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1) Bailey Ranch
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Bailey Ranch, Burns, Colorado, in early 1900. Stock pens visible in foreground with outbuildings and house in background.
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Claude (Mike) Gerard on the Gerard Ranch. The house is directly to his left and bits of equipment can be seen partially covered with snow behind him.
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Claude (Mike) Gerard on the Gerard ranch. There is a tractor hooked to a spreader on the right and another vehicle on the left. A building is in the background and there is snow and mud, indicating springtime.
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Hans Larsen can be seen in the background with the horses, wagon, and equipment to dig potatoes. Gladys and Teddy are pictured in the foreground (names from photograph). Teddy appears to be sitting on a full sack of potatoes and there are others scattered throughout the photograph.
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Duane and Baby Bobby Trezise on a horse. There is farm equipment in the foreground and background; a large woodpile is also in the background.
11) Ft. Morgan farm
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Grandma George's (Charity Elizabeth Forster George) farm in Fr. Morgan with cattle headed toward the barn.
12) Ft. Morgan farm
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Elizabeth George at her farm in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. She is standing with a cow and wearing a bonnet for sun protection, dogs in background.
13) Ft. Morgan farm
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Elizabeth George at her farm in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. She is sitting with her children standing behind her. Left to right, Edna George (born Aug, 10, 1890), Frank Forester George (born Apr. 9, 1881), Nona (Atha Nonetta George birn, Dec, 16, 1877), and Alice Maud George (born May 10, 1874).
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George Ziegler (l), horses Nell and Trilby, and a ranch hand in Eagle, 1914. George is holding a hat over Nell's head; Trilby is wearing a hat. The horses are yoked as a team.
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A man on a tractor harvesting potatoes. There are several children on the potato harvester with many sacks of potatoes scattered throughout the field for pick-up. Mountains and trees are in the background. The man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard/Trezise family.
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Disk harvester pulled by a team of horses is harvesting potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
17) Hay Derrick
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Hans Larsen is hanging from the pulley of a hay derrick over a large haystack.
18) 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...
19) Jackie
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"Jackie" Jack the dog poses for the camera. There is wood, a wagon, and a fenceline visible in the background.
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Jesse Sherman standing chest-high in an oat field on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"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 in the successful development of potato and grain production...