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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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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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Guy Barnes sawing a log. Darrell Barnes is seated on the log; Boyd Barnes is helping at the other end.
"Heat for the cabin was furnished by a black four-legged stove which burned wood for fuel. The wood was either sawed or chopped with an ax." -- Homestead Days in Colorado p.1
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Monica Barnes hold the reins to the family work horses with Boyd Barnes standing in front of her.
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Guy Barnes holding Boyd on the back of a sheep in front of the barn on the Castle homestead. Eventually, Barnes got rid of his cattle and sheep herds and leased the pastures to others. To supplement his income, he worked for Holy Cross Electric and worked on the construction of Highway 6 & 24.
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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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First use of Eagle County road maintenance equipment using horse-drawn and mechanized graders.
15) Dump Truck
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Construction and maintenance of roads in Eagle County, Colorado, using a dump truck. There is a man working and a child watching in the far right corner.
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First use of road maintenance equipment in Eagle County, Colorado, using a steam shovel and a front loader to clear dirt and rocks. There is a man standing in the controls cabin with only his head visible. "Eagle County" has been painted on the side of the machine.
17) Grading Roads
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First use of mechanized graders on gravel roads in Eagle County, Colorado.
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A large group of people gather for the Farewell Picinic on June 9, 1929.
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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.
