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1901: Dorothy Doll, 3 years old, in hat and overalls holding the reins of an unsaddled horse in fenced yard. Trees and grass indicate late spring/summer.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The 2010 Eagle County Fair & Rodeo royalty. From left, Queen Attendant, Shelby Massie; Queen, Rena Gulick; Princess, Bethany Roof; Princess Attendant, Emily Massie.
3) Steer roping
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Scott Jones and Greg Baldwin steer roping during the Eagle County Fair & Rodeo, 2013.
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Ed Erickson, left, and Henry Ulin in a wagon drawn by a team of horses. They are standing outside a farmhouse in Gypsum Creek.
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Everett Howard holding the reins of Tom, the horse. Both are standing in a field. Some timber is visible behind Tom. Everett is wearing overalls and Tom wears a bridle.
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July 25, 1914, first cutting of hay on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. The crew is posed on the tongue of the slide stacker. Hay is poised on the stacker in the background, with hayers and pitchforks ready to move it onto the haystack.
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The 2009 Eagle County Fair & Rodeo royalty. In green, Queen, Kelly Adams; blue, Queen Attendant, Angela Downs; pink, Princess Sarah Bakken; yellow, Attendant, Bethany Roof.
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The Little Britches Grand Entry at Eagle Fairgrounds, 1987. Queen Laura Miller leads with Jr. Princess Staci Burton behind her.
10) Hefting potatoes
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A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
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Eagle County Fair and Rodeo royalty1989-90, ready for the Garfield County Fair parade 1989.
Left to right, Queen, Jo Jo Walker; Lady in Waiting, Tammy Quealy; Princess, Jenny Walch.
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C.1900: "The Big Barn," Doll Brothers Ranch, Gypsum Valley. Barn had 3 full stories, running water and electricity. Could stable 250 horses individually. Winter view with snow on ground. Fencing in foreground.
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Edie Lederhause, 1980-1981 Rodeo Queen, and Betty Jo Jansen, riding in the Eagle Flight Days parade, 1980, with Edie's horse project (4-H).
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Horse and rider with dog at left, standing in front of a tent. Possibly someone standing in tent opening but photo is blurred. Sheep pen and sheep in background. Photo labeled: "Sheep Camp, Dry Lake," in lower left corner.
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The 2013 Eagle County Fair & Rodeo royalty. From left, Princess Attendant, Adie Lengel; Princess, Malorie Stephens; Queen Attendant, Morgan Kromer; Queen, Katie Stephens.
17) Loading Hay
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Gulling Offerson loading hay into barn on bench above Beaver Creek. A two horse team, left foreground, is being used while a team of mules is visible in the left background. The mules are pulling the cables that are lifting the load of hay to the top of the stack. The view is looking east with the Avon "gypsum cliffs" to the left.
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"Threshing grain on the Bill Winslow Ranch, Sheephorn 1914. Clarence Rundell, Ammi Hoyt, --?--, Everett Hoyt, Chas. Gutzler." -- verso caption
"The machine at left is the thresher, appearing to be an early model that is hand fed as best I can determine. I think men on the stack are feeding the stacked grain into the machine, with straw discharge out of sight to left of photo. In any case, the horses in foreground are hooked to a 'horse power'. This...
19) Melonie Gordon
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Melonie Gordon, 1979-1980 Rodeo Queen, on stage during the Eagle County Fair.
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"The trail drive to Wolcott, Colorado (the nearest shipping point from Burns, Colorado) was always an exciting time, eating and sleeping on the trail. But it also meant lots of hard work and long hours. Frank Gates (Dad) told his son George Albert "Bud" Gates that he was 12 years old before he was allowed to go on the trail drive. He was so excited." -- The Gates Genealogy
