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Walter Gates with his wife, Grace, during a Colorado visit.
"Walter and Grace were always very well dressed and very friendly. They rode horses but did not take much part in the ranch acitivities. They were very presentable and meticulous in their dress, but were not pompous in any way." -- Bettie Gates in The Gates Geneaology.
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9. Doan Ranch
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"The Doan ranch was purchased from Mr. Doan by James P. Gates in about 1899. When J. P. Gates and Kate first moved to the Doan place, they lived in the small house to the left until the big house was built. Later, James George Gates, son of Bert and Nona Gates, purchased the ranch from J. P. Gates." -- The Gates Genealogy
10. Katie Gates
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Catharine "Katie" Lemley Gates seated at a writing table.
James P. Gates..."married Catharine J. "Katie" Lemley in Monrow county, Ohio, on the 22d of October, 1868. Katie was born in 1842. They moved to Hebron, Nebraska, and started a family. A son George Albert was born August 15, 1872, in Hebron, Neb. Their second known child, Clark Lemley, was born August 21, 1878, in Hebron. James P. and Catharine had at least 2 more boys and twin girls,...
11. Muriel Colburn
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Madison Cassius "Cash" Gates and his brother, Albert E. Gates (at right) visiting J. P. Gates in Burns. The child is unidentified.
"Madison Cassius Gates, born in 1852, like his older brothers Albert and James P., also had a desire for adventure. He migrated [from Ohio] westward to Hebron, Nebraska, around 1881, and later moved to California.
15. Pauline George
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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...