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"Gypsum, Colo. 1969. Charles and Inez Adams, George and Julia Harris and Maude Ambos. A year later George was dead and Charley and Inez passed away in 1973." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 190 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Alec Macdonell, born in Beauly, Scotland, with one of his Scottish longhorned cattle. "Highland cattle or kyloe are an ancient Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century....
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"Arthur and Nettie [Pross] Panting, shortly after they were married in 1906." -- McCoy Memoirs p.169 There is a dog in front of Mrs. Panting. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A group at the Charley McCoy ranch in 1923. In back: Stella McCoy, Mabel and Judd Lyon, Charley McCoy. Middle row: Elizabeth Babcock, Mary Koski, Ethel McCoy, Frank McCalister. In front: Robert and Fred Laman, Kathleen Stahl, Ola Garrett, Mildred McCoy, Ila Babcock and Hilda Laman." -- McCoy Memoirs p.106 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"At the Black Mountain Ranch in 1926. Leila and Frank Ault (barely visible), Martha and Jack Sigler." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 304 Photo postcard. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bill Babcock, Jr. and Bill Babcock, seated with the younger boys, Charles and Dwight Babcock. The Babcocks moved to McCoy from Cripple Creek in 1912; they moved to California in 1926. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ellis, in uniform, Elizabeth, Rolland and Ray Bearden in front of the truck at the Bearden place.
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The Bearden cabin with Ellis Bearden's pickup truck parked on the road behind it.
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Ray, Ellis and Rolland Bearden with elk at the Bearden place.
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Six people sitting on port of "Thirteen" house, Burns, Colorado. From left to right: Frank Benton, Marie Durbin Bainum (cousin to Grace), Grace Benton (Mrs. Frank), T. Harry Benton (son), unidentified man, Charles Mann. (The latter two men are from the Mann Livestock Commission Co.) [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Gates family has traced their genealogy back 6 generations beginning in Europe. This short family history is of Bert & Nona Gates, 5th generation, and their ranching and homesteading experiences in the Eagle River Valley. The information used in this was compiled by Lemley Gates.
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Binding oats on the Wolverton ranch, using a three-horse team. Charles Wolverton is standing behind the binder.
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"At the Black Mountain Ranch in 1967. Lulu Horn, Loi Brooks Kier, Elizabeth Bedell, Joe and Mary Nichols, Joan Kier and Colleen Jones." -- McCoy Memoirs p.212 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Branding cattle on the Gerard ranch.
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"Sheephorn Creek, 1915. Spring branding on the Clarence Rundell ranch. Left to right: CHarley Gutzler, Carl Forster, Frank McMillan, Bill Tester, Clarence Rundell, Dr. Sidell and Ward Ross." -- McCoy Memoirs p.317 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Rifle, Colo. 1924. Frank Bratton, Albert Kayser, and Jim Jones." -- McCoy Memoirs p.309 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Brush Creek Annual Picnic at the Larsen's on the Sproule Ranch. Many children and adults are gathered in a field; there is a fence in the background with many trees.
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The bridge over Brush Creek at Waldo's ranch
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The interior of a blacksmith shop with two men working at center. "The photograph was taken in the late 1800s in my great-granddad's first homestead which is now known as Castle Peak Ranch. The ranch that the family currently owns north of the original homestead were homesteads of my grandfather Joh, my dad and his sister Beaulah." -- John Buchholz July 5, 2000
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Photo postcard of the C. F. Lloyd Ranch. The Eagle River is at midfield, in front of the ranch buildings. C. F. Lloyd is written on the barn roof. ”Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation ’Red Mountain Ranch’ and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde’s brother and sister-in-law, Carl and...