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Franklin Pierce Forster at the age of 6, before his family left Iowa for the West.
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Franklin Pierce Forster, son of Henry Moore Forster and Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, at the age of 4. He had one living sister, Elizabeth Charity Forster [George]. He was born Feb. 9,1866, in Winterset, Iowa. The Forster family moved to Valley View, Texas, and then in the fall of 1872 or early 1873, the Forsters sold their farm and began a covered wagon trip to the west.
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Twin daughters of Frank and Rowena Walker George, Gretchen and Rowena, in 1917.
"Gretchen and Rowena, twins of Frank and Rowena George, were seven month babies and doctors said in those days that seven month babies couldn't live. Also, their mother Rowena lived just four days after their birth. One can only imagine the heartache Frank George went through at that time. But Frank could not give up his twin baby girls without trying everything he could...
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1936: Four children and female teacher standing on the steps of log schoolhouse: Teacher Martha Gates; children Rose Marie Bailey, "Billy" Wurtsmith, Alzora and John Benton. School built by James P. Gates. Photo taken in 1936.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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c.1922: George Albert Gates and family, Burns, Colorado. Back, left to right: Frank, James, Nonetta (mother), George A. (Bert), Ruth, Mary. Front, left to right: Lemly, Albert, Edith, Marie (holding flowers) and Berta (flowers on dress). This was a picnic gathering.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]