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A bird's-eye view of Kent with a few buildings visible, hayfields in foreground.
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Jack Flynn and Bill McHatton fence-sitting at the Kent station house, 1917. Inscription reads: "College chums."
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Jim Flynn, Owen McCarthy and Kate Flynn hoeing the garden at Kent. Inscription reads: "Hard days work." The three pine trees are at right background.
5) Louis Lively
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Two men on horseback at the Kent section house. The man on the right is Louis Lively; the man on the left is unidentified.
6) John Flynn
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John Flynn standing next to the signal at Kent (near Wolcott). John was a railroad telegrapher and a veteran of World War I.
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Jim Flynn leaning on a rake in a hayfield. Piles of hay behind him.
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Man holding a sign at the Kent section house, possibly on his way to enlist (World War I). The sign reads: "This much is solid: O. R. T. Divn 4" [Ordnance Removal Training]
11) Bridge Building
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Railroad employees building a bridge. Railroad ties and building materials are visible in the foreground. The inscription reads: "Building Turkey Creek Bridge" which raises some questions about accuracy given that Turkey Creek is at Red Cliff and this photo is identified as Kent.
12) Thelma Morris
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Thelma Morris resting on cut hay at Kent, 1918. Inscription: "Oh, Boy."
13) Taylor Agee
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Photo postcard of Taylor Agee taken in 1915, sent to Miss Katie Flynn, Wolcott, Colo., from Pueblo, Colo., June 25, 10 am, 1917. 1 cent postage stamp affixed and canceled.
"Hey friend I will write you a few lines. Every body is OK from a friend Taylor"
14) Potato picking
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A group of potato pickers at Kent. Jim Flynn is third from the left, in front. Inscription reads: "Potatoe Pickers."
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Kate Flynn, Lucy Cooper, and Mary "Molly" Flynn standing at the Kent section house. Mary died February 10, 1914, from a sudden illness. Lucy [Lucille Theresa Cooper] married George Donald Collett. Their son, George Donald Collett, Jr., was born January 7, 1915.
16) Sterel Thompson
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Sterel Thompson on horse at Kent.
"It [the bridle arrangement] is generally known as a hackamore, and most frequently used to start young horses. It obviously does not use a bit in the horse's mouth, and therefore protects sensitive tissues from abuse. Also could be used for horses with some form of existing sensitivty. Usually a transition was made to a bridle with a bit. The California vaquero tradition used this process to patiently produce a...
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Harriett Nelson at the Kent section house on July 4th, 1918, back from a day in Eagle.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Two men are standing on the cab of the derailed locomotive.
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Jack Flynn posing in start position next to the railroad tracks at Kent. Station buildings are in the background
Eagle Valley Enterprise Mar. 9, 1917 p.8: "Invitations were received from Rifle and Glenwood to participate in track and field meets to be held in these towns in May. Both invitations will be accepted and we expect to give some of our rivals a run for honors. In Flynn and McHatton we have two good track men and expect to work Borah, Ruden...
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Remains of the Sherwood quarry drum and pulley structure on the Horn Ranch property in Red Canyon. The drum is visible from I-70. Stone from this quarry was used to build the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
"The archive of the Colorado Historical Museum offers a bit more information about the quarry site. A typewritten transcript titled 'Memories of Eagle County in the 1880s,' authored by Amy M. Bowen, the daughter of Avon area homesteader John...
