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"A 1924 Rodeo at McCoy. George Bird of Yampa is the rider. The other men on horses are Andrew Henry and Charley McCoy. At that time the entire area east of the hotel and where the school buildings now are was a vacant tract and well suited for rodeos, etc." -- McCoy Memoirs p.35 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The July 4, 1926, rodeo at McCoy, Colorado. "Ernest Rundell is the rider." -- McCoy Memoirs p.36 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A grain threshing outfit and crew on the Frank Groh ranch on lower Rock Creek in 1911. From left to right they are Phil Hines and Frank Parker, who were onlookers. Next are Charley McCoy and Tom Wohler, who owned the outfit. Then Phil Kapale, Ben Butler, unknown, Ed Bailey, Frank Groh, Jr., Harry Groh and Sam Kibbler. While in operation, it was the duty of the owners to see that all parts of the equipment were functioning properly. Other men...
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"Ammi Hoyt on his way to a railroad siding with a load of potatoes for shipment to market. Until 1925 most potatoes were still being hauled by horse drawn wagons, but shortly afterwards hauling was done by trucks." -- McCoy Memoirs p.199 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A train of freight wagons like these were a common sight on the road between Wolcott and Routt County points, before the advent of the Moffatt Road. By traveling together freighters could lend assistance to one another in case of an equipment breakdown, encountering a mudhole or a steep grade, of which there were many. This photo was taken about a mile north west of McCoy, by A. B. Noyce of Steamboat Springs in the spring of 1903. The three freighters...
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Branding crew is brnading cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch, 1908. Cattle are guided into the chute for control, branded and released. Two children on horseback observe at far right. Barn in right background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Shared marker for: "Schlegel, Mary E. (Handley), Apr. 6, 1932--May 9, 2008; Rancher, Wesley H., Feb. 8, 1927--Feb. 27, 2002," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with river, pines, columbines, hummingbird, elk and riderless horse is engraved on the marker. The family brand is engraved at center bottom.
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Shared marker for: "Laman, Marvin Charles, June 21, 1926--January 4, 2008; Iva Caroline, July 24, 1929," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, horses and cattle is engraved at the top. Between the names, joined hearts are engraved with Nov. 8, 1947. At the bottom: E-L, LL7
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"Cabin on former Ad Stifel Ranch in the Antelope section of McCoy." -- John Ambos caption [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Charley Horn and Harry Groh, with horses, preparing to go prospecting. "When their [Frank and Mary Groh's] first child, Harry, was born in 1891 he had what was always considered a fine distinction in a new settlement. He was the first white child born in a new pioneer community. Olive was born in 1893 and Frank Jr. in 1901." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 125 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Branding and dehorning cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch in 1908 [Yarmony Creek ranch]. Left to right: John Payne, Charley McCoy, Everett Hoyt, Fred Bailey, Ammi Hoyt, Lawrence Payne, Edgar Sperry and Ethel McCoy on the horse." -- McCoy Memoirs p.105 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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McCoy Lane, McCoy, Colorado, looking East. A mix of automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are on the streets. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Shared marker for: "Horn, Moms, Lulu Graves, Dec. 11, 1887--June 3, 1977; Dad, Arthur Leonard, Nov. 21, 1882--Nov. 5, 1934," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, cattle and a horse and rider is engraved on the marker. A brand is engraved at center. At bottom, the inscription reads: "Married June 7, 1905."
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A volunteer work crew with horse teams grade the McCoy Cemetery Road. The road is a steep switchback, difficult in mud season. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"At the time the mail route was still run by way of the McCoy ferry, Whipple purchased two Concord stages from a mail contractor in Oklahoma. The double-decker coaches were slung on heavy leather straps instead of strings. They could carry fifteen to twenty passengers as the above picture shows. The stage route came into being from Wolcott in 1887 and continued to operate for the next twenty years or more." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Photo postcard of the McCoy Rodeo held on July 4, 1926. "The rider is unknown but the three nearest onlookers are: Al Norman, Carl Baker and Everett Hoyt." -- McCoy Memoirs p.36 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Antelope School pupils and teacher in 1921. Those mounted on horses are, from left to right: Harold Horn, Myrtle and Harry Panting, Emma and Ruth Panting, Jack Booco, Leonard Horn, Gern Booco, Florence Panting. Standing on the ground: Emma Maxwell, Dora Ault, Olive Ault, Ethel Ault, the teacher Maude Stratton Smith, her son, Morrison Smith, Tillie Maxwell and Edwin Harris. Directly in front: Harry, Ruth, Mabel and Jim Panting." -- McCoy Memoirs...
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Jack Gray and Jess Adams, driving cattle through McCoy on McCoy Lane. Log building in the background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The horse barn on the Charles B. McCoy ranch, photographed in 1970 by John Ambos. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....