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81) Pete DeGraw
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Pete DeGraw on horseback with riderless mount in background.
Correl James "Pete" DeGraw "...moved to Eagle County in 1924, and homesteaded on Bellyache Mountain. He then worked on the Blue River near Kremmling for a short time, and was later in the sheep business before buying a ranch on Eby Creek and raising cattle. Mr. DeGraw married the former Ruby Ping on April 9, 1941.
He was a brand inspector in Eagle County for 40 years. He was also...
82) Bill Pollock
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Bill Pollock aims a firearm from atop his horse. Photo caption reads "Gypsum, Colorado" (Alda Borah).
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From caption, on the left is George Ziegler holding his hat on top of Babe the horse. Pink the horse is to the right of Babe with Edwin Reynolds at her side. The horses are attached to a wagon or cart of sorts and the wheel can be seen in teh background behind Ziegler. The two worked on the Borah ranch.
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"Three Piney Cowboys" - caption from Alda Borah. Three men in cowboy hats sit atop their horses along a creek (background).
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"The cowboys, mounted on well-trained horses, pushed the cattle down the road with snappy bull whips and the distinctive whistles, hoots and calls that ranchers have always used to keep the reluctant animals moving."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
86) News from home
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A postcard of a cowboy on a horse. This was sent to Alda Borah at Salt Lake City from Jennie Schumm. The postmark is dated September 2, 1914, from Gypsum.
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1948: Charlie Albertson (75 yrs. old) on "Laddie" at Burns, Colorado stockyard, Fall of 1948. Mr. Albertson wears hat, leather jacket, and chaps; lariat prominent on saddle horn. Stock chute and cattle car (Rio Grande) in left background. Two automobiles in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
