Franklin Pierce Forster, son of Henry Moore Forster and Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, at the age of 4. He had one living sister, Elizabeth Charity Forster [George]. He was born Feb. 9,1866, in Winterset, Iowa. The Forster family moved to Valley View, Texas, and then in the fall of 1872 or early 1873, the Forsters sold their farm and began a covered wagon trip to the west.

c.1922: George Albert Gates and family, Burns, Colorado. Back, left to right: Frank, James, Nonetta (mother), George A. (Bert), Ruth, Mary. Front, left to right: Lemly, Albert, Edith, Marie (holding flowers) and Berta (flowers on dress). This was a picnic gathering. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]