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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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Monica Barnes, holding deer carcass, with Boyd at left and Darrell at right. The dog is interested.
They're at the homestead cabin on Castle.
The rules of the homestead act required fence around the property and other improvements.
"The fence was built totally by Guy Barnes. Every post hole was dug by hand, every fence post was sawed or chopped from trees on the land and barbed wire (usually four strands) was strung on every fence post. Wooden...
3) Fritz Arendt
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"The John Ambos homestead cabin, built in 1903. This photo, taken in 1909, shows Fritz Arendt who was batching in it, his dogs and an assortment of firearms. Fritz, an early day ranch hand, hunter, trapper, Game Warden and poacher left the McCoy area for Utah about 1911 and never returned. The cabin was demolished in 1912 and the salvaged material used for other purposes." --McCoy Memoirs, p. 238
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Darrell, Boyd and Monica Barnes, with the family dog, standing in the yard of the larger cabin at Four Mile.
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"Eleanor, John and Jack [Alonzo] Hudson at their home on Trail Creek, ten miles northeast of McCoy in 1901." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 282
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