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Sweetwater School in the snow. Path to the school appears to have been shoveled or plowed. The log building was built about 1905. In 1931, the teacher was Myrtie Hockett.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Fishing
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Fishing at Lucky G.J. Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned the Hilltop Dude Ranch in Sweetwater...
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Teacher Alma Hight Stephens, wife of Clarence Stephens, and mother of Ella and Marcia Stephens. Some of the students include Iola Baer, Earl Baer, Cecil Baer, and Jim Stephens (younger brother of Clarence).
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The main ranch house at the Lucky GJ Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat owned the Hilltop...
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Bob Buerger's place built in 1949 on Sweetwater Road; remodeled in 1955 and 1968.
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1900s: View of the school building showing log structure, stovepipe, and front entry porch. Six children sit on the front steps with woman teacher standing on porch behind them. Rocks and logs in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Sweetwater School students inside classroom with their teacher. There is a desk in the front left foreground with books visible. There is a landscapte picture hanging on the wall behind the students and a light fixture hangs from the ceiling.
Front row: Robert Spears, Tom Jackson, Clarence Stephens, Lester Jackson, Reed Spears, James Stephens, John Gannon.
Back row: Harold Spears, May Gannon, Myrtie Stout, Lila Rogers. Teacher: Mrs. Spears.
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Edna Stewart Lemon, at left, and her daughter, Madeline Winifred Lemon, center, with Edna's mother, DelsieBelle Martin Stewart. The flora is not native to Eagle County so the assumption is that they're visiting elsewhere.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
9) David Hinman
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Marker near Sweetwater in the field that now belongs to James Stephens Jr. there is a marker for David Hinman, who was killed in a hunting accident in the late 1980s.
"Graves in the Dotsero Sweetwater area. Collected by Joan Brallier. Helped by Myrti Stephens and John Gannon. Barbara Steward gave the information on Dotsero graves." -- Mildred Toomer
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Sam Lemon and his brother-in-law, Carl Stewart, seated on rocks. Outbuilding in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Sweetwater School, known also as Middle Sweetwater School or Gannon School. The teacher was Myrtie Hockett (later, Mrs. James Stephens). Snow on ground and on the roof of the log school with a path visible in right foreground.
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Edna Stewart Lemon on horseback at left, Madeline Winifred Lemon on horseback at right (probably 4-6 years old). In between them is Laura Josephine Lemon, Madeline's grandmother. They are riding on the Stewart family homestead land at Sweetwater, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
13) Buerger cabin
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Buerger dwelling built in 1929 on Sweetwater Road. Antlers are mounted over the porch.
14) Sweetwater Lake
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Photo postcard of Sweetwater Lake, Colorado. [Caption: 402 Sweetwater Lake, Colo.]
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From L to R, Buzz Jackson, Sutton, and Tom Jackson standing in from of Sutton's satation at "Hell's Gate'," Sweetwater, Colorado. Part of the Conoco sign is visible at the top of the photo: "packed with extra miles Gasoline." Sutton and Jackson are wearing hats. [Later the station burned down and Sutton was burned; it was felt that his wife died soon after as a result.]
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Fifteen students standing next to the porch of the Sweetwater School. Teacher was Myrtie Hockett.
Back row: ---- Moore, Warren Thatcher, Jim Skiff, Tom Moore, Freeman Thatcher, Duane Skiff, ---- Cate, Mintferd Baer, Wallace Thatcher (extra name or someone is hidden behind the front row).
Front row: Roy Hanson, Maxine Stewart, Fern Moore, Marcia Stephens, Marie Moore, Clifford Skiff.
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17) Lucky GJ Ranch
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Calling card from Lucky GJ Ranch, at the confluence of Sweetwater Creek and the Colorado River. Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists....
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Site of the Lower Sweetwater School (also known as the Jackson School). Building was torn down in the late 1940's.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Upper Sweetwater School, aslso called the Lake School. It was torn down sometime in late 1920. It was built for the Rivers and Boni children and for the children of local Forest Rangers.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
