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Schlutter Place during haying season. The Eaton Place would be to the right. Tractor visible in left background.
62) Haystack
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A giant haystack at the Larsen farm on Brush Creek. There is a man standing on top of the haystack, a derrick can be seen at the top, and there is a house to the far right in the background.
63) 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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Henry Moore Forster, father of Elizabeth Charity and Franklin Pierce Forster.
"William Forster was born in New Garden, N.C., on April 26, 1894. As a young man, he went to Winterset, Iowa, and started buying land. In time, he became a large land owner. In Wnterset, he met another family from Redstone, Penn., named Wilson, and fell in love with one of their daughters named Elizabeth, born June 1, 1799. They were married April 4, 1818. To this union...
65) Hester & Velma
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Hester Larsen & Velma Ewing pose together in front of a barn or shed. There is a large milk canister at their feet.
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"Home" on Brush Creek. The house stands in trees with a fenceline and gate in front. A gravel road is on the left.
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Home on Brush Creek. There is a person to the left of the house and other assorted tools and items. Mountains are in the background and many large trees surround the house.
69) In the Shoot
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"Mary Jo & Bobby in the shoot" (caption from photo)
Mary Jo & Bobby Trezise can be seen standing in the cattle shoot near the center of the photo. To their left, is a car garaged in the barn and to the far right, a man can be seen. There are tractors and other farm equipment in the barns.
70) 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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From left to right: Jane Bemis, Melissa Larsen, and Elaine.
The girls are posing on top of straw bales. On the far left, there is another child and a dog trying to get to the top as well.
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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...
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Jessica Kline of the Porchlight Players, portraying Anna Norgaard during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Anna Helen Schmidt Norgaard was born January 21, 1847, in Osterlendidt, Denmark. She died January 28, 1937. SHe...
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John Bunker pushing a lettuce planter on the Offerson Ranch.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
75) John L. Thomas
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John L. Thomas, in suit and tie.
"Around 1904, John and Mary Thomas, from Indian, homestead on the slopes above the present village site (Beaver Creek) with son Cliff and daughter Mabel. Two years later Charlie was born at the cabin, with a midwife helping. The homases lived in the valley until 1918, left for a year, and returned to take up ranching along the Eagle River."--p. 47 Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June B. Simonton.
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76) Keith Gerard
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Keith Gerard stands with a pig in the pigpen. He is wearing tall boots and knee-high waders to get through the mud. A barn is on the right and ducks stand together by a fence in the background.
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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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Formerly Dan Koprinikar's home in Edwards, suspected to be the pre-1898 residence of the John Howard family. Woman and girl in front of house may be Mrs. Howard and Ethel. Bicycle on porch. Hay stacks in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Leota Nottingham and Maybelle Robertson in the yard of the Emmett Nottingham residence. Maybelle is pulling Leota. There is fencing and a Case tractor in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
