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The Castle Peak Dairy delivery wagon making the rounds. There is a shaft bell on the wagon shaft, probably to let customers know the wagon was close. This particular wagon now resides in the Eagle County Historical Society Museum.
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Ed Erickson, left, and Henry Ulin in a wagon drawn by a team of horses. They are standing outside a farmhouse in Gypsum Creek. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Grant Deeble and Joe Dice standing next to horses in front of the bunk house at the Schlutter Place. Flat bed wagon is on the right, hay wagon is at left foreground. Taken during hunting season.
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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...
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Photo postcard of the Black Mountain Ranch (1960s), showing the lake and a wagon. Verso reads: "Black Mountain Ranch, McCoy, Colorado 80463, Phone: Wolcott (303) 926-2300. September view of lake and mountains from front porch of lodge. Open year round. Excellent fishing, hunting, riding, snowmobiling in season. New cabins, good food and fun for the entire family." [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. "Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
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The George Harris Ranch house in Yarmony Park in 1920. George married Julia Koski in 1915 and they filed on a 320 acre homestead in the southeast corner of Yarmony Park in 1916. "Julia's half brother and sisters, Frank, Sophia and Mary of Denver spent part of every year with them. Mary attended Yarmony School for several years in the early 1920's." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.290 [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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Mowing alfalfa using horse teams on the Mayer Ranch at the south end of the town of Eagle. (This ranch property is developed and is called the "Bull Pasture.") There are three teams, each pulling a cutter on which sits a team driver. The first team is driven by Ralph Robertson, Allan Hibbs is next driving the mules, and Frank Hulett is on the back team [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Kilgore property on Brush Creek is in the foreground; in the backgound are horses hauling a load to market.
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Leonard G. Ambos cutting hay, August 1925. Verso: "The 'Kid' himself" [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Potato harvest on Bobson Ranch near Gypsum. The unearthed potatoes are put on the horse-drawn sorter by hand. Two men are filling the sack from the sorter. Filled sacks are left upright in the rows to be loaded onto carts. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A potato sorter (pulled by horse) shakes potatoes of similar sizes into sacks during the potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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A pregnant Blanche Wyatt Kavanaugh leans against a building. She is wearing a coat open over a dress. Various ranch buildings are in the background. A wagon with hay is at midground, pitchfork leaning against the side.
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Everett Howard on horseback with another horse to Everett's left. There is a wagon behind the horses. They are standing in front of John Howard's house where Everett's mother is standing on the porch. There is a ladder leading to a sleeping loft visible to the left. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Allen Stage Station "Half-way House" at the mouth of Squaw Creek. The "x" marks the original stage building. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Disk harvester pulled by a team of horses is harvesting potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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The John J. Ambos homestead and cabin. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]