Local History Photo Archive

The Eagle Valley Library District and the Eagle County Historical Society work together to bring you thousands of photographs, artifacts, and many other items from historical Eagle County and the surrounding areas on the Western Slope.

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: Moises Gonzales

: Mollie Bailey

: Mollie C. Harris

: Molly O. Adams Buchholz

: Mona Lee Schlegel

: Monica Barnes and Boyd; Monica Barnes holding baby Boyd in the sunshine. "The homestead cabin was built on a hill. ... Water for the cabin came from a spring located up a hill from the cabin. Water for drinking, household use, baths and doing laundry was carried by bucket from the spring. Clothes were washed on a wash board. Water for doing laundry was heated on the wood burning stove and then carried to the tubs used for washing as needed. There was no electircity in the cabin; it was lighted by lantern or kerosene lamp at night." -- Homestead Days in Colorado, p.1

: Monica Heeren Barnes and Boyd Barnes; Monica Heeren Barnes holding son, Boyd Barnes, born July 5, 1920. They are in the cabin door on Castle, the original homestead. She was born in 1899 in Whiting, Iowa. She was helping her cousin on a ranch in South Dakota when she met Guy T. Barnes, working as a herdsman. They married and moved to Eagle, Colorado, where Mr. Barnes was employed by Andrew Christiansen. "While living in a cabin owned by Mr. Christainsen, Guy and Monica Barnes began building a cabin on the land which they hoped to one day own. Most of the work on the cabin was done at night after Guy had done his day's work at the Christiansen place. The lumber, windows and door for the cabin were hauled twelve miles by horse and wagon over a rough and rocky road. The cabin is about 12 fr. x 10 ft. and the foundation is made of rocks set in place by hand. The cabin has two windows, one door and was furnished with tables, benches and shelves which were built by Guy. ... The bed was made from iron and was placed in the least used corner of the cabin." -- Homestead Days in Colorado p.1