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"I think it would be best to label this as 'homestead on Hernage Creek' rather than 'Hernage Homestead.' I checked the patent records and they do not indicate that Henry Hernage homesteaded this specific parcel. Rather, he homesteaded clser to the mouth of Brush Creek. ... Location: T5S R84W Sec. 21, NW1/4 SW1/4 A patent search indicated the earliest record on this property is a homestead claim by Issac Kalbaugh on 160 acres in 1912. However,...
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Monica, Darrell and Boyd Barnes, seated in the doorway of the larger cabin at Four Mile (four miles up Eby Creek). Animals in the yard include a calf, dog, and pig.
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Root cellar adjacent to the homestead on Hernage Creek. "I think it would be best to label this as 'homestead on Hernage Creek' rather than 'Hernage Homestead.' I checked the patent records and they do not indicate that Henry Hernage homesteaded this specific parcel. Rather, he homesteaded clser to the mouth of Brush Creek. ... Location: T5S R84W Sec. 21, NW1/4 SW1/4 A patent search indicated the earliest record on this property is a homestead...
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Darrell, Boyd and Monica Barnes, with the family dog, standing in the yard of the larger cabin at Four Mile.
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Darrell, Guy and Boyd Barnes, standing at the doorway of the large cabin at Four Mile (four miles up Eby Creek, toward Castle). The smaller cabin ..."was built from aspen wood logs and was really small. The roof on this cabin was made of dirt and the family garden was grown on the roof of the little cabin. Phyllis Barnes [Johnson] was born in this cabin one year pretty close to Christmas. ... Guy Barnes cleared more land and built a much larger...