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Ellis Bearden standing with woman and ox cart somewhere in rural France/Belgium .
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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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Cora and Joe Carter, standing in front of an automobile in Leadville, Colorado. The license plate is for 1942.
"Sam and Russell's mother was Cora Fenno (daughter of Emma Fenno Graham), who married Joe Carter in Leadville in 1904. Soon after that, the two took up a homestead in the pretty draw that bears their name. They continued living in Leadville, 'proving up' on the land during the summer. Then in the 1920s, they built a two-story white clapboard...
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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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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...
10) Ellis Bearden
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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 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"
15) Bearden cabin
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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.
19) Ellis Bearden
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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...
20) Ellis Bearden
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Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden standing next to his goldenrod colored pickup. The photo was taken in March 1997.
