Studio photograph of the John F. Brooks family taken in 1904. From left: John F. Brooks, Mrs. Brooks, Earl, Jessie, Hollis, twins Madgel [or Madjel] and Margie. John Jr. is not present in the photo.
"Mr. and Mrs. Earl (Elsie) Brooks, children Ethel and Bud; Earl's sister, Jessie, and brother, Hollis left Minnesota in the spring of 1913 to move to McCoy. Their father, J. F. Brooks, had purchased the famed McCoy Hotel and most of the land and improvements and he wanted his sons to come West and take over the extensive holdings. ' --McCoy Memoirs p.150
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
