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Evelyn Urdine Douthit, granddaughter of William Henry Lea & Urdine Messersmith Lea. Evelyn was born in 1924.
2) The Evelyns
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Group photo at the Lea home in Gypsum, Colorado.
From left to right: Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, Evelyn Marguerite Lea, Evelyn Urdine, Evelyn Carol (daughter of Evelyn Urdine)
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Evelyn Urdine Douthit sits with the dog, Spot, in the mail cart that her grandfather, George Washington Messermith, would use to pick up mail from the Gypsum Post Office. The photo was dated 1926.
5) Messersmiths
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From left to right: Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, father George Washington Messersmith, and Andrew Elias (Andy) Messersmith.
6) Men in hats
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14 men posed inside, each wearing a hat (derby, top hat, plantation, cowboy, etc.).
First row: Quirk, John, Jim
Second row: Methany, Duncan, Marquous (sp.?)
Third row: Wiseman, Jack Stremme, Chris Christensen, Ben Hadley, Ike (blacksmith), Dirty (F?), Hank, (?), MacDonald
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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William Henry Lea stands outside his home in Gypsum, Colorado. His son, William Oscar (Willie), is peeking through the window on the right side of the photograph.
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Evelyn Marguerite Lea, daughter of William Henry and Urdine Bell Messersmith. The photo is dated 1920 in Gypsum, Colorado.
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George Washington Messersmith sits on a small porch with his granddaughters, Mary Ellen (left) and Evelyn Urdine Douthit (right). The photo was taken around 1930 in front of Urdine Bell & William Henry Lea's home in Gypsum, Colorado (George Washington's daughter and son-in-law). The log cabin in the picture was also on the property and once was home to William Lea's mother, Johanna Harrison Lea, and his sister, Ada Lea (Sprague).
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Jim Seabry, in uniform, Sheriff of Eagle County, Colorado, for 16 years. After his stint as sheriff, he served two four-year terms as mayor of Eagle. Jim was born February 23, 1913, Leadville, Colorado. He died Oct. 29, 1996.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Evelyn Marguerite Lea and her husband, Paul Hays Douthit. Evelyn was the granddaughter of William Henry Lea of Gypsum, Colorado.
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c.1890: Eagle County young women in stylized photo while students at Greeley Normal School. Left to right: Edith Ros, Agnes Whyte, Mae Robertson, Leila Hadley, Laura Hadley, Myrtie Hockett. Posed to depict various activities at the school (art, reading, writing, speaking, brushing hair).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Formal portrait of Hume Stanley White (July 11, 1882-April 5, 1968). He has a pair of glasses in his right hand and is wearing a suit with a polka dot tie. He was County Attorney, Judge and held a private law practice in Eagle County for many years.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait of George M. Crumbly, Sheriff of Eagle County, Colorado, taken on January 16, 1893.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
15) The Johnsons
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Zella Lea Johnson with her husband, Charles James Lea. Charles was the brother of William Henry Lea.
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George Messermith holds Evelyn in front of her great-grandmother Johanna Lea's cabin in Gypsum, Colorado.
17) Messersmiths
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From left to right: George Washington Messersmith, Elias Messersmith (brother to George Washington), Urdine Messersmith Lea, James Cain Messersmith (son of Elias), Andrew "Andy" Elias Messersmith (son of George Washington). Evelyn Urdine Douthit, Urdine's granddaughter, is standing on a chair in the front. There is a dog in the bottom right corner of the photograph and Elias Messersmith is holding a cane. A road and mountains can be seen in the background....
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Girls trip to Glenwood Springs. Left to right: Paul Jean Douthit, Evelyn Marguerite Lea, Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, Evelyn Urdine Douthit, Mary Ellen Douthit (in the back).
20) Cousins
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Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea is pictured on the right with an unknown cousin. The photo was taken before moving to Gypsum, Colorado from Indiana.
