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541) Stage to Steamboat
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The stagecoach at Wolcott departing for Steamboat Springs. Passengers standing in front and seated on the coach. Saloon marked in background
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A mud wagon prepared to start the run from Wolcott to Steamboat Springs. A more robust vehicle than a coach for use in difficult conditions such as mud, although conditions in this photo are good. Comfort was often a casualty, but wasn't much to start with. More mules would almost surely be added for power to deal with adverse conditions and a larger load. [Courtesy of Stuart Dykstra]
"Before the road was built over Rabbit Ears Pass, the stage...
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"Stagecoach owned by the Steamboat-Craig line in 1908. The line stayed in business through 1911 although it was facing tough motorized competition." -- The Gates Genealogy
544) Steamboat to Wolcott
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"Stage fare from Wolcott to McCoy was $2.00, to Yampa, $4.00 and to Steamboat, $7.00. Light baggage was carried free." -- McCoy Memoirs p.25
Photo labled both 1890 [verso] and 1900.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Stagecoach in front of the stage barn at Steamboat Springs, ready to leave for Wolcott. The trip by stage from Rock Creek to Steamboat Springs took one full day.
546) Steer roping
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Scott Jones and Greg Baldwin steer roping during the Eagle County Fair & Rodeo, 2013.
549) Sterel Thompson
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Sterel Thompson on horse at Kent.
"It [the bridle arrangement] is generally known as a hackamore, and most frequently used to start young horses. It obviously does not use a bit in the horse's mouth, and therefore protects sensitive tissues from abuse. Also could be used for horses with some form of existing sensitivty. Usually a transition was made to a bridle with a bit. The California vaquero tradition used this process to patiently produce a...
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Edna Stewart Lemon on horseback at left, Madeline Winifred Lemon on horseback at right (probably 4-6 years old). In between them is Laura Josephine Lemon, Madeline's grandmother. They are riding on the Stewart family homestead land at Sweetwater, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
552) Store fronts in Snow
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Six men standing on the boardwalk in front of a store front in Red Cliff. Snow in the street is packed down and approximately 2.5 ft. higher than the boardwalk. A sled pulled by a horse team is standing on the street in front of the men. The Hall-Roberts Dry Goods store is at the left.
553) Straddling Red Point
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A view of Red Point from the bottom with Leonard Horn at the top. Horn was a known horseman and would jump his horse between cliffs.
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Horse drawn wagon on Grand Avenue in the Strawberry Days parade, 1917.
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Horse drawn float on Grand Avenue in the Strawberry Days parade, 1917.
556) Susan Doll
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Susan Doll standing next to the corrals at the Doll Brothers and Condon Ranch. Franklin Doll and a horse are at left background. Haystack and barn are to the right of Susan.
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Tailgate lunch being served by Rae Benton and Mildred Toomer (on right) during the cattle drive.
"At noon, more ranchers' wives drive up. Rae Benton and Mildred Toomer (Wiss' wife) each have a carload of lunch fixins. They're accompanied by Frieda Lowe, and Linda Rasmuson of Albuquerque."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Horses standing in the sediment left by the tailings pond below Gilman. Mine wastes were piped approximately four miles down into the settlement area. The tailings pond kept mine wastes from flowing into the Eagle River.
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Ranchers taking cattle to summer pastures in the Frying Pan River Valley.
