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From left to right, George, Marg and Ethel Mary Macdonell on horseback, standing in a corral.
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Sterel Thompson on horse at Kent.
"It [the bridle arrangement] is generally known as a hackamore, and most frequently used to start young horses. It obviously does not use a bit in the horse's mouth, and therefore protects sensitive tissues from abuse. Also could be used for horses with some form of existing sensitivty. Usually a transition was made to a bridle with a bit. The California vaquero tradition used this process to patiently produce a...
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Clyde Lloyd on far left with three cowboys at the Lloyd Ranch; cattle are behind the riders.
Stamp on back of photo: Quality Photo Finishing Ping's Service Station Eagle, Colorado
4) McCoy Lane
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Jack Gray and Jess Adams, driving cattle through McCoy on McCoy Lane. Log building in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Austin Offerson and a "Dude" from Pennsylvania, mounted on horses. They are standing on a dirt road next to the fenced yard at the Offerson place. There appears to be a chicken in the lower right foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
7) Cyrus Dice
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Cyrus Dice, at right, and an unidentified man riding horseback at Brush Creek. Cyrus Dice ranched on Brush Creek for many years, moving to Eagle when he retired. He was married to Anna Norman until her death in 1949, and was then married to Imogene Lewis in 1957.
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Alexander Macdonell on horse. His family in Scotland called him Ackie or Ack; in Eagle, he was referred to as Alec. Alec was first employed on the Frank Doll ranch in Gypsum Valley. Then he leased land on the George Wilkinson ranch on Brush Creek, south of Eagle. After World War I and his marriage to Sadie Figgins, he returned to Eagle and moved to the Sproule ranch on Brush Creek. In 1923, he bought land from Charles Mayer and established his...
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Leonard Horn prepares for one of his infamous jumps from cliff to cliff on Red Point in Eagle County. Horn was a known horseman and was the 1963 Colorado Cattleman's Stockman of the Year.
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A view from the bottom of Red Point looking up at Red Point. Leonard is safely on the other side after jumping his horse across.
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A view of Red Point from the bottom with Leonard Horn at the top. Horn was a known horseman and would jump his horse between cliffs.
12) Pete DeGraw
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Pete DeGraw on horseback with riderless mount in background.
Correl James "Pete" DeGraw "...moved to Eagle County in 1924, and homesteaded on Bellyache Mountain. He then worked on the Blue River near Kremmling for a short time, and was later in the sheep business before buying a ranch on Eby Creek and raising cattle. Mr. DeGraw married the former Ruby Ping on April 9, 1941.
He was a brand inspector in Eagle County for 40 years. He was also...
13) Bill Pollock
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Bill Pollock aims a firearm from atop his horse. Photo caption reads "Gypsum, Colorado" (Alda Borah).
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"Three Piney Cowboys" - caption from Alda Borah. Three men in cowboy hats sit atop their horses along a creek (background).
