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Skiers on Whittaker Hill (Bruce Creek, off Brush Creek) with cattle in the background. Ping's photo finishing date Oct. 24, 1939.
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Left to right: Bernice Hart, Ethel Hart, and Warren Hart stand near a fence by the Borah ranch on Brush Creek. A threshing crew is visible in the background. "Threshing grain at the old home 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hart and Bernice. Brush Creek, Colo." -- Alda Borah
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Dan (right) and Larry Rule, showing cattle. [Photo developed Jan. 23, 1941, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colorado]
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Frank Perkins Grant sits on a lamb at the Van Horn property in 1926. It's possible that Frank Perkins Grant is Wayne Grant Perkins, the first son of Alda (Borah) Perkins, born on December 9, 1925. "Frank Perkins Grant on the lambs back at Van Hornes. Brush Creek, Colo. Eight months." -- Alda Borah
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Vernon Mann and Carl Eaton, left to right, seated on horses at the Wiltshire Place. Wagon and cart behind the riders, in addition to log out-buildings. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Dan Rule with steer.
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"Mother & Mrs. Giles" (caption from photo album). Hester Larsen with Mrs. Giles. They are both wearing similar hats and coats, with trees in the background.
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The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
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Hans Larsen, along with two other men and a dog, appear to be chopping a tree in the barnyard. There is a fence, trees, and numerous buildings also in the picture.
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Nannie King stands in a field of weeds and wildflowers near the Borah ranch. Taken in 1915. She is wearing a suit and tie with a bowler hat.
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Sadie Figgins Macdonell behind Alex Macdonell on a ladder. Possibly a wedding day photograph.
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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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The original ranch house on the Whittaker Ranch, built by Charles Zartman (circa 1906). The ski tow warning house is in the left background.
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Joe Dice on Sally, the mare, at the Half-Way barn up Brush Creek. Rex, the dog, is visible under the horse's belly. Joe, ten years old, rode past the barn on his way to school. The Half-Way barn (at the entrance now in 2007 to Sylvan Park) was a stage stop for the Eagle to Fulford stage line. The barn was long with plenty of room and freight wagons could be parked. The teamsters switched horses here and, if necessary, could sleep in the hay.
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(caption from photo album) Wintertime at the Larsens in 1928.
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Students of Brush Creek School pose with their giant snowman. Photo dated 1940s.
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Alda Borah stands next to Billy/Billie, the family horse in 1916. "Billy and I day of public sale, our last picture. I loved my horse, we wanted to bring him to Phx [Phoenix], Station Agent said nothing could be put in big Rail Road car, we were bringing furniture with us. We sold everything, found out we could have filled the car. Many tears were shed." -- Alda Borah
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Al Smith sits atop a horse in 1912. Smith worked for Alfred Borah for a number of years. "Al Smith 1912. One grand cowboy and friend." -- Alda Borah
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Winter scene of Brush Creek flowing between snowy banks, below the bridge.
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Marg (Mary Margaret) Macdonell (Morris) with fawn and dog, General Douglas MacArthur.