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Frank Benton is holding something out to a bear cub. The cub is standing on his back paws reaching towards Frank. Ranch buildings in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The 21 place on the Benton ranch, built in 1909 from a mail order kit from Sears which arrived by rail. Three automobiles are parked by the building.
63. Captain Tippett
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Captain Tippett's grave near John Benton's house in 1989. Captain Tippet served in the Civil War.
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"Everett Grimes and Calvin James at Burns in 1946." -- McCoy Memoirs p.176
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
65. Katie Gates
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Catherine "Katie" Lemley Gates standing at a corner of her house.
66. D-7 Ranch
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Elizabeth George standing in the background in front of the house at the D.7 ranch. A minister [name unknown] is seated in the automobile.
Sitting on the running board of the automobile, from left to right: Berta Gates, [minister's daughter], Ruth Gates and Pauline George.
67. Branding Time
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"In the old days, all the neighbors helped each other." -- The Gates Genealogy
68. Branding Time
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"Branding meant a lot of hard work. They would bunch the cattle out in an open area. The men that were good ropers roped the calves and brought them to the branding fire. They worked without the help of chutes and corrals unless the cattle were close to the ranch buildings." -- The Gates Genealogy
69. Captain Tippett
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Captain Tippett's gravesite in 1989. He was a captain during the Civil War; the grave was marked with two steel posts and an upright rock.
70. Baby Bailey
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Grave marked "Baby Bailey", 1896-97, in the Burns cemetery in 1989.
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Ranch hands branding cattle in a fenced pasture on the Norman Ranch (between Burns and McCoy).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Back view of the teacherage at Derby Mesa Schoolhouse. There appears to have been additional structures or an addition to the building between 1933 and 1980 (extension in the leftside of the photograph). In 1980, the building was being used as a tool shed.
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Katie Gates standing in a yard next to her niece, Anna Gates. Anna was the daughter of James P. Gates' brother, Albert.
74. Katie Gates
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Catharine "Katie" Lemley Gates outside the Doan Place house, with dog.
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Elizabeth Charity Forster, daughter of Henry Moore Forster and Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, at the age of 18. She was born July 27, 1854, in WInterset, Iowa. Her family moved to Valley View, Texas, where Elizabeth met and married William Henry George October 23, 1873.
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"Scene on Colo River, below Bond." [caption]
Denver & Rio Grande Railway bridge is at left center.
77. Spencer Family
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Elizabeth Spencer and her husband, with Buddy Spencer at leaft and Martha Fox Spencer at right. Mrs. Spencer taught the upper grades at Burns School District #9 in 1954-55. Her husband drove the school bus. They adopted the Fox girls.
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James P. Gates with his traps. Antler in foreground.
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Wurtsmith place at upper end, built by Ben Wurtsmith. Front caption says 1942; verso of photo says 1953.
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Another view of the gravesite facing Castle Peak near the Benton house, Burns, Colorado.