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Darrell Barnes and Guy Barnes in the lettuce patch at the Castle homestead. The cabin is visible in the background.
"Grass and sage brush were cleared from a large area not far from the cabin and the cleared land was planted to make a lettuce field. Barnes was able to sell the lettuce crop by hauling it to town in a wagon pulled by horses. The lettuce was loaded into a railroad car and shipped to market. It was packed in ice to keep it fresh and...
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The interior of a blacksmith shop with two men working at center.
"The photograph was taken in the late 1800s in my great-granddad's first homestead which is now known as Castle Peak Ranch. The ranch that the family currently owns north of the original homestead were homesteads of my grandfather Joh, my dad and his sister Beaulah." -- John Buchholz July 5, 2000
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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...
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"A group at the Leonard Hudson Ranch in Yarmony Park in 1919. Mrs. Eleanor Hudson, Mrs. Homer Cornwall, Denny Cornwall, Stanley Mulnix and Ammi Hoyt. Cornwall, a Rio Grande locomotive engineer was killed at Eagle in 1944 awhen his engine derailed and wrecked." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 285
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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C.1930: Dad Wellington and grandson, John Wellington, seated in buckboard. Buggy is being pulled by a mule. Both wear hats and Dad Wellington wears overalls.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
7) Lloyd Ranch
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"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...
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C.1900: Miners who came from Leadville and homesteaded property formerly owned by Hubert Peterson. Right to left: George Mosher and John Monroe, standing; John Pfeifer, seated on wagon. George Scheifelbeins owned the property before Hubert Peterson. Log structure (fence?) and hay stack in background. Taken along the Eagle River in Edwards where Reserve is now.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Lloyd Ranch
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"Cowboys work steers in a corral at the Lloyd ranch. The ranch brand was a 'Diamond J Bar.' The property is currently the site of the Diamond Star subdivision." -- Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher, p.89
11) Lucy Doll
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Mrs. Frank (Lucy) Doll, at the Doll Ranch, Gypsum Valley, ca. 1915. She is wearing a long shirtwaist dress and is watering young trees with a garden hose.
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Sallie Welsh (Hartman) was the first woman in Eagle County to graduate from college (University of Denver) and later served as Superintendent of Schools in Eagle County. She married the son of a friend of John Welsh. Charles Hartman was sent to work for John Welsh and a few years later married Sallie. They took over the ranch and lived there until 1930 when the ranch was lost due to financial problems. They had four children, three boys and a girl....
13) Gerard Group
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Three men drive cattle down a dirt road. On the far right is Keith Gerard with a stray calf in front of him.
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"Brush Creek Valley, Township 5 South, Range 84 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, the area at hte mouth of Breek Creek between the Eagle River and the railroad tracks and west of Brush Creek. Ditch is Lower Rule, Priority #137, Spring in 1884 by H.E. Rule. The ditches are located by right bank or left bank and this is determined by facing downstream. This is supposed to be the original settlers of the Brush Creek Valley."
Ditch digging and irrigation...
15) Derby Loop Road
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Cattle being driven down Derby Loop Road, November 1989, for the Benton Land and Cattle Company.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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"The eye-pleasing scene, as they moved 300 cattle down the Derby Loop road against a mountain backdrop including distinctive Dome Peak, W Mountain and King Mountain, probably varied little from cattle shipping operations a half century ago."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Following cattle on the way to the Burns stockyard.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Rollie Penfield, broker for the Superior Livestock Video Auction Compny, checks the scale to make sure it's working appropriately. Penfield, who lives in Rawlins, Wyo., has been working with the Burns Hole cattlemen for years. Everybody who rides up knows him."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Wis Toomer in pens. "The efficiency of the operation is once again demonstrated as Wiss Toomer, acting as brand inspector, takes a look at each animal. A couple of unbranded calves are sorted out. Theyl'l be put back in the pasture with the cows, and ownership of the calves will be determined by whether or not a mother cow claims them, a time-honored method of identification."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and...
