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62. Katie Gates
65. Spencer Family
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Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, mother of Elizabeth Charity and Franklin Pierce Forster.
"Henry Moore and his new wife settled down on the farm that Henry's dad had given to him. He didn't plan to stay on his farm for long. He wasn't content with being like the others. He had a dream to join the movement west. But time has a way of slipping by and then they started their family. On July 27, 1854, Elizabeth Charity Forster was born. Another daughter,...
70. Gaylord Clark
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A family photograph with the Gates brothers, Albert Gates and James P. Gates, at the Burns ranch.
Back row: Bert (George Albert) Gates, Albert, Martha, Mary, Berta, Lemley, Clark and James.
Front row: Uncle Albert, Nona holding baby Edith, Grace Gates holding Eva, Grandma "Kate," and Grandpa James P. holding Marie.
73. Shipping pens
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Moving cattle into the shipping pens at Wolcott, Colorado, to wait for the train.
"Daddy Frank also told "Bud" that the first time he could remember going to Wolcott, he was about 5 years old. The cowboys ran their horses down the street shooting their guns. He was so frightened he hid behind his mother's skirt (Grandmother "Nona" Gates). Bet Grandmother was rather uneasy herself." -- The Gates Genealogy
75. Round up
76. Bailey School
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Bailey School at Burns, Colorado. The log structure is above the "21" Ditch across from the T. Harry Benton home and west of the present Ben Wurtsmith home (formerly known as the Bailey Place). Martha Gates was the teacher as well as Margaret Porter (nee Brooks). Martha is now Mrs. Garland Godbold (1986).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
77. Albert Gates
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Albert Gates, brother of J. P. Gates, standing next to a woman at Burns in 1910. In the caption, the woman is identified as his daughter, Anna, but given birth and death dates, the woman might also be his wife, Amelia "Milllie" Brown Gates. [Anna was born in 1882, so in this photo she should be 28.]
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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
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...
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Group photo of four women, three men, standing in front of a wagon. Horse standing to left of group. Women are wearing bonnets, men wearing hats. Building in left background.
Caption on verso: "On our way to a barn dance 1914"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]