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Sadie Macdonell and Alex (at right) playing cards with a friend in their house at Brush Creek.
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"M. H. [Martin H.] and Clara Waldo came to Brush Creek around 1902 and ranched across the creek from the Shryacks until 1917, when they retired in California. Tom Carlin bought the ranch, and subsequent owners were Hans and Thelma Larsen and Glenn and Denzel Norman." -- [History of Brush Creek p.26]
The Waldo's had one daughter who married Ralph Wolverton. This couple had a son, Charles Wolverton.
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Alec/Ackie and Sadie Macdonell formall attired standing at the north side of their ranch house on Brush Creek.
4. Joyriding
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Charlie Wolverton, standing on the runningboard of an automobile with four women seated for a ride. Houses in the background.
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The original Harve Dice Ranch on west Brush Creek, below Sylvan Lake. Ranch house, barn and outbuildings are visible.
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Marg and George Macdonell with General Douglas MacArthur, the dog, sitting in an automobile at the Macdonell house at Brush Creek. Another vehicle is in the background, as well as the house and outbuildings.
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An unidentified man is leveling field previously plowed, probably disced and/or harrowed. Level or "drag" on which he is standing carries a small amount of soil with it that is shaved off the high places, and then if leaks out underneath into the low places to create a uniform (or level) slope so that irrigation water flows uniformly. Is used only on irrigated ground. Judgement of operator had large influence on success. He is on the Dice Ranch,...
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Jack and Ella Layton standing in front of their house in Eagle, Colorado. Jack arrived in Eagle County [then part of Summit County] in 1879. He prospected, hunted and fished on Brush Creek, arriving "early enough to see Indians." [Eagle County History, 1940] He married his wife, Ella, on August 5, 1891. Together, they ranched and lived in Eagle.
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Wolverton residence on the Brush Creek ranch. Ralph Wolverton married M. H. and Clara Waldo's daughter.
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The original ranch house on the Whittaker Ranch, built by Charles Zartman (circa 1906). The ski tow warning house is in the left background.
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Sadie and Alec Macdonell at far right with three Benedictine sisters and an unidentified man, standing outside the Brush Creek rnach house. Dog in foreground. The photo was taken in August 1955.
12. Duane and Mother
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Duane and Hester Larsen stand on a porch. Hester is wearing a long coat with a fur trim; Duane is wearing a newsboy cap and buttondown jacket. There is a house with a window in the background with trees and mountains.
13. Duane Larsen
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Duane Larsen stands on a porch dressed in a wide brim hat, chaps, and bandana. There is a house and trees in the background.
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Lorraine (left) and Virginia (right) Essick pose together. There are bushes, trees, and houses in the background.
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Melissa and Duane Larsen pose for pictures in the snow. Melissa appears to be standing on a cushion or rug and Duane is standing on a chair.
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Duane Larsen poses proudly with his snowman. There are two sheds in the background with chickens.
17. Girls Group
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From left to right: Dot (Dorothy) (?), Grace Edge, Chloe Colby, and Evelyn pose together. There is a basketball court and hoop and several houses in the background. Taken in Greeley, Colorado.
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Students at Brush Creek School celebrate their last day with a picnic in 1940.
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Sadie Macdonell, at right, with friends in her kitchen. From left: Rena Chatfield, Mary Rule, Merle Taylor and Sadie Figgins.
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The Borah house on Brush Creek. Taken in 1914. Mary Borah is playing the piano and is marked by the small "x."
"Home Sweet Home. Mother at Piano. New Year's Eve, 1914. George Ziegler took picture. Our dear home in winter time. Mother sitting a piano playing." - Alda Borah