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61) Horn Family
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"The Horn Family at Wolcott, Colo. in 1960. Leonard, Dorothy, Don Gates, Harold, Lulu, Mabel, Gail and Pamela Horn and a Branscomb boy. All are living, except Don who died in a tragic ranch accident while haying in Axil Basin in 1966." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 120
[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...
63) School kids
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School children at Wolcott, sitting on a lumber pile.
Back, from left: Lois, Walter, Charlie
Middle, from left: Edith Robert Irene [Harper]
Front, from left: Edna, [---], Nettie [Harper]
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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].
65) Dock Homan
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Dock [Fletcher Bliss] Homan at Wolcott. Two children are unidentified in the photo.
66) Surveyor camp
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Laundry tent at the surveyors' camp at Wolcott. From left, Jim Flynn and Hughie. Inscription reads: "Polo"
68) Kate Flynn
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Kate Flynn in traveling clothes near Wolcott in 1917. Inscription reads: "On my way."
69) Dock Homan
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Dock [Fletcher Bliss] Homan at the Wolcot depot. Western Union sign in the background; dog at left background. Homan was the D. & R.G. agent at Wolcott.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 10, 1910 p.8: "F. B. Homan the D.&R.G. agent at Wolcott, has been a victim of the influenza the past week, but is getting along nicely toward recovery now."
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The house was built in 1880-90's. It was moved from Keystone mines near Oak Creek in 1944 to the Leonard Horn Ranch. The house was sawed in half to get accross the frozen Colorado River at State Bridge in order to make the move. There is a barbed wire fence in the foreground and a rug airing on the porch rail.
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1940s: The children attending Wolcott School (sixteen children), lined up along the side of the building. Two windows and a door are visible.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
72) Log building
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"Built in 1890, this old building at Wolcott, Colorado is still in good condition." -- McCoy Memoirs p.332
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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George Da Lee and Florence Quinlan at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
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"Stage fare from Wolcott to McCoy was $2.00, to Yampa, $4.00 and to Steamboat, $7.00. Light baggage was carried free." -- McCoy Memoirs p.25
Photo labled both 1890 [verso] and 1900.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
78) Wolcott Depot
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From left, "T. Breen, McCarthy, Joe, Mr. Sullivan" posing in front of the Wolcott depot. Western Union sign at right. Inscription reads: "On their way to Allenton."
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"The north and south bound stages meet at McCoy, shortly after the State Bridge was completed and opened to traffic. In spite of inclement weather at times, stages ran on a pretty tight schedule except during the spring breakup when roads were at their worst. At least there were no long tie-ups, as was the case with the railroads at times. The photo shows an armed guard standing beside one stage and no doubt one was necessary at times, but most...
