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View of the Chambers Ranch with houses, outbuildings and barn. The barn was moved to its present site at the Eagle Visitor Center in 1986 and donated to the Eagle County Historical Society. The Eagle River is in the background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View looking southeast of the town of Eagle (right midground). Eagle River is in center foreground; Chambers Ranch is in left foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ranchers taking cattle to summer pastures in the Frying Pan River Valley.
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A closer look at the barn at H. K. Brooks' Castle Peak Ranch. The cattle are eating at feeders at mid-field. Hollis "Holly" Kelloway Brooks came to Eagle County from Minnesota, settling first in McCoy and then operating a general store in Edwards. From 1926 to 1929, he was the County treasurer. In 1931 and through the 1940s, he owned and operated the Castle Peak ranch (Bar X) in Eagle. Before Brooks, the ranch was sold by John Carey in September...
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Marker for: "Charlie Forster, Sept. 29, 1910--Oct. 27, 1976," in the McCoy Cemetery. A meadow scene with horse and rider, steer, river, trees and mountain is engraved on the marker.
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Cowboys driving a herd of cattle over the Eagle River bridge at Eagle.
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Photo postcard looking northeast of James E. Ullman's Castle Peak Ranch in Eagle. Ullman bought the ranch from John Carey in September 1919 for $28,000. It included ninety acres of farming land in the home place and included summer range on Castle. [EVE Sept. 19, 1919 p.1] The ranch was purchased by Holly Brooks in 1931.
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Marker for: "Grandpa, Hugh T. Harris, Dec. 18, 1916--Dec. 22, 1997," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, clouds, cattle, a river and a fish is engraved on the marker.
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Marker for: "Charlie Forster, Sept. 29, 1910--Oct. 27, 1976," in the McCoy Cemetery. A meadow scene with horse and rider, steer, river, trees and mountain is engraved on the marker.
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Bailey Ranch, Burns, Colorado, in the early 1900s.
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Verso: "feed ground along the river. 'Calf houses' Glen built"
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Marker for: "Grandpa, Hugh T. Harris, Dec. 18, 1916--Dec. 22, 1997," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with pines, clouds, cattle, a river and a fish is engraved on the marker.