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The Arthur Horn ranch about 2.5 miles north of McCoy on Rock Creek, in winter. Pete Horn purchased the ranch about 1890.
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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The low building on the right was the kitchen, the two story addition had two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that...
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"A 1908 photograph of the family of Pete and Melissa Horn. Back, from left: Mary, Mabel, Ida, Maude. Front, from left: Walter, Arthur and Charley. All attended the Cottonwood school at one time or another and all are deceased except Mabel." -- McCoy Memoirs. p. 115
Pete Horn, coming from Bailey, Colorado, purchased the tract from two trappers about 1890, and homesteaded with the help of his wife, Melissa, and seven children.
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"Harvesting a good crop of oats on the Arthur Horn ranch in 1916. Along with the assurance of an ample supply of irrigation water out of Rock Creek, this soil is very productive. In the background is Table Rock, a lava formation separating Rock and Egeria Creeks. The top of the rock is mostly sagebrush with some cedars and pinyons scattered through it. Until 1950 there was clear evidence of an Indian arrowhead makers' camp including a round area about...
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Feeding cattle on the Horn Ranch at Rock Creek, during the heavy snows of winter 1916.
From left: Arthur, Lulu, Mabel, Harold and Leonard Horn.
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"1916. Leonard and Harold Horn heading for the Antelope school, riding their Mother's horse, Benny." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 119
[date on photo: 1917]
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"The Horn Family at Wolcott, Colo. in 1960. Leonard, Dorothy, Don Gates, Harold, Lulu, Mabel, Gail and Pamela Horn and a Branscomb boy. All are living, except Don who died in a tragic ranch accident while haying in Axil Basin in 1966." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 120
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"Hugh Norman at the Arthur Horn ranch [on Rock Creek] in 1916." -- McCoy Memoirs p.204
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"Hugh Norman and Mae Van Horn were married in 1919 and shortly after their marriage they moved to the Kibbler ranch which they ran for several years. They continued to rent and operate various ranches in the area. As a sideline Hugh contracted haying jobs in Egeria Park." -- p.204
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The first Model 'T' Ford owned by the Arthur Horn family, 1917. There is a boy seated in the driver's seat. Log barn in the background.
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"During the winter of 1916-1917, there was considerable snow in the McCoy area and for several weeks sleds were a popular mode of transportation. Here, Arthur, Pete, Mabel and Lulu Horn are leaving on the two and one half mile ride to McCoy for mail and supplies." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 115
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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that part of the building removed. The Pete Horn family lived here from 1890 to...
12) Horn Ranch
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch taken from the top of Table Rock.
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"Black Mountain Ranch, 1925: Mrs. Maria Grimes, Margaret Horn, Lulu Horn and Mrs. Pete Horn. Margaret is Walter Horn's daughter." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 117
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"Arthur, Lulu, Harold and Leonard Horn at their ranch on Rock Creek in 1917." -- McCoy Memoirs p.117
"In 1903 Pete's son, Arthur, took over the Rock Creek ranch and began renovation of the land and buildings. He cleared a lot more acres for cultivation. He also arranged with Jim Norvell to run cattle on shares until Arthur had finally a good sized herd of his own." -- McCoy Memoirs p.117
[date on photo 1918]
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch on Rock Creek, Table Rock in the background. Taken by John Ambos in 1916, it shows cattle feeding on a snowy field with a log structure at left midfield.
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Douglas Martin and Glende Vernice standing next to the remains of a building on the Hank Fox place, Red Dirt Creek. Vesintiner's Dam broke on June 3, 1952, flooding the area down through McCoy. -- Verso
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy.
Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red,...
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The Arthur Horn Ranch on Lower Rock Creek, looking north east toward Conger Mesa (near McCoy).
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Arthur Horn Ranch as seen from Conger Mesa, looking south west (Lower Rock Creek).
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