Brush Creek, Colorado
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Students of Brush Creek School pose with their giant snowman. Photo dated 1940s.
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"Duane and his bike" (caption from photo album)
Duane Larsen smiles and stands with his bicycle. A barn/shed can be seen in the background to the right of Duane.
3) Alda Borah
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Alda Borah stands in a patch of weeds and wildflowers near her home on Brush Creek. She is wearing a suit and tie with a bowler hat.
4) Alda Borah
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Alda Borah (left) sits in a flower bed near the Borah house. The woman is unidentified, but may be Alda's mother, Mary Borah.
"Alda Borah in dandelion flower bed in front yard on Brush Creek, Colo." -- Alda Borah
5) Borah ranch
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The Borah ranch on Brush Creek. The main home and barn/buildings are at center with a herd of cattle visible in the left corner. The site of the Borah ranch is now the Frost Creek Golf Course.
"The first half showing all the buildings built in 1902. 1896 to 1916." -- Alda Borah
6) Borah ranch
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A view of the Borah ranch looking north toward Eagle and Castle Peak.
"I was born on this part of the land in 1896, lived in a 2 room log cabin. In 1902 we moved to the larger home, so nice, we were so happy, also more room of all kinds altho[ugh] father had many log farms, machine sheds, cow corral and farm three large corrals." -- Alda Borah
"I lived first in a two room log cabin at North edge of farm. My home ranch in Colo. Looking North...
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Students at Brush Creek School celebrate their last day with a picnic in 1940.
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Members of the Smith, Carolan, Borah, Mahoney, and Metheny families stand for a picture in an open field. Taken around 1900.
From left to right: Ella Smith, Mary Carolan, Ilene Mahoney (back), Alda Borah, and Agnes Metheny.
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View of Brush Creek looking toward the Eagle River Valley 1979
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View of Brush Creek looking toward the Eagle River Valley 1979
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Students build a snowfort together at Brush Creek School in Brush Creek, Colorado.
14) Coffin Mountain
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A view of Coffin Mountain looking south from the Borah ranch.
"Looking south from home on Brush Creek. Mts Beecher & Coffin, 1915." -- Alda Borah
15) 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.
16) 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 in the potato patch" (caption from photo album). Duane Larsen stands in the potato patch holding a hoe. He is wearing bib overalls and a long shirt with mountains and trees in the backgound.
19) Eagle panorama
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Photo postcard looking down on Eagle, Colorado. The Eagle River is at lower left; Brush Creek Valley is at right midfield. Highway 6 runs from left to right across the midfield. The County courthouse is the square building at right midfield, placing this photograph after 1932.
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Hans puts his arm around his wife, Hester, for a picture. A car can be seen to the left of Hans in the background, with mountains and trees.
