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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...
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Brush Creek Valley, 1916. Two groups of buildings, fenced pasture and Brush Creek visible with Bellyache Mountain in the background.
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The Chambers Ranch at the mouth of Eby Creek in Eagle, Colorado. The white barn became the museum for the Eagle County Historical Society. The site with the buildings is now the Eagle interchange for I-70. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard of the C. F. Lloyd Ranch. The Eagle River is at midfield, in front of the ranch buildings. C. F. Lloyd is written on the barn roof. ”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...
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A house on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Three women are sitting on the front porch.
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Two-story, white house at Lloyd Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. Lane approaching the house is bordered by a fence and trellis with house in midground. Some snow on hills in background with plowed field in front of house. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The camel-back bridge over the Eagle River on U.S. Hwy 6 & 24, approximately 5-6 miles east of Eagle, Colorado.Behind the train, is the Leonard Horn ranch with ranch houses to the left of the tall pine tree at center. Rube Creek flows by the ranch houses. The dirt road at left goes to the ranch.
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The Sherman Brothers Ranch house with Gertrude and children posed on front porch. Barns visible at left. "Jesse Sherman and his wife, Gertrude, often entertained nieces and newphews and children from town. This cement-block home was the primary Sherman residence. Several other houses on the ranch were used for the families that helped to work the ranch." --Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher p.47 The house was 4 miles east of Eagle, approximately where...
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A panoramic view of the Sherman Brothers Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. Five still photographs were taken to form this photo [2010.005.050]. This is the first photo, from left to right, making up the panoramic view.
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Two men standing on the dock of the C. F. Lloyd Ranch on the bank of the Eagle River. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]