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A "Badge of Honor," awarded to Alda Borah for the school year of 1906-1907. The badge certified "that Mittie Alda Borah was neither abesnt nor tardy during the school year of 1906-1907. - Caroline Canady, Teacher"
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Alda Borah's high school diploma. Alda graduated from the Eagle County High School in Gypsum on May 18, 1916. The diploma is signed by Ollie Graham, County Superintendent; A. C. Johnson, Principal; Mack Fleck, Chas Gustafson, and William Henry Lea, High School Committee members. A seal for the Eagle County High School is visible in the bottom left corner.
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Alda Borah's art class assignment. The assignment focuses on primary and compound colors.
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Alda Borah's map/art book, which she completed for her art class while attending the Eagle County High School. There are several hand drawn images of nature, as well as a map of Maine, and two maps showing the Roman Empire and ancient Greece around the Mediterranean Sea. Some of the drawings are dated from 1914.
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An account of auction ledger for the sale of the Borah ranch. A public auction was held on November 24, 1917. Many locals in the Brush Creek Valley and surrounding towns purchased items at the auction. Alfred Borah, along with his wife, Mary, and daughter, Alda, moved to Phoenix, Arizona following the public auction. James F. Shults served as the auctioneer. Later dates from the 1920s are included in the ledger from business dealings Alfred had in...
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A contour sketch map of the Eagle Vanadium Company's consolidated mines, located along Brush Creek. This map was created in August of 1915. Charles G. Walker, a mining engineer and surveyor, may have drawn the map. According to Alda Borah, Charles "Chas" G. Walker was in charge of surveying all the mines on Salt and Brush Creek.
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A deed of trust from Jake Borah to his brother, Alfred, dated December 20, 1917.
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A land patent given to Mary C. (Grant) Borah by the Land Office at Glenwood Springs. Dated August 8, 1890. This grant was for the "North half of the North East quarter and the East half of the North West quarter of Section twenty-five in Township five South of Range eighty-four West of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Colorado containing one hundred and sixty acres," and was signed J. M. Townsend, Recorder of the General Land Office.
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A land grant patent given to Alfred Borah. The patent states that Alfred had made his last payment on his property on Brush Creek. The document is dated February 18, 1916, and was issued by the Land Office at Glenwood Springs.
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A letter from William Youe to Mary (Grant) Borah regarding the installation of headstones for Mary's parents, Tomas and Mary Grant. The letter is dated November 2, 1926, from Leadville.
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A letter from William Youe to Mary (Grant) Borah regarding the installation of headstones for Mary's parents, Tomas and Mary Grant. The letter is dated October 14, 1926, from Leadville.
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A letter written by Mary C. (Grant) Borah to her daughter, Alda (Borah) Perkins, dated June 24, 1933. Mary discusses some of the things she has been up to, including visiting neighbors and canning fruit.
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A letter written by Mary C. (Grant) Borah to her daughter, Alda (Borah) Perkins, dated June 28, 1933. Mary had sent a letter four days prior to Alda about a fishing trip. This letter appears to be a reply to a letter Alda sent Mary in-between Mary's two letters. Mary ran out of room on the second page and finished the letter in the upper margin of the first page.
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A letter written from Marvin Borah to his first cousin once removed, Alda (Borah) Farnsworth. The letter was sent on January 14, 1994, from Fowler, Colorado to Phoenix, Arizona. Marvin sent several images with the letter, which have been uploaded to this collection, and are visible under the "Related objects" tab.
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A letter written by Mary C. (Grant) Borah to her uncle, William H. Grant. The letter concerns the passing of Mary's aunt, Patience (Grant) Smith, William's sister. Patience was born in 1828, and passed away on October 13, 1903. At least one page appears to be missing from the letter.
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A letter written by Alfred Borah to Charles "Chas" Bemis regarding a debt that Bemis owed to Borah.
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A letter from A. W. Rhoads to Alfred Borah, dated October 1, 1896. Alfred writes in his journal that he received a letter from A. W. Rhoads on October 6, 1896. It's possible that is this letter.
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A letter written by the Horse Mountain Mining & Milling Corporation, which was sent to Alfred Borah. The letter is dated April 16, 1920. The letter invites Alfred to the annual stockholders meeting. If Alfred was unable to attend, he could sign his name by proxy.
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A warranty deed, given by Mary Borah to Alfred Borah, dated March 16, 1910. The deed signed over the Borah ranch property from Mary to Alfred. The land had been in Mary's name since August 8, 1890, when the Borahs purchased the property.