Ranches
Showing
1 - 20
of 58
, query time: 0.01s
Format:
Image
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...
Format:
Image
Jesse Sherman standing chest-high in an oat field on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"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 in the successful development of potato and grain production...
Format:
Image
A panoramic view of the Sherman Brothers Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. Five still photographs were taken to form this photo [2010.005.050]. This is the fourth photo, from left to right, making up the panoramic view.
Format:
Image
The Sherman Ranch house with a front porch and side addition. Barn is visible at far left.
Format:
Image
A potato sorter (pulled by horse) shakes potatoes of similar sizes into sacks during the potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
Format:
Image
A panoramic view of the Sherman Brothers Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. Five still photographs were taken to form this photo [2010.005.050]. This is the third photo, from left to right, making up the panoramic view.
Format:
Image
A panoramic view of the Sherman Brothers Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. Five still photographs were taken to form this photo [2010.005.050]. This is the fifth and final photo, from left to right, making up the panoramic view.
Format:
Image
A panoramic view of the Sherman Brothers Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. Five still photographs were taken to form this photo [2010.005.050]. This is the second photo, from left to right, making up the panoramic view.
Format:
Image
Three children and a ladder next to a very large haystack on the Sherman Ranch, July 1914.
10) "Skeet" Koger
Format:
Image
David Marion "Skeet" Koger, standing in the rain next to the old Jesse Sherman house. Photo printed April 11, 1940 at Ping's Station.
"He arrived in Eagle County in 1899 and was first employed in the now nonexistent Hockett Sawmill on Hardscrabble south of Eagle. Within the next few years following, Skeet worked around Eagle vicinity, joining the Sherman Brothers Red Mountain Ranch east of Eagle in the early 1900s, becoming a permanent member of...
Format:
Image
A panoramic view of the Sherman Brothers Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. Five still photographs were stitched together by Mike Crabtree to form this photo. The ranch house has only a first floor porch addition. The Eagle River is in the foreground.
Format:
Image
The bridge over the Eagle River leading from the road to the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
Format:
Image
Disk harvester pulled by a team of horses is harvesting potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
Format:
Image
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...
Format:
Image
The approach to the bridge over the Eagle River at the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Lumber is stacked at the right and support wires are running to anchors in the foreground.
16) Hayers with team
Format:
Image
Two men with pitchforks, loading a hay wagon drawn by a horse team on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
Format:
Image
Bertha McCain, in bonnet and apron, holding Howard McCain's hand as they go to feed the chickens on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
18) Lloyd Ranch
Format:
Image
"Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation 'Red Mountain Ranch' and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde's brother and sister-in-law, Carl and Ella, were the caretakers for the ranch. Located about 4 miles east of Eagle, the property featured a magnificent ranch house (which burned to the ground...
19) Men in hay field
Format:
Image
"Ranchers look over the first cutting of hay on July 24, 1914, at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. Alfalfa and Timoth hay were among the crops that thrived in the mountain valley climate." -- Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher p.51
Format:
Image
Full sacks of potatoes, lined up on wagon, ready for storage or shipping. A man rests on a sack for the photo, taken on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
