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Alec Macdonell, born in Beauly, Scotland, with one of his Scottish longhorned cattle. "Highland cattle or kyloe are an ancient Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century....
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"At the Black Mountain Ranch in 1926. Leila and Frank Ault (barely visible), Martha and Jack Sigler." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 304
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[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ellis, in uniform, Elizabeth, Rolland and Ray Bearden in front of the truck at the Bearden place.
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The Bearden cabin with Ellis Bearden's pickup truck parked on the road behind it.
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The Gates family has traced their genealogy back 6 generations beginning in Europe. This short family history is of Bert & Nona Gates, 5th generation, and their ranching and homesteading experiences in the Eagle River Valley. The information used in this was compiled by Lemley Gates.
6) Binding oats
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Binding oats on the Wolverton ranch, using a three-horse team. Charles Wolverton is standing behind the binder.
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"Sheephorn Creek, 1915. Spring branding on the Clarence Rundell ranch. Left to right: CHarley Gutzler, Carl Forster, Frank McMillan, Bill Tester, Clarence Rundell, Dr. Sidell and Ward Ross." -- McCoy Memoirs p.317
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Brush Creek Annual Picnic at the Larsen's on the Sproule Ranch. Many children and adults are gathered in a field; there is a fence in the background with many trees.
11) Buchholz ranch
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The interior of a blacksmith shop with two men working at center.
"The photograph was taken in the late 1800s in my great-granddad's first homestead which is now known as Castle Peak Ranch. The ranch that the family currently owns north of the original homestead were homesteads of my grandfather Joh, my dad and his sister Beaulah." -- John Buchholz July 5, 2000
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Photo postcard of the C. F. Lloyd Ranch. The Eagle River is at midfield, in front of the ranch buildings. C. F. Lloyd is written on the barn roof.
”Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation ’Red Mountain Ranch’ and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde’s brother and sister-in-law, Carl and...
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Red Cliff, Colorado is one of the oldest towns in Eagle County beginning in 1879. The town was the original county seat until 1921, after the fourth and final election deciding to move to Eagle. Red Cliff was bolstered in its early days by a booming mining business, hotels, and travelers through the mountains. Red Cliff's immediate neighbor was the now-abandoned mining town of Gilman, which was shut down by the EPA in the 1980s and declared a Superfund...
19) Charlie
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Charlie Wolverton, posing for the camera. Charles was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wolverton, grandson of M. H. and Clara Waldo.
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Charlie Wolverton, posing for the camera with Dexter. [It is unknown whether the horse or the dog was named Dexter.] Charles was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wolverton, grandson of M. H. and Clara Waldo.
