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October 1956: John Gabelman poses with the day's kill: a large buck. He is in front of the Bent House in Triangle Park at Fulford, Colorado.
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Clarence Dubach, center, shows Joan, David, and Barbara Gabelman a pistol he designed and built himself.
4) Jim Nimon
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"Jim Nimon taken in Germany" (caption from photo)
A photograph of Jim Nimon during his time in the service in Germany. The photograph is printed on a thick postcard. He is wearing a helmet and holding his gun.
5) Milt & Hans
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Left to right, Milt Claycomb & Hans Larsen stand with an elk between them. Hans is holding a gun in one hand and a big smile. There is also a dog in the foreground with a shed/barn in the background.
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A woman stands on a rock near a pile of logs with a gun. She is wearing a dress with ankle boots and eyeglasses.
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"The Great Hunter, Mr. Giles" [Caption from photo verso]
Mrs. Giles poses with his gun, his kill, and a smile. There is a car in the far left background.
8) Fritz Arendt
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"The John Ambos homestead cabin, built in 1903. This photo, taken in 1909, shows Fritz Arendt who was batching in it, his dogs and an assortment of firearms. Fritz, an early day ranch hand, hunter, trapper, Game Warden and poacher left the McCoy area for Utah about 1911 and never returned. The cabin was demolished in 1912 and the salvaged material used for other purposes." --McCoy Memoirs, p. 238
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9) Bill Pollock
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Bill Pollock aims a firearm from atop his horse. Photo caption reads "Gypsum, Colorado" (Alda Borah).
10) Stanley McHatton
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Stanley McHatton, pictured here in 1918, served in the US Army during World War I in France. He is holding a firearm over his shoulder. A thumbprint is visible in the top left corner. McHatton Reservoir, named for these McHattons, is located south of the Eagle County Airport.
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"Mr. Hollingsworth". He stands posed with his horse, a firearm slung on the opposite side (stock visible), and is wearing a wide-brim hat with a belt of shells around his waist.
12) Jack Nevins
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"Jack Nevins, forest ranger in Eagle, Colo., 1914" - caption from Alda Borah. Jack has a pipe in his mouth and a handgun with more ammunition on his shoulder.
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Colonel Forrest Carhartt talks about his experiences as one of the US National Guard troops sent to the Mexican border, and into Mexico itself, in response to Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus, New Mexico. He compares his military experiences on the Mexican border with his experiences during World War I. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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14) Alfred Borah
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Alfred Borah, father of Alda Borah, sits with a rifle on his lap at the entrance to a tent. A bucket is at his feet and he's wearing a wide-brim hat. Caption on verso says this photo is at a "campsite in the mountains of Colorado".
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Mr. Hollingsworth sits atop a large elk on a hunting trip. He has a long rifle across his lap and another holstered on his hip.
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Eben Massey talks about growing up on a ranch in Gateway, Colorado. He remembers riding horseback and playing with his cousins. He recalls encounters with rattlesnakes, bull snakes, pack rats, rabbits, and deer. He tells stories of deer hunts he was involved with. He remembers being a “flanker” who helped to brand cattle, working as a cowboy and ranch hand as a boy, riding horses, and calf roping. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...
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In a recording made for his son, Don Rogers talks about his family’s cattle ranch on Pinon Mesa in the 1910’s, about getting lost in the wilderness at the age of six, about an expert tracker named Avery Burford who led the search party, and about being found the next morning after he spent the night alone on a sandbar of East Creek. He recalls a gunfight between cowboys Louis Stewart and Blue, a shooting by a man named Pete Lapham, and tensions...
