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The Buchholz homestead on Buchholz Mesa. Nicholas is at the far left; Mary is wearing a hat and standing near the door. John, Mary Louise and Beulah Buchholz are also in the picture. There are mounted riders at far right and cattle at midground. Buchholz Mesa was sold to E. M. Tabor and Nick and John opened a livery business in Eagle. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Young cowboys, Forrest Voss and Jim Rollwagen, standing next to their horses on the Fenno Ranch, Squaw Creek. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1939: Burns Stockyard, November 1939, loading cattle into cattle cars. (Denver & Rio Grande Railroad) Two cowboys on ramps loading cattle; one man on track siding, left midground; woman holding child standing in empty corral behind horses. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ed Watson, mounted, with a shovel over his shoulder.
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Photo postcard of action at the Eagle Rodeo in 1925. There are two mounted horsemen in front of the rodeo stands. A dog is in the foreground.
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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.]
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Hershey Wilson wearing chaps, holding reins of horse. Wilson worked as a ranch hand for the Lloyd Ranch, located four miles east of Eagle on Highway 6 (now the Diamond Star Ranch).
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"Hugh Norman at the Arthur Horn ranch [on Rock Creek] in 1916." -- McCoy Memoirs p.204 Photo postcard. "Hugh Norman and Mae Van Horn were married in 1919 and shortly after their marriage they moved to the Kibbler ranch which they ran for several years. They continued to rent and operate various ranches in the area. As a sideline Hugh contracted haying jobs in Egeria Park." -- p.204 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...
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Two men standing next to a horse. The man on the left has his arms crossed on his chest; the man on the right is holding the horse's bridle. All three are posed in front of a barn. Scrap lumber is visible and the barn door is open.
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"In some respects similar to the preceeding picture [1992.004A.084], but taken about 1924. Trees obstruct a view of the Hotel and several buildings in back of it that haver never shown in any of the many photographs of McCoy. The little building in the foreground has served as living quarters for a number of people in past years, but is presently the McCoy Post Office. The small white building on the left was built by the Brooks Brothers in 1914....
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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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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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Cowboy brands a steer while the horse holds the tethered animal steady.
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"Cowboys work steers in a corral at the Lloyd ranch. The ranch brand was a 'Diamond J Bar.' The property is currently the site of the Diamond Star subdivision." -- Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher, p.89
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Photo postcard of the Cowboy Band at the Grand County Fair in the fall of 1914--this was Grand County's third fair. [front has 1915 as the date] [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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37) Rodeo
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Automobiles parked with spectators perched on top watching calf roping. The rodeo may have been at either Minturn or what is now Maloit Park in the 1930s. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1939: Cowboy riding a steer during rodeo, Eagle, Colorado. Additional riders in background. The Eagle County Court House, built in 1932, is visible; riding is being done on the West side of the Court House (in 2006, this is now a park). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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