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"The buildings on the Lyon Hidden Valley Ranch are in a much better state of repair than any of the other deserted ranches in Yarmony Park, mainly due to the fact that it was occupied the longest. The road to the former John Hudson ranch a mile and a half distant goes through the gap on the left." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 279 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The original Harve Dice Ranch on west Brush Creek, below Sylvan Lake. Ranch house, barn and outbuildings are visible.
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Jake Stull barn on the Colorado River Road, built in 1905.
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The Tom Elliott place on Rock Creek. The ranch house is on the right with corrals and barn at left. The ranch is in Routt County, two miles north of McCoy. Irrigation was from the creek in order to grow supplementary feed for winter.s [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The horse barn on the Charles B. McCoy ranch, photographed in 1970 by John Ambos. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Schlegel homestead on the Piney. Barn and corral built by Matt Schlegel (Mathias).
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The Payton Family homestead in Minturn. Lionhead rock is at far upper right. Railroad tracks are visible behind the treeline. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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The William Johnson Ranch, formerly the Anthony Sneve Ranch on West Brush Creek. The patent on the ranch was established in 1911. The ranch was purchased by Edna Chambers in 1935. Chambers in turn sold the property to William S. and Nora Johnson in 1938. It is now the site for Sylvan Lake State Park. [A History of Sylvan Lake State Park, by Kathy Heicher]
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Pershing Fair and Rodeo, September 10, 1916. The building on the right is a part of the Conger Mesa school barn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Grandma George's (Charity Elizabeth Forster George) farm in Fr. Morgan with cattle headed toward the barn.
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"Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation 'Red Mountain Ranch' and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde's brother and sister-in-law, Carl and Ella, were the caretakers for the ranch. Located about 4 miles east of Eagle, the property featured a magnificent ranch house (which burned to the ground...
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Men at Haas Ranch [Sandstone Creek, Vail] getting ready to go elk hunting. Left to right: Jim Fanning, Oscar Nelson's back, Mary Fanning. The lumber from Haas barn in the background was later used in the construction of the first restaurant in Vail. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The Red Barn" built on the Doll Brothers' Ranch in Gypsum Valley about 1890. It is still standing and in use today (1982) by Chuck Albertson. View showing two barn structures connected by roof line with fences in the foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....
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Horses and riders standing outside the barn on the Rundell ranch.
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Charles, Chet, John and William (father) Eaton (left to right) at McCoy Creek Ranch. Each Eaton is holding the reins of a horse and is standing in front of a log barn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Bert Wolverton and Art Koonce were partners in this ranch located immediately north of Eagle in the vicinity of what is now the Interstate 70 interchange. The ranch was eventually sold to Ross Chambers. This view is looking east with Red Point in the background. The barn in the photograph has since been moved to Chambers Park in Eagle, where it serves as the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The interstate highway now runs through what would...
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"The Bill Johannbroer Ranch on Conger Mesa in 1970." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 235 "Billy Johannbroer was a locomotive engineer on the Clear Creek Branch of the Colorado and Southern Railroad. He did very little active work on his homestead. His wife and children, Bill, Lillian and Kenneth, were the chief ranchers with Billy only being able to help during his vacations and during slack railroad seasons. Bill Jr. married Verna Ray, daughter of Daniel...
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The Chambers Ranch at the mouth of Eby Creek in Eagle, Colorado. The white barn became the museum for the Eagle County Historical Society. The site with the buildings is now the Eagle interchange for I-70. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]