Brush Creek, Colorado
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The Brush Creek school house near Eagle in 1907. A boy is coming out of the door; outhouse behind the school. The school is surrounded by a fence with a stile in place for students to climb over.
From the shadows in the foreground, it appears one of the horsement is the photographer.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Yeoman Camp
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"Yeoman Camp at Salt Creek" (part of the Brush Creek drainage). Multiple log buildings, corrals and fencing are seen. Several miles further up East Brush Creek Rd. is the old mining town of Fulford. This photo was taken prior to the CCC camp built in the 1930s at Yeoman Park. The site has been a favored camping and fishing place since the settlement of Eagle.
" At an elevation of 9,000 ft, Yeoman Park campground is located on the edge of a wetland...
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Kilgore property with Brush Creek in the background, c. 1916-17. Haystack and automobile in left of photo.
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The Kilgore property on Brush Creek is in the foreground; in the backgound are horses hauling a load to market.
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Side view of the cabin behind the Schlutter house in summer. Visitors stayed here. Porch is on right. Barbed wire fence in foreground.
7) Dice Place
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The old Dice place up west Brush Creek. Barn, house and outbuildings are visible from the road through the fenceline. Road is not paved.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The original Harve Dice Ranch on west Brush Creek, below Sylvan Lake. Ranch house, barn and outbuildings are visible.
9) Sneve Ranch
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The William Johnson Ranch, formerly the Anthony Sneve Ranch on West Brush Creek. The patent on the ranch was established in 1911. The ranch was purchased by Edna Chambers in 1935. Chambers in turn sold the property to William S. and Nora Johnson in 1938. It is now the site for Sylvan Lake State Park. [A History of Sylvan Lake State Park, by Kathy Heicher]
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Wolverton residence on the Brush Creek ranch. Ralph Wolverton married M. H. and Clara Waldo's daughter.
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Brush Creek Valley, 1916. Two groups of buildings, fenced pasture and Brush Creek visible with Bellyache Mountain in the background.
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Eulene and Marvin Kilgore at home on Brush Creek. Marvin is pushing while Eulene pulls a wagon.
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A rear view of the ranch house, Pair o Dice Mesa. Metal roof and gated yard visible with milk buckets hanging on fence. The "spud" cellar is in the left foreground. The only structure left standing today (2007) is the rock wall of the spud cellar.
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"Daddy, Jack, & 8 Ducks" (caption from photo album)
Hans Larsen stands with the family dog, Jack, with a gun and a pipe in his mouth. Larsen fashioned his own belt for carrying ducks while hunting and has 8 around his waist. There is a milk can in the background with the fenceline and a building.
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Hans Larsen, along with two other men and a dog, appear to be chopping a tree in the barnyard. There is a fence, trees, and numerous buildings also in the picture.
16) Pearl Tuttle
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Pearl Tuttle, in a dress and hat, stands in front of a fence and building at the Larsen house.
18) Teddy Boy
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Teddy Boy the foal has a bright white spot on his forehead. There is a fenceline and telephone line in the background.
20) Dick the Horse
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"Dick" the horse runs through a grassy field with trees and a fenceline in the background.
