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Winifred Bull recalls the childhood of her father, Dr. Herman Bull Sr., and his life as one of the original doctors in Mesa County, Colorado. She talks about the prevalence of Typhoid fever and waterborne illnesses in Grand Junction, known among doctors as “Belly Ache Flats” before the advent of modern water treatment facilities. She discusses her father’s medical practice, his love of horse racing, and how he rode his horses to house calls....
22) Stage at Yampa
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"This picture was taken about 1900. While en route from Wolcott to Steamboat Springs, the stagecoach passed through Yampa, Colorado, and stopped there allowing the passengers to watch a 4th of July rodeo celebration that was in progress. The stagecoach route was established when the D&RG railroad reached Wolcott in the year 1887." -- The Gates Genealogy
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In a recording made for his son, Don Rogers talks about his family’s cattle ranch on Pinon Mesa in the 1910’s, about getting lost in the wilderness at the age of six, about an expert tracker named Avery Burford who led the search party, and about being found the next morning after he spent the night alone on a sandbar of East Creek. He recalls a gunfight between cowboys Louis Stewart and Blue, a shooting by a man named Pete Lapham, and tensions...
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In a letter read aloud to his niece, Marion Echternach talks about the history of his immigrant family in the United States, including their settlement in Oklahoma in 1880. He speaks about his boyhood in Peckham, Oklahoma. He discusses the “land boom” in Palisade, Colorado at the beginning of the Twentieth century and his family’s role in settling the area. He remembers visiting his brother Bill, an employee at the Liberty Bell Mine near Telluride....
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William Ela talks about his family’s arrival in the Little Dolores River area of Mesa County in 1881 and their establishment of the 2-V Ranch. He tells stories about his grandfather, the pioneer rancher and Grand Junction town mayor William Phillips Ela. He remembers his grandfather’s horse Looney and his escapades. He speaks about the dangers of travel to and from Glade Park in the early days. He recalls stories passed down about his ancestors’...
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Morgan Goss discusses his time as a cowboy in Mesa County during the early 1900’s. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
27) George W. Watson
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Frances Watson retells the story and history of her esteemed husband, George Watson. Watson was an influential cattleman, stockman, and rangeman, who helped secure grazing rights, served on advisory boards for different livestock and agriculture organizations, and was a rancher himself. Watson served a term as Eagle County Commissioner. Frances tells stories of riding on long cattle and horse drives, helping her husband in remote areas of wilderness,...
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View of a horse-drawn float with flags attached. People walking along Water Street on the sidewalk above the river, next to houses. House in midground is the Beck House, built in 1914. Train in background. [not in focus]
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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...
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Photo postcard of the Odd Fellow's Hall in Gypsum taken sometime after its construction in 1902. A horse and buggy are tethered at the street.
The lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Gypsum, burned after a December 15,1990, late night fire. According to Fire Chief, Dave Vroman, the blaze was traced to a furnace recently installed. First Lutheran Church of Gypsum and Mount of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Vail took over ownership...
31) Kathy Schmidt
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Kathy Schmidt on Pommers, her horse.
"Our daughter, Kathy, was in 4-H and wanted a horse. We found one not yet 'broke' and bought him. Kathy had taken a course in horse training from the University of Wyoming by correspondence. So we trained 'Pommers.' We found the name of a war horse in an unusual book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle--writer of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. We spent a lot of time with Pommers to get him used to the railroad, the highway...
32) Hefting potatoes
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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...
33) Round up
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"This picture shows rounding up the cattle to start the long trip to the railroad yards. Uncle Orris Albertson said that Grandpa "Bert" Gates could drive cattle anywhere. He must have been quite a cowboy." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Loaded stage drawn by four horses in front of the Star Hotel in Red Cliff. The stage did the Leadville to Red Cliff route.Caption at bottom: "672. Leadville Stage at Red Cliff."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
