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201) Hooky Day 1928
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"Hooky Day, 1928". Students skipping class from Eagle High School in Mr. (Leonard) Ping's car at Diamond S Ranch. (Caption from photo album.)
202) Jack & the Turkeys
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"Jack and the Turkeys" (caption from photo album).
Jack the dog standing in the snow with the turkeys. There is a wagon, small shed, and fenceline in the background.
203) Turkeys
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Larsen family turkeys in a fenced-in area attached to a log building with an open door.
204) Snow 1928
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"Ready for School" 1928. (caption from photo album)
Melissa and Duane Larsen stand in the snow ready for school. Melissa is carrying books and they appear to be standing in a pathway. There is a fenceline and trees in the background.
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Thrashing grain on Brush Creek. There is a hired man working on the wagon with a horse and grain elevator.
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Winter on Brush Creek. The picture features an intersection of fencelines in the woods.
209) On the Tractor
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A man on a tractor pulling farm machinery; it appears to be harvesting potatoes. He is wearing a hat and has a pipe in his hand.This man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard family.
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Alexander Macdonell in a studio photograph taken with two of his sisters in Scotland. Alex (called Ack or Ackie by his family), was born November 16, 1882, in Beauly, Scotland. He emigrated to the United States and was employed on the Frank Doll ranch in the Gypsum valley. He then leased land on the Geo. Wilkinson ranch on Brush Creek. He served with the U.S. Army 6th Cavalry in World War I.
He returned to Eagle after the war and married Miss...
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1800s: Remains of a wickiup on Brush Creek above the Alex Macdonell Ranch, made from cedar and other branches. Indian home, also called a wigwam, located on Brush Creek. This photograph is featured in the Eagle chapter of "The History of Eagle County" (The Red Book).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Helen Dice holding reins of horse, standing next to Joe Dice, mounted on horse. Barn in left background, wagon in right background. Shryack Place, Brush Creek, Colorado.
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Winter scene of Brush Creek flowing between snowy banks, below the bridge.
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"Concrete box where water is piped to the east and west at the south edge of the property." -- Appendix, Appraisal of the value of the Schmidt Properrty required by the Eagle County Airport Authority, by John Peeples, I.C.A., April 24, 1984
Photograph was taken in September 1983.
Irrigation of the hayfields was accomplished from Brush Creek and from Gypsum Creek.
"From the looks of the abstracts, we held the complete ranch for the longest continuing...
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Alec (Alexander) and Sadie Macdonell, seated with their children in the yard of their home on Brush Creek. From left to right: Ethel Mary, Sadie, holding baby George, Alec holding Mary Margaret (Marg), and Mac (Alexander Jr.). Ethel Mary and Mac attended the Brush Creek School when they were small.
218) Whittaker ski area
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The Whittaker ski area on the Whittaker Place at Bruce Creek in the late 1940s. The man standing with his back to the camera on the left is Wayne Randall. Next to him are his cousins, Roxie "Mickie" Randall (sitting down) and Jo Ann Whittaker (standing and laughing). The girl with the scarf on her head at midground is Donna Randall.
Wayne is the son of Les and Florence Randall. He helped to build the ski tow.-- Kathy Heicher, 2011.
219) Hans & Hester Larsen
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Hans puts his arm around his wife, Hester, for a picture. A car can be seen to the left of Hans in the background, with mountains and trees.
