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21) Binding oats
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Binding oats on the Wolverton ranch, using a three-horse team. Charles Wolverton is standing behind the binder.
22) Bearden Family
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Ellis, in uniform, Elizabeth, Rolland and Ray Bearden in front of the truck at the Bearden place.
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Dan Rule and steer, Brush Creek
[Photo developed Oct. 12, 1941, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colorado]
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Dan Rule and steer, Brush Creek
[Photo developed Oct. 12, 1941, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colorado]
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"A 1908 photograph of the family of Pete and Melissa Horn. Back, from left: Mary, Mabel, Ida, Maude. Front, from left: Walter, Arthur and Charley. All attended the Cottonwood school at one time or another and all are deceased except Mabel." -- McCoy Memoirs. p. 115
Pete Horn, coming from Bailey, Colorado, purchased the tract from two trappers about 1890, and homesteaded with the help of his wife, Melissa, and seven children.
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26) Doan Ranch
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"The Doan ranch was purchased from Mr. Doan by James P. Gates in about 1899. When J. P. Gates and Kate first moved to the Doan place, they lived in the small house to the left until the big house was built. Later, James George Gates, son of Bert and Nona Gates, purchased the ranch from J. P. Gates." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Cora and Joe Carter, standing in front of an automobile in Leadville, Colorado. The license plate is for 1942.
"Sam and Russell's mother was Cora Fenno (daughter of Emma Fenno Graham), who married Joe Carter in Leadville in 1904. Soon after that, the two took up a homestead in the pretty draw that bears their name. They continued living in Leadville, 'proving up' on the land during the summer. Then in the 1920s, they built a two-story white clapboard...
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William F. Stevens on the left, talking with Leonard and Dorothy Horn at a dinner.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Ray" [processing date Aug 65]
Ray Miller working a baler in the hayfield.
"New Holland brand baler, with power provided by mounted engine. Towed by International Farmall tractor, either H or probably M. Baler is newer than the tractor." -- Stu Dykstra, Feb. 2015
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Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thoberg, Eagle, Colorado. Mr. Thoberg is seated on a rock wall; Mrs. Thobert is standing to his left, leaning on the same rock wall. Both are in formal attire for the occasion.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Clyde Lloyd on far left with three cowboys at the Lloyd Ranch; cattle are behind the riders.
Stamp on back of photo: Quality Photo Finishing Ping's Service Station Eagle, Colorado
33) J. D. Smith
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J. D. Smith, who worked for the Howards. Referred to lovingly as "the boss who started the dirty work," for his introduction of Everett and Mildred. J. D. is standing in a field with a piece of paper in his hand. He is wearing overalls and a hat.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Purley Bertroch and Ellis Bearden (on right) standing in front of a pickup truck. Purley worked on the family farm in Gypsum until World War II, when he served in the First Cavalry, U.S. Army. After that, he worked as a carpenter, general contractor and developer throughout Eagle County.
35) W. E. Nottingham
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1923: William Emmett Nottingham, born in Gilman (Belles Camp), 1893, youngest son of William H. Nottingham. In 1923, he was an up-and-coming rancher at Avon; he remained a rancher his entire life.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Arthur and Nettie [Pross] Panting, shortly after they were married in 1906." -- McCoy Memoirs p.169
There is a dog in front of Mrs. Panting.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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C.1900: Rancher bent over scalding tub during fall hog butchering, Doll Brothers Ranch. Six carcasses hanging from supports on the left. Snow on ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
38) Joe Brett
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post-1879: Portrait photo [copied from newspaper] of Joe Brett, first settler to locate homestead in Edwards, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Johnson Brothers Herefords, Eagle Colorado (calling card)
