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McCoy Baseball Team, 1914
The McCoy Baseball Team, 1914, suited up in front of a brick building. Back row: Ben Butler, George Nimon, George Sharp, Sadie Klumker, Rudolph Ebert, Jud Lyons. Front row (seated): Bill Babcock, Holly Brooks, Manager in suit (_________), Mort Schomers, Earl Brooks. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
McCoy Baseball team 1913
"Earl and Hollis Brooks both loved baseball and one of the first things they did after coming to McCoy was to organize a baseball team from local talent. They whipped up a good team in no time and played other small towns. ... When the men came in for the construction of the Dotsero Cutoff Earl didn't let any grass grow under his feet until he had two teams organized among them and a diamond laid out on his place near the bridge." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 154 The McCoy baseball team of 1914. Standing are: Ben Butler, third base; George Nimon, outfielder; Ben Sharp, outfielder; Sadie Klumker, outfielder; Rudolph Ebert, catcher; Jud Lyon, first base. Seated: Bill Babcock, pitcher; Hollis Brooks, pitcher; Phil Hines, manager; Martin Schomers, shortstop; Earl Brooks, second base [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
McCoy Bridge over Rock Creek
McCoy Cemetery Road
McCoy Community Church project
McCoy Flood, 1952
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
McCoy Flood, 1952
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
McCoy Flood, 1952
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
McCoy Flood, 1952
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
McCoy Flood, 1952
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
McCoy Flood, 1952
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."
McCoy Flood, 1952
Eagle Valley Enterprise June 5, 1952 p.1: "Dam Break Destoys Cabins at McCoy. Homes, ranch property and livestock were destroyed early Tuesday morning when the King Mt. Reservoir dam near McCoy gave way, spilling 600 acre feet of water into Red, Egeria and Rock creeks, into the town of McCoy. The dam broke around 9 p.m. and its rushing waters carried cabins, livestock and poultry in its rush to the Colorado river. Heaviest losses were on the Harry Fox ranch, where farm machinery, barns, corrals, calves and hogs were washing into the torrent. Rich meadow and hand land on the Ralph Kaiser place, the old Arthur Horn ranch, was washed badly, and covered with mud. A bunk house belonging to Leonard Horn of Wolcott, who retained ten acres of the original Horn ranch, was completely destroyed, carrying away $2000 in personal belongings owned by Robert Anderson, living in another house on the property, which stood in five feet of water, but was undamaged. Two of four cabins owned by Henry Robbins at McCoy were washed away, and the remaining two swept around on their foundations. John Summers and Harry Sproul occupied the two cabins which went with the flash flood. Two bridges were swept away. The dam is located about three miles above McCoy, and was about three-quarters of a mile long and twenty feet high, storing irrigation water for the livestock raising and ranching in that section of northern Eagle County."

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