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Chet and Ruth Mayer on their 55th wedding anniversary, May 22, 1984. "Chet was one of the first members of the Eagle County Historical Society and a member of the local Cattlemen's Association." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise March 26, 1992
William and Cora Mayer, Chet's parents, ran the Mayer Ranch before Chet inherited it. That area is now the Eagle Ranch subdivision of Eagle, Colorado.
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Studio portrait of Nathaniel (Natt) and Clara Payton, early settlers of Minturn, Colorado. The photo was taken on Feb. 15, 1889; Nathaniel was 29, Clara was 28. Nathaniel is seated to Clara's right. She is standing, wearing a dress suit and brooch.
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Charity Elizabeth "Libbie" Forster George, wife of William Henry "Bill" George and mother of "Nona" George Gates. After Bill died in 1900, Elizabeth sold their home in Breckenridge and bought a farm in Fort Morgan, Colorado. "In 1917 when her twin granddaughters, Gretchen and Rowena, were born, their mother died in childbirth. Elizabeth went to Colorado Springs and helped her son, Frank, with the twins and other children until he remarried. About...
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"Burns, Colo. 1945. Ted Harris, Calvin and Calla James and Nina Harris." -- McCoy Memoirs p.174
"After Mr. and Mrs. James had sold their homestead they moved to Burns where Calvin worked in the timber and also for a short time on the railroad. The couple retired in 1942 and build a home in Eagle. Calvin died there but his wife, Calla still resides in their home." -- McCoy Memoirs p.175
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Wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Hans P. Oleson (Grace A. Wolverton) November 29, 1905.
"Hans P. Olesen [Oleson] was one of the pioneer citizens of the Eagle River valley. With his brothers, he settled in the county in the eighties, as a young man. For many years, he has been one of the foremost cattle raisers and ranchers in the county. He owns one of the largest irrigated areas of farm land under one head in the valley, located on the Eagle River,...