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The John Ambos Ranch on Congor Mesa in the foreground with the Martin Schomers Ranch in the background.
Martin Schomers was among the last to homestead on the Congor Mesa. "Schomers died of tick fever in May of 1940 after being ill only a short time. The children fell heir to his property but since two were still minors, the estate was not settled until 1944. During the intervening time Darrell Ray, who was married to Helen Schomers in 1939, operated...
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The Arthur Horn Ranch on Lower Rock Creek, looking north east toward Conger Mesa (near McCoy).
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The front of the Arthur Panting ranch house at McCoy with children sitting on the front step.
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"This was once the home of Elliott Maxwell and wife until Perry Ault bought the place in 1908. He and his wife Lelah and their family of ten lived here until the children were grown, married and had homes of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Ault retired from active farming about 1950 and leased the ranch to their son-in-law, Walter Evans, before buying a house in Kremmling and moving there." -- McCoy Memoirs p.160
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The Bill Babcock homestead cabin, built in 1912, Yarmony Park.
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"The Baker homestead cabin six miles west of McCoy, abandoned many years ago, was a home to Carl and Bertha Baker and their family of four boys and two girls for a number of years." -- McCoy Memoirs p.178
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Barn at McCoy, Colorado.
"Of the many buildings of all descriptions once clustered about the McCoy Hotel, This is one of the few that are left." -- McCoy Memoirs p.97
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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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"Bertha and Carl Baker, ten years after moving from McCoy to Meeker." -- McCoy Memoirs p.179
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"Branding and dehorning cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch in 1908 [Yarmony Creek ranch]. Left to right: John Payne, Charley McCoy, Everett Hoyt, Fred Bailey, Ammi Hoyt, Lawrence Payne, Edgar Sperry and Ethel McCoy on the horse." -- McCoy Memoirs p.105
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Branding crew is brnading cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch, 1908. Cattle are guided into the chute for control, branded and released. Two children on horseback observe at far right. Barn in right background.
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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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"A photo of the Brooks water wheel as it appeared in Empire Magazine about 1972. John Comer, the owner of the former Brooks ranch, is standing in front of it." -- McCoy Memoirs p.153
1962 is written on the front of the photo.
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"This house, located on the south side of the Colorado River is presently the property of a Denver attorney, John Comer. It was build by Earl Brooks about 1920 and considered one of the better homes of the McCoy area. The Brooks family lived in it for seventeen years before moving to California." -- McCoy Memoirs p.152
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"Cabin on former Ad Stifel Ranch in the Antelope section of McCoy." -- John Ambos caption
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"The former ranch house on Yarmony Creek, where Charley and Stella McCoy lived nearly thirty-five years and their daughters Ethel and Mildred were born in." -- McCoy Memoirs p.104
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The Charley and Stella McCoy house on Yarmony Creek. A man is sitting on the front steps holding a child and two children are sitting to the left. The porch is covered in vines.
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The Clark Ewing house built in 1934 in McCoy, Colorado; adobe and rock construction.
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The Colorado and Rio Grande Railroad showing the Quinlan [Kirby] Ranch at midfield.
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