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From left to right: Alda Borah, George Ziegler, Alice Swarthout, and Georgy Wilson stand for a picture outside the Borah house in 1914.
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Alec/Ackie and Sadie Macdonell formall attired standing at the north side of their ranch house on Brush Creek.
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Sadie and Alec Macdonell at far right with three Benedictine sisters and an unidentified man, standing outside the Brush Creek rnach house. Dog in foreground. The photo was taken in August 1955.
4) Borah house
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The Borah home on Brush Creek. Taken between 1905 and 1917. Alfred and Mary Borah are standing on the front porch.
"My home from fall 1905 to Dec 1917. Sold to John Van Horn, Brush Creek, Colo and moved to Phoenix, Ariz." -- Alda Borah
5) Borah house
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From left to right: Alda Borah, Mary Borah, and Alfred Borah on the porch of their home on Brush Creek. A dog is sitting on the porch next to Alda.
"My home in Colo. on ranch sold to John Van Horn in 1919." -- Alda Borah
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The Borah house on Brush Creek. Taken in the summertime. From left to right: George Lovinggood, Alfred Borah, Mr. Swarthout (seated), Mary Borah, George Ziegler, Alda Borah.
"Old home on Brush Creek, Colo when Hop Vines covered porch in summer." -- Alda Borah
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The Borah house on Brush Creek. Taken in 1914. Mary Borah is playing the piano and is marked by the small "x."
"Home Sweet Home. Mother at Piano. New Year's Eve, 1914. George Ziegler took picture. Our dear home in winter time. Mother sitting a piano playing." - Alda Borah
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Students at Brush Creek School celebrate their last day with a picnic in 1940.
9) Duane Larsen
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Duane Larsen stands on a porch dressed in a wide brim hat, chaps, and bandana. There is a house and trees in the background.
10) Duane and Mother
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Duane and Hester Larsen stand on a porch. Hester is wearing a long coat with a fur trim; Duane is wearing a newsboy cap and buttondown jacket. There is a house with a window in the background with trees and mountains.
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Duane Larsen poses proudly with his snowman. There are two sheds in the background with chickens.
12) Girls Group
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From left to right: Dot (Dorothy) (?), Grace Edge, Chloe Colby, and Evelyn pose together. There is a basketball court and hoop and several houses in the background. Taken in Greeley, Colorado.
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"Warren Hart and John Metheny's homes. South from old home on Brush Creek, Colo."
14) Harve Dice Ranch
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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 Ella Layton standing in front of their house in Eagle, Colorado. Jack arrived in Eagle County [then part of Summit County] in 1879. He prospected, hunted and fished on Brush Creek, arriving "early enough to see Indians." [Eagle County History, 1940] He married his wife, Ella, on August 5, 1891. Together, they ranched and lived in Eagle.
16) Joyriding
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Charlie Wolverton, standing on the runningboard of an automobile with four women seated for a ride. Houses in the background.
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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Lorraine (left) and Virginia (right) Essick pose together. There are bushes, trees, and houses in the background.
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Sadie Macdonell, at right, with friends in her kitchen. From left: Rena Chatfield, Mary Rule, Merle Taylor and Sadie Figgins.
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Marg and George Macdonell with General Douglas MacArthur, the dog, sitting in an automobile at the Macdonell house at Brush Creek. Another vehicle is in the background, as well as the house and outbuildings.
