Ranches
Showing
21 - 40
of 72
, query time: 0.02s
Format:
Image
The bridge over the Eagle River leading from the road to the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
Format:
Image
A view of the McCoy area, looking north east, taken from the south side of the Colorado River. Old stage road is in the foreground. Photo taken August 23, 1975.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
"An upstream view of the Colorado River and railroad, showing the former Quinlan ranch (now Kirby's). Note how the river was relocated to avoid building bridges. The Quinlans lived on and cultivated some land in the foreground area at one time." -- McCoy Memoirs p.143
Format:
Image
The Schlegel homestead on the Piney. Barn and corral built by Matt Schlegel (Mathias).
Format:
Image
A view of the Colorado River near McCoy with the Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks running alongside the river. The Quinlan [later Kirby] ranch is at midfield.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
The approach to the bridge over the Eagle River at the Sherman Brothers Ranch. Lumber is stacked at the right and support wires are running to anchors in the foreground.
27) Town of Eagle
Format:
Image
The town of Eagle taken from the Eby Creek area. Highway 6 runs through the photo, with the major main street, Broadway, at center, dead-ending into Chester Mayer's ranch (now the Bull Pasture and Eagle Ranch subdivisions). Chambers Ranch is at the lower right corner, the big white barn now housing the Eagle County Historical Society Museum. The Eagle River runs from left to right with the railroad bridge over the river at midground. Brush Creek...
Format:
Image
Photo looking north on H. K. Brooks' Bar X Ranch, Eagle, Colorado. The Eagle River is at the bottom of the photo; Castle Peak is at the midpoint along the skyline.
Hollis "Holly" Kelloway Brooks came to Eagle County from Minnesota, settling first in McCoy and then operating a general store in Edwards. From 1926 to 1929, he was the County treasurer. In 1931 and through the 1940s, he owned and operated the Castle Peak ranch (Bar X) in Eagle.
Before...
Format:
Image
Moving sheared sheep east through Eagle down the hill by Ping's Conoco Station, following the Eagle River on the right.
30) Brooks Bridge
Format:
Image
"The Brooks Bridge, built by the railroad company during construction of the Dotsero Cutoff, replaced an earlier one near the same site. It is now in a sad state or repair and unsafe for other than light traffic. Adjacent to the north end of it is the railroad track and it was here that Leonard Horn had the misfortune to be caught by a train while driving cattle across the bridge, resulting in the loss of several head that were struck by the train."...
31) McCoy Area
Format:
Image
Looking at the McCoy area from the south side of the Colorado River. There appears to be a man and an antler in the left foreground. Photo was taken August 23, 1975.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
The completed bridge over the Eagle River at the Sherman Ranch. Four unidentified men are standing on the bridge steps.
33) Yarmony Park
Format:
Image
"Yarmony Park and Black Mountin, from Yarmony Mountain. Charley McCoy's upper ranch and reservoir on Yarmony Creek in the foreground. The former Leonard Hudson place lies just above the reservoir, the Harris and Lyon ranches partly hidden in back of the tree. The Babcock homestead is located on the extreme left. The two white spots are late May snow drifts." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 278
Mishler and Ball were the first homesteaders, filing in 1892....
Format:
Image
Looking west from Yarmony Mountain down Rock Creek. The McCoy area is in the distance.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
A view of the McCoy area taken August 23, 1975, from Windy Point, looking north east from the south side of the Colorado River. The foreground is in Eagle County; the background is in Routt County.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
A closer look at the barn at H. K. Brooks' Castle Peak Ranch. The cattle are eating at feeders at mid-field.
Hollis "Holly" Kelloway Brooks came to Eagle County from Minnesota, settling first in McCoy and then operating a general store in Edwards. From 1926 to 1929, he was the County treasurer. In 1931 and through the 1940s, he owned and operated the Castle Peak ranch (Bar X) in Eagle.
Before Brooks, the ranch was sold by John Carey in September...
Format:
Image
Photo postcard of the C. F. Lloyd Ranch. The Eagle River is at midfield, in front of the ranch buildings. C. F. Lloyd is written on the barn roof.
”Chicago businessman Clyde Lloyd purchased the Sherman Brothers Ranch (east of town) in 1922. He and his stepson Wayne T. Jones called the operation ’Red Mountain Ranch’ and were known for annually hosting one of the largest Hereford sales in the state. Clyde’s brother and sister-in-law, Carl and...
Format:
Image
"A downstream view of the river from a point just below the Ronald Kirby Ranch. The McCoy ferry was located about a mile or so below from where this photo was taken." -- McCoy Memoirs p.144
Format:
Image
Looking down Rock Creek from Long Ridge, with McCoy area in the distance.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
40) Horn Ranch
Format:
Image
Photo postcard of the Horn Ranch taken from the top of Table Rock.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
