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Adam Stifel funeral at the McCoy Cemetery, McCoy, Colorado, 1918.
"Adam Stifel and his wife Edith (sister of Polly Tuck) came into the area with George Brown in about 1890....[He] found a likely place in the cedar country about six miles due west of McCoy where they found about 60 acres of mesa land. It could be irrigated by building a ditch from Tepee Creek just west of the land they had spotted. By dint of hard work and good management, Stifels...
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Josiah Herwick and his sons, following the funeral of Ida Herwick at Grand Valley, Colorado (now Battlement Mesa). Ida was buried on March 10, 1919.
Back row L to R: Fred; Josiah L.; Albert
Front L to R: Oren; William; Josiah Herwick, Jr.; Guy
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Funeral gathering for Nicholas Buchholz, Aug. 8, 1911. Nicholas Buchholz was the father of John Buchholz, with whom he owned and operated a livery stable on the corner of 2d and Broadway, Eagle, Colorado. He was County Assessor at the time of his death.
The photo was posed in front of a store front on 3rd and Broadway. Man on ladder painting sign on building on the far right, second story.
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