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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 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 part of the building removed. The Pete Horn family lived here from 1890 to...
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch taken from the top of Table Rock. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Black Mountain Ranch, 1925: Mrs. Maria Grimes, Margaret Horn, Lulu Horn and Mrs. Pete Horn. Margaret is Walter Horn's daughter." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 117 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Built in 1915, this house on the Schrupp ranch replaced the homestead cabin of 1905 which was much too small for a large family. After Mrs. Schrupp's death in 1913, the older children began leaving home one at a time until Mr. Schrupp passed away in 1938. Henry Schrupp then operated the ranch until Charley and Josephine Ray bought it and lived here before selling the ranch to Raymond Horn, many years later. Since then, the house has remained vacant."...
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"Arthur, Lulu, Harold and Leonard Horn at their ranch on Rock Creek in 1917." -- McCoy Memoirs p.117 "In 1903 Pete's son, Arthur, took over the Rock Creek ranch and began renovation of the land and buildings. He cleared a lot more acres for cultivation. He also arranged with Jim Norvell to run cattle on shares until Arthur had finally a good sized herd of his own." -- McCoy Memoirs p.117 [date on photo 1918] [Title supplied from catalog prepared...
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The camel-back bridge over the Eagle River on U.S. Hwy 6 & 24, approximately 5-6 miles east of Eagle, Colorado.Behind the train, is the Leonard Horn ranch with ranch houses to the left of the tall pine tree at center. Rube Creek flows by the ranch houses. The dirt road at left goes to the ranch.
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch on Rock Creek, Table Rock in the background. Taken by John Ambos in 1916, it shows cattle feeding on a snowy field with a log structure at left midfield. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"At the McCoy railroad station, Sept. 6, 1913. In back: Earl Brooks, Eunice Redmond, Phil Hines, [?] In front: John LaForce, Annie Panting, Edith Hemsworth, Harry Groh, [?], Charley Horn and H. W. Plum, the depot agent." -- McCoy Memoirs p.166 The sign for McCoy has the elevation: 7,210 feet; no population. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Leonard Horn Ranch cliff viewed from Hwy 6, looking northeast. The cliff is where Easter services were held. On the north side of the cliff would be the Sherwood Quarry.
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Leonard Horn on Red Point, on the north side of the Eagle River near Wolcott. He frequently jumped his horse across the crevice between the cliff and the hillside. The Horn ranch is visible at far left.
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Douglas Martin and Glende Vernice standing next to the remains of a building on the Hank Fox place, Red Dirt Creek. Vesintiner's Dam broke on June 3, 1952, flooding the area down through McCoy. -- Verso Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red,...
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The Arthur Horn Ranch on Lower Rock Creek, looking north east toward Conger Mesa (near McCoy). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Arthur Horn Ranch as seen from Conger Mesa, looking south west (Lower Rock Creek). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]