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"In 1917 Howard and Mattie Van Horn and daughters came over from Edwards on the Eagle River and bought part of the Groh ranch from Hollis Brooks, the owner at that time. The land they bought had about thirty acres in cultivation and under a ditch. There were no other improvements except some fence, so the Van Horns built this better than average ranch house and other buildings so necessary on every ranch. After living here several years they bought...
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"This wheel was installed by Howard Van Horn to generate electric power, when he lived on the former Groh ranch. It was set up in an irrigation ditch at a point where the water had sufficient drop to revolve it. The ditch, built by Frank Groh in 1905 has been abandoned for many years and the wheel with it." -- McCoy Memoirs p.130
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]