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3. Katie Laman
4. Packtrain
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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
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]...
6. East of Avon
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Horse drawn wagon with two passengers on road east of the entrance to Beaver Creek at Avon (Stone's Ranch). Stone's Ranch later became the Agriculture Experiment Station for the State College...State Farm. The road became U.S. Highway 6.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
7. Louis Lively
16. Hefting potatoes
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A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...