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102) Brooks Water Wheel
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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
103) 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.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
104) 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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106) 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...
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"The Baker homestead cabin six miles west of McCoy, abandoned many years ago, was a home to Carl and Bertha Baker and their family of four boys and two girls for a number of years." -- McCoy Memoirs p.178
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Marvin standing with his brother Willie outside the place at lower McCoy. Parents Emil (Dutch) and Pearl Laman had 10 children: Beula, Annie, Alice, Bill, Robert, Red, Hlda, Louis, Louise, and Marvin.
Bill "Willie" was born in 1909. "He was a well-known all around ranch hand, he lived in Routt County all of his life. ... He and Lorraine Rose were married in 1938. They had three children."
"Marvin, the youngest of the Laman family was born in...
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"The Antelope School and teacherage on Antelope Creek as they appeared in 1921." -- McCoy Memoirs p.46
The frame construction Antelope School building, completed in 1917, which replaced the original log school building completed in 1912. The log building became the teacherage. Some of the teachers at the Antelope School were "Leila Ferguson, Joan Funk, Mildred Sayre, Alma Slattery, Margie Harbaugh, Marion Conley, Maude Stratton Smith, Tracy Hatch,...
110) Pioneer Day
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A McCoy Pioneer Day coronation [not 1975 as labeled but date unknown].
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
111) McCoy Hotel
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The McCoy Hotel in the trees, with a pile of antlers at the extreme left of the photo. Bud and Ethel Brooks are in the Maxwell automobile.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
112) McCoy Hall
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"This photo taken in 1919 is not a very good one of the old McCoy Hall, but it is the only one available. Once a boarding house at the Blazing Arrow Mine in Yarmony Park, it was torn down in 1905 and moved to this location and set up for a railroad hospital for the duration of the Moffatt Road construction. It was also a saloon for a short time, but eventually became a general community hall and served as a dance hall, church, and also school meetings,...
113) Panting family
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"The Panting family in 1923. In back: Florence, Emma, Myrtle. Center: Arthur and Nettie and in front are: Ruth, Harry, Jim and Mabel." -- McCoy Memoirs p.170
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
114) McCoy Hotel 1957
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"This photo taken not long before the fire of Feb. 22, 1958, was from the west bank of Rock Creek and shows little or no resemblance to the pioneer hotel built by Charles H. McCoy in 1891. Compare this one to earlier phtos taken from almost the same spot." -- McCoy Memoirs p.98
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
115) The Groh Children
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The Groh Children in 1903: Olive (born 1893), Frank Jr. (born 1901), and Harry (born 1891). They are in front of the Groh house.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
116) Barn
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Barn at McCoy, Colorado.
"Of the many buildings of all descriptions once clustered about the McCoy Hotel, This is one of the few that are left." -- McCoy Memoirs p.97
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The Bill Babcock homestead cabin, built in 1912, Yarmony Park.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
118) Harry Groh
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Harry Groh on horseback at McCoy, Colorado. Harry married Jessie Brooks in 1914. "Harry and Jessie spent their honemoon and continued to live on the Kibbler Place on Grand River until 1915. Harry and his father than bought the Elliott Place on Rock Creek from the Ellis Cattle Company. Harry and Jessie operated the ranch until 1925 and then sold to Jack Grimes." -- McCoy Memoirs 126
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119) McCoy Hotel
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"A view of the Hotel from the west bank of Rock Creek and looking south east. This early day photo shows the size of the 24' x 40' log addition. In later years, this building, an mportant part of the original hotel, was removed. After 1915 subsequent owners of the property performed more or less remodeling, which changed the appearance of the pioneer hotel to a great extent." -- McCoy Memoirs p.94.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
120) McCoy Hotel in 1956
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McCoy Hotel in 1956. The photo was used as a Christmas greeting by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Phillips. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1958.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
