle and Castle Peak.
"I was born on this part of the land in 1896, lived in a 2 room log cabin. In 1902 we moved to the larger home, so nice, we were so happy, also more room of all kinds altho[ugh] father had many log farms, machine sheds, cow corral and farm three large corrals." -- Alda Borah
"I lived first in a two room log cabin at North edge of farm. My home ranch in Colo. Looking North...
265) Borah ranch pasture
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"Brush Creek. The fence was north boundry [boundary] line to our 500 ac[re] farm. The Old Familiar Hills where my childhood days were spent, the old pasture and mts [mountains] I climbed cedar trees and called or barked to coyotes across the Valley." -- Alda Borah
266) Borah ranch
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Buildings at the Borah ranch, taken in 1916.
"Granary, Cow & horse Stable, Chicken house, Barn, Cow Barn." -- Alda Borah
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A contour sketch map of the Eagle Vanadium Company's consolidated mines, located along Brush Creek. This map was created in August of 1915. Charles G. Walker, a mining engineer and surveyor, may have drawn the map. According to Alda Borah, Charles "Chas" G. Walker was in charge of surveying all the mines on Salt and Brush Creek.
268) Coffin Mountain
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A view of Coffin Mountain looking south from the Borah ranch.
"Looking south from home on Brush Creek. Mts Beecher & Coffin, 1915." -- Alda Borah
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Left to right: George Ziegler, Nannie King, Alda Borah, and George Lovinggood pose for a picture at the Borah ranch on Brush Creek. Taken in 1915.
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George Ziegler stands with two of the Kilgore children, Gordon and Mildred, near a building on Brush Creek.
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"1914. George Ziegler. A stubborn calf. Old home in Colo." -- Alda Borah
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A view of Brush Creek looking south. Some cattle can be seen grazing on the left. A Mormon derrick is visible on the right in the mid-foreground.
"Looking South on Brush Creek. Road to my old home, 1915." -- Alda Borah
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The Lower Brush Creek Schoolhouse, taken at some point in the 1910s. The schoolhouse is still standing and is now the School House Ranch. The school was built across the road from the older Brush Creek School.
"The new school house on Brush Creek across highway from old one." -- Alda Borah
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A large tree which marked the divide between Gypsum Creek and Brush Creek. It is unknown where exactly this was taken or if the tree is still standing.
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A land patent given to Mary C. (Grant) Borah by the Land Office at Glenwood Springs. Dated August 8, 1890. This grant was for the "North half of the North East quarter and the East half of the North West quarter of Section twenty-five in Township five South of Range eighty-four West of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Colorado containing one hundred and sixty acres," and was signed J. M. Townsend, Recorder of the General Land Office.
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Mary Carolan sits with an infant Alda Borah in 1898. Alda is reaching for an egg basket. Mary Carolan was a neighbor of the Borahs on Brush Creek.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. B. "Dad" Smith stand outside a building on Brush Creek. The photo was taken the day of a surprise that was held in their honor following their wedding.
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Mr. and Mrs. "Daddy" Smith stand near some tall vines in the 1910s.
"Daddy" Smith was, a "Little man that Wilson pounded over the head with Mother's pretty blue granite teapot in 1896." -- Alda Borah
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An unidentified individual stacks hay using a Mormon derrick at the Borah ranch.
"Stacking hay with the Derrick my father made from timber he cut up on Beecher Mt South of Home. Brush Creek, Colo." -- Alda Borah
280) Tom and Mary Carolan
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Tom and Mary Carolan sit on the porch of their home on Brush Creek.
"I stayed with them part time in 1919 when I left the heat of Phx [Phoenix] for my health. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carolan." -- Alda Borah
