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1930s: Holmes Reservoir, Missouri Heights, Eagle County, Colorado, showing four people (three children) and three dogs at the base of a pump station. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Guy Barnes hauling hay with a team of horses and wagon. "Guy Barnes was hired as a herdsman by a man named Andrew Christiansen. Mr. Christiansen raised Hereford cattle and needed someone to help with caring for the cattle. Mr. Barnes cared for the cattle on Mr. Christiansen's land in town during the Winter but during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall, Barne's job took him to Mr. Christiansen's cattle on pasture eleven miles North of town."...
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"Teddy Boy" the foal lays in the field.
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"Paul shocking grain" (caption from photo)
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Keith Gerard stands with a pig in the pigpen. He is wearing tall boots and knee-high waders to get through the mud. A barn is on the right and ducks stand together by a fence in the background.
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Two work horses, Dick & King, are moving a hay derrick by a hired man. He is standing on the platform of the derrick holding the reins of the horses. There are trees in the background.
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Two young calves stand with a horse in a muddy pasture. There is a shed to the right in the background, along with fences, trees, and a mountain backdrop.
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Hans Larsen, along with two other men and a dog, appear to be chopping a tree in the barnyard. There is a fence, trees, and numerous buildings also in the picture.
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Duane, smaller and in the front, looks at his sister, Melissa, who is piling up potatoes. Potatoes were an important crop to early ranchers and farmers in the Eagle Valley.
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Moving pigs on the ranch. The photo may have been taken on the Gerard ranch in Eagle, Colorado.
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"Geneva & Hans in the oat field" (caption from photo)
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A man on a tractor pulling farm machinery; it appears to be harvesting potatoes. He is wearing a hat and has a pipe in his hand.This man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard family.
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Cattle on Brush Creek in Eagle County, Colorado.
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Branding cattle on the Gerard ranch.
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Three men drive cattle down a dirt road. On the far right is Keith Gerard with a stray calf in front of him.
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A man on a tractor harvesting potatoes. There are several children on the potato harvester with many sacks of potatoes scattered throughout the field for pick-up. Mountains and trees are in the background. The man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard/Trezise family.
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A boy and his puppy sit on an International Harvester tractor. To the left is another tractor in the background; on the right, other farm equipment and storage can be seen.