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Wiltshire (Eaton) place, with the house built by Anthony Smith (confirmed as his residence by Marie Mayne). House is in midground with barn and outbuildings in the left background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Webster dwelling on Lake Creek, built in 1941. Caption on verso: "Moved after hill collapsed."
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Carl Uncapher place on Sheephorn Creek, built in 1895. Automobiles in foreground.
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"Although not at all in the McCoy area...the Van Camp house in Yampa, an early day stage stop and road house. Note the vegetation growing on the dirt floor [roof]." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.313
The I. D. Van Camp dwelling is circled by an antler fence. Plants (beans) are growing up string trellises. The sod roof is sporting vegetation. Yampa is in Routt County.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
7) Dice Place
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The old Dice place up west Brush Creek. Barn, house and outbuildings are visible from the road through the fenceline. Road is not paved.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Jack Williamson's cabin on Rock Creek, snow on the ground. The cabin was built circa 1909 and burned in about 1922. This photo was taken in 1920.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Family group standing in the sideyard next to the Kavanaugh home in Minturn. Front gate visible on right. From left to right: 2 neighbors, Hilma Kavanaugh holding baby Mary, John Kavanaugh and Blanche Wyatt Kavanaugh.
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A view from the road of the Avon School. The horse barn is at midground. A fence surrounds the school grounds.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12) Webster dwelling
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Webster dwelling on Lake Creek, built in 1939. Caption on verso: "Burford"
14) Judd Lyon Ranch
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"The buildings on the Lyon Hidden Valley Ranch are in a much better state of repair than any of the other deserted ranches in Yarmony Park, mainly due to the fact that it was occupied the longest. The road to the former John Hudson ranch a mile and a half distant goes through the gap on the left." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 279
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
15) 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...
16) Buerger cabin
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Buerger dwelling built in 1929 on Sweetwater Road. Antlers are mounted over the porch.
17) Elliott Place
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The Tom Elliott place on Rock Creek. The ranch house is on the right with corrals and barn at left. The ranch is in Routt County, two miles north of McCoy. Irrigation was from the creek in order to grow supplementary feed for winter.s
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
18) Strubi house
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Strubi family dwelling in Burns built in 1953. Wire fence in foreground.
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"The ranch buildings on what later became the Black Mountain Ranch. When this picture was taken in 1935 [photo has both 1934 and 1936 written on it], it was a working ranch (with emphasis on work) and had about fifty acres under cultivation, the balance of the 1,100 acres was pasture and timberland. Pioneers named the hill in the background Sawmill Mountain. Until 1915 the hill was a paradise for grouse and to see fifty or sixty in a flock was...
20) Sneve Ranch
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The William Johnson Ranch, formerly the Anthony Sneve Ranch on West Brush Creek. The patent on the ranch was established in 1911. The ranch was purchased by Edna Chambers in 1935. Chambers in turn sold the property to William S. and Nora Johnson in 1938. It is now the site for Sylvan Lake State Park. [A History of Sylvan Lake State Park, by Kathy Heicher]
