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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The low building on the right was the kitchen, the two story addition had two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that...
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A winter scene at the McCoy Hotel, showing the bridge over Rock Creek. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"An early day log dwelling a little similar to the Wohler house, but built by Tom Elliott on his Mother's homestead. Besides the Elliott family who lived here over twenty years, succeeding occupants were the Grays, Grohs, Grimes, Kaysers and Holts. The dirt roof building on the extreme left was the original building and the rest were additions. The logs in this building and many other in the vicinity are as sound today as in the day they were cut...
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"A look at the McCoy Hotel from the west bank of Rock Creek in 1916. If the bridge was only able to talk, think of the many interesting stories it could tell about the many travelers that passed over it between Wolcott and Routt County. Flood waters took it out twice, in 1952 when the King Mountain Reservoir dam gave way and again when high water took it out in 1962. After that it was never replaced." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.95. [Title supplied from...
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"The Rock Creek Ranch in its hey-day or about 1905. It would be interesting to know who the men and women are. The man in the center has an antlered deer head." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.313 The building was constructed by Jim Gates about 1900. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The story has been told that great grandmother (Katie) Gates, used water from this mineral spring, located at the old stage stop on Gore Pass, for some of her baking." -- The Gates Genealogy
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"At the former Groh ranch on Rock Creek above McCoy in 1916 [photo dated 1917]. Here are: George Shepard, John Brooks [Jr.], Jessie [Brooks] Groh and Harry Groh. George, a faithful worker had been associated with the Brooks family for many years." -- McCoy Memoirs p.124 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A 1907 photo of Mary Groh, her son Frank and Mr. Ball, who was the first settler in Yarmony Park. They are posing for a picture at the Groh ranch house." -- McCoy Memoirs p.122 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Tom Elliott place on Rock Creek. The ranch house is on the right with corrals and barn at left. The ranch is in Routt County, two miles north of McCoy. Irrigation was from the creek in order to grow supplementary feed for winter.s [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard of the McCoy Bridge over Rock Creek. On verso, by John Ambos: "For many years all traffic between Wolcott and Routt Co. passed over this bridge, including thousands of freight wagons, hundreds of stages and many herds of cattle, traveling in both directions. Hi water and floods took the bridge out on 3 occasions. There has been no bridge across Rock Creek at McCoy since Hiway 131." [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
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The first Model 'T' Ford owned by the Arthur Horn family, 1917. There is a boy seated in the driver's seat. Log barn in the background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A group at the Groh ranch in 1913. Dad Stanley, Frank Groh, Edith Hemsworth, Lee BRown and Mrs. Groh's brother, Dr. Shidler, of Pennsylvania." -- McCoy Memoirs p.123 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that part of the building removed. The Pete Horn family lived here from 1890 to...
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Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch on Rock Creek, Table Rock in the background. Taken by John Ambos in 1916, it shows cattle feeding on a snowy field with a log structure at left midfield. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mae Grimes giving a treat to a dog on the porch of the former Elliott Ranch, August 1938. "The Elliott Ranch was held by the Ellis Cattle Company for a few years and the company then sold to Frank Groh and his son, Harry. They transferred it to Jack and Mae Grimes and Ralph Kayser obtained it after Jack died in 1947. The present owner [1977] is Betty Holt." -- McCoy Memoirs p.112 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...
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Douglas Martin and Glende Vernice standing next to the remains of a building on the Hank Fox place, Red Dirt Creek. Vesintiner's Dam broke on June 3, 1952, flooding the area down through McCoy. -- Verso Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red,...
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Work on the stablilization of the Rock Creek Stage Stop. Companies involved: John Dobell Construction, Bill Irvine Construction, Jan Kaminski-Mountain Architecture Design Group, HRC! Volunteers.
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The finished Rock Creek stage stop with horses and pack horses in the yard. "J.P. passed his knowledge down to his sons, Bert and Clark. They were both good carpenters. The whole family helped to buld their new stage inn home." -- The Gates Genealogy
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"This well constructed log building is located on the original Gore Road, between Toponas and Kremmling. Called the Rock Creek Ranch Road House, it was built by Jim Gates about 1900 and served as a stage stop with rooms and meals for travelers. Both floors had a porch running the length of the building. The Gates family operated it until about 1906 and then left it and the furniture which was soon stolen. About 1915 Dr. Henderson, a chiropractor,...
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The ribbon cutting of the restored Rock Creek Stage Station on August 30, 2003. Jayne Hill of Historic Routt County! is at far left with Bud Gates, representing the Gates family, standing next to her. The new chinking on the exterior is clearly visible as are replacement framings.