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42. Mountain sheep
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"This photograph appeared on the inside cover of the 1928 Eagle High School yearbook [Lux Aquilae]. Although there was never a big population of bighorn sheep on Brush Creek, they were known to winter there. The animals could be found in the summer on New York Mountain, Fools Peak, at Nolan Lake and in the Metheney Park area. The sheep population declined in the mid-1950s due to poaching and disease." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.121
44. Broken track
45. Ranch
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"Clyde (C.F.) Lloyd and his wife Adele, owners of the Red Mountain Ranch, were Chicago residents who spent their summers in Eagle. Late in the 1920s, Lloyd obtained a special-use permit from the Forest Service that allowed him to develop a mountain camp at Lake Charles, a high-county lake on East Brush Creek. Lloyd and other family members built half a dozen cabins, including a cook's cabin and a 'honeymoon' cabin on unpatented mining claims at...
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The arrastra has been used since the Phoenicians to grind ores, most often gold or silver. The construction involves a circular pit paved with flat stones. Large flat-bottomed drag stones are connected to a center post by a long arm. Using horse, mule or human power, the arm drags the large stones over the ore, crushing it. This arrastra at the Gold Bug Mine was powered by a waterwheel, clearly evident in the photograph. It is a cheap but effective...
49. Deer hunters
50. Don at the peak
51. Jack
53. Upper Black Lake
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Shared marker for: "Adams, Charlie Earl, July 2, 1889--Feb. 23, 1973; Inez Riggs, Nov. 21, 1883--Mar. 30, 1973," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with a cross engraved at the top of the marker. Columbines are engraved at the center of the marker. At bottom, the inscription reads: "Married Aug. 31, 1912."