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Barbara Clark, Eagle County teacher, with Daisy, the horse, at the Bar-Gay Ranch near Edwards, Colorado (at the mouth of Squaw Creek). Ring, the dog (previously owned by Tom Pearch), is standing next to Mrs. Clark.
The Bar-Gay Ranch was originally the Hawley place. Gaylord and Barbara Clark bought the house and outbuildings; the land was a school section which they leased for 99 years.
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Peggy Whittaker and Eileen Randall outside a cabin at Brush Creek.
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Highway 6 & 24 in Eagle County. Wilmor[e] Lake would be off to the right. The Clark Ranch (Bar-Gay Ranch) is on the left at midfield. Bellyache Mountain is in the background.
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A school photo of Margurite Hawley from Edwards, Colorado.
Jerome C. and Luella Smith Hawley were among the earlier settlers of Eagle County, ranching at the mouth of Squaw Creek around 1900. Upon retiring, they left the ranch to their son, Ezra J. Hawley. Margurite, Ezra's daughter, became a teacher for the Southern California Bible College in Pasadena, California.
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Bert Yandell and his dog, Pal, across the valley from Squaw Creek. Bert is carrying books and a lunch pail in his left arm. Ranch buildings are in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Lou Clark (Layman) and dog, Ring (wearing hat), in front of the Clark House, Edwards, Colorado. In the background is the hill across the Eagle River and Wilmor[e] Lake, where the "layers appear to be sideways." -- Lou Layman
"Highway signs added sometime in the 1980s or 1990s designate it as 'Wilmore' Lake, but in the 1940s the name came from a 'railroad house'--a small building near the railroad track that probably was used to store equipment that...
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Lou Clark (Layman), approximately 15 years old, on horse, Daisy, in front of the Clark house. The log house at the foot of Squaw Creek was the Clark home from late 1945 until 1953.
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Doug Hughes and Maybelle "Dickie" Yandell across the valley from Squaw Creek. Dickie is Doug's aunt, Melba's sister.
"Melba Yandell Hughes and her family came to Squaw Creek because of the lettuce. Melba had been married when her family lived in Oklahoma, and had lost her husband after their son, Doug, was born. Eldest of eight children, Melba moved back home so her son could enjoy family life and the attention of all those brothers and sisters--actually,...
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Studio portrait of the Fenno children taken on Sept. 15, 1929, Mary and Clifford's wedding day. From left in back, Louis Charles Fenno and Clifford Thomas (Mary's husband) are standing; in front, Ida Fenno [Bearden] and Mary Fenno Thomas are seated.
Mary and Clifford operated the Edwards Store and Post Office, which they sold in 1946. Then they operated their ranch in Edwards until Clifford died in 1956. After that, Mary moved to Eagle and lived...
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Looking south west from Spring Creek with Weilmor[e] Lake in midfield. The Clark Family ranch is on the west side of Highway 6 which cuts through the photo. Squaw Creek and Bellyache are in the background. [photo color distorted]
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Lou Clark (Layman) and Bar-Gay Robin, a young registered bull. The Clark family raised milking shorthorn cattle on their ranch. Some of the cattle were 4-H projects.
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Doug Hughes at far left, standing with his aunt and uncle, Maybelle and Bert Yandell across the valley from Squaw Creek. Bert is petting his dog, Pal. Ranch buildings are in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
