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[Information taken from "The Margaret A. Downing Branch of the Lauffer Family," prepared by Blanche Tracy Kyes in June 1989, and provided by John Flynn.]
Ma: Margaret A. Lauffer, married on Sept. 20, 1872, to James Madison Downing in Guthrie County, Iowa.
Pa: James "Jim" Madison Downing, born in Cedar County, Iowa, and died March 21, 1937, in Marble, Colorado. "Jim Downing, considered to be one of the 'most fearless' bear hunters in the Rockies."...
2) Cousins
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From left, Clark Gates, Bert Gates (seated) and cousin Walter Gates in the yard.
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Five generations of women in one family, probably taken at the "Halfway House," once on the Fulford Ranch, about .5 mile north of the forks.
1. Elizabeth Halloran; 2. Sarah Jane Fulford; 3. Adelaide Morgan; 4. Nettie Peterson; 5. Lillian Peterson
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
4) Doan Ranch
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"The Doan ranch was purchased from Mr. Doan by James P. Gates in about 1899. When J. P. Gates and Kate first moved to the Doan place, they lived in the small house to the left until the big house was built. Later, James George Gates, son of Bert and Nona Gates, purchased the ranch from J. P. Gates." -- The Gates Genealogy
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The original Thomas homestead in Beaver Creek (Upper Neck). Standing in front of the house, from left to right: unknown man, John ThomasMabel and Mary (mother), Thomas (standing) Cliff and Charley Thomas seated in Front, Aunt and Uncle (Tom) Norris.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Family photograph taken in front of log house:
L to R: Joe and Selina [sic.] Johnson, Lula and Pearl Perch (mother and daughter), Durward Litton and mother Blanche Johnson Litton and father Earl Litton (brother-in-law of Steve Bivans)
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Thomas Family standing in front of the upper homestead.
Mabel, Charlie and Cliff in foreground; parents Mary and John behind them. Used on p. 47 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8) Doan Ranch
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James P. and Katie Gates in their new home on the Doan Place in about 1920. There is a grindstone to the right.
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The J. P. Gates ranch on Derby Mesa, Colorado, about 1898. Left to right, J.P. and wife Katie, Clark Gates, Bert Gates and an unidentified 5th person.
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Ted Warren, Len Dumph and Sheila Warren Hunnicutt standing in front of Marie Warren's log house in Red Cliff. Marie was Ted and Sheila's grandmother. Their parents were Everett and Lorna Warren.
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Emma and Joe Edwards' homestead cabin on Bellyache Mountain. Emma is holding Little Joe, born in 1924. Seated in front of her are Mamie Miller, Emma's mother, and Clementine Bethel, Mamie's mother. The Bethels were visiting from Kansas. Wash tubs and baskets are in the background.
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"Conger Mesa 1917. Group at the John Ambos ranch. Harry, Grace and Emma Abbett, Minnie and John Ambos, Grandpa Louis Klumker of Long Park." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.243
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Ted and Nina Harris and six of their children at their Antelope Creek ranch in 1923. From left to right, they are: Hugh, Lucille, Neal, Nina and Ted. On the ground in front: Helen, Enid and Edwin." -- McCoy Memoirs p.172
"Mr. and Mrs. Harris lived on the ranch 28 years, then after several of the children were married they moved to Fruita, Colorado. Mrs. Harris died there in 1952 and Ted three years later. They are both interred in the Fruita Cemetery."...
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"The Butler Family in 1912. The year they arrived on the Conger Mesa and made their home on what is presently the Black Mountain Ranch. Here are Helen, Ben, Katherine and Roger." -- McCoy Memoirs p.266
Katherine "Kate" Johannbroer Butler inherited the ranch from her mother, Helene Johannbroer, in 1911. In 1920, Kate sold the ranch to John Ambos, Jr.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
