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The William Babcock family in California, 1964. The Babcocks moved to California in 1926 from the McCoy area.
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A volunteer work crew with horse teams grade the McCoy Cemetery Road. The road is a steep switchback, difficult in mud season.
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"The Panting house and family in 1923: Emma, Florence, Mr. and Mrs. Panting, Myrtle, the four younger children in front are: Harry, Ruth, Mabel and Jim. The home of the Panting family for approximately thirty years, it was recently razed by Mr. Dudy who made use of the salvaged material. The lower floor of the house was probably built by Merritt Rhodes but the Pantings added on the upper story. The original Buffington Homestead cabin located in...
65) McCoy 1975
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A view of McCoy and McCoy Lane in 1973 or 1975 [both dates are on the photo] taken from the same spot as 1992.004A.084. The street is still unpaved and the major buildings (barns, McCoy Hotel) are gone. Vegetation has grown, hiding the bridge over Rock Creek.
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66) Waterwheel Ranch
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Waterwheel Ranch, McCoy, Colorado, owned by John D. Comer. The house was builit in 1909.
67) Tom Wohler
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"Tom Wohler standing in front of his barn in 1912. The Wohler ranch had a first class set of ranch buildings and fences that Tom kept in good repair until a year or so before he passed away." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 131
"Fritz, Tom and Sarah Wohler came to Colorado from Pennsylvania in 1876 and settled at Leadville for 18 years. Tom was shift boss at the Johnny Mine and Sarah had a dress shop. They were married in Leadville in 1883.
In 1895 Tom and...
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"At the time the mail route was still run by way of the McCoy ferry, Whipple purchased two Concord stages from a mail contractor in Oklahoma. The double-decker coaches were slung on heavy leather straps instead of strings. They could carry fifteen to twenty passengers as the above picture shows. The stage route came into being from Wolcott in 1887 and continued to operate for the next twenty years or more." -- The Gates Genealogy
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"Homecoming Day at McCoy, June 15, 1975. Of the 225 who attended, a good many had left shortly before the picture was taken by Tom Sherwood." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.338
The photo has been name indexed and is available at the Eagle Public Library Local History Department. ...
70) North McCoy
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Looking north from McCoy Lane, with Rock Creek flowing through the tree line in the background. There are several log buildings, including a barn at midground. In front of the barn is a root cellar in the embankment.
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71) McCoy Hotel
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"The McCoy Hotel as it appeared when Charles H. 'Daddy' McCoy was operating it in 1904. The photo was taken looking south west. The east end of the building was the kitchen and dining room, the lobby, Post Office and the McCoys living quarters in the center while the west end was mostly guest rooms and a large hall for community gatherings, dances, etc. In later years the ground floor was converted into a store. The man feeding the cub bear is...
73) McCoy Rodeo
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Photo postcard of the McCoy Rodeo held on July 4, 1926. "The rider is unknown but the three nearest onlookers are: Al Norman, Carl Baker and Everett Hoyt." -- McCoy Memoirs p.36
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"Antelope School pupils and teacher in 1921. Those mounted on horses are, from left to right: Harold Horn, Myrtle and Harry Panting, Emma and Ruth Panting, Jack Booco, Leonard Horn, Gern Booco, Florence Panting. Standing on the ground: Emma Maxwell, Dora Ault, Olive Ault, Ethel Ault, the teacher Maude Stratton Smith, her son, Morrison Smith, Tillie Maxwell and Edwin Harris. Directly in front: Harry, Ruth, Mabel and Jim Panting." -- McCoy Memoirs...
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"An upstream view of the Colorado River and railroad, showing the former Quinlan ranch (now Kirby's). Note how the river was relocated to avoid building bridges. The Quinlans lived on and cultivated some land in the foreground area at one time." -- McCoy Memoirs p.143
76) McCoy Lane
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Jack Gray and Jess Adams, driving cattle through McCoy on McCoy Lane. Log building in the background.
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The horse barn on the Charles B. McCoy ranch, photographed in 1970 by John Ambos.
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The front of the Arthur Panting ranch house at McCoy with children sitting on the front step.
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80) Payne house
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"This house near Bond was the home of John and Mary Payne and family for eight years and during six of those years it was a meal stop for hungry travelers on the main road between State Bridge and McCoy where meals were to be had for twenty-five cents." -- McCoy Memoirs p.140
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