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Labeled September 10, 1916.
"The Pershing Fair and Rodeo held on Conger Mesa in the fall of 1916 and 1917 was intended to be an annual event until World War One interrupted the plan, so it was only held those two years. The building on the right is a part of the Conger Mesa school barn which was built from logs taken from the old Conger Cabin." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 221
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Charley McCoy and Jake Johannbroer cutting hay on Conger Mesa, 1912.
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Leonard G. Ambos cutting hay, August 1925.
Verso: "The 'Kid' himself"
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"The Martin Schomers ranch, as it looked in December of 1919. It was the twenty-fifth of April before this snow was all gone." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 263
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Two hands are picking up potatoes and throwing them on the sorter, which is pulled by a horse. Ed Schrupp is at the back of the sorter, filling sacks. Other horses and sorters are seen at right background.
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"Mrs. William Johannbroer beside a new potato digger. Four horses were required to pull one of these." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 234
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A team of horses (Bill and Tom) pulling a sled of wood in the canyon above Black Mountain Ranch, 1928. Cabins visible in background.
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Date discrepancy: photo says 1932, McCoy Memoirs p.275 says 1925.
"A Conger Mesa spud picking crew on the Joe Tuyls ranch about 1925. Of the six man crew, only four can be identified, they are: Sam Moniger, Frank Ault, John Ambos and Joe Tuyls, all to the left of the sorter. A good crew could pick up to 400 bags per day, providing the yield was good. This crop was well below average with a yield of less than 100 bags an acre." -- McCoy Memoirs,...
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Fourth of July picnic on Rock Creek in 1919.
From left, standing: "Jacob Johannbroer, Frank Garner (on horse), Katherine and Mary Ebert, Florence Henry, Lillian Johannbroer, Pauline and Helen Schomers, Lulu Lowe, Mary, Ruth and Warren Henry, Martin Theisen, Bill Johannbroes (on horse).
Seated: Lily and William Johannbroer, Mary Theisen, Katherine and William Hoff (Martin Schomers' Mother and Step-father), Mary Ebert.
On the ground: August Ebert,...