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Studio portrait of Edith and Louis A. Fenno, most likely a wedding portrait.
Edith Nilson and Louis Alton Fenno were raised and married in Leadville, Colorado. In 1910, they moved to Squaw Creek and in 1912, Fenno filed on a homestead there. They had three children: Mary, Ida and Louis C. Fenno. Louis died on Feb. 17, 1961; Edith died on Mar. 6, 1973.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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...
