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From left, Heine Bond, Mort Doll and Kevin Doll on horseback with corrals behind them.
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"The Red Barn" built on the Doll Brothers' Ranch in Gypsum Valley about 1890. It is still standing and in use today (1982) by Chuck Albertson. View showing two barn structures connected by roof line with fences in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Terri Vroman portraying Lucy Doll during the Gypsum Cemetery Tour July 16, 2011. The tour was sponsored by the Town of Gypsum in celebration of Gypsum's Centennial, held July 9-17, 2011. The Porchlight Players, a local drama group, portrayed interesting citizens of the town buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Lucy Ellen Slusser Doll was born October 22, 1859 and died June 22, 1939. She came to Gypsum with her husband, rancher Frank Doll, in 1887.They...
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Frank Doll showing one of his horses at the "Big Barn" in Gypsum Valley. A boy is standing at the barn door.
"Horse-racing cannot be considered apart from those who were responsible for the breeding of some of the finest race horses in the country--namely, Blind John Condon and Uncle Sam Doll, who at one time owned and operated the largest race track in Chicago. The fine stables are still intact on the Doll ranches, mementoes of the 'gay 90's'--days...
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Frank [Frank Hiram] Doll showing one of the family's horses at the stables on the Doll Ranch.
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C.1900: Rancher bent over scalding tub during fall hog butchering, Doll Brothers Ranch. Six carcasses hanging from supports on the left. Snow on ground.
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C.1900: "The Big Barn," Doll Brothers Ranch, Gypsum Valley. Barn had 3 full stories, running water and electricity. Could stable 250 horses individually. Winter view with snow on ground. Fencing in foreground.
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John Gerard (seated), brother of Andrew Robert Gerard, at the Doll Brothers' Ranch in the Gypsum Valley. The man on the right may be Samuel "Sam" Doll. The two individuals on the left are unidentified. A young child is visible in the doorway. Several unopened sacks are on the porch.
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Frank Doll shows one of his race horses at the Doll Ranch in Gypsum. The horse stables are visible behind Frank. A caption on the back reads, "Frank Doll with Race Horse - this horse had won much money in races (Killed horse in RR going south to a race)"
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From left, Kevin and Buddy Doll, Helen Doll, Starr Doll, Mrs. White and Glenn White. The Whites owned the old Butters place and had orchards.
32) Honeymoon
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Starr Doll on her camping honeymoon in 1946, holding a dog next to the horses. Mort and Starr were married in January 1946.
33) Hair cut
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Mort Doll cutting Frank [H. F.] Doll's hair outside the ice house on the Dotsero property.
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Hunting at the Doll family cow camp on Onion Ridge. Frank (H. F.) Doll is at left; trailer bed contains deer and equipment.
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Three stockmen in Meeker, 1946. From left, Bobby Stephens (related to Lois Stephens Walker), Frank (H.F.) Doll, and Kenney [--] Standing next to an automobile.
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As the Doll Brothers ranch grew in size, brothers Frank and Sam built this three-story flour mill, circa 1900. "Considered modern in its time, the mill ground all wheat produced in the area, putting out 80 barrels a day. The mill even imported wheat to grind. After the mill burned, suspicion followed that the fire had been deliberately set by disgruntled businessmen in the area." -- Shirley Welch, The Eagle River Valley, p.114
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1900: Ranch wives, Gypsum Valley: sisters Ada Slusser (left) and Lucy Doll. They are standing on the porch of a ranch house, wearing aprons.
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Mr. Stone, livestock foreman on the Doll Brothers Ranch, removing antlers from a deer carcass. He has a bandage on his left thumb.
39) Dotsero
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Looking west toward Glenwood Canyon, a view of the Doll Ranch at Dotsero. Hwy 6 is at midfield and the Stewart Family cemetery is where the cottonwood trees are located. The Stephens Nursery is at this location now [2012]. The photo was taken in April 1955, after a spring storm.
40) Alex Macdonell
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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...
