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1) East of Avon
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Horse drawn wagon with two passengers on road east of the entrance to Beaver Creek at Avon (Stone's Ranch). Stone's Ranch later became the Agriculture Experiment Station for the State College...State Farm. The road became U.S. Highway 6.
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Mildred Howard kneeling next to Tip, the dog, in the snow in front of a cabin. Fence in right background.
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Students of the Avon School, posed on the grass in front of the school barn (fences visible). They are laying on their stomachs in a row, upraised on elbows, facing the camera. A woman stands behind them on the right.
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A view from the road of the Avon School. The horse barn is at midground. A fence surrounds the school grounds.
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Looking across a field in Bachelor Gulch with a hayrick in midground, fencing in foreground.
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Olive Offerson as "Mother" in mock wedding, posed in a yard.
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7) Avon School
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Five children lined up by the fence in front of the Avon School. Snow is on the ground. One boy holds a sled, another a pair of skis. Addition to the school is visible. Used on p. 54 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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Original Avon School before addition, taken prior to 1915. The horse barn has not been built. Fence surrounding school yard visible. Shows the Eagle River on right with "water spruce" hanging over the river and Johnson Lane (named for homesteader Joe Johnson) that was the road into Bachelor Gulch. The road eventually became Highway 6, located about 300 yards west of the current Avon Road. View is to the west. This picture was hanging on the...
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Mabel, Clifford and Charles Thomas on their way to school. Clifford and Charles are sharing a horse. Fence in background.
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10) Peggy Mulnix
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Peggy Mulnix, daughter of Anna Mulnix, in an Oats bucket in front of the Holden barn. The fence in the background appears to be leaning considerably.
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Willis Nottingham standing on the running board of a 1910 Overland. The car is parked in a field with fencing in the background.
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John Holden with son, Jimmy (James), standing in the yard of the Avon School. Fence and school barn in background. Baseball bat on ground between John's legs. John has a baseball glove on his left hand.
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13) Austin Offerson
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Austin Offerson and dog, standing in front of wire fence. Inscription reads, "our cow hand."
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Barn and coal shed at the Avon School, looking northeast to Buck Creek. Barn fencing and some logs in right foreground.
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John Rodgers seated on horse in front of a house. Fence, gate and garden visible beyond horse.
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Leota Nottingham and Maybelle Robertson in the yard of the Emmett Nottingham residence. Maybelle is pulling Leota. There is fencing and a Case tractor in the background.
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