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Harriett Nelson at the Kent section house on July 4th, 1918, back from a day in Eagle.
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The Brooks water wheel in 1970 showing signs of deterioration. Water wheels were common along the Colorado but the Brooks wheel is one of few still standing. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Brooks water wheel on the Colorado River, near McCoy. Yarmony Mountain is in the background. Earl and Elsie Brooks sold the McCoy Hotel in 1919 to "Edith Stifel and purchased the former Charles Nelson place on the Colorado River. The place was badly rundown when Earl bought it and there were no improvements to speak of. So beginning from scratch they started the big undertaking of making it a modern ranch. Almost the first things which had to...
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From left, Nels Nelson, Jack Wellington and A. Y. Stubbings, standing next to a log building.
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From left, Harriet Nelson, Kate Flynn, Cecil and Dell stealing strawberries at Ed Watson's place, 4th of July 1918.
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1910: Five people seated on step of the U.S. Post Office, Edwards, Colorado. Log building was situated on site now occupied by the Edwards I-70 off-ramp. Screen door and double-hung window visible. Two dogs in foreground. From left to right: Lucia Wellington, Esther Moore, Lydia Nelson, Nelse Nelson, Esther Wellington (Klatt). Esther Moore is wearing a bonnet, Nelse Nelson wearing overalls and hat, Esther Wellington wearing straw hat. [Title...
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Jim Henderson (facing camera) and Nelse Nelson with his back to the camera. "Early spring 1920, Squaw Creek, I was ten years old, many times I fed and milked these cows. No idea who took the picture, it could have been my mother. Nelse Nelson with back to camere [sic.], what a guy. Always good to me. He was the mine foreman at East Lake Creek, when my father worked there in 1905-6-7. Life a wee bit different those days, my mother sold our homestead...
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Friends posing for a photo at Gypsum, Colorado. From left: Esther Wellington [Klatt],Harriett Nelson, A. Anderson, and Helen Wells.
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Marker for: "Nellie Y., wife of J. Nelson, born Nov. 6, 1882, died May 12,1904, aged 21 ys. 6 ms. 6 ds., Greenwood Cemetery. Inscription below reads: "We miss thee from our home, dear, we miss thee from thy place, Our home is dark without thee, We miss thee everywhere. Erected by the Women of Woodcraft." The Women of Woodcraft symbol is engraved at the top of the marker; ivy is sculpted along the sides. There is an iron fence around the plot.
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Francis Maloit on the "big slide" at Maloit Park, offering a push to a young man.
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Metal marker for Elgot Nelson, 1890--1968, in the Greenwood Cemetery. A laurel wreath is embossed at the top.
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Shared marker for: Nelson, G. Arthur, 1899--1965; Helen R., 1903--1963, in Riverview Cemetery. Ivy is engraved at the center of the stone.
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Marker for: Nelson Family, in Riverview Cemetery.
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"Picnic at Sturms. From left, Lena Sturm, Maude Ambos, John Ambos, Mary Sturm, Anna Guire, Albert Nelson." -- verso [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]