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Ellis Bearden with the catch of the day.
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Ellis Bearden standing with woman and ox cart somewhere in rural France/Belgium .
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Ellis Bearden with Elton's 4-H Club calf. Photo taken Sept. 30, 1941.
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Ellis Bearden next to his truck after elk hunting.
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Ellis, in uniform, Elizabeth, Rolland and Ray Bearden in front of the truck at the Bearden place.
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Purley Bertroch and Ellis Bearden (on right) standing in front of a pickup truck. Purley worked on the family farm in Gypsum until World War II, when he served in the First Cavalry, U.S. Army. After that, he worked as a carpenter, general contractor and developer throughout Eagle County.
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Ray, Ellis and Rolland Bearden with elk at the Bearden place.
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Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden, rancher in the Squaw Creek Valley until his death in 1993. "The equestrian center at Cordillera bears his name and is located on the land his family homesteaded when Bearcat was just a toddler. The humble log buildings the family used as their ranching headquarters still stand, and are targeted for preservation by the Cordillera Preservation Foundation. Bearcat Springs, a small tributary to Squaw Creek, also carries his...
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Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden by Bearcat Spring sign on Bellyache Ridge. He is riding Edith's horse.
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Ellis Bearden and Elsie Pallister at a birthday celebration. Kathy Lederhause and a horseshoe-shaped birthday cake in the foreground. Elsie Pallister was among a small group of citizens between 1966 and 1972, who lobbied the Eagle County Commissioners to let them establish a county library. In December 1973, the Eagle County Library was officially established. Elsie Pallister was hired to work at the Eagle Library and worked until her retirment...
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Ellis Bearden standing on a bridge near Edwards, Colorado.
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Ellis Bearden posed by horse with cattle in the background.
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Ellis Bearden seated on log and Joe Kikle, standing. The photo was taken by Jim Henderson who wrote the following on the verso: "Joe Kikle, long time resident of Red Cliff, went to school in Gilman, 1921--2--3. Ellis (Bear Cat) Bearden sitting down. I was five (5) and Ellis was six (6) months old when we first met. Raymond was six (6) and that my friend is a long time ago. -- Jim Henderson 10/12/1989"
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The Bearden cabin with Ellis Bearden's pickup truck parked on the road behind it.
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Ellis Bearden, in uniform, standing with his stepmother, Elizabeth Diamond Bearden. Ellis's mother, Maude Lewright Bearden, died in 1933, leaving three sons with husband Roland J. Beardon. Roland and Elizabeth were married in 1939.
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Women posing with elk while standing near Ellis Bearden's truck. Elizabeth Bearden is petting a dog in the foreground.
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Roland Bearden with dog, sitting among Aspen trees.
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Studio portrait of Ellis Bernard Bearden in Army Uniform. He served with the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion during World War II, fighting for 21 months in Germany and France. "He told friends about being caught in Belgium, in the Battle of the Bulge, just days before Christmas. The Allied troops were surrounded by Germans, and the cloudy weather prevented planes from providing air support for days. Bearden talked of his joy on the day the...
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Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden standing next to his goldenrod colored pickup. The photo was taken in March 1997.
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Ellis Bearden and his younger brother Elton with dog. Photo was taken Sept. 25, 1941, by Amanda Luckey [their maternal grandmother]. Their mother, Maude Lewright Bearden died in 1933.