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"A downstream view of the river from a point just below the Ronald Kirby Ranch. The McCoy ferry was located about a mile or so below from where this photo was taken." -- McCoy Memoirs p.144
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"Just across Rock Creek Canyon from the Ebert place on Conger Mesa, Bert Hadley took up a 160 acre homestead and built this house on it in 1905. Prior to that year, he had married Huldah LaForce and they had spent a part of their honeymoon on the former Milby Frazer place at the head of Egeria Canyon. Bert, who was in poor health, did not live long enough to realize his dream of transforming the homestead into a cattle ranch. After his death, about...
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A bird's-eye view of Kent with a few buildings visible, hayfields in foreground.
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"The Brooks Bridge, built by the railroad company during construction of the Dotsero Cutoff, replaced an earlier one near the same site. It is now in a sad state or repair and unsafe for other than light traffic. Adjacent to the north end of it is the railroad track and it was here that Leonard Horn had the misfortune to be caught by a train while driving cattle across the bridge, resulting in the loss of several head that were struck by the train."...
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The Colorado and Rio Grande Railroad showing the Quinlan [Kirby] Ranch at midfield.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A view of the Colorado River near McCoy with the Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks running alongside the river. The Quinlan [later Kirby] ranch is at midfield.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Sallie Welsh (Hartman) was the first woman in Eagle County to graduate from college (University of Denver) and later served as Superintendent of Schools in Eagle County. She married the son of a friend of John Welsh. Charles Hartman was sent to work for John Welsh and a few years later married Sallie. They took over the ranch and lived there until 1930 when the ranch was lost due to financial problems. They had four children, three boys and a girl....
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"An upstream view of the Colorado River and railroad, showing the former Quinlan ranch (now Kirby's). Note how the river was relocated to avoid building bridges. The Quinlans lived on and cultivated some land in the foreground area at one time." -- McCoy Memoirs p.143
10) Hauling potatoes
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"Ammi Hoyt on his way to a railroad siding with a load of potatoes for shipment to market. Until 1925 most potatoes were still being hauled by horse drawn wagons, but shortly afterwards hauling was done by trucks." -- McCoy Memoirs p.199
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12) Highway 131
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"Wolcott."
Coming from State Bridge on Colo. State Hwy 131, into Wolcott. Buildings on the left are now Gallegos Masonry. Concrete arch bridge is visible at center. The Wolcott Store and gas station are on the far right. Jouflas ranch is at the left. U.S. Highway 6 parallels the Eagle River at midfield.
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C.1920: View of haying on Koprinikar's Ranch near Edwards, Colorado. Now the site of Singletree Golf Course and Berry Creek Ranch development. A team of three horses is working the field. Hay is stacked, waiting to be taken to ricks. In the background, a train is passing by.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ranchers loading bags of wool at the depot in Eagle. Horse teams are dragging the skids.
Caption: "Loading part of $20,600 wool shipment from Eagle, Colorado."
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Locomotive crossing the Eagle River railroad bridge. Castle Peak Ranch is in the background.
18) Marvin Laman
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Marvin Laman standing next to a truck with a soda bottle in one hand, taken September 17, 1949.
"Marvin worked for the railroad for 31 years, retiring in 1986 as a maintenance foreman. He also ranched his entire life. Marvin enjoyed his cattle and attending and participating in rodeos. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways Employees, an organization connected with the railroad." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Jan. 17, 2008 p.12...
19) McCoy Station
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"At the McCoy railroad station, Sept. 6, 1913. In back: Earl Brooks, Eunice Redmond, Phil Hines, [?]
In front: John LaForce, Annie Panting, Edith Hemsworth, Harry Groh, [?], Charley Horn and H. W. Plum, the depot agent." -- McCoy Memoirs p.166
The sign for McCoy has the elevation: 7,210 feet; no population.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Avon as viewed from the "Gypsum Cliffs." Two engines of a train putting off lots of smoke in midground. Emmett Nottingham place is at lower right. Harry Nottingham place is above the smoke at Buck Creek. Original Avon Store is 100 feet west of Avon Road. Above the smoke plume are the buildings on the Nottingham Ranch. Below the railroad tracks, the Avon Road and bridge across the Eagle River are visible through the treeline. At the bottom left,...
