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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The low building on the right was the kitchen, the two story addition had two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that...
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A picture of the first McCoy High School class. The tall boy standing with the girls is Harold Horn and Leonard Horn is in the back row, far right, with Gern Boco to the immediate front of Leonard. The smallest girl is Ethel Brooks (in front and not bending down) and Emma Panting ? is on the far left. McCoy School Districts were No. 18 and No. Jt.4.
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Charley Horn and Harry Groh, with horses, preparing to go prospecting. "When their [Frank and Mary Groh's] first child, Harry, was born in 1891 he had what was always considered a fine distinction in a new settlement. He was the first white child born in a new pioneer community. Olive was born in 1893 and Frank Jr. in 1901." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 125 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A trio of former McCoy residents, at Glenwood Springs in 1967. Elizabeth Quinlan Bedell, Juanita Theisen Johnsen [Johnson?], and Lulu Graves Horn." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 255 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The Brooks Bridge, built by the railroad company during construction of the Dotsero Cutoff, replaced an earlier one near the same site. It is now in a sad state or repair and unsafe for other than light traffic. Adjacent to the north end of it is the railroad track and it was here that Leonard Horn had the misfortune to be caught by a train while driving cattle across the bridge, resulting in the loss of several head that were struck by the train."...
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At the Ambos trailer in Glenwood Springs on October 31, 1969. From left, Maude Ambos, Libby Bedell, Lillian Miller, Chris Miller and Lulu Horn. Maude appears to be holding a pumpkin cake. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"At the McCoy railroad station, Sept. 6, 1913. In back: Earl Brooks, Eunice Redmond, Phil Hines, [?] In front: John LaForce, Annie Panting, Edith Hemsworth, Harry Groh, [?], Charley Horn and H. W. Plum, the depot agent." -- McCoy Memoirs p.166 The sign for McCoy has the elevation: 7,210 feet; no population. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Prior to 1911, Sunday School services were held regularly at the Cottonwood School, after that, at the McCoy Hall. From left to right in this 1909 group, in the back row are: Harry Groh, Arthur Horn, Cliff Daniels, Willie Elliott, George Nimon, George Porter, Clyde Helm. Middle row: Bob Evans, Lottie Elliott, Lola Elliott, Mattie Graves (Lulu Horn's sister), Edith Stifel, Annie, Nettie and baby Florence Panting. In front: Irvine, Marie, and Nannie...
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Participants at a birthday party on October 28, 1969, at Bay Terrace in Glenwood Springs. From left, John and Maude Ambos, Libby Bedell, Chris Miller, Lillian Miller, and Lulu Horn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A revival meeting at the McCoy Hall in 1916. In the back row of the group are: Florence Scrivens (a sister to Elsie Brooks), Reuben Stifel, Ed Robinson, Cora Mulnix, Mrs. Lovett, Gladys Mulnix, Perry Ault, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bailey, Preacher Tom Smith, Mrs. Kibbler, Mary Walters, Lulu Horn, Elizabeth Ault, Inez Robinson, Hazel Skiff, Pauline Schomers, Frank Panting Jr., Frank Ault. The three young children are: Frank and Edna Mulnix and Leonard Horn. In...
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"A community picnic gathering at the Yarmony Creek School house in 1910. Back row: John Payne, Willie Elliott, Arthur Grimes, Lawrence Payne, Perry Ault and daughter Ethel, Lottie Elliott, Lily Grimes, Ada Sperry (Stella McCoy's half sister), Lola Elliott, Stella McCoy, Minnie Schrupp, Mrs. Kibbler, George Brown, Polly Tuck (Edith Stifel's sister), Harry Groh, Arthur Horn, Lily Brown, Connie Rudisill, Guy Grimes, Cliff Daniels, Sam Kibbler, Tom Elliott Lower...
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"A group of former McCoyites at Glenwood Springs in 1964. Left to right: Harry Groh, Mrs. Frank Groh, Mrs. Katherine Tuyls, Frank Groh, Jessie Groh, Mae Grimes, Ferdinand Ambos, Elsie Brooks, Hollis Brooks and Lulu Horn." -- McCoy Memoirs p.211 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Douglas Martin and Glende Vernice standing next to the remains of a building on the Hank Fox place, Red Dirt Creek. Vesintiner's Dam broke on June 3, 1952, flooding the area down through McCoy. -- Verso Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red,...
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The Arthur Horn Ranch on Lower Rock Creek, looking north east toward Conger Mesa (near McCoy). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]