4 Eagle Ranch, Wolcott
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1) John Welsh
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Studio portrait photograph of John Welsh, original homesteader and owner of the J over J Ranch, now (2009) 4 Eagle Ranch 4 miles north of Wolcott. He is wearing a three-piece suit with tie tack and a Masonic pin in his lapel.
John Welsh also built a house on Wall Street in Eagle, Colorado, where the family of Charles and Sallie (Welsh) Hartman stayed during the winter so the children could attend school.
John Welsh lost the Ranch in 1929 or 1930...
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Stacking hay using a horse team and a Mormon derrick on the J over J Ranch (now the 4 Eagle Ranch) north of Wolcott, Colorado. The Ranch was originally homesteaded by John Welsh and later run by his son-in-law, Charles Hartman. Tractors were never used on the ranch before it left the family in 1930.
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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].
4) Highway 131
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"State Bridge road out of Wolcott."
State Highway 131 going toward State Bridge. Field is 4 Eagle Ranch, north of Wolcott.
