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This is the original John Cowden family homestead cabin, which was moved about a half a mile from it's original site on Bellyache. Jack Oleson reconstructed the cabin on the Diamond S ranch. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Bill Heicher, Eagle County Historical Society volunteer, explains the historic stagecoach route over Bellyache to Rex Brown. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Interior of the blacksmith shop. The building is actually the home that Jack Oleson was born in at Gypsum. He moved the building to the Diamond S Ranch in 2012. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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The restored Wohlgehagen cabin, while titled the "stage stop" by Diamond S ranch residents, was very likely not the actual stage stop on Bellyache. Rather, this is Anna Wohlgehagen's homestead cabin that has been re-built and re-located. According to Jack Oleson, the real stage stop was likely located at the head of Squaw Creek and was not salvageable. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch...
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Visitor Mauri Nottingham greets Jack Oleson. They are standing outside of the Cowden cabin, a restored homestead. CME (Colorado Mountain Express) provided affordable van transportation for the visitors, making the tour much easier for everyone. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Jack Oleson harvested this unique cedar trunk, then "planted" it at a complex of restored homesteads on the Diamond S Ranch. The Ranch owners named the comlex "Charlottetown, in honor of Oleson's late wife, Charlotte Nottingham Oleson. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Eagle County Historical Society volunteer Bill Heicher explains the stagecoach route that went from Red Cliff to Squaw Creek then over Bellyache mountain to Eagle. A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.