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45. Freighters
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"A train of freight wagons like these were a common sight on the road between Wolcott and Routt County points, before the advent of the Moffatt Road. By traveling together freighters could lend assistance to one another in case of an equipment breakdown, encountering a mudhole or a steep grade, of which there were many. This photo was taken about a mile north west of McCoy, by A. B. Noyce of Steamboat Springs in the spring of 1903. The three freighters...
46. Salt Well
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The Salt Well southeast of McCoy. "Early settlers gave it this name because of the waters salty taste. It is a deep natural spring about forty feet in diameter with a steady year-around flow of water which remains at approximately the same temperature in all seasons. Another mystery of the spring is that it has been sounded to a depth of 1,500 feet without finding bottom." -- McCoy Memoirs p.90
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Shared marker for: "Adams, Charlie Earl, July 2, 1889--Feb. 23, 1973; Inez Riggs, Nov. 21, 1883--Mar. 30, 1973," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with a cross engraved at the top of the marker. Columbines are engraved at the center of the marker. At bottom, the inscription reads: "Married Aug. 31, 1912."
51. Branding
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Branding crew is brnading cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch, 1908. Cattle are guided into the chute for control, branded and released. Two children on horseback observe at far right. Barn in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A picture of the first McCoy High School class. The tall boy standing with the girls is Harold Horn and Leonard Horn is in the back row, far right, with Gern Boco to the immediate front of Leonard.
The smallest girl is Ethel Brooks (in front and not bending down) and Emma Panting ? is on the far left.
McCoy School Districts were No. 18 and No. Jt.4.
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"These hunters were camped on Black Creek, ten miles north-east of McCoy in 1912. They are: Rudolph Ebert, Carl Schrupp, Ernest Werner and Fritz Arendt. The photo by Martin Schomers. At that date, it's doubtful if any one of the group possessed a hunting license. Note the grouse hanging on the tree, one of the reasons that grouse, once so plentiful in those days, are so scarce now." -- McCoy Memoirs, p.11
Photo postcard.
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Marker for: "William "Bill" Gern Booco, June 22, 1931--June 11, 2008," in the McCoy Cemetery.
Inscription: "He was born and raised in McCoy, CO and lived his adult life in the Denver area. His body lies at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, CO, but his spirit belongs to the mountains.
He was a son, a brother, a father and a grandfather and will always be loved and missed by many. May he rest in peace."