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Companion photo to 1992.004A.039, McCoy Memoirs, p.10
"McCoy hunters on Piney Creek in 1907 are Harry Groh, Fritz Arendt, and Emmett Quinlan." Ferdinand Ambos took the photo.
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Min Borah and five hounds belonging to Jake Borah. Min is holding the collar of one dog while standing in a campsite. Two tents are visible in the left background.
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Women posing with elk while standing near Ellis Bearden's truck. Elizabeth Bearden is petting a dog in the foreground.
4) Jake Borah
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Jake Borah in camp, blowing a hunting horn while dogs bay around him.
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5) Pack trip
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Pack trip to the Flat Tops, close to Trappers Lake. Jake Borah is the outfitter. Man on left is the cook (Nogal?), showing antlers. Tents in background with men seated and standing facing the camera. Hunting dogs and rifles visible in mid-ground.
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Jack Elliott (L)and Richard DaLee (R) (grandson and son of Gilbert DaLee) standing in the rain in front of the first house in Red Cliff built by Gilbert DaLee and William Greiner. Deer carcasses from hunting are piled on a sawhorse and a dog is in the left foreground.
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McCoy hunters, horses and dog on Piney Creek in October 1907. From left, Emmett Quinlan, Fritz Arendt, Harry Groh. F. W. Ambos is taking the picture.
In McCoy Memoirs, p. 10, there is the same shot only with F. W. Ambos included and Harry Groh taking the picture. According to John Ambos, "In the early years of the 1900's deer were not plentiful in the McCoy area."
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10) Mary Jo & Bobby
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Mary Jo, a toddler, and Bobby Trezise stand on either side of the day's hunt. A man and a dog stand on the far right of the photograph watching them. Other equipment can be seen in the background on the left and a large woodpile on the far right.
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"Daddy, Jack, & 8 Ducks" (caption from photo album)
Hans Larsen stands with the family dog, Jack, with a gun and a pipe in his mouth. Larsen fashioned his own belt for carrying ducks while hunting and has 8 around his waist. There is a milk can in the background with the fenceline and a building.
12) Milt & Hans
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Left to right, Milt Claycomb & Hans Larsen stand with an elk between them. Hans is holding a gun in one hand and a big smile. There is also a dog in the foreground with a shed/barn in the background.
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Hans Larsen poses with the grandchildren with a hanging elk(?). He is also playing tug with Skipper, the dog, over the antlers. From left to right: Mary Jo Trezise (Gerard), (?), Hans Larsen, and Bobby Trezise.
14) The Whole Gang
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From left to right: Mary Jo, (?), Hans Larsen, & Bobby Trezise. The group stands with a deer hanging and the dog Skipper. Hans and Mary Jo each have a hand on an antler.
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Brothers Jack (L) and George (R) Elliott posing with deer after hunting. The deer are laid out across a saw horse, figles leaning again the carcasses. A dog is in the foreground.
The cabin in the background is the first log cabin built in Red Cliff. William Greiner and Gilbert DaLee built it in approximately 1876.
Jack would have been 19 years old and George would have been 17 years old in this photo.
16) 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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Bob Trezise, Bobby, Hans Larsen, and Mary Jo pose with the day's kill, a large buck. There is an automobile behind them and a very curious dog jumping on Hans.
