4 Eagle Ranch, Wolcott
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1) John Welsh
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Studio portrait photograph of John Welsh, original homesteader and owner of the J over J Ranch, now (2009) 4 Eagle Ranch 4 miles north of Wolcott. He is wearing a three-piece suit with tie tack and a Masonic pin in his lapel.
John Welsh also built a house on Wall Street in Eagle, Colorado, where the family of Charles and Sallie (Welsh) Hartman stayed during the winter so the children could attend school.
John Welsh lost the Ranch in 1929 or 1930...
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Studio portrait photograph of Mary Elizabeth Shields Welsh, wife of John Welsh, mother of Sallie Welsh Hartman. She and her husband homesteaded the J over J Ranch north of Wolcott (now the 4 Eagle Ranch). The story of their early days establishing the ranch was written by their daughter, Sallie Welsh Hartman, and is titled "Early Days in Eagle County" [RARE 978.844 H3331].
