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"Mrs. William Johannbroer beside a new potato digger. Four horses were required to pull one of these." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 234
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62) John Winslow
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"John Winslow at his ranch on Cottonwood Creek, Sheephorn, 1906." -- verso caption
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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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Driver with horse team hauling full potato sacks during the harvest on Bobson Ranch near Gypsum.
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Threshing equipment with two men operating the machinery on the Offerson Ranch (near the weaning sheds on Wayne Creek).
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Haying on the Beecher Gulch Place. Mr. Cain is driving the buck rake horse team in right foreground. Fred Dice is on the haystack, distributing the hay from the International Overshot Stacker. Tractor in background, possibly driven by Joe Dice.
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Three men during the potato harvest on Bobson Ranch, Gypsum. Sigurd Bobson wearing glasses is in the middle. The horse is pulling a sorter/bagger on a sledge. Extra bags are held underneath the sorter tray.
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Emma Newby Edwards and Joe Edwards with their son, Joseph K. [Little Joe], who was born in 1924. The horse team is hitched to a wagon filled with lettuce crates.
70) Stacking Hay
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"Pa Pa stacking hay on the Sproule place (Brush Creek). Granny in front taking a picture." Hans Larsen Caption taken from photograph.
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Two work horses, Dick & King, are moving a hay derrick by a hired man. He is standing on the platform of the derrick holding the reins of the horses. There are trees in the background.
72) Hay Derrick
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Hans Larsen is hanging from the pulley of a hay derrick over a large haystack.
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"State Bridge Party September 28, 1930" (caption from photo album)
All dressed and somewhere to go. The group of adults includes Hester Larsen (far left), Hans Larsen (center with full suit and hat), and Melissa Larsen (holding her purse in the middle). There is a little boy to the far left and a house in the background.
75) Stacking Hay
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"Stacker Horse" (caption from photo album)
A white horse stands hooked to the hay derrick ready for work. There are two men to the far left of the photo. One appears to be loading hay onto the derrick.
76) Stacking Hay
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"Stacking Hay" (caption from photo album)
A hay derrick is used to stack hay. There is a horse (?) in the foreground.
77) Digging Potatoes
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Hans Larsen can be seen in the background with the horses, wagon, and equipment to dig potatoes. Gladys and Teddy are pictured in the foreground (names from photograph). Teddy appears to be sitting on a full sack of potatoes and there are others scattered throughout the photograph.
78) Melissa & Duane
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Duane, smaller and in the front, looks at his sister, Melissa, who is piling up potatoes. Potatoes were an important crop to early ranchers and farmers in the Eagle Valley.
79) Haystack
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A giant haystack at the Larsen farm on Brush Creek. There is a man standing on top of the haystack, a derrick can be seen at the top, and there is a house to the far right in the background.
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Thrashing grain on Brush Creek. There is a hired man working on the wagon with a horse and grain elevator.
