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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.]

2. 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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Photograph for a stock sale catalog. Photo marked Ex.-01, No. 14.
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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.
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Gypsum hills
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Guy Barnes holding Boyd on the back of a sheep in front of the barn on the Castle homestead. Eventually, Barnes got rid of his cattle and sheep herds and leased the pastures to others. To supplement his income, he worked for Holy Cross Electric and worked on the construction of Highway 6 & 24.
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William Johnson and his son, Dorris, pictured in the family's Hupmobile. Photograph is dated 1913/1914.
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Nora and William Johnson seated with their children: Dorris, Jesse, and Ray. Photograph is dated 1908.
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Neva Bersheny (Johnson) takes a horseback ride in the Flat Tops Wilderness area with her dog. A small lake or pond is visible in the background.
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Panoramic photograph of early Gypsum, Colorado. The photograph is dated "about 1902".
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Portrait of William S. Johnson
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George "Doc" and Frances Yost (Bucar) stand with their son, a small George Nelson "Nels" Yost off the edge of the sidewalk. There is a building and fenceline in the background.
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A panorama of hay fields near Eagle, Colorado. The large, two story building in the right midground is Eagle High School, completed in 1917. This is actually four photographs laid together in succession to create one long photograph.
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Alexander Allen was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland on March 8, 1841. His family emigrated to the United States, making their way to Colorado before the turn of the century. He died in Olive Springs, TN on January 10, 1931.
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Joseph "Joe" Allen holds open a bag showing off the day's catch: about 5 fish. The water clearly went over his tall boots, as his pants are wet all the way to the knee.