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Joe and Margaret Mary Macdonell Morris in Eagle on their wedding day, June 3, 1951. Joe Graduated from Eagle High School in 1944. After graduation, he enlisted in the Navy and served for two years. After they were married, Joe and Margaret moved to Glenwood where he was an auto mechanic for more than 45 years, working for Ford Motor Co. and Mid Continent Coal and Coke.
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"I think it would be best to label this as 'homestead on Hernage Creek' rather than 'Hernage Homestead.' I checked the patent records and they do not indicate that Henry Hernage homesteaded this specific parcel. Rather, he homesteaded clser to the mouth of Brush Creek. ... Location: T5S R84W Sec. 21, NW1/4 SW1/4 A patent search indicated the earliest record on this property is a homestead claim by Issac Kalbaugh on 160 acres in 1912. However,...
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One entrance to the Lady Belle Mine on Horse Mountain. The distinctive cedars on the hillside are markers found in other photographs of the area.
The Lady Belle Mine, "discovered in 1912, was a relatively limited pocket of ore that kept miners busy for only a short time. The mine operated until 1918, and although it never lived up to expectation of the local community, historical sources report the Lady Belle produced anywhere from $450,000 to $1...
86. Dan Rule's steer
89. Larry Rule
92. Larry Rule
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Isabel and Louis Nesthouse standing at Brush Creek. [Taken during same outing as 2012.005.033.] Isabel was born in Red Cliff in 1907 and graduated from Eagle High School. She graduated from Greeley Teachers' College and taught school in Aspen and Eagle. She married Louis Nesthouse of Gilman in 1936.
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Mac (Alexander Jr.) and Margaret Macdonell with baby Dan in Eagle. Dan was the first grandchild of Alec and Sadie Macdonell. Margaret worked for Holy Cross Electric Association for 18 years at their Eagle office. She also collected bills for Rocky Mountain Natural Gas from 1971 to 1981. She collected payments, posted deposits and meter readings, filled out work orders, took calls and cleaned the office.
96. Bear hunting
98. Cyrus Dice
99. Alex Macdonell
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Alexander Macdonell on horse. His family in Scotland called him Ackie or Ack; in Eagle, he was referred to as Alec. Alec was first employed on the Frank Doll ranch in Gypsum Valley. Then he leased land on the George Wilkinson ranch on Brush Creek, south of Eagle. After World War I and his marriage to Sadie Figgins, he returned to Eagle and moved to the Sproule ranch on Brush Creek. In 1923, he bought land from Charles Mayer and established his...