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"This house, located on the south side of the Colorado River is presently the property of a Denver attorney, John Comer. It was build by Earl Brooks about 1920 and considered one of the better homes of the McCoy area. The Brooks family lived in it for seventeen years before moving to California." -- McCoy Memoirs p.152
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
5. Horn Ranch
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"The Horn ranch house on Rock Creek, two and one half miles above McCoy, as it was in 1917. Homesteaders Alvin Hart and Rooks built the cabin with the fireplace, the rest was added on by the Horns. The low building on the right was the kitchen, the two story addition had two bedrooms upstairs and the ground floor was the living room, the fireplace room served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands. Shortly after Arthur Horn's death, Mrs. Horn had that...
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The Howard Van Horn house, log construction, in McCoy, Colorado. There is a rocking chair on the front porch, a screen door, and a second story entrance accessible by stairs.
"Howard and Mattie Van Horn and daughters came from Edwards about 1917 looking for a location. They bought part of the former Groh ranch from Hollis Brooks. This property adjoined the old D.O. Bailey place on the south, about 30 acres were under cultivation under a ditch but...
11. Mae Smith
12. Bud Gates place
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Legal Description: Block 04 Lots 15-17; Property Code 25; Original observation date 06-Oct-05.
Use History 1926: The "Record of Tax Sales" ledger (page 101) lists the owner of record on December 4, 1926 as H. P. Oleson. The sale was to be for property at Block 4, lots - all.
Use History from 2005 to 2005: Residence.
15. Kibbler place
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"This house, located in the south-east part of the old Groh ranch, was built by Sam Kibbler about 1905 and he, his wife and daughter, Lucille, were the first occupants, but only for a few years. After they left, it has been a home to a number of people including the Grohs after retirement. Its appearance has changed somewhat since 1905 though it's still the same house. In 1942 Helen Ray bought it for $300 but only occupied it for a short time." --...
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Legal Description: Block 07 Lots 11-13; Property Code 33; Original observation date 12-Aug-05.
Use History 1911: The "Record of Tax Sales" ledger (page 4) lists the owner of record on December 26, 1911 as John Mathews. The sale was to be for property at Block 7, lots - 11 & 12.
1920 to 1929: County Assessor Burr Fuller lived in this house during the 1920s.
1950: Formerly the Priest residence (George and Bessie Priest) - time period not identified.
1970...
17. Playing cards
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"Among the last to homestead on the Conger Mesa, Martin Schomers built the back part of this house in 1913, the same year that he and Pauline Johnson were married. They spent a part of their honeymoon here and during the ensuing years their three children were born. Others who lived here for short periods were Leonard and Maude Hudson and their two children; Helen and Darrell Ray; and Art and Helen Hudson and family. For many years, rats have been...