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24. J. D. Smith
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J. D. Smith, who worked for the Howards. Referred to lovingly as "the boss who started the dirty work," for his introduction of Everett and Mildred. J. D. is standing in a field with a piece of paper in his hand. He is wearing overalls and a hat.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Purley Bertroch and Ellis Bearden (on right) standing in front of a pickup truck. Purley worked on the family farm in Gypsum until World War II, when he served in the First Cavalry, U.S. Army. After that, he worked as a carpenter, general contractor and developer throughout Eagle County.
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Guy Truman Barnes in Missouri at the age of 16. Chaps and pistol were optional. Mr. Barnes and his family homesteaded on Castle and Eby Creek. He was also herdsman for Andrew Christiansen who raised Hereford cattle.
In 1919, Guy Barnes filed for six-hundred forty acres of land under the Homestead Act. The land was approximately 5 miles from Castle Peak. He and his wife, Monica Heeren Barnes, lived in a cabin owned by Christiansen while bulding...
31. Tom Wohler
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"Tom Wohler standing in front of his barn in 1912. The Wohler ranch had a first class set of ranch buildings and fences that Tom kept in good repair until a year or so before he passed away." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 131
"Fritz, Tom and Sarah Wohler came to Colorado from Pennsylvania in 1876 and settled at Leadville for 18 years. Tom was shift boss at the Johnny Mine and Sarah had a dress shop. They were married in Leadville in 1883.
In 1895 Tom and...
33. Joyriding
34. Harve Dice Ranch
35. Lloyds at ranch
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"This photo was taken on the old Wilmont Ranch on Sheephorn Creek in 1915. In the group are" Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tester and their two children, Ralph and May McGlochlin. The boy in the center remains unidentified." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 194
Eagle Valley Enterprise Dec. 27, 1918 p.1: "Ralph McGlochlin, who has the mail contract from Wolcott to State Bridge was in town Monday evening. With the Moffat road tied up just before Christmas when the mails...
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Studio portrait of Jesse Sherman and Gertrude Miller Sherman. They were married in Leadville in 1897. Gertrude Sherman was Jim Nimon's aunt.
"Mr. Sherman and his younger brother, George, owned and operated the Sherman Brothers Dairy and Feed Store in Leadville from 1890 to 1900. In 1901 they purchased the cattle ranch on the Eagle River four miles above Eagle, which was known for many years as the Sherman Brothers Ranch. They were outstanding pioneers...
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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,...