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1) Piney Range
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"Top of the Piney Range, November 10, 1915." -- caption
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The left half of a panoramic view of Eagle (3 dates listed: 1908, 1920, 1930). Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at left midground; Eagle River in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Skit performed at the Eagle County Fairgrounds, celebrating the Eagle County Centennial, 1883-1983.
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Betty Taylor Beck and Angela Beck (holding baby Aurora Beck) at hunting camp on Homesatke Rd., October 18, 2008. Betty was the daughter of Jeff and Eddie Taylor. They owned Jeff's Place in Minturn. Betty married Jack Beck and had three children, Bruce, Ronnie and Marylin.
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Another view of the Colorado River taken by John Ambos in 1918 as he photographed places around McCoy. Dog at lower left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The right half of a panoramic view of Eagle (3 dates listed: 1908, 1920, 1930). Eagle River in foreground; train tracks and depot in midground. Brush Creek in right background.
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Monica Barnes holding baby Boyd in the sunshine.
"The homestead cabin was built on a hill. ... Water for the cabin came from a spring located up a hill from the cabin. Water for drinking, household use, baths and doing laundry was carried by bucket from the spring. Clothes were washed on a wash board. Water for doing laundry was heated on the wood burning stove and then carried to the tubs used for washing as needed. There was no electircity...
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Skit performed during the Eagle County Fair, August 1883, celebrating the Eagle County Centennial, 1883-1983. Kathy Lell Heicher is standing on the right; Linda Hoza Taylor is seated. The skit was about the various ladies' clubs and societies that helped to shape the county.
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Photo postcard of the Balanced Rock in the Colorado River near the Kirby ranch [former Quinlan place]. John Ambos' horse in photo.
"...when the Dotsero Cut-off was built the river was relocated and shifted south to avoid a sharp curve in the track, which isolated the rock in still water. In the winter time, this was an ice crossing and a short distance above there was an excellent ford." -- McCoy Memoirs p.144
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Monica Heeren Barnes holding son, Boyd Barnes, born July 5, 1920. They are in the cabin door on Castle, the original homestead.
She was born in 1899 in Whiting, Iowa. She was helping her cousin on a ranch in South Dakota when she met Guy T. Barnes, working as a herdsman. They married and moved to Eagle, Colorado, where Mr. Barnes was employed by Andrew Christiansen.
"While living in a cabin owned by Mr. Christainsen, Guy and Monica Barnes began...
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Classic view of the Mt. of the Holy Cross, taken by S. L. Ostermeier from the shelter house on Notch Mountain.
12) Rodeo 1924
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"A 1924 Rodeo at McCoy. George Bird of Yampa is the rider. The other men on horses are Andrew Henry and Charley McCoy. At that time the entire area east of the hotel and where the school buildings now are was a vacant tract and well suited for rodeos, etc." -- McCoy Memoirs p.35
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1930s: Holmes Reservoir, Missouri Heights, Eagle County, Colorado, showing four people (three children) and three dogs at the base of a pump station.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
14) Sawing
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Guy Barnes sawing a log. Darrell Barnes is seated on the log; Boyd Barnes is helping at the other end.
"Heat for the cabin was furnished by a black four-legged stove which burned wood for fuel. The wood was either sawed or chopped with an ax." -- Homestead Days in Colorado p.1
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Warren Seiler, son of Jennie Seiler, at the pool at the Lloyd Ranch. He's holding a ball.
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Pack train going up Notch Mountain (north side). At least ten animals and several riders are visible. The horses are transporting timber for the framing of the Shelter House. Eagle River valley and Gore Range are in right background. Photo labeled: 281248
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Monica Barnes hold the reins to the family work horses with Boyd Barnes standing in front of her.
