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2. Hunting camp
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Albert and Newell Buffehr, from left to right, with an unidentified girl standing between them at the side of a house. Both boys are wearing hats and gloves. A dog is at their feet. Jacob Buffehr, their father, worked for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad from 1901 to about 1915, living in Minturn with his family.
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Rifle and leather gun scabbard with initials RRM; leather glove.
Roy Ralph Marfitano (RRM) first purchased the scabbard to use on his horse in 1940. The horse wasn't around very long so Roy's dad, Ralph, then started using the scabbard to protect his 1927 Winchester Model 94-32 Special rifle (shown in photo) while traveling the tracks on his railroad "putt-putt" car.
The Model 94 rifle was a very popular big game rifle in those days (1920s-1980s)....
8. Omar Howland
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Photo postcard of Omar Howland in baseball uniform. Omar is standing on a bear rug in front of a studio backdrop, posed after a catch.
"Omar Howland...was born at Winchester, Ohio, January 27, 1886, and came to Eagle in August 1909. He worked for many years on the Sherman Brothers rnach east of Eagle, now owned by Carl Lloyd of Chicago.
An ardent sports fan, Mr. Howland played with the Eagle baseball when the community had the best team in its...
12. Keith Gerard
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Mary O. Adams Buchholz is holding the reins, sitting sidesaddle on a horse. She wears a hat, scarf and riding gloves. The horse has a white blaze on the forehead. They are posing on a trail, in front of a rock outcropping. Mary was a niece of U.S. President John Quincy Adams. She married Nick Buchholz in 1866.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]