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Photo postcard of the Maxwell place, taken by John Ambos. "Among the very early pioneers of the area were Elliott and Mary Maxwell who located on 160 acres of land at the confluence of the Grand River and Elk Creek, about four miles west of McCoy about 1896. The elevation there was about 6,500 feet, the lowest in the area where most vegetables and some varieties of hardy fruits could be grown." -- McCoy Memoirs p.155
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Brunel Ranch cabins built in 1899, across the Colorado River from the mouth of Red Dirt Creek.
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Dale "Spike" Stout of Gypsum with his hand on the neck of a young doe. In the background are a motorcycle, barrel, and log cabin.
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This cabin was built in 1939 at the junction of Red Dirt Creek and the Colorado River, on the Brunel Ranch or possibly BLM land. A retired railroad employee lived in it. The building burned circa 1981.
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Brunel Ranch house built in 1941, across the Colorado River from the mouth of Red Dirt Creek.
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Brunel Ranch cabin (north Ranch) with Poison Creek access. Caption on verso: "Colter place."
