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"Always referred to as the Harris house, it has had considerable face lifting since the large Harris family occupied it for twenty eight years or from 1917 to 1945. Quite a number of people lived here before and since the Harrises. Earlier residents were the Towers, Porters and Robinsons." -- McCoy Memoirs p.173
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42) Flogus house
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The Flogus house in McCoy. It was built in the 1940s using Civilian Conservation Corps labor.
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"Cabin on former Ad Stifel Ranch in the Antelope section of McCoy." -- John Ambos caption
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"The former Quinlan Ranch house on what is now the Ronald Kirby ranch. The Quinlan family lived here many years before the original dirt roof was replaced with one of boards." -- McCoy Memoirs p.143
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Adam Stifel funeral at the McCoy Cemetery, McCoy, Colorado, 1918.
"Adam Stifel and his wife Edith (sister of Polly Tuck) came into the area with George Brown in about 1890....[He] found a likely place in the cedar country about six miles due west of McCoy where they found about 60 acres of mesa land. It could be irrigated by building a ditch from Tepee Creek just west of the land they had spotted. By dint of hard work and good management, Stifels...
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Children lined up for a school photo in McCoy, Colorado.
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Charley Horn and Harry Groh, with horses, preparing to go prospecting.
"When their [Frank and Mary Groh's] first child, Harry, was born in 1891 he had what was always considered a fine distinction in a new settlement. He was the first white child born in a new pioneer community. Olive was born in 1893 and Frank Jr. in 1901." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 125
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48) McCoy School
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The McCoy School, McCoy, Colorado
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"The former ranch house on Yarmony Creek, where Charley and Stella McCoy lived nearly thirty-five years and their daughters Ethel and Mildred were born in." -- McCoy Memoirs p.104
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"Branding and dehorning cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch in 1908 [Yarmony Creek ranch]. Left to right: John Payne, Charley McCoy, Everett Hoyt, Fred Bailey, Ammi Hoyt, Lawrence Payne, Edgar Sperry and Ethel McCoy on the horse." -- McCoy Memoirs p.105
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51) Ed LaForce
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Ed LaForce "at the Bert Hadley ranch at Volcano in 1912. Brother of Lester, John, Huldah and Raine." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 166
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52) McCoy Hotel
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"A group at the McCoy Hotel in 1911. Left to right: Harry Groh, Ammi Hoyt, Jack Albino, Clarence Gutsler, Leander Hoyt, Everett Hoyt and Pete Willett the manager of the McCoy Hotel." -- McCoy Memoirs p.124
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The Brooks water wheel in 1970 showing signs of deterioration. Water wheels were common along the Colorado but the Brooks wheel is one of few still standing.
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54) McCoy Lane
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McCoy Lane, McCoy, Colorado, looking East. A mix of automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are on the streets.
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"Arthur and Nettie [Pross] Panting, shortly after they were married in 1906." -- McCoy Memoirs p.169
There is a dog in front of Mrs. Panting.
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"In 1917 Howard and Mattie Van Horn and daughters came over from Edwards on the Eagle River and bought part of the Groh ranch from Hollis Brooks, the owner at that time. The land they bought had about thirty acres in cultivation and under a ditch. There were no other improvements except some fence, so the Van Horns built this better than average ranch house and other buildings so necessary on every ranch. After living here several years they bought...
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"This house on the former Adam Stifel ranch isn't quite the same as it was when they homesteaded six miles west of McCoy [Antelope area] shortly after 1900. At that time it was a one room cabin with a dirt roof, but shortly after Reuben was born the two story building was added on and later the lean-to on the east side." -- McCoy Memoirs p.163
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The Waterwheel Ranch bunkhouse on the John D. Comer ranch in McCoy; the bunkhouse was built in 1924.
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"A 1907 photo of Mary Groh, her son Frank and Mr. Ball, who was the first settler in Yarmony Park. They are posing for a picture at the Groh ranch house." -- McCoy Memoirs p.122
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The Brooks water wheel on the Colorado River, near McCoy. Yarmony Mountain is in the background.
Earl and Elsie Brooks sold the McCoy Hotel in 1919 to "Edith Stifel and purchased the former Charles Nelson place on the Colorado River. The place was badly rundown when Earl bought it and there were no improvements to speak of. So beginning from scratch they started the big undertaking of making it a modern ranch. Almost the first things which had to...
