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Charity Elizabeth "Libbie" Forster George, wife of William Henry "Bill" George, at Derby Mesa, Burns, Colorado, in 1930. She's standing in the fenced yard with antlers in the background.
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Charity Elizabeth "Libbie" Forster George, wife of William Henry "Bill" George and mother of "Nona" George Gates. After Bill died in 1900, Elizabeth sold their home in Breckenridge and bought a farm in Fort Morgan, Colorado. "In 1917 when her twin granddaughters, Gretchen and Rowena, were born, their mother died in childbirth. Elizabeth went to Colorado Springs and helped her son, Frank, with the twins and other children until he remarried. About...
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Charity Elizabeth "Libbie" Forster George, wife of William Henry "Bill" George, in Fort Morgan, Colorado, at the age of 63 (circa 1917).
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Charles William Bryant was married to Louise Brockie Bryant. The couple were the parents of Jennie May Bryant, who would marry into the Hart family in Colorado.
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Studio photograph of Bird Crawford (Hockett) and her brothers. "Birdie" came to the Gypsum valley as a small girl with her parents. In 1898, she married Addison L. Hockett, member of another pioneer family. They had four daughters: Myrtie Stephens, Mary Margaret Robichaud, Arta Pharo, and Lucy Ronchetti.
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The Parachute Store, Doll Bros. & Smith, in Parachute, Colorado. The store is decorated for the 4th of July. People are standing on the boardwalk. Train is at left. Zachariah Doll was the Doll brother most involved with the store.
27) Doll Brothers
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Formal portrait photograph of the four sons of George and Susan Meiser Doll of Osnaburg Township, Ohio. From left, seated: Franklin [Frank], the youngest brother, and Samuel.
Standing, from left: Hiram and Zachariah.
Hiram and Zachariah were involved in the coal industry in Ohio and Zachariah was part of the Doll Brothers & Smith store in Parachute, Colorado. Frank and Samuel were ranchers and horsemen in the Gypsum Valley, Doll Brothers &...
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Franklin, Lucy and daughter Gretchen in a carriage at the Doll Brothers' ranch in the Gypsum Valley. The "Big Barn" is at the right in the picture.
30) Doll Children
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The children of Franklin and Lucy Slusser Doll, in a formal portrait photograph taken in Ohio. From left, Gretchen (white dress), Dorothy, Susan and Hiram Frank [Frankie].
31) Doll Family
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A group at the original Doll family cabin at Dotsero. Lucy Doll is standing at far left; Susan Doll is sitting on the porch rail next to Franklin Doll. The others are not identified. The Doll's moved to Gypsum Valley 1n 1888. [Either this photo or 2012.012.001 is flipped.]
32) Doll cabin
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The log cabin built by Frank and Lucy Doll in Dotsero and which was moved to Gypsum around 1890. Most likely Lucy and Frank on the porch with large crate and antlers.
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"E. Nogal, Sneeve" [verso caption]
Should this caption be correct, we are looking at Edgar or Ernie [Arthur Earnest] Nogal holding the burro's reins. Charles and Rosetta Metheny Nogal, parents of these two, were early pioneers in Eagle in the late 1800s.
"Sneeve" might be Anthony Sneve, born in 1860 in Norway, who was the homesteader on the West Brush Creek ranch that is now Sylvan Lake State Park. Sneve was "fastidious in his manners and his person....
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Sallie Welsh (Hartman) was the first woman in Eagle County to graduate from college (University of Denver) and later served as Superintendent of Schools in Eagle County. She married the son of a friend of John Welsh. Charles Hartman was sent to work for John Welsh and a few years later married Sallie. They took over the ranch and lived there until 1930 when the ranch was lost due to financial problems. They had four children, three boys and a girl....
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A photograph of an early camp/settlement at what is now Dotsero, Colorado.
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Studio portrait of Edith and Louis A. Fenno, most likely a wedding portrait.
Edith Nilson and Louis Alton Fenno were raised and married in Leadville, Colorado. In 1910, they moved to Squaw Creek and in 1912, Fenno filed on a homestead there. They had three children: Mary, Ida and Louis C. Fenno. Louis died on Feb. 17, 1961; Edith died on Mar. 6, 1973.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
37) Elsie Elliott
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A photo of Elsie DaLee Elliott taken on May 15, 1909. Elsie DaLee was born in Red Cliff Sept. 12, 1891, daughter of Elizabeth DaLee and niece of Dora Griener. Elsie was educated in the Red Cliff schools and Mt. St. Scholastica Academy, Canon City. She married Joseph P. Elliott who died in 1928. They had four sons, Lee, Jack, George and Robert, and one daughter, Babe.
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The first Doll Brothers' house on the east side of Valley Rd. [Brightwater]. Lucy Doll is standing at the porch and there is a chicken in the yard.
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The first Doll Brothers' house on the east side of Valley Rd. [Brightwater]. View taken from the back of the house.
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"A trio of former McCoy residents, at Glenwood Springs in 1967. Elizabeth Quinlan Bedell, Juanita Theisen Johnsen [Johnson?], and Lulu Graves Horn." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 255
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
