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Photo postcard of the Black Mountain Ranch (1960s), showing the lake and a wagon.
Verso reads: "Black Mountain Ranch, McCoy, Colorado 80463, Phone: Wolcott (303) 926-2300. September view of lake and mountains from front porch of lodge. Open year round. Excellent fishing, hunting, riding, snowmobiling in season. New cabins, good food and fun for the entire family."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Horn Ranch
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch taken from the top of Table Rock.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
3) Horn Ranch
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch on Rock Creek, Table Rock in the background. Taken by John Ambos in 1916, it shows cattle feeding on a snowy field with a log structure at left midfield.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
4) Hugh Norman
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"Hugh Norman at the Arthur Horn ranch [on Rock Creek] in 1916." -- McCoy Memoirs p.204
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"Hugh Norman and Mae Van Horn were married in 1919 and shortly after their marriage they moved to the Kibbler ranch which they ran for several years. They continued to rent and operate various ranches in the area. As a sideline Hugh contracted haying jobs in Egeria Park." -- p.204
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Photo postcard looking northeast of James E. Ullman's Castle Peak Ranch in Eagle. Ullman bought the ranch from John Carey in September 1919 for $28,000. It included ninety acres of farming land in the home place and included summer range on Castle. [EVE Sept. 19, 1919 p.1]
The ranch was purchased by Holly Brooks in 1931.
6) McCoy Rodeo
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Photo postcard of the McCoy Rodeo held on July 4, 1926. "The rider is unknown but the three nearest onlookers are: Al Norman, Carl Baker and Everett Hoyt." -- McCoy Memoirs p.36
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The July 4, 1926, rodeo at McCoy, Colorado. "Ernest Rundell is the rider." -- McCoy Memoirs p.36
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A postcard of the main ranch house at the Lucky GJ Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned...
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"A Toponas rodeo in 1927. Carrol Chambers is the rider. For a number of years, rodeos were popular in small communities like Yampa, Toponas, Burns and McCoy, but now, those who are interested in these events prefer to attend big ones." -- McCoy Memoirs p.36
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
