Eagle Ranch Subdivision, Eagle, Colorado
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Stacking hay on the Chester Mayer Ranch (Eagle, Colorado), not the Eagle Ranch subdivision on Brush Creek. The hay was lifted to the top of the stack by a "Mormon Derrick," a weight and pulley arrangement using a crane. The derrick is in the center of the photo with horse teams and rakes "pushing" hay to the loading area.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A line camp above the Chester Mayer ranch on the west range during summer grazing.
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Chester Mayer standing behind family members at the Mayer ranch.
From left to right: Shara Wise Davis, Cora Wise Mayer (Chet's mother), Bill Mayer (Chet's son), and Ruth Mayer (Chet's wife).
4) Lloyd Mayer
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Lloyd Mayer sitting on a couch, surrounded by toy trucks and equipment. The photo was taken several months before his death in February 1953, of a cerebral hemorrhage.
"Lloyd was born at Glenwood Springs June 9, 1941, the second son of Chester and Ruth Mayer.He lived his short life on the ranch established on lower Brush creek by his grandfather, the late Wm. P. Mayer, and attended the Eagle Public School where he was not only a model student, but...
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The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
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Seven hogs rooting in the hog pen on the Chester Mayer ranch. Fencing, corrals and outbuilding in the distance.
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The Chester Mayer ranch, Eagle, Colorado, from a photographic Christmas card, sent to the Kite family between 1945 and 1952. The Mayer ranch is now the Eagle Ranch subdivision. It was the John Ewing ranch prior to the Mayers.
On verso of card: "Dear Kites, Sure would like to have a visit from the Kite family again. Lloyd hasn't forgotten what a nice time he had while you folks were here. Thought of you when we branded this year. Built new corrals...
