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Albert Smith, wearing boots and hat, standing in a snowy field behind a Hereford. His hands are on the cow's back .
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2) Gyp Mountain
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Gypsum Cliffs near Avon and the Offerson Ranch. Inscription: "Gyp Mountain."
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3) Mae Smith
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Mae Smith (daughter of Albert Smith?) standing behind the Offerson House.
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4) Loading Hay
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Gulling Offerson loading hay into barn on bench above Beaver Creek. A two horse team, left foreground, is being used while a team of mules is visible in the left background. The mules are pulling the cables that are lifting the load of hay to the top of the stack. The view is looking east with the Avon "gypsum cliffs" to the left.
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Two riders on horseback facing the camera. Barn in background and dogs in left midground. Inscription on photo: "Don't U think our horses nice?"
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Gulling Offerson* with superimposed potatoes, one in wheelbarrow. Caption reads: "Harvesting potatoes. Avon, Colo. 1902." View of Beaver Creek Valley in background. Howard barn and old house visible on right (east) side of Beaver Creek (apparently the gable of the north/south wing of the Howard/Offerson house). Used in Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
*verifed by Bill Christensen, great nephew of Gulling Offerson
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Gulling Offerson and grandson, Robert. Mr. Offerson is wearing overalls and standing in a yard in front of a hedge.
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Olive, Austin and Gulling Offerson standing in the yard by a house. Austin, standing in the middle, has his arms resting on his parents' shoulders.
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Looking into Beaver Creek Valley behind the Offerson house (the original Townsend Ranch property). Wood pile visible on the left side of dirt road.
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A view across the Offerson property, looking uphill toward the potato cellar. There is a large, snow covered pine tree in the foreground and snow on the ground.
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Blanch Adams standing on a rock next to the Offerson's home. She is dressed up for the occasion. Inscription reads, "our school teacher."
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Austin Offerson is standing with his right arm across the neck of his horse, Midnight, in front of a rail corral. Offerson is wearing leather chaps. There is another horse in the corral. Inscription: "Austin and Midnight."
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Austin Offerson and Eileen Holland Randall in pond in front of Offerson house, looking west.
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14) Albert Smith
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Albert Smith, wearing overalls and a hat, standing next to the bunkhouse. Wagon tongue leaning against building.
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Pastures at Beaver Creek, July 24, 1928.
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16) Austin Offerson
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Austin Offerson standing in front of bunkhouse with fishing pole, ready to go fishing.
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Austin Offerson and Eileen Randall on the small pond on the Offerson place. Present location of Beaver Creek reception center and helipad. View to the southwest of "Gyp Cliffs."
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Barn and fencing near the old farmstead once owned by Gulling Offerson. Unpaved road with visible rocks in foreground. Buck Creek is in the background and Swift Gulch is at far right. The site is just up the hill from the Avon general store.
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19) Offerson House
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View of the Offerson house and porch. Dated Sept. 28, 1928.
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Items found in Howard/Offerson attic, displayed for accessioning. From back to front, left to right:
Small American flag between two rolls of wall paper
Umbrella, letter, dressmaker's form, Harper's Weekly
Document Ladies' Home Journal, Eagle County Times, Ladies' Home Journal, photo of a young boy
The Golden Eagle, penmanship book, The Household
Used on p. 57 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
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