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1898: Frank Doll with horses brought from Ohio, standing in front of cabin at Dotsero. Frank and Lucy Doll with their children, Sam and Susan, spent the Fall and Winter of 1887 here. The one-room log cabin appears to be on a rock foundation with steps leading up to a small porch at the front door.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"M. H. [Martin H.] and Clara Waldo came to Brush Creek around 1902 and ranched across the creek from the Shryacks until 1917, when they retired in California. Tom Carlin bought the ranch, and subsequent owners were Hans and Thelma Larsen and Glenn and Denzel Norman." -- [History of Brush Creek p.26]
The Waldo's had one daughter who married Ralph Wolverton. This couple had a son, Charles Wolverton.
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Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden, rancher in the Squaw Creek Valley until his death in 1993.
"The equestrian center at Cordillera bears his name and is located on the land his family homesteaded when Bearcat was just a toddler. The humble log buildings the family used as their ranching headquarters still stand, and are targeted for preservation by the Cordillera Preservation Foundation. Bearcat Springs, a small tributary to Squaw Creek, also carries his...
4) 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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Andrew Christensen's house in west Eagle. Today located across Highway 6 off Brooks Lane near the Fishing for Fun Bridge in West Eagle. Christensen was a major cattle producer in the area.
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John M. Ruder, at left, with his son, Ralph L. Ruder, on right, with bobcat.
Son of Jacob and Mary Buchholz Ruder [Mary was Nicholas Buchholz' sister], John was born Dec. 3, 1887, and came with his family to Eagle County in 1894. He lived most of his life on Gore Creek where the family homesteaded a ranch beginning in 1897.
Ralph L. Ruder, John and Edna Ruder's only child, was killed in a truck accident on Battle Mountain, December 18, 1961. He...
7) Lloyd Ranch
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"Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation 'Red Mountain Ranch' and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde's brother and sister-in-law, Carl and Ella, were the caretakers for the ranch. Located about 4 miles east of Eagle, the property featured a magnificent ranch house (which burned to the ground...
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Wolverton residence on the Brush Creek ranch. Ralph Wolverton married M. H. and Clara Waldo's daughter.
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From left, Tom Dice, Andrew Christensen, John Love, and Ed Glenn in front of the E. E. Glenn Store, at the corner of 2nd and Broadway, Eagle, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard of the C. F. Lloyd Ranch. The Eagle River is at midfield, in front of the ranch buildings. C. F. Lloyd is written on the barn roof.
”Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation ’Red Mountain Ranch’ and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde’s brother and sister-in-law, Carl and...
11) Judd Lyon house
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"This house was home to Mr. and Mrs. Judd Lyon and their daughter Florence for fifteen years and a number of other families for several years afterwards." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 280
"After the Lyon family left the ranch in Yarmony Park, several different people owned it. Among these later owners were Harry Groh, Roy Sherwood, and Buzz Mugrage. The Lyon ranch was dryland, like many others in the Park, and there was no chance of getting irrigation...
13) Orgish home
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"After Paul and Frieda Orgish sold their McCoy ranch (Stifel place) they moved to Gypsum where they bought a tract of ground near the Cottonwood road junction, and built this house on it, themselves." -- McCoy Memoirs p.167
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Reynolds brothers, lined up at the Edwards School. From L to R: Felix, Ted, Johnny, and Duke.
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Meeting between ranchers and the Forest Service held at the CCC Camp, Yeoman Park, in the 1930s. Adrian "Abe" Reynolds, founder of the Eagle Valley Enterprise is wearing the dark suit and standing in the back row.
Back row: 7th from left Adrian Reynolds (father of Marilla McCain); 8th Ellery Burford, sheep rancher; 9th L. J. Borah, Gypsum Creek rancher and guide
Front row: 2d from left Clyde Schlegel, McCoy rancher; 3rd Cyrus Dice, rancher; 4th...
