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A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
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"A grain threshing outfit and crew on the Frank Groh ranch on lower Rock Creek in 1911. From left to right they are Phil Hines and Frank Parker, who were onlookers. Next are Charley McCoy and Tom Wohler, who owned the outfit. Then Phil Kapale, Ben Butler, unknown, Ed Bailey, Frank Groh, Jr., Harry Groh and Sam Kibbler.
While in operation, it was the duty of the owners to see that all parts of the equipment were functioning properly. Other men...
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"Ammi Hoyt on his way to a railroad siding with a load of potatoes for shipment to market. Until 1925 most potatoes were still being hauled by horse drawn wagons, but shortly afterwards hauling was done by trucks." -- McCoy Memoirs p.199
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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Mowing alfalfa using horse teams on the Mayer Ranch at the south end of the town of Eagle. (This ranch property is developed and is called the "Bull Pasture.") There are three teams, each pulling a cutter on which sits a team driver. The first team is driven by Ralph Robertson, Allan Hibbs is next driving the mules, and Frank Hulett is on the back team
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Leonard G. Ambos cutting hay, August 1925.
Verso: "The 'Kid' himself"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Harvesting a good crop of oats on the Arthur Horn ranch in 1916. Along with the assurance of an ample supply of irrigation water out of Rock Creek, this soil is very productive. In the background is Table Rock, a lava formation separating Rock and Egeria Creeks. The top of the rock is mostly sagebrush with some cedars and pinyons scattered through it. Until 1950 there was clear evidence of an Indian arrowhead makers' camp including a round area about...
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A potato sorter (pulled by horse) shakes potatoes of similar sizes into sacks during the potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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George Ziegler (l), horses Nell and Trilby, and a ranch hand in Eagle, 1914. George is holding a hat over Nell's head; Trilby is wearing a hat. The horses are yoked as a team.
10) "Tera" Miller
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Tera Miller with sled and horse team at his place on Bellyache Mountain. Winter weather. Lettuce crates are stacked and covered behind him.
11) Rundell ranch
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"Sheephorn ranch."
Photo postcard showing a hay stacker in a field with teams of horses and the stacker rakes.
12) Hayers with team
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Two men with pitchforks, loading a hay wagon drawn by a horse team on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Full sacks of potatoes, lined up on wagon, ready for storage or shipping. A man rests on a sack for the photo, taken on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
14) Groh Ranch
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"Pioneers Mary and Frank Groh on their still unimproved ranch on Rock Creek, below McCoy [1/4 mile south] in [May] 1891. The man to the right of Mr. Groh is unidentified but the man doing the driving is Sam Elliott." -- McCoy Memoirs p.121
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Horse teams turning furrows while harvesters fill sacks with potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
16) Newell Buffehr
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Newell Buffehr confronting a horse team pulling a hay wagon on the Buffehr ranch. Behind them, a man is standing on a haystack.
Newell was cited as one of six landowners in the Gore Creek Valley in 1959 by Dick Hauserman [Inventors of Vail p.7]: "John Hanson, Gust Kaihtipes, Pete Katsos, Henry Anholtz, Newell Buffehr, and Jay Pulis."
Newell and his wife Mary moved to Denver for Mary's health. She died in 1962.
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July 25, 1914, first cutting of hay on the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Yield: 92 ton 800 # from 17 acres. Men are moving hay with pitchforks from wagons. Hay stack in background.
18) Plowing
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Two men, each with a 3-horse team, are plowing. From the skyline, this appears to be the Eagle/Brush Creek area.
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Guy Barnes hauling hay with a team of horses and wagon.
"Guy Barnes was hired as a herdsman by a man named Andrew Christiansen. Mr. Christiansen raised Hereford cattle and needed someone to help with caring for the cattle. Mr. Barnes cared for the cattle on Mr. Christiansen's land in town during the Winter but during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall, Barne's job took him to Mr. Christiansen's cattle on pasture eleven miles North of town."...
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Threshing on the Frank Groh Ranch on lower Rock Creek, below McCoy, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
