Eagle County, Colorado
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1) Piney Range
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"Top of the Piney Range, November 10, 1915." -- caption
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The left half of a panoramic view of Eagle (3 dates listed: 1908, 1920, 1930). Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at left midground; Eagle River in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Justin Winstead with his Grand Champion market sheep at the 1994 Junior Livestock sale, Eagle County Fair.
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The right half of a panoramic view of Eagle (3 dates listed: 1908, 1920, 1930). Eagle River in foreground; train tracks and depot in midground. Brush Creek in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Monica Barnes holding baby Boyd in the sunshine.
"The homestead cabin was built on a hill. ... Water for the cabin came from a spring located up a hill from the cabin. Water for drinking, household use, baths and doing laundry was carried by bucket from the spring. Clothes were washed on a wash board. Water for doing laundry was heated on the wood burning stove and then carried to the tubs used for washing as needed. There was no electircity...
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Photo postcard of the Balanced Rock in the Colorado River near the Kirby ranch [former Quinlan place]. John Ambos' horse in photo.
"...when the Dotsero Cut-off was built the river was relocated and shifted south to avoid a sharp curve in the track, which isolated the rock in still water. In the winter time, this was an ice crossing and a short distance above there was an excellent ford." -- McCoy Memoirs p.144
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Monica Heeren Barnes holding son, Boyd Barnes, born July 5, 1920. They are in the cabin door on Castle, the original homestead.
She was born in 1899 in Whiting, Iowa. She was helping her cousin on a ranch in South Dakota when she met Guy T. Barnes, working as a herdsman. They married and moved to Eagle, Colorado, where Mr. Barnes was employed by Andrew Christiansen.
"While living in a cabin owned by Mr. Christainsen, Guy and Monica Barnes began...
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Monica Barnes hold the reins to the family work horses with Boyd Barnes standing in front of her.
12) The Georges Yost
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George "Doc" and Frances Yost (Bucar) stand with their son, a small George Nelson "Nels" Yost off the edge of the sidewalk. There is a building and fenceline in the background.
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A panorama of hay fields near Eagle, Colorado. The large, two story building in the right midground is Eagle High School, completed in 1917. This is actually four photographs laid together in succession to create one long photograph.
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Guy Barnes hauling hay with a team of horses and wagon.
"Guy Barnes was hired as a herdsman by a man named Andrew Christiansen. Mr. Christiansen raised Hereford cattle and needed someone to help with caring for the cattle. Mr. Barnes cared for the cattle on Mr. Christiansen's land in town during the Winter but during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall, Barne's job took him to Mr. Christiansen's cattle on pasture eleven miles North of town."...
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From left to right: Ladonna Fair, Kay Carter, Loren Chambers, Arlynn Anderson, Donna Louise Chambers, Glennora (Tiny) Carter, Maxine Chambers, Jody Chambers (Maxine's sister), Dorothy Carter, [unknown], Norling Anderson, Shirley Chambers, and Donald Chambers. Two dogs snuck into the picture as well.
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Many buildings in this picture are a mink farm, once located at Sylvan Lake State Park.
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Explore this detailed map compiled by federal and local surveys of Eagle County, Colorado in 1906. The map was published by Ben Cress in Red Cliff, Colorado, and the original hangs in the Eagle Public Library located in Eagle, Colorado.
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Undersheriff John Clark on the left, seated next to Game Warden Al Orlosky, in the Eagle County Sheriff's Office. Undersheriff Clark was shot by Delmar Spooner on July 11, 1961, and died from his wound on July 12, 1961.
