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41. Joe Brett
42. Bearden men
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Studio portrait of Casper and Mary Zabel Schumm.
"Casper Schumm was born in Dwight, Ill., October 5, 1856 and came to Leadville Colo., in 1879. He stayed in and around Leadville for some time and then went to Cattle creek in Garfield county where he spent the winter. The following year he went to Eagle county and in 1881 he homesteaded a ranch on the Eagle river between what is now the towns of Eagle and Gypsum. In 1888 he married Mary Zabel, and...
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Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden, rancher in the Squaw Creek Valley until his death in 1993.
"The equestrian center at Cordillera bears his name and is located on the land his family homesteaded when Bearcat was just a toddler. The humble log buildings the family used as their ranching headquarters still stand, and are targeted for preservation by the Cordillera Preservation Foundation. Bearcat Springs, a small tributary to Squaw Creek, also carries his...
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Guy Truman Barnes in Missouri at the age of 16. Chaps and pistol were optional. Mr. Barnes and his family homesteaded on Castle and Eby Creek. He was also herdsman for Andrew Christiansen who raised Hereford cattle.
In 1919, Guy Barnes filed for six-hundred forty acres of land under the Homestead Act. The land was approximately 5 miles from Castle Peak. He and his wife, Monica Heeren Barnes, lived in a cabin owned by Christiansen while bulding...
49. Tom Wohler
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"Tom Wohler standing in front of his barn in 1912. The Wohler ranch had a first class set of ranch buildings and fences that Tom kept in good repair until a year or so before he passed away." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 131
"Fritz, Tom and Sarah Wohler came to Colorado from Pennsylvania in 1876 and settled at Leadville for 18 years. Tom was shift boss at the Johnny Mine and Sarah had a dress shop. They were married in Leadville in 1883.
In 1895 Tom and...
51. Joyriding
53. Harve Dice Ranch
54. Lloyds at ranch
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"This photo was taken on the old Wilmont Ranch on Sheephorn Creek in 1915. In the group are" Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tester and their two children, Ralph and May McGlochlin. The boy in the center remains unidentified." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 194
Eagle Valley Enterprise Dec. 27, 1918 p.1: "Ralph McGlochlin, who has the mail contract from Wolcott to State Bridge was in town Monday evening. With the Moffat road tied up just before Christmas when the mails...
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Studio portrait of Jesse Sherman and Gertrude Miller Sherman. They were married in Leadville in 1897. Gertrude Sherman was Jim Nimon's aunt.
"Mr. Sherman and his younger brother, George, owned and operated the Sherman Brothers Dairy and Feed Store in Leadville from 1890 to 1900. In 1901 they purchased the cattle ranch on the Eagle River four miles above Eagle, which was known for many years as the Sherman Brothers Ranch. They were outstanding pioneers...