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"This house, located on the south side of the Colorado River is presently the property of a Denver attorney, John Comer. It was build by Earl Brooks about 1920 and considered one of the better homes of the McCoy area. The Brooks family lived in it for seventeen years before moving to California." -- McCoy Memoirs p.152
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"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...
