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View of the Chambers Ranch with houses, outbuildings and barn. The barn was moved to its present site at the Eagle Visitor Center in 1986 and donated to the Eagle County Historical Society. The Eagle River is in the background.
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Alec Macdonell, born in Beauly, Scotland, with one of his Scottish longhorned cattle. "Highland cattle or kyloe are an ancient Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century....
5. Iva Decker
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"The trail drive to Wolcott, Colorado (the nearest shipping point from Burns, Colorado) was always an exciting time, eating and sleeping on the trail. But it also meant lots of hard work and long hours. Frank Gates (Dad) told his son George Albert "Bud" Gates that he was 12 years old before he was allowed to go on the trail drive. He was so excited." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Branding crew is brnading cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch, 1908. Cattle are guided into the chute for control, branded and released. Two children on horseback observe at far right. Barn in right background.
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12. Branding calves
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"Branding and dehorning cattle on the Charley McCoy Ranch in 1908 [Yarmony Creek ranch]. Left to right: John Payne, Charley McCoy, Everett Hoyt, Fred Bailey, Ammi Hoyt, Lawrence Payne, Edgar Sperry and Ethel McCoy on the horse." -- McCoy Memoirs p.105
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19. Feeding cattle
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"Sheephorn riders at the Clarence Rundell ranch in the spring of 1915. From left to right they are: Dr. Sidell (a Craig dentist), Bill Tester, Clarence Rundell, Frank McMillan (an early day rancher from Burns), Charley Gutsler, Carl Forster, Ward Ross and Bill Traber. The large modern ranch house, a little unusual at that early date, can be atrributed to the purchase of a herd of Egeria Park cattle, just before World War One broke out and cattle prices...