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41) Joe Brett
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post-1879: Portrait photo [copied from newspaper] of Joe Brett, first settler to locate homestead in Edwards, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Johnson Brothers Herefords, Eagle Colorado (calling card)
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Studio portrait of Casper and Mary Zabel Schumm.
"Casper Schumm was born in Dwight, Ill., October 5, 1856 and came to Leadville Colo., in 1879. He stayed in and around Leadville for some time and then went to Cattle creek in Garfield county where he spent the winter. The following year he went to Eagle county and in 1881 he homesteaded a ranch on the Eagle river between what is now the towns of Eagle and Gypsum. In 1888 he married Mary Zabel, and...
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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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Guy Truman Barnes in Missouri at the age of 16. Chaps and pistol were optional. Mr. Barnes and his family homesteaded on Castle and Eby Creek. He was also herdsman for Andrew Christiansen who raised Hereford cattle.
In 1919, Guy Barnes filed for six-hundred forty acres of land under the Homestead Act. The land was approximately 5 miles from Castle Peak. He and his wife, Monica Heeren Barnes, lived in a cabin owned by Christiansen while bulding...
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John Walker and Allie Bailey standing outside in their yard at the Bailey Ranch.
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Charlie Wolverton, posing for the camera with Dexter. [It is unknown whether the horse or the dog was named Dexter.] Charles was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wolverton, grandson of M. H. and Clara Waldo.
49) Tom Wohler
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"Tom Wohler standing in front of his barn in 1912. The Wohler ranch had a first class set of ranch buildings and fences that Tom kept in good repair until a year or so before he passed away." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 131
"Fritz, Tom and Sarah Wohler came to Colorado from Pennsylvania in 1876 and settled at Leadville for 18 years. Tom was shift boss at the Johnny Mine and Sarah had a dress shop. They were married in Leadville in 1883.
In 1895 Tom and...
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A laughing Mrs. Colleps holding onto a calf in a pasture, 1924.
51) Joyriding
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Charlie Wolverton, standing on the runningboard of an automobile with four women seated for a ride. Houses in the background.
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"Homecoming Day at McCoy, June 15, 1975. Of the 225 who attended, a good many had left shortly before the picture was taken by Tom Sherwood." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.338
The photo has been name indexed and is available at the Eagle Public Library Local History Department. ...
53) Harve Dice Ranch
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The original Harve Dice Ranch on west Brush Creek, below Sylvan Lake. Ranch house, barn and outbuildings are visible.
54) Lloyds at ranch
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On the C. F. Lloyd ranch, four riders are lined up for the camera with a ranch house behind them.
From left: Carl Lloyd, Christine Lloyd, and Clyde Lloyd. The man at right is unidentified.
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"This photo was taken on the old Wilmont Ranch on Sheephorn Creek in 1915. In the group are" Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tester and their two children, Ralph and May McGlochlin. The boy in the center remains unidentified." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 194
Eagle Valley Enterprise Dec. 27, 1918 p.1: "Ralph McGlochlin, who has the mail contract from Wolcott to State Bridge was in town Monday evening. With the Moffat road tied up just before Christmas when the mails...
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Helen Herres Doll in her wedding dress. She married Frank [Hiram Frank] Doll on June 29, 1920. Helen Doll had a teaching degree from the University of Denver and was a member of Pi Beta Phi Honorary Society at D.U. She and Frank had two sons, Frank Austin Doll and Morton Doll.
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Studio portrait of Jesse Sherman and Gertrude Miller Sherman. They were married in Leadville in 1897. Gertrude Sherman was Jim Nimon's aunt.
"Mr. Sherman and his younger brother, George, owned and operated the Sherman Brothers Dairy and Feed Store in Leadville from 1890 to 1900. In 1901 they purchased the cattle ranch on the Eagle River four miles above Eagle, which was known for many years as the Sherman Brothers Ranch. They were outstanding pioneers...
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"At the Black Mountain Ranch in 1926. Leila and Frank Ault (barely visible), Martha and Jack Sigler." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 304
Photo postcard.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
59) Mr. Stone
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C.1900: Mr. Stone (Stoney), livestock foreman for Doll Brothers Ranch. Mr. Stone is seated, right side of face to the camera. He wears a corduroy jacket, shirt and tie, and is not wearing a hat.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Andrew Christensen's house in west Eagle. Today located across Highway 6 off Brooks Lane near the Fishing for Fun Bridge in West Eagle. Christensen was a major cattle producer in the area.
