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"The eye-pleasing scene, as they moved 300 cattle down the Derby Loop road against a mountain backdrop including distinctive Dome Peak, W Mountain and King Mountain, probably varied little from cattle shipping operations a half century ago."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Sitting on a rail after the work is done.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
4) Bailey Ranch
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Bailey Ranch, Burns, Colorado, in early 1900. Stock pens visible in foreground with outbuildings and house in background.
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The Bailey Family log cabin with cows standing on the roof. Shovel is leaning up against the rock chimney.
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The original Bailey homestead house with the new addition on the front.
8) Boots
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A pair of authentic cowboy boots, photographed at the Burns stockyard pens.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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"The shipping yards, located next to the Burns Post Office and within a stone's throw from the Colorado River, have been used since 1934."
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Horses tethered at the stockyard pens.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
11) Captain Tippett
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Captain Tippett's Grave near Burns, Colorado. Two steel posts and an upright rock mark the sight.
12) Captain Tippett
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Captain Tippett's grave near John Benton's house in 1989. Captain Tippet served in the Civil War.
13) Captain Tippett
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Captain Tippett's gravesite in 1989. He was a captain during the Civil War; the grave was marked with two steel posts and an upright rock.
14) Catamount School
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Robert Wright (8th Grade), Mary Wright (4th grade), and John Wright (3rd grade) stand in the doorway with a dog at the Catamount School in 1932.
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Bridge over the Colorado River at Blue Hill, Burns, Colorado. Grand River (Colorado) Hill Road visible at right. Bearden's General Store was built after this photo was taken (it will be behind the bridge).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
17) Derby Loop Road
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Cattle being driven down Derby Loop Road, November 1989, for the Benton Land and Cattle Company.
Heicher, Kathy. The Cattle Drive: Burns Hole cowboys mix tradition and technology. Photographer Mike Rawlings. Vail Trail, November 24, 1989, p.16-19.
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Gravesite of Donald G. DeWolf, Jan. 7, 1914--May 28, 1917. He drowned in Catamount Creek in his third year. "Tis a little grave but, oh, have a care, for world wide hopes are buried there."
A lamb is scultped at the top of the marker.
19) Donald G. DeWolf
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Fence protecting the gravesite of Donald G. DeWolf. Mildred Toomer noted that somone must have visited the site each year because of the presence of slightly faded silk columbines.
20) Drowning
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Tree that marked the final resting place of a Navajo Indian who was working for the D& RGW Railroad and was drowned in the river. A wooden cross marking the grave was placed in the dead tree, but was not evident in 1989.
