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61. Duane and Topsy
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Duane Larsen stands with Topsy the horse in a field.
62. Bear hunting
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Grant Deeble, on left holding rifle, standing next to another hunter (named Baker). In front of them is a bear carcass, draped on a sawhorse. Automobile and cabin in background.
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The Whittaker ski area on the Whittaker Place at Bruce Creek in the late 1940s. The man standing with his back to the camera on the left is Wayne Randall. Next to him are his cousins, Roxie "Mickie" Randall (sitting down) and Jo Ann Whittaker (standing and laughing). The girl with the scarf on her head at midground is Donna Randall.
Wayne is the son of Les and Florence Randall. He helped to build the ski tow.-- Kathy Heicher, 2011.
64. 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...
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View of the area around Brush Creek Ranger Station taken on May 10, 1939. Some snow still visible on peak.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
66. In the Shoot
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"Mary Jo & Bobby in the shoot" (caption from photo)
Mary Jo & Bobby Trezise can be seen standing in the cattle shoot near the center of the photo. To their left, is a car garaged in the barn and to the far right, a man can be seen. There are tractors and other farm equipment in the barns.
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A journal written by Alfred Borah. Borah was an early settler to the Brush Creek Valley. He was a rancher and would sometimes lead hunting and fishing parties with his brother, Jake Borah. The years covered in this journal are from August 1895 to March 1898.
68. West Brush Creek
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Looking up West Brush Creek at the Sawatch Range south of Eagle, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mountain views from the Brush Creek Schoolhouse.
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"Duane in the potato patch" (caption from photo album). Duane Larsen stands in the potato patch holding a hoe. He is wearing bib overalls and a long shirt with mountains and trees in the backgound.
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Agatha and Oscar Carlson, old time friends of the Dices, visiting from Denver. Fishing on Brush Creek was a favorite activity. They are standing on the porch of the cabin behind the Schlutter Place. Oscar is resting his right arm on Agatha's left shoulder while his left hand is propped on a broom handle.
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A journal written by Alfred Borah. Borah was an early settler to the Brush Creek Valley. He was a rancher and would sometimes lead hunting and fishing parties with his brother, Jake Borah. The years covered in this journal are from September 1886 to August 1889. Some events covered in this journal include Borah breaking his leg in a wagon accident on the way to Red Cliff on November 9, 1886, and Borah's marriage to Mary Grant on April 16, 1889.
73. Branding
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Branding cattle on the Gerard ranch.
74. Earl King
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Earl King stands in deep snow while on a hike.
"Mr. Earl King. Miner that worked for Father on Horse Mt. Colo. Brush Creek." -- Alda Borah
75. Garden Tilling
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Bob & Mary Jo Trezise watching their father, Robert, till their garden with horses, Dick and King. There is a swingset in the left background and a sandbox in the right foreground.
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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.
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Brush Creek Valley, 1916. Two groups of buildings, fenced pasture and Brush Creek visible with Bellyache Mountain in the background.
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Hester Larsen and her children, Duane & Melissa. The outcropping at the top left corner is part of a building roof and there is a tree directly behind them.
79. Sawing
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Nannie King (left) and Alda Borah saw a cedar log at the Borah ranch in 1915.
"1915. Working very hard. Nannie King and Alda Borah at old home. That was a cedar log." -- Alda Borah
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Potrait of Melissa Larsen-Trezise.