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Fargo and Richards/Richardson gravesites near Burns, Colorado, in 1989.
122) Drowning
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Tree that marked the final resting place of a Navajo Indian who was working for the D& RGW Railroad and was drowned in the river. A wooden cross marking the grave was placed in the dead tree, but was not evident in 1989.
124) Fargo and Richards
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Two graves in the Burns area, up Fargo Gulch (left side of County Road 39). One grave marked "Fargo" and the other is "Richards," or possibly "Richardson."
Fargo broke both legs crossing the gulch sitting on just the running gears...no bed or box on the wagon. He died of gangrene.
Richards (or Richardson) was killed trying to break an outlaw horse at the Newcomer Place, located at the top of Burns Hill.
Both graves are marked with natural rock on...
125) Elmer George Burrows
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1989, Grave of Elmer George Burrows, father of Elmer Burrows, died in Glenwood Springs, Colorado about 1931. "There's a funeral home marker, glass is broken and wording almost gone. The wooden fence is in good shape and pink/white crushed stone cover the grave. It is becoming overgrown with weeds and sage brush." -- Mildred Toomer
126) Donald G. De Wolf
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Gravesite of Donald G. DeWolf, Jan. 7, 1914--May 28, 1917. He drowned in Catamount Creek in his third year. "Tis a little grave but, oh, have a care, for world wide hopes are buried there."
A lamb is scultped at the top of the marker.
127) Donald G. DeWolf
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Fence protecting the gravesite of Donald G. DeWolf. Mildred Toomer noted that somone must have visited the site each year because of the presence of slightly faded silk columbines.
128) William Harper
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1989, William Harper Grave. William was the father of Charlie and Walter Harper. He homesteaded the place that Bill Nottingham owned in 1989. No visible markings on the stones on the graves.
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"Several observers comment that Jill Schlegel, the only woman working in the pens, is just as adept at handling the animals as most of the men. She grew up in Burns Hole (her maiden name is Wurtsmith), and ranching has always been a part of her life."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Cowboys moving cattle in the pens at the Burns stockyard.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
132) Herding cattle
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Making sure the cattle all go in the right direction, Burns Hole cattle drive.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Cowboys keeping the cattle moving toward the shipping yard.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Working cattle in the pens.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Getting closer to the shipping yards during the Benton Land and Cattle Co. drive, November 1989.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
136) Burns Shipping Yards
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"The shipping yards, located next to the Burns Post Office and within a stone's throw from the Colorado River, have been used since 1934."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Looking into the pens at the Burns stockyard.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Horses tethered at the stockyard pens.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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The last step is getting the cattle in single file into the trucks.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
140) Into the trucks
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The last step is getting the cattle in single file into the trucks.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
