Summer Range, Johnson Brothers Ranch, Edd Johnson Inscription on photo postcard: "Who is Edd? Your brother? What a beautiful scene. The cattle remind me of my Harveys. He had a small heard of these cattle. F. J. Morse"

Lee Johnson and Ed, his brother. The Johnson Brothers began buying registered Herefords in 1906 and handled range cattle, as well. They increased their land holdings, including the Sherman Brothers ranch east of Eagle in 1919, to become the largest owners of irrigated farm land in the county. Ed Johnson ran the ranch and Lee Johnson had the transport company out of Longmont. They dispersed the herd in 1922-23. Ed Johnson went to Raton, New Mexico,...