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Monica Barnes holding baby Boyd in the sunshine.
"The homestead cabin was built on a hill. ... Water for the cabin came from a spring located up a hill from the cabin. Water for drinking, household use, baths and doing laundry was carried by bucket from the spring. Clothes were washed on a wash board. Water for doing laundry was heated on the wood burning stove and then carried to the tubs used for washing as needed. There was no electircity...
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Monica Heeren Barnes holding son, Boyd Barnes, born July 5, 1920. They are in the cabin door on Castle, the original homestead.
She was born in 1899 in Whiting, Iowa. She was helping her cousin on a ranch in South Dakota when she met Guy T. Barnes, working as a herdsman. They married and moved to Eagle, Colorado, where Mr. Barnes was employed by Andrew Christiansen.
"While living in a cabin owned by Mr. Christainsen, Guy and Monica Barnes began...
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Elizabeth and Annie (Mrs. James) Holden standing on the front port of their house in Avon. They are in the same pose as John and James Holden in a related photo [1986.001.151].
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio photo of Pierre (pron. and most often spelled Perie) Hockett Green and Winslow Green.
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Studio portrait of Lena Schrupp Anderson and her son, Melvin, taken in 1921 (from verso of photo).
"Lena was first married to Bill Anderson, a son of "shorty" Anderson in 1922, their marriage failed and Lena later married Eric Smith, an Episcopalian minister, in 1927. Rev. Smith died in 1969 and Lena, who is the mother of two children, Melvin and Elizabeth, is presently living in Denver." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 226
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John, Ella and Harry Lewis standing outside next to their house.
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Bertha McCain holding baby Grace, standing next to an unidentified woman. They are in the yard in front of a log house.
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Monica Barnes, holding deer carcass, with Boyd at left and Darrell at right. The dog is interested.
They're at the homestead cabin on Castle.
The rules of the homestead act required fence around the property and other improvements.
"The fence was built totally by Guy Barnes. Every post hole was dug by hand, every fence post was sawed or chopped from trees on the land and barbed wire (usually four strands) was strung on every fence post. Wooden...
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Della Blake Altenreid and daughter, standing in a yard in Red Cliff, Colorado. There are chickens at her feet. Della was the daughter of James Blake, town marshall for Red Cliff.
10. Duane and Mother
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Duane and Hester Larsen stand on a porch. Hester is wearing a long coat with a fur trim; Duane is wearing a newsboy cap and buttondown jacket. There is a house with a window in the background with trees and mountains.
11. Baby Bubble
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A baby (Bob Larsen?) gets some assistance from a woman with standing.