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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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Willie and Willis Nottingham at Beaver Creek.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Rifle, Colo. 1924. Frank Bratton, Albert Kayser, and Jim Jones." -- McCoy Memoirs p.309
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
64) Ellis Bearden
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Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden by Bearcat Spring sign on Bellyache Ridge. He is riding Edith's horse.
65) Morton White
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Three people standing in front of a log building, probably on Brush Creek. The man on the right is Morton White. The man on the left may be Ben White. The women in the appliqued apron is unidentified. The White family were major landholders in the Brush Creek area. The photo was developed by Ping on September 21, 1940.
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Ellis Bearden and Elsie Pallister at a birthday celebration. Kathy Lederhause and a horseshoe-shaped birthday cake in the foreground.
Elsie Pallister was among a small group of citizens between 1966 and 1972, who lobbied the Eagle County Commissioners to let them establish a county library. In December 1973, the Eagle County Library was officially established. Elsie Pallister was hired to work at the Eagle Library and worked until her retirment...
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John M. Ruder, at left, with his son, Ralph L. Ruder, on right, with bobcat.
Son of Jacob and Mary Buchholz Ruder [Mary was Nicholas Buchholz' sister], John was born Dec. 3, 1887, and came with his family to Eagle County in 1894. He lived most of his life on Gore Creek where the family homesteaded a ranch beginning in 1897.
Ralph L. Ruder, John and Edna Ruder's only child, was killed in a truck accident on Battle Mountain, December 18, 1961. He...
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"At the Black Mountain Ranch in 1967. Lulu Horn, Loi Brooks Kier, Elizabeth Bedell, Joe and Mary Nichols, Joan Kier and Colleen Jones." -- McCoy Memoirs p.212
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Frank Benton is holding something out to a bear cub. The cub is standing on his back paws reaching towards Frank. Ranch buildings in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
71) Lloyd Ranch
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"Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation 'Red Mountain Ranch' and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde's brother and sister-in-law, Carl and Ella, were the caretakers for the ranch. Located about 4 miles east of Eagle, the property featured a magnificent ranch house (which burned to the ground...
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"Everett Grimes and Calvin James at Burns in 1946." -- McCoy Memoirs p.176
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Elizabeth and Mathew Moore standing in their yard at Wolcott.
"Elizabeth Ann Brock was born of Martha and George Brock at Macon City, Mo., Aug. 24, 1854....She was united in marriage to Mathew Moore Dec. 24, 1875. Mr. Moore preceded her in death in 1920.
In 1889, with her family, Mrs. Moore moved to Wolcott, Colo., where the family was raised....During her active years, Mrs. Moore was one of the women who took an active part in all of the affairs...
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Wolverton residence on the Brush Creek ranch. Ralph Wolverton married M. H. and Clara Waldo's daughter.
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Studio portrait photograph of Mary Elizabeth Shields Welsh, wife of John Welsh, mother of Sallie Welsh Hartman. She and her husband homesteaded the J over J Ranch north of Wolcott (now the 4 Eagle Ranch). The story of their early days establishing the ranch was written by their daughter, Sallie Welsh Hartman, and is titled "Early Days in Eagle County" [RARE 978.844 H3331].
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Willis Nottingham with sons, Bob and Mike, standing in sheep paddock with sheep. Used on p. 68 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
78) Dan Rule's steer
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Dan Rule's steer, Brush Creek
[Photo developed Oct. 12, 1941, Ping's Station, Eagle, Colorado]
79) Doan Ranch
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James P. and Katie Gates in their new home on the Doan Place in about 1920. There is a grindstone to the right.
80) Winter break
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"A group of McCoy folks at Ocean Beach, Calif. during the winter of 1917-18. They are: Craig Rhodes, Al Norman, Arthur Horn, Mrs. Norman, Leonard and Harold Horn. Craig's folks had owned and lived on what later became the Panting ranch. During the World War One years, many ranchers and farmers were eating high off the hog and could afford to spend the winters in southern California or Arizona, buy automobiles and splurge on luxuries." -- McCoy Memoirs...
