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C.1900: "The Big Barn," Doll Brothers Ranch, Gypsum Valley. Barn had 3 full stories, running water and electricity. Could stable 250 horses individually. Winter view with snow on ground. Fencing in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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From left, Kevin and Buddy Doll, Helen Doll, Starr Doll, Mrs. White and Glenn White. The Whites owned the old Butters place and had orchards.
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Formal portrait photograph of the four sons of George and Susan Meiser Doll of Osnaburg Township, Ohio. From left, seated: Franklin [Frank], the youngest brother, and Samuel.
Standing, from left: Hiram and Zachariah.
Hiram and Zachariah were involved in the coal industry in Ohio and Zachariah was part of the Doll Brothers & Smith store in Parachute, Colorado. Frank and Samuel were ranchers and horsemen in the Gypsum Valley, Doll Brothers &...
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Three men seated in a field with 2 dogs in front of the Doll Brothers' Ranch. They are probably members of the Doll family. Lucy Doll wearing coat and shawl, stands behind them. Barns, farmhouse and outbuildings shown with cattle grazing at left background.
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Franklin, Lucy and daughter Gretchen in a carriage at the Doll Brothers' ranch in the Gypsum Valley. The "Big Barn" is at the right in the picture.
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The children of Franklin and Lucy Slusser Doll, in a formal portrait photograph taken in Ohio. From left, Gretchen (white dress), Dorothy, Susan and Hiram Frank [Frankie].
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1901: Dorothy Doll, 3 years old, in hat and overalls holding the reins of an unsaddled horse in fenced yard. Trees and grass indicate late spring/summer.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Dotsero
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Looking west toward Glenwood Canyon, a view of the Doll Ranch at Dotsero. Hwy 6 is at midfield and the Stewart Family cemetery is where the cottonwood trees are located. The Stephens Nursery is at this location now [2012]. The photo was taken in April 1955, after a spring storm.
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The first Doll Brothers' house on the east side of Valley Rd. [Brightwater]. Lucy Doll is standing at the porch and there is a chicken in the yard.
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The first Doll Brothers' house on the east side of Valley Rd. [Brightwater]. View taken from the back of the house.
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Frank [Hiram Frank] Doll, son of Franklin and Lucy Doll, mounted on one of the Doll horses. He is wearing a suit and tie.
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Frank Doll showing one of his horses at the "Big Barn" in Gypsum Valley. A boy is standing at the barn door.
"Horse-racing cannot be considered apart from those who were responsible for the breeding of some of the finest race horses in the country--namely, Blind John Condon and Uncle Sam Doll, who at one time owned and operated the largest race track in Chicago. The fine stables are still intact on the Doll ranches, mementoes of the 'gay 90's'--days...
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1898: Frank Doll with horses brought from Ohio, standing in front of cabin at Dotsero. Frank and Lucy Doll with their children, Sam and Susan, spent the Fall and Winter of 1887 here. The one-room log cabin appears to be on a rock foundation with steps leading up to a small porch at the front door.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Frank [Frank Hiram] Doll showing one of the family's horses at the stables on the Doll Ranch.
17) Franklin Doll
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Frank Doll standing by a corral at his ranch with the Gypsum Valley skyline in the background. Unidentified man standing at right. [Photo badly faded.]
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As the Doll Brothers ranch grew in size, brothers Frank and Sam built this three-story flour mill, circa 1900. "Considered modern in its time, the mill ground all wheat produced in the area, putting out 80 barrels a day. The mill even imported wheat to grind. After the mill burned, suspicion followed that the fire had been deliberately set by disgruntled businessmen in the area." -- Shirley Welch, The Eagle River Valley, p.114
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19) Hair cut
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Mort Doll cutting Frank [H. F.] Doll's hair outside the ice house on the Dotsero property.
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From left, Heine Bond, Mort Doll and Kevin Doll on horseback with corrals behind them.
