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21) Jack Oleson
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Jack Oleson (red shirt) greets visitors at the Cowden cabin during the Diamond S history tour. Oleson restored the historic buildings on the Diamond S Ranch.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
22) Leonard Horn
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Leonard Horn on Red Point, on the north side of the Eagle River near Wolcott. He frequently jumped his horse across the crevice between the cliff and the hillside. The Horn ranch is visible at far left.
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Main house on the Leonard Horn Ranch built in 1921.
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Visitor Mauri Nottingham greets Jack Oleson. They are standing outside of the Cowden cabin, a restored homestead. CME (Colorado Mountain Express) provided affordable van transportation for the visitors, making the tour much easier for everyone.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
25) Quarry history
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Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society, discussing Red Canyon quarry history with participants during the Open Space tour.
[April 20, 2014: first tour of the Horn Ranch property, sponsored by the Eagle County Open Space Department. The conservation easement on the property allows limited numbers of the public to tour the historic cliff property four times a year.]
27) Red Point
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Man standing on the cliff at Red Point, on the north side of the Eagle River. The railroad tracks can be seen in the valley below. Leonard Horn frequently jumped his horse across the crevice between the cliff and the hillside.
28) Red Point
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Red cliff at Red Point in Red Canyon, Horn Ranch property. Leonard Horn frequently jumped his horse across the crevice between the cliff and the hillside.
[April 20, 2014: first tour of the Horn Ranch property, sponsored by the Eagle County Open Space Department. The conservation easement on the property allows limited numbers of the public to tour the historic cliff property four times a year.]
29) School house
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Eagle County Historical Society volunteer and President, Kathy Heicher, stands in the refurbished Bellyache school. The school had deteriorated into a pile of logs when Jack Oleson decided to move the building back to its original location and reconstruct the building.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
30) School house
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"Schoolmarms" (Eagle County Historical Society volunteers Kathy Heicher and Joanne Cermak) greet guests at the Bellyache school.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
31) School house
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From left, Eagle County Historical Society volunteer Rich Borden, visitor Janice Tonz, ECHS volunteer Joanne Cermak and visitor Nancy Nottingham at the Bellyache school.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
32) School house
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Eagle County Historical Society volunteer Rich Borden greets visitors at the Bellyache school.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
33) Schoolmarm
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Joanne Cermak, Eagle County historical Society volunteer, pses as a "schoolmarm" at the Bellyache School house.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
34) Sherwood Bridge
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Looking down on the Sherwood bridge from the Sherwood quarry drum. Hwy 6 is at the top, the Eagle River is flowing under the Sherwood bridge and I-70 is at the bottom.
At the turn of the century, major routes in the Colorado mountains were steep, rocky grades, little more than wagon tracks. By 1910, cars were becoming more prominent but Colorado roads were in terrible condition. That year, the State Highway Commission established Highway 10 from...
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Remains of the Sherwood quarry drum and pulley structure on the Horn Ranch property in Red Canyon. The drum is visible from I-70. Stone from this quarry was used to build the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
"The archive of the Colorado Historical Museum offers a bit more information about the quarry site. A typewritten transcript titled 'Memories of Eagle County in the 1880s,' authored by Amy M. Bowen, the daughter of Avon area homesteader John...
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Remains of the Sherwood quarry drum and pulley structure on the Horn Ranch property in Red Canyon. The drum is visible from I-70. Stone from this quarry was used to build the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
"The archive of the Colorado Historical Museum offers a bit more information about the quarry site. A typewritten transcript titled 'Memories of Eagle County in the 1880s,' authored by Amy M. Bowen, the daughter of Avon area homesteader John...
37) Stage stop
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The restored Wohlgehagen cabin, while titled the "stage stop" by Diamond S ranch residents, was very likely not the actual stage stop on Bellyache. Rather, this is Anna Wohlgehagen's homestead cabin that has been re-built and re-located. According to Jack Oleson, the real stage stop was likely located at the head of Squaw Creek and was not salvageable.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch...
38) Twisted Cedar
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Jack Oleson harvested this unique cedar trunk, then "planted" it at a complex of restored homesteads on the Diamond S Ranch. The Ranch owners named the comlex "Charlottetown, in honor of Oleson's late wife, Charlotte Nottingham Oleson.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
