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1) Horn Ranch
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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The low building on the right was the kitchen, the two story addition had two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that...
2) McCoy Hotel
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A winter scene at the McCoy Hotel, showing the bridge over Rock Creek.
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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...
4) McCoy Hotel
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"A look at the McCoy Hotel from the west bank of Rock Creek in 1916. If the bridge was only able to talk, think of the many interesting stories it could tell about the many travelers that passed over it between Wolcott and Routt County. Flood waters took it out twice, in 1952 when the King Mountain Reservoir dam gave way and again when high water took it out in 1962. After that it was never replaced." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.95.
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"A 1907 photo of Mary Groh, her son Frank and Mr. Ball, who was the first settler in Yarmony Park. They are posing for a picture at the Groh ranch house." -- McCoy Memoirs p.122
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6) McCoy 1975
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A view of McCoy and McCoy Lane in 1973 or 1975 [both dates are on the photo] taken from the same spot as 1992.004A.084. The street is still unpaved and the major buildings (barns, McCoy Hotel) are gone. Vegetation has grown, hiding the bridge over Rock Creek.
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7) North McCoy
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Looking north from McCoy Lane, with Rock Creek flowing through the tree line in the background. There are several log buildings, including a barn at midground. In front of the barn is a root cellar in the embankment.
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8) McCoy lane
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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....
9) Groh Ranch
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"Pioneers Mary and Frank Groh on their still unimproved ranch on Rock Creek, below McCoy [1/4 mile south] in [May] 1891. The man to the right of Mr. Groh is unidentified but the man doing the driving is Sam Elliott." -- McCoy Memoirs p.121
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10) Harry Groh
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Harry Groh on horseback at McCoy, Colorado. Harry married Jessie Brooks in 1914. "Harry and Jessie spent their honemoon and continued to live on the Kibbler Place on Grand River until 1915. Harry and his father than bought the Elliott Place on Rock Creek from the Ellis Cattle Company. Harry and Jessie operated the ranch until 1925 and then sold to Jack Grimes." -- McCoy Memoirs 126
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Photo postcard of the McCoy Bridge over Rock Creek.
On verso, by John Ambos: "For many years all traffic between Wolcott and Routt Co. passed over this bridge, including thousands of freight wagons, hundreds of stages and many herds of cattle, traveling in both directions. Hi water and floods took the bridge out on 3 occasions. There has been no bridge across Rock Creek at McCoy since Hiway 131."
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"A group at the Groh ranch in 1913. Dad Stanley, Frank Groh, Edith Hemsworth, Lee BRown and Mrs. Groh's brother, Dr. Shidler, of Pennsylvania." -- McCoy Memoirs p.123
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Same as 1992.004A.084; p.95 of John Ambos' McCoy Memoirs
Former main road that passed in front of the McCoy Hotel, crossed Rock Creek, and continued along the Colorado River towards Burns. Wagon and buggy teams are tied up at the fencing Several people are standing, one is seated on a horse. Barn and resort are visible as are the bridge supports crossing over the creek. Road continues in the right background.
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Threshing on the Frank Groh Ranch on lower Rock Creek, below McCoy, Colorado.
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Douglas Martin and Glende Vernice standing next to the remains of a building on the Hank Fox place, Red Dirt Creek. Vesintiner's Dam broke on June 3, 1952, flooding the area down through McCoy. -- Verso
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy.
Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red,...
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The McCoy and Wohler grain threshing outfit on the Frank Groh ranch, lower Rock Creek near McCoy, in 1911. Related to 1992.004A.026
Left to right: Charles McCoy, Phil Kapale, Frank Groh, Cliff Daniels, Harry Groh, Ben Butler, Tom Wohler, Sam Kibbler, Ed Baily [from verso of photo]
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The Arthur Horn Ranch on Lower Rock Creek, looking north east toward Conger Mesa (near McCoy).
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Enlargement of another photo of the Fourth of July Rock Creek picnic [1919].
In back: Lily, William and Bill Johannbroer, Ben and Kate Butler. Second row: Lillian Johannbroer, Mary Theisen, WIlliam and Katherine Hoff, Martin Theisen. In front: Kenneth Johannbroer, Helen and Roger Butler.
Photo found in McCoy Memoirs, p.236.
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Rock Creek near McCoy. The date is unknown. A barn can be seen on the right.
