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1) Billy Booco and sons
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"At Craig, Colo. in 1960. Billy [William Woodruff] Booco, 92, and his three sons, Jack, Gordon and Gern." -- McCoy Memoirs p.184 "The Booco family certainly was a pioneer family of Colorado; they settled on the Western Slope in 1878. ... The family settled on the Eagle River and a small town sprang up around them which residents were soon calling Booco, the name later changed to Minturn. Boocos sold their holdings in 1887 to the Rio Grande Railroad...
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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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3) Ed Slaughter and Grandchildren
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Ed Slaughter holding the hands of his grandchildren, Eugene Slaughter, Jr. ("Junior") on the left and Betty Slaughter (Compton) on the right. Junior is holding onto the back hoof of a hung deer. Log ranch house in background. The photo has been hand tinted.
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