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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.
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Alexander Macdonell on horse. His family in Scotland called him Ackie or Ack; in Eagle, he was referred to as Alec. Alec was first employed on the Frank Doll ranch in Gypsum Valley. Then he leased land on the George Wilkinson ranch on Brush Creek, south of Eagle. After World War I and his marriage to Sadie Figgins, he returned to Eagle and moved to the Sproule ranch on Brush Creek. In 1923, he bought land from Charles Mayer and established his...
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Austin Offerson and dog, standing in front of wire fence. Inscription reads, "our cow hand."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Austin Offerson and a "Dude" from Pennsylvania, mounted on horses. They are standing on a dirt road next to the fenced yard at the Offerson place. There appears to be a chicken in the lower right foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Austin Offerson is standing with his right arm across the neck of his horse, Midnight, in front of a rail corral. Offerson is wearing leather chaps. There is another horse in the corral. Inscription: "Austin and Midnight."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
9) Bill Pollock
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Bill Pollock aims a firearm from atop his horse. Photo caption reads "Gypsum, Colorado" (Alda Borah).
10) Bill Rogers
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Stylized studio portrait of Bill Rogers, who worked on and off the Mayer Ranch for 38 years. Mr. Rogers is posed wearing a bandana around his neck, holding a cigar in his left hand, liquor bottle in his right hand (balanced on his right knee). His right foot is raised on a bench covered with leather chaps.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
11) 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.
13) Branding Crew
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The branding crew at the "Edge" corral on the Benton Ranch in the 1930s.One young mounted cowboy and four others are lined up for the photo; the firewood is in the foreground; cattle are behind the men.
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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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Ranch hands branding cattle in a fenced pasture on the Norman Ranch (between Burns and McCoy).
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Branding crew is brnading cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch, 1908. Cattle are guided into the chute for control, branded and released. Two children on horseback observe at far right. Barn in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
18) Buchholz Mesa
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The Buchholz homestead on Buchholz Mesa. Nicholas is at the far left; Mary is wearing a hat and standing near the door. John, Mary Louise and Beulah Buchholz are also in the picture. There are mounted riders at far right and cattle at midground.
Buchholz Mesa was sold to E. M. Tabor and Nick and John opened a livery business in Eagle.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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.
20) Burns Stockyard
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1939: Burns Stockyard, November 1939, loading cattle into cattle cars. (Denver & Rio Grande Railroad) Two cowboys on ramps loading cattle; one man on track siding, left midground; woman holding child standing in empty corral behind horses.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
