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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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William F. Stevens on the left, talking with Leonard and Dorothy Horn at a dinner.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Elizabeth and Mathew Moore standing in their yard at Wolcott.
"Elizabeth Ann Brock was born of Martha and George Brock at Macon City, Mo., Aug. 24, 1854....She was united in marriage to Mathew Moore Dec. 24, 1875. Mr. Moore preceded her in death in 1920.
In 1889, with her family, Mrs. Moore moved to Wolcott, Colo., where the family was raised....During her active years, Mrs. Moore was one of the women who took an active part in all of the affairs...
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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].
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Hanscome's old home after the fire. Tango, the dog, is looking down the road.
Alfred and Mary Jane Baker Young Hanscome married at Grand Lake in 1883, then coming to Eagle County, about one mile west of Wolcott. They worked a small ranch until Alfred's death in 1919. Mrs. Hanscome died in 1921. -- Eagle Valley Enterprise Aug. 19, 1921 p.1
