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Jesse Sherman standing chest-high in an oat field on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"Mr. Sherman and his younger brother, George, owned and operated the Sherman Brothers Dairy and Feed Store in Leadville from 1890 to 1900. In 1901 they purchased the cattle ranch on the Eagle River four miles above Eagle, which was known for many years as the Sherman Brothers Ranch. They were outstanding pioneers in the successful development of potato and grain production...
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"Harvesting a good crop of oats on the Arthur Horn ranch in 1916. Along with the assurance of an ample supply of irrigation water out of Rock Creek, this soil is very productive. In the background is Table Rock, a lava formation separating Rock and Egeria Creeks. The top of the rock is mostly sagebrush with some cedars and pinyons scattered through it. Until 1950 there was clear evidence of an Indian arrowhead makers' camp including a round area about...
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1900-1910: Team of three horses pulling a cutter harvesting oats on the Sherman Ranch near Eagle, Colorado. Driver's head and whip visible.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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In image at lower right: O.T. DAVIS PHOTO No. 1623; In pencil on the back of the image: oats
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In pencil at the top center of the back of the image: oat field
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In image at lower right: O.T. DAVIS PHOTO No 1850; In black ink at the top center on the back of the image: Spencer 1922 wheat in shock -- with oat field still standing at extreme left.
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In pencil at the top center on the back of the image: oats and potatoes
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In image at lower left: oats near Alamosa; in image at lower right: San Luis Valley, Colo. Photographer unknown
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In image at lower left: San Luis Valley Oats #44; In image at lower right: SHEPARD'S STUDIO, ALAMOSA, COLO.