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David Marion "Skeet" Koger, standing in the rain next to the old Jesse Sherman house. Photo printed April 11, 1940 at Ping's Station.
"He arrived in Eagle County in 1899 and was first employed in the now nonexistent Hockett Sawmill on Hardscrabble south of Eagle. Within the next few years following, Skeet worked around Eagle vicinity, joining the Sherman Brothers Red Mountain Ranch east of Eagle in the early 1900s, becoming a permanent member of...
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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.
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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.
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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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The Miller sisters, both wearing hats with veils, seated for a studio portrait.
On left, Bertha Miller (McCain); on right, Grace Miller (Little).
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Eagle County Historical Society volunteer Bill Heicher explains the stagecoach route that went from Red Cliff to Squaw Creek then over Bellyache mountain to Eagle.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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The bridge over the Eagle River leading from the road to the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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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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Studio portrait of Catherine Miller, Howard D. McCain's grandmother. She is wearing a high-collared dress.
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Three cowboys in a corral at the Lloyd Ranch, working horses. Hay rick in the background
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Disk harvester pulled by a team of horses is harvesting potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
13) 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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July 25, 1914, first cutting of hay on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. The crew is posed on the tongue of the slide stacker. Hay is poised on the stacker in the background, with hayers and pitchforks ready to move it onto the haystack.
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July 25, 1914, first cutting of hay on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Yield: 92 ton 800 # from 17 acres. Men are moving hay with pitchforks from wagons. Hay stack in background.
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Three children and a ladder next to a very large haystack on the Sherman Ranch, July 1914.
17) Hefting potatoes
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A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
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Hershey Wilson wearing chaps, holding reins of horse. Wilson worked as a ranch hand for the Lloyd Ranch, located four miles east of Eagle on Highway 6 (now the Diamond Star Ranch).
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A house on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Three women are sitting on the front porch.
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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...
