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The Brush Creek school house near Eagle in 1907. A boy is coming out of the door; outhouse behind the school. The school is surrounded by a fence with a stile in place for students to climb over.
From the shadows in the foreground, it appears one of the horsement is the photographer.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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Side view of the cabin behind the Schlutter house in summer. Visitors stayed here. Porch is on right. Barbed wire fence in foreground.
4) Dice Place
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The old Dice place up west Brush Creek. Barn, house and outbuildings are visible from the road through the fenceline. Road is not paved.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Dick" the horse runs through a grassy field with trees and a fenceline in the background.
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Eulene and Marvin Kilgore at home on Brush Creek. Marvin is pushing while Eulene pulls a wagon.
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"Daddy, Jack, & 8 Ducks" (caption from photo album)
Hans Larsen stands with the family dog, Jack, with a gun and a pipe in his mouth. Larsen fashioned his own belt for carrying ducks while hunting and has 8 around his waist. There is a milk can in the background with the fenceline and a building.
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The original Harve Dice Ranch on west Brush Creek, below Sylvan Lake. Ranch house, barn and outbuildings are visible.
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"Jack and the Turkeys" (caption from photo album).
Jack the dog standing in the snow with the turkeys. There is a wagon, small shed, and fenceline in the background.
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The Kilgore property on Brush Creek is in the foreground; in the backgound are horses hauling a load to market.
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Kilgore property with Brush Creek in the background, c. 1916-17. Haystack and automobile in left of photo.
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The Lower Brush Creek Schoolhouse, taken at some point in the 1910s. The schoolhouse is still standing and is now the School House Ranch. The school was built across the road from the older Brush Creek School.
"The new school house on Brush Creek across highway from old one." -- Alda Borah
14) Pearl Tuttle
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Pearl Tuttle, in a dress and hat, stands in front of a fence and building at the Larsen house.
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From left to right: Leo Daugherty's sister, Loren Arthur, Bert Wolverton, Anne Wolverton, Miss Smith, Tom Carolan, Mildred Nutt, Leo Daugherty, and Mary Carolan picnic on Brush Creek in 1919.
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A view of Coffin Mountain near Brush Creek. Buildings from the Borah ranch are visible in the background.
"Coffin & Beacher Brush Creek, Colorado, on the road to school house where Mother watched for me." -- Alda Borah
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A rear view of the ranch house, Pair o Dice Mesa. Metal roof and gated yard visible with milk buckets hanging on fence. The "spud" cellar is in the left foreground. The only structure left standing today (2007) is the rock wall of the spud cellar.
18) Sneve Ranch
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The William Johnson Ranch, formerly the Anthony Sneve Ranch on West Brush Creek. The patent on the ranch was established in 1911. The ranch was purchased by Edna Chambers in 1935. Chambers in turn sold the property to William S. and Nora Johnson in 1938. It is now the site for Sylvan Lake State Park. [A History of Sylvan Lake State Park, by Kathy Heicher]
19) Teddy Boy
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Teddy Boy the foal has a bright white spot on his forehead. There is a fenceline and telephone line in the background.
