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21. Offerson Family
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Formal portrait of Gulling Offerson (second from left in back), and wife, Olive, taken with Olive's family. Isaac and Sarah Porter are the older couple; Isaac is holding baby Austin Offerson. George Porter is at the far right; the woman standing next to him may be Lauretta Porter.* The picture was taken in Seattle, Washington.
*Information supplied by Bill Christensen, great-nephew of Gulling Offerson, June 2009
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John Bunker pushing a lettuce planter on the Offerson Ranch.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Austin Offerson is kneeling behind his three young white rabbits. Inscription: "Austin and his pet rabbits."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
24. Gypsum Cliffs
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Gypsum cliffs at the mouth of Beaver Creek. Inscription says circa 1916; other documentation says 1930s.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
25. Potato fields
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Rows of potato plants on the Offerson Ranch. Inscription states: "Another view of the spud patch in 1929."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Gulling Offerson, with back to camera, and Albert Smith, seated, are freezing ice cream next to the porch of the Offerson house. The date is noted as September 28, 1928 (disputed by the foliage).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Threshing equipment with two men operating the machinery on the Offerson Ranch (near the weaning sheds on Wayne Creek).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
28. Austin Offerson
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Austin Offerson and dog, standing in front of wire fence. Inscription reads, "our cow hand."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The garage, blacksmith shop, bunkhouse and chicken house at the Offerson place. A wagon is parked at midground, under a large tree.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Formal portrait of Gulling and Olive Porter Offerson. If it is their wedding photo, it would have been taken in Leadville, April 1899. Used on p. 47 of Beaver Creek: the first one-hundred years, by June Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Upper Turquoise Lake, south of Avon/Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek flows into and out of Upper and Lower Turquoise Lakes. Accessible by pack trail. Grouse Mountain is east of the Turquoise Lakes.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]