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1) Bill Rogers
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Stylized studio portrait of Bill Rogers, who worked on and off the Mayer Ranch for 38 years. Mr. Rogers is posed wearing a bandana around his neck, holding a cigar in his left hand, liquor bottle in his right hand (balanced on his right knee). His right foot is raised on a bench covered with leather chaps.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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...
