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Twin daughters of Frank and Rowena Walker George, Gretchen and Rowena, in 1917.
"Gretchen and Rowena, twins of Frank and Rowena George, were seven month babies and doctors said in those days that seven month babies couldn't live. Also, their mother Rowena lived just four days after their birth. One can only imagine the heartache Frank George went through at that time. But Frank could not give up his twin baby girls without trying everything he could...
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1936: Four children and female teacher standing on the steps of log schoolhouse: Teacher Martha Gates; children Rose Marie Bailey, "Billy" Wurtsmith, Alzora and John Benton. School built by James P. Gates. Photo taken in 1936.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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From left, Walter and Clark Gates going on a camping and hunting trip.
45) Ft. Morgan farm
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Grandma George's (Charity Elizabeth Forster George) farm in Fr. Morgan with cattle headed toward the barn.
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Bill Gates building constructed behind the main house in 1913 on Derby Mesa.
47) Gates Road House
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Photo says 1909, McCoy Memoirs says 1910.
Photo verso: Group at the Gates Road House on the Gore Road. Minnie Ambos, Mrs. Schaefer, Raine LaForce and Huldah Hadley.
"At the Rock Creek Ranch on the Gore in 1910. Minnie Ambos, Mrs. Schaefer, Raine LaForce and Huldah Hadley, his sister." --McCoy Memoirs, p. 301
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
48) D-7 Ranch
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Elizabeth George standing in the background in front of the house at the D.7 ranch. A minister [name unknown] is seated in the automobile.
Sitting on the running board of the automobile, from left to right: Berta Gates, [minister's daughter], Ruth Gates and Pauline George.
49) Branding Time
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"In the old days, all the neighbors helped each other." -- The Gates Genealogy
50) Branding Time
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"Branding meant a lot of hard work. They would bunch the cattle out in an open area. The men that were good ropers roped the calves and brought them to the branding fire. They worked without the help of chutes and corrals unless the cattle were close to the ranch buildings." -- The Gates Genealogy
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Katie Gates standing in a yard next to her niece, Anna Gates. Anna was the daughter of James P. Gates' brother, Albert.
52) Ft. Morgan farm
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Elizabeth George at her farm in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. She is standing with a cow and wearing a bonnet for sun protection, dogs in background.
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Elizabeth Charity Forster, daughter of Henry Moore Forster and Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, at the age of 18. She was born July 27, 1854, in WInterset, Iowa. Her family moved to Valley View, Texas, where Elizabeth met and married William Henry George October 23, 1873.
55) Doan Ranch
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James P. and Katie Gates in their new home on the Doan Place in about 1920. There is a grindstone to the right.
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Albert Ewing Gates [son of "Bert" Gates] with his second cousin, Anna Gates [daughter of Albert Gates].
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Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, mother of Elizabeth Charity and Franklin Pierce Forster.
"Henry Moore and his new wife settled down on the farm that Henry's dad had given to him. He didn't plan to stay on his farm for long. He wasn't content with being like the others. He had a dream to join the movement west. But time has a way of slipping by and then they started their family. On July 27, 1854, Elizabeth Charity Forster was born. Another daughter,...
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A family photograph with the Gates brothers, Albert Gates and James P. Gates, at the Burns ranch.
Back row: Bert (George Albert) Gates, Albert, Martha, Mary, Berta, Lemley, Clark and James.
Front row: Uncle Albert, Nona holding baby Edith, Grace Gates holding Eva, Grandma "Kate," and Grandpa James P. holding Marie.
60) Muriel Colburn
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Muriel Colburn and her mother, Alice George Colburn. "Muriel worked in Washington, D.C., and was employed for many years by the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder's Office and the Social Security Office in Denver. She retired in 1971." [obituary] SHe passed away at 95, on Dec. 14, 1997.
