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"Charles and Robert" seated on a mule at Neff's Ranch. Marcus Neff owned the Red Canyon ranch from 1911 to 1932, when he sold to Buck Beatty. He moved to Red Cliff and owned and operated the Battle Mountain Transportation Company. Charles and Robert are not identified further.
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Eagle County Historical Society volunteer Bill Heicher explains the stagecoach route that went from Red Cliff to Squaw Creek then over Bellyache mountain to Eagle.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Bill Heicher, Eagle County Historical Society volunteer, explains the historic stagecoach route over Bellyache to Rex Brown.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Interior of the blacksmith shop. The building is actually the home that Jack Oleson was born in at Gypsum. He moved the building to the Diamond S Ranch in 2012.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
5) Bob Cowden
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Bob Cowden, whose parents homesteaded on Bellyache, assisted with the tour of the Diamond S historical sites. The original Cowden cabin was rebuilt by Jack Oleson in 2009.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Local rancher Byron McGinnis rounds up cattle on Bellyache during the Diamond S tour.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
7) Carl Gray
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Carl Gray of Eagle moving cattle below the Howe homestake cabin on Bellyache during the tour.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
8) Cattle drive
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Horsemen Byron McGinnis (left) and Carl Gray drive cattle on Bellyache during the tour.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Byron McGinnis moving cattle below the Howe homestake cabin on Bellyache during the tour.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Cross and bleachers on Red Cliff [Red Canyon] used for Easter sunrise services in the 1960s and 1970s. When you are looking at the cross, you are looking directly east up the valley.
"According the the [Eagle Valley] Enterprise archives, the cross was installed by [Leonard] Horn in 1962 after Rev. Mann of the Eagle Methodist Church sought permission to hold a sunrise service on the site on Easter morning. The cross, although never cemented into...
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The Diamond S Ranch looking east down the Eagle River Valley through Red Canyon to Red Point. The building with the red roof is the large riding barn.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Looking north across the Eagle River from U.S. Hwy 6 with the Leonard Horn ranch house in the distance. The Sherwood bridge would be downstream to the left. There appear to be people in the clearing by the river under the pines.
13) Fighting bulls
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Two bulls vie for dominance during a cattle drive on Bellyache. Byron McGinnis will tell them to move it along.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
14) Fighting bulls
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Carl Gray uses his lasso to break up fighting bulls while Byron McGinnis wheels around them. Cattle drive during the ranch tour.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Eagle County Historical Society volunteers, Marion Laughlin (left) and Earlene Bronn, stand by the historic Diamond S barn, which contains Jack Oleson's private museum.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Second floor of the historic Diamond S barn, which contains Jack Oleson's private museum. This barn shows up in photos of the ranch that date back to 1911-1912.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
17) Horn Ranch
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The camel-back bridge over the Eagle River on U.S. Hwy 6 & 24, approximately 5-6 miles east of Eagle, Colorado.Behind the train, is the Leonard Horn ranch with ranch houses to the left of the tall pine tree at center. Rube Creek flows by the ranch houses. The dirt road at left goes to the ranch.
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The house was built in 1880-90's. It was moved from Keystone mines near Oak Creek in 1944 to the Leonard Horn Ranch. The house was sawed in half to get accross the frozen Colorado River at State Bridge in order to make the move. There is a barbed wire fence in the foreground and a rug airing on the porch rail.
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Iron frame beds and quilts in the restored Lionedes Howe homestead cabin on the Diamond S Ranch. Wood and leather trunks are at the foot of the beds.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
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Interior of the Howe cabin, restored by Jack Oleson. Jack created the "stove" from actual stove parts and a wooden box.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
