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Labeled September 10, 1916. "The Pershing Fair and Rodeo held on Conger Mesa in the fall of 1916 and 1917 was intended to be an annual event until World War One interrupted the plan, so it was only held those two years. The building on the right is a part of the Conger Mesa school barn which was built from logs taken from the old Conger Cabin." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 221 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]...
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C.1900: "The Big Barn," Doll Brothers Ranch, Gypsum Valley. Barn had 3 full stories, running water and electricity. Could stable 250 horses individually. Winter view with snow on ground. Fencing in foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Two riders on horseback facing the camera. Barn in background and dogs in left midground. Inscription on photo: "Don't U think our horses nice?" [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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The original Harve Dice Ranch on west Brush Creek, below Sylvan Lake. Ranch house, barn and outbuildings are visible.
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The Tom Elliott place on Rock Creek. The ranch house is on the right with corrals and barn at left. The ranch is in Routt County, two miles north of McCoy. Irrigation was from the creek in order to grow supplementary feed for winter.s [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The horse barn on the Charles B. McCoy ranch, photographed in 1970 by John Ambos. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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"The McCoy lane looking west. This 1912 photo [says 1911 on verso of photo] shows the front part of the Hotel on the left, [on the right] the blacksmith shop, the big red barn and the front of the old log barn and beyond it, the bridge across Rock Creek. The big barn, approximately fifty by sixty feet in size, was of frame construction and built by C. H. McCoy in 1902. It had stalls for twenty horses and a loft that held ten tons of loose hay....
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Horses and riders standing outside the barn on the Rundell ranch.
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Charles, Chet, John and William (father) Eaton (left to right) at McCoy Creek Ranch. Each Eaton is holding the reins of a horse and is standing in front of a log barn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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"Charley McCoy's Upper Place in 1930.The original log house was destroyed by fire in 1927 or 1928 and the frame house was built shortly afterwards. This picture shows some of Charley McCoy's top grade of cattle. Besides the cattle and the one saddle horse, at least seven men and boys are visible just to the left of the barn some of whom were probably members of the Dutch Laman family who were living on the ranch at that time." -- McCoy Memoirs p.108 [Title...
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Frank [Hiram Frank] Doll, son of Franklin and Lucy Doll, mounted on one of the Doll horses. He is wearing a suit and tie.
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Franklin, Lucy and daughter Gretchen in a carriage at the Doll Brothers' ranch in the Gypsum Valley. The "Big Barn" is at the right in the picture.
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An unidentified picture from the Michael Family Collection. Several barns and buildings are visible; two men, one on a horse, are at midground. The Michael family owned and operated Eagle Valley Feed Mill in Eagle, Colorado, between 1912 and 1920.
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Frank Doll showing one of his horses at the "Big Barn" in Gypsum Valley. A boy is standing at the barn door. "Horse-racing cannot be considered apart from those who were responsible for the breeding of some of the finest race horses in the country--namely, Blind John Condon and Uncle Sam Doll, who at one time owned and operated the largest race track in Chicago. The fine stables are still intact on the Doll ranches, mementoes of the 'gay 90's'--days...
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Helen Dice holding reins of horse, standing next to Joe Dice, mounted on horse. Barn in left background, wagon in right background. Shryack Place, Brush Creek, Colorado.
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Charles Eaton with horse standing in front of log barn at the McCoy Creek Ranch. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]