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Teacher Alma Hight Stephens, wife of Clarence Stephens, and mother of Ella and Marcia Stephens. Some of the students include Iola Baer, Earl Baer, Cecil Baer, and Jim Stephens (younger brother of Clarence).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Bertha Boni
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Bertha Boni and her two dogs. Boni was an active member of the Home Demonstration Club, Sweetwater chapter. She collected "pillowtops from army camps because I have four brothers in the service and [liked] making quilts."
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Bertha Chockie stands on a cliff overlooking a lake. Chockie was an active member of the Home Demonstration Club, Sweetwater chapter. She had two children, Dorothy and Lawrence Chockie. Her hobbies included "drawing, canning, and fancywork."
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Bertha Chockie poses for a picture. Chockie was an active member of the Home Demonstration Club, Sweetwater chapter, and served as the president in 1946.
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Bob Buerger's place built in 1949 on Sweetwater Road; remodeled in 1955 and 1968.
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Buerger dwelling built in 1929 on Sweetwater Road. Antlers are mounted over the porch.
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Buerger dwelling built in 1941, at 5798 Sweetwater Road. Fence encloses yard.
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Caroline Stephens stands in front of a house. Stephens was an active member of the Home Demonstration Club, Sweetwater chapter. She served as the quilt maker in 1946. The following was included with the image: "This is our oldest Club member and one of which we are very proud o̶f̶. She has made several nice quilts for our club bazaar each year.
Not only this, but she's made several quilts for our boys whom have married. Also for her nieces and...
11) David Hinman
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Marker near Sweetwater in the field that now belongs to James Stephens Jr. there is a marker for David Hinman, who was killed in a hunting accident in the late 1980s.
"Graves in the Dotsero Sweetwater area. Collected by Joan Brallier. Helped by Myrti Stephens and John Gannon. Barbara Steward gave the information on Dotsero graves." -- Mildred Toomer
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1896: Deep Lake Resort belonging to Jake and Min Borah; hotel in background. Pioneer travelers on the Dotsero to Meeker wagon road rested at the hotel which was built on the lake in 1890. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1906.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Edna Stewart Lemon, at left, and her daughter, Madeline Winifred Lemon, center, with Edna's mother, DelsieBelle Martin Stewart. The flora is not native to Eagle County so the assumption is that they're visiting elsewhere.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
14) Fishing
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Fishing at Lucky G.J. Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned the Hilltop Dude Ranch in Sweetwater...
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Two canoes with fishermen on Sweetwater Lake. The Ranger station is in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
16) Helen Savage
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Helen Savage poses for a picture. Savage was an active member of the Home Demonstration Club, Sweetwater chapter. She was born on September 12, 1994, and passed away on August 9, 1973. Her hobbies included "trees."
17) Hockett Family
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Portrait of Mary, Art and daughter Perie Hockett, 1895. Art is seated on a bench covered with a fur throw, Mary is standing to his right with Perie standing in between them.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A group of Sweetwater Club women and Miss Hunter the day we had a demonstration on Drying and Brining." Individuals in the photograph have been identified with a number. 1. Ivy Zabel, 2. Bernadine Clauson, 3. Alma, 4. Nina, 5. Nellie, 6. Ruth martin, 7. Miss Hunter, 8. Lola, 9. Bertha Chockie, 10. Myrtle, 11. Marion, 12. Alline, 13. Mrytie, 14. Bob Ross, 15. Marilyn Clauson, 16. Teresa Price, 17. Pete No[v/l]an, 18. - Price, 19. Junior Price.
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A float entered by the Home Demonstration Club, Sweetwater chapter for the 47th annual Strawberry Days Parade. The float won the 1st place price for "Originality Float."
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"Doc" Warren Jacobson and Lislotte Anderson Jacobson standing in front of one of six homesteads on the Jacobson Ranch. This cabin was built by Ada Slusser, sister of Lucy Ellen Slusser Doll (married Frank Doll), in 1890. It was called the honeymoon cabin because, according to the late Myrtie Stephens, the girls from Sweetwater used to go there on their honeymoons (the Stephens girls, as well as others in the community).
It is one of six homesteads...
