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"Old timers, Florence Lyon and Ethel McCoy in 1908." -- McCoy Memoirs p.279
Judd Lyon homesteaded in Yarmony Park in 1909 after giving up mining. His 160 acre tract was a mile east of Yarmony Creek close to the Grand County line. He added acreage over the years and by 1915 had renamed it "Hidden Valley Ranch."
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82) Pioneer Day 1968
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verso caption: "McCoy Day 8-16-1968"
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King and Queen of the Old Timers Picnic in McCoy, 2002. Iva Laman standing behind Marvin Laman's chair, both wearing crowns.
85) McCoy Hotel
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Five men standing on the fence in front of the McCoy Hotel. From left to right: Leander Hoyt, George Nimon, Clarence Gutzler, Everett Hoyt, Charlie Horn. Charlie Horn is leaning on the hotel sign. There is a stack of antlers under the hotel sign.
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"At the Antelope School in 1921. Standing, from left to right: Dora and Ethel Ault, Harry Panting, Emma Maxwell, Myrtle Panting." -- McCoy Memoirs p.48
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87) Kibbler place
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"House on the former Kibbler place on the Grand River. There have been a number of changes made in its desgn since Sam built it in 1908, but otherise it is about the same. Occupants after Kibblers were the Hugh Norman family, Harry and Jessie Groh, Donothans and, presently, the Settlemeyers." -- McCoy Memoirs p.138
Date conflicts with the date in 1992.004C.086
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"Everett Grimes and Calvin James at Burns in 1946." -- McCoy Memoirs p.176
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Ivan C. Decker, Bertha Perry Decker, Caroline Decker, and the grandchildren (Iva and Marvin Laman's kids), standing on a porch for a photograph.
90) Brooks Bridge
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"The Brooks Bridge, built by the railroad company during construction of the Dotsero Cutoff, replaced an earlier one near the same site. It is now in a sad state or repair and unsafe for other than light traffic. Adjacent to the north end of it is the railroad track and it was here that Leonard Horn had the misfortune to be caught by a train while driving cattle across the bridge, resulting in the loss of several head that were struck by the train."...
91) McCoy lane
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....
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Ranch hands branding cattle in a fenced pasture on the Norman Ranch (between Burns and McCoy).
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The King and Queen of Pioneer Day at McCoy, June 16, 1974, Josephine Kayser Ruehle and Arthur Kayser. Josephine married Carl Ruehle in 1910 and moved to Casper, Wyoming, several years later. Arthur, the youngest of Joe Kayser's sons, was on the Kayser Ranch for only a few years before moving to Oak Creek, where he was employed by the town.
Photo used on p. 337 of McCoy Memoirs.
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Restoring the Brooks Water Wheel in the fall of 1993.
"This past week, while Comer was reading a morning newspaper in his home, he heard a major crashing noise and immediately knew his beloved water wheel was taken out by the mighty high waters of the Colorado River." -- Raymond Bleesz, History in Need of Repair, Vail Daily June 4, 2014 p.A2
97) McCoy Area
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Looking at the McCoy area from the south side of the Colorado River. There appears to be a man and an antler in the left foreground. Photo was taken August 23, 1975.
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98) Groh Ranch
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"Pioneers Mary and Frank Groh on their still unimproved ranch on Rock Creek, below McCoy [1/4 mile south] in [May] 1891. The man to the right of Mr. Groh is unidentified but the man doing the driving is Sam Elliott." -- McCoy Memoirs p.121
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Florence Scrivens (left) and Elsie Brooks standing outside in the snow.
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100) Marvin Laman
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Marvin Laman standing next to a truck with a soda bottle in one hand, taken September 17, 1949.
"Marvin worked for the railroad for 31 years, retiring in 1986 as a maintenance foreman. He also ranched his entire life. Marvin enjoyed his cattle and attending and participating in rodeos. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways Employees, an organization connected with the railroad." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Jan. 17, 2008 p.12...
