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Andrew Christensen's house in west Eagle. Today located across Highway 6 off Brooks Lane near the Fishing for Fun Bridge in West Eagle. Christensen was a major cattle producer in the area.
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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The approach to the bridge over the Eagle River at the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Lumber is stacked at the right and support wires are running to anchors in the foreground.
44. Town of Eagle
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The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
45. Morton White
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Three people standing in front of a log building, probably on Brush Creek. The man on the right is Morton White. The man on the left may be Ben White. The women in the appliqued apron is unidentified. The White family were major landholders in the Brush Creek area. The photo was developed by Ping on September 21, 1940.
46. Buchholz Family
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Nicholas and Mary Owen Buchholz at center, surrounded by five of their children. In 1882, Mr. Buchholz and his famly came to the Eagle River valley, ranching on what was later the Sherman Brothers Ranch at Eagle. This ranch was sold to Z. T. Hollingsworth and the Buchholz family relocated to the Buchholz Mesa. This ranch was sold to E. M. Tabor, and Nick Buchholz and his son, John, opened a livery stable in Eagle. In 1890, Nick opened a butcher...
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Photo looking north on H. K. Brooks' Bar X Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. The Eagle River is at the bottom of the photo; Castle Peak is at the midpoint along the skyline.
Hollis "Holly" Kelloway Brooks came to Eagle County from Minnesota, settling first in McCoy and then operating a general store in Edwards. From 1926 to 1929, he was the County treasurer. In 1931 and through the 1940s, he owned and operated the Castle Peak ranch (Bar X) in Eagle.
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48. Hayers with team
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Two men with pitchforks, loading a hay wagon drawn by a horse team on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Seven hogs rooting in the hog pen on the Chester Mayer ranch. Fencing, corrals and outbuilding in the distance.
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Moving sheared sheep east through Eagle down the hill by Ping's Conoco Station, following the Eagle River on the right.
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Bertha McCain, in bonnet and apron, holding Howard McCain's hand as they go to feed the chickens on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
52. Lloyd Ranch
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"Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation 'Red Mountain Ranch' and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde's brother and sister-in-law, Carl and Ella, were the caretakers for the ranch. Located about 4 miles east of Eagle, the property featured a magnificent ranch house (which burned to the ground...
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The Chester Mayer ranch, Eagle, Colorado, from a photographic Christmas card, sent to the Kite family between 1945 and 1952. The Mayer ranch is now the Eagle Ranch subdivision. It was the John Ewing ranch prior to the Mayers.
On verso of card: "Dear Kites, Sure would like to have a visit from the Kite family again. Lloyd hasn't forgotten what a nice time he had while you folks were here. Thought of you when we branded this year. Built new corrals...
54. Men in hay field
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"Ranchers look over the first cutting of hay on July 24, 1914, at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. Alfalfa and Timoth hay were among the crops that thrived in the mountain valley climate." -- Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher p.51
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The Lloyd Ranch house, possible during a 4th of July celebration. The band is waiting to play by the gazebo.
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Full sacks of potatoes, lined up on wagon, ready for storage or shipping. A man rests on a sack for the photo, taken on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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The completed bridge over the Eagle River at the Sherman Ranch. Four unidentified men are standing on the bridge steps.
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Bertha McCain holding baby Grace, standing next to an unidentified woman. They are in the yard in front of a log house.
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Jesse Sherman, at left, owner of the Sherman Brothers Ranch, standing next to Skeet Koger, doing the irrigating of the potato crop. The potatoe types were "Red McClure and Ohio."
By Marie Louise Ryan
Special to The Sopris Sun
"In the late 1800s Thomas McClure left his family against their wishes. He did so with a single motivation: to strike out on his own in the New World. He sold a prize brood sow to buy passage from Little Kenny, Ireland, and...
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"Bert Wolverton and Art Koonce were partners in this ranch located immediately north of Eagle in the vicinity of what is now the Interstate 70 interchange. The ranch was eventually sold to Ross Chambers. This view is looking east with Red Point in the background. The barn in the photograph has since been moved to Chambers Park in Eagle, where it serves as the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The interstate highway now runs through what would...