Brush Creek, Colorado
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View of the town of Eagle, Colorado, looking south, up Brush Creek from across the valley. The railroad bridge is in the mid-ground. Broadway is the large, wide street in the center of the photo, running north to south. Ross Chamber's dairy farm is in the lower right hand corner (where the I-70 interchange is now located).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Kilgore property with Brush Creek in the background, c. 1916-17. Haystack and automobile in left of photo.
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Frank Schoonover sitting on potato digger with Joe Dice (7 or 8 years old) standing, facing the camera. The digger is pulled by a 4-head team during potato harvest on the Shryack Place, lower Brush Creek. Farm buildings in right background.
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Loading 100# sacks of potatoes onto wagon at the Shryack Place (also called the Mosher Place) on lower Brush Creek. From there, the sacks would be taken to "spud" cellars. Two horse team is pulling the wagon; farm buildings in left background.
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Eulene and Marvin Kilgore at home on Brush Creek. Marvin is pushing while Eulene pulls a wagon.
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Bob & Mary Jo Trezise watching their father, Robert, till their garden with horses, Dick and King. There is a swingset in the left background and a sandbox in the right foreground.
7) 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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Melissa Larsen riding Daisy the Horse. Daisy has a tell-tale white spot on her forehead and they appear to be in a field with trees in the background.
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"Duane in the potato patch" (caption from photo album). Duane Larsen stands in the potato patch holding a hoe. He is wearing bib overalls and a long shirt with mountains and trees in the backgound.
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Melissa Larsen holds a coyote caught in a trap. Melissa is dressed for winter in a hat, coat, and gloves, and there is snow and trees in the background.
11) Duane Larsen
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Duane Larsen stands on a porch dressed in a wide brim hat, chaps, and bandana. There is a house and trees in the background.
12) Hay Derrick
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Hans Larsen is hanging from the pulley of a hay derrick over a large haystack.
14) In the Shoot
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"Mary Jo & Bobby in the shoot" (caption from photo)
Mary Jo & Bobby Trezise can be seen standing in the cattle shoot near the center of the photo. To their left, is a car garaged in the barn and to the far right, a man can be seen. There are tractors and other farm equipment in the barns.
15) Hans & his elk
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Hans Larsen holds his gun and stands beside an elk on a tractor trailer. There is another barn and mountains in the background.
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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.
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Hans Larsen, along with two other men and a dog, appear to be chopping a tree in the barnyard. There is a fence, trees, and numerous buildings also in the picture.
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Teddy Boy the foal. There is a hay derrick in the background.
20) Teddy Boy
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Teddy Boy the foal has a bright white spot on his forehead. There is a fenceline and telephone line in the background.
