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Monica Barnes holding baby Boyd in the sunshine.
"The homestead cabin was built on a hill. ... Water for the cabin came from a spring located up a hill from the cabin. Water for drinking, household use, baths and doing laundry was carried by bucket from the spring. Clothes were washed on a wash board. Water for doing laundry was heated on the wood burning stove and then carried to the tubs used for washing as needed. There was no electircity...
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Monica Heeren Barnes holding son, Boyd Barnes, born July 5, 1920. They are in the cabin door on Castle, the original homestead.
She was born in 1899 in Whiting, Iowa. She was helping her cousin on a ranch in South Dakota when she met Guy T. Barnes, working as a herdsman. They married and moved to Eagle, Colorado, where Mr. Barnes was employed by Andrew Christiansen.
"While living in a cabin owned by Mr. Christainsen, Guy and Monica Barnes began...
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Tom (seated on porch) and Ella Lewis with John, Harry and Imogene in front; in back are Herman and Mrs. Kluge.
Kluge was a partner with Thomas E. Lewis in the Lewis & Kluge mercantile at Eagle. Together with Mr. Lewis and Robert McHatton, Kluge also owned the Gypsum Mercantile Co. store at Gypsum. Lewis bought out Kluge's interest in the Eagle store.
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Ida Herwick and her children, Thanksgiving 1894, at church services in Wolcott.
Back row, L to R: Paul, age 10; Frederick, age 13; WIlliam C., age 15
Front, L to R: Tina, age 3; Ida, Age 33; Mary, age 18 mos.; Oren age 5; Birdellah, age 17; Guy, age 6
"For several months she had been putting a little money away for a special occasion, and she intended that having a family portrait done would be it. Of all the things she could think of, having...
9. Lloyd Mayer
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Lloyd Mayer sitting on a couch, surrounded by toy trucks and equipment. The photo was taken several months before his death in February 1953, of a cerebral hemorrhage.
"Lloyd was born at Glenwood Springs June 9, 1941, the second son of Chester and Ruth Mayer.He lived his short life on the ranch established on lower Brush creek by his grandfather, the late Wm. P. Mayer, and attended the Eagle Public School where he was not only a model student, but...
10. Buchholz Family
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Nicholas and Mary Owen Buchholz at center, surrounded by five of their children. In 1882, Mr. Buchholz and his famly came to the Eagle River valley, ranching on what was later the Sherman Brothers Ranch at Eagle. This ranch was sold to Z. T. Hollingsworth and the Buchholz family relocated to the Buchholz Mesa. This ranch was sold to E. M. Tabor, and Nick Buchholz and his son, John, opened a livery stable in Eagle. In 1890, Nick opened a butcher...
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The children of Adrian Reynolds, Jr., and Rhoda May Wall Reynolds, taken between 1916 and 1918. From left to right: Wynonia, Pauline; Marilla is in front. The girls are dressed up and Pauline is wearing a bowed headband.
Wynonia married Claude Peterson; Pauline married Frank Byers; Marilla married Howard McCain.
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Monica Barnes, holding deer carcass, with Boyd at left and Darrell at right. The dog is interested.
They're at the homestead cabin on Castle.
The rules of the homestead act required fence around the property and other improvements.
"The fence was built totally by Guy Barnes. Every post hole was dug by hand, every fence post was sawed or chopped from trees on the land and barbed wire (usually four strands) was strung on every fence post. Wooden...
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Mac (Alexander Jr.) and Margaret Macdonell with baby Dan in Eagle. Dan was the first grandchild of Alec and Sadie Macdonell. Margaret worked for Holy Cross Electric Association for 18 years at their Eagle office. She also collected bills for Rocky Mountain Natural Gas from 1971 to 1981. She collected payments, posted deposits and meter readings, filled out work orders, took calls and cleaned the office.
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From left, standing: Alicia Halloran and Sarah Jane (Grandma) Fulford.
From left, seated: Ada Fay Peterson, Pup (the dog) and Albert Fulford. There is another dog to the right of Albert.
The house was probably located where the Kuttin' Korner and Allen Agency Building now stand.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]