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W. R. "Billy" Robertson standing in front of a pine tree in the snow.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Barn in upper Bachelor Gulch (Howard property). The log structure is surrounded by a log fence. Discarded items in foreground.
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Chester (Chet) Eaton seated on horse probably at the Schlaepfer Place.
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Harry and Marie Nottingham standing next to the ice house at their ranch at Buck Creek. Between them on a stand is a basket full of exceptionally large potatoes.
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Wiltshire (Eaton) place, with the house built by Anthony Smith (confirmed as his residence by Marie Mayne). House is in midground with barn and outbuildings in the left background.
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6) Gyp Mountain
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Gypsum Cliffs near Avon and the Offerson Ranch. Inscription: "Gyp Mountain."
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7) Mae Smith
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Mae Smith (daughter of Albert Smith?) standing behind the Offerson House.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8) Loading Hay
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Gulling Offerson loading hay into barn on bench above Beaver Creek. A two horse team, left foreground, is being used while a team of mules is visible in the left background. The mules are pulling the cables that are lifting the load of hay to the top of the stack. The view is looking east with the Avon "gypsum cliffs" to the left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Guy Cates and Aunt Teddy Tolbey standing in lettuce field at Bachelor Gulch. Used on p. 60, Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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10) Young boy
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Young boy, possibly Everett Howard, dressed for a formal photograph.
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School children lined up in front of the Avon School, circa 1918
From left to right: Claire Nottingham (future Lundgren); Edna Pyeatt (storekeeper's daughter); Hilda Everett (later killed in trainwreck); Agnes Holden; Lois Welch; Winifred Nottingham (future Mason); Miss Marie Schmidt; Maybelle Robertson; Billy Robertson; Cleara Pyeatt.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12) Tolbey Family
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Tolbey family photo taken in Phoenix, Arizona, in the 1930s.
L to R: Lucille Tolbey, Joy Knapp, Chester Tolbey, Mary Rodgers, Jean Hart, Luella Tolbey.
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Hay barn on west side of Beaver Creek at the Wiltshire (Eaton) Place. One of the Eaton men is drinking from the stream by balancing on his stomach on a rock .
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Everett and Mildred Howard standing outside. Mildred is wearing a coat and hat.
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Two riders on horseback facing the camera. Barn in background and dogs in left midground. Inscription on photo: "Don't U think our horses nice?"
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Ed Rodgers and Stanley Gustafson with "dudes" from Texas getting ready for an outing. All the men are mounted on horses with a pack horse at the far left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Gulling Offerson* with superimposed potatoes, one in wheelbarrow. Caption reads: "Harvesting potatoes. Avon, Colo. 1902." View of Beaver Creek Valley in background. Howard barn and old house visible on right (east) side of Beaver Creek (apparently the gable of the north/south wing of the Howard/Offerson house). Used in Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
*verifed by Bill Christensen, great nephew of Gulling Offerson
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Gulling Offerson and grandson, Robert. Mr. Offerson is wearing overalls and standing in a yard in front of a hedge.
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Lola Nottingham, oldest daughter of Clyde Nottingham, seated on Tony, the horse. Nera, the dog, is in the foreground. They stand in front of Emmett Nottingham's house at Avon, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Arnold Nottingham and visitor from New Mexico, seated on rock garden wall in front of the Anthony Smith house. Both are wearing boots and appear to be engrossed in conversation.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
