"In 1917 Howard and Mattie Van Horn and daughters came over from Edwards on the Eagle River and bought part of the Groh ranch from Hollis Brooks, the owner at that time. The land they bought had about thirty acres in cultivation and under a ditch. There were no other improvements except some fence, so the Van Horns built this better than average ranch house and other buildings so necessary on every ranch. After living here several years they bought...

"Except for its contour, this doesn't look like the ranch house that Tom and Sarah Wohler built and lived in for twenty-five years, but the original log structure is there under a new roof and exterior remodeling. The Wohlers' adopted daughter spent her childhood years here and in later years as the wife of Roy Sherwood." -- McCoy Memoirs p.131 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]