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The interior of a blacksmith shop with two men working at center.
"The photograph was taken in the late 1800s in my great-granddad's first homestead which is now known as Castle Peak Ranch. The ranch that the family currently owns north of the original homestead were homesteads of my grandfather Joh, my dad and his sister Beaulah." -- John Buchholz July 5, 2000
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The Buchholz homestead on Buchholz Mesa. Nicholas is at the far left; Mary is wearing a hat and standing near the door. John, Mary Louise and Beulah Buchholz are also in the picture. There are mounted riders at far right and cattle at midground.
Buchholz Mesa was sold to E. M. Tabor and Nick and John opened a livery business in Eagle.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Nicholas and Mary Owen Buchholz at center, surrounded by five of their children. In 1882, Mr. Buchholz and his famly came to the Eagle River valley, ranching on what was later the Sherman Brothers Ranch at Eagle. This ranch was sold to Z. T. Hollingsworth and the Buchholz family relocated to the Buchholz Mesa. This ranch was sold to E. M. Tabor, and Nick Buchholz and his son, John, opened a livery stable in Eagle. In 1890, Nick opened a butcher...
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This is the original John Cowden family homestead cabin, which was moved about a half a mile from it's original site on Bellyache. Jack Oleson reconstructed the cabin on the Diamond S ranch.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
10. Cattle drive
11. Byron McGinnis
12. Carl Gray
13. Stage stop
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The restored Wohlgehagen cabin, while titled the "stage stop" by Diamond S ranch residents, was very likely not the actual stage stop on Bellyache. Rather, this is Anna Wohlgehagen's homestead cabin that has been re-built and re-located. According to Jack Oleson, the real stage stop was likely located at the head of Squaw Creek and was not salvageable.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch...
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Visitor Mauri Nottingham greets Jack Oleson. They are standing outside of the Cowden cabin, a restored homestead. CME (Colorado Mountain Express) provided affordable van transportation for the visitors, making the tour much easier for everyone.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
15. Twisted Cedar
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Jack Oleson harvested this unique cedar trunk, then "planted" it at a complex of restored homesteads on the Diamond S Ranch. The Ranch owners named the comlex "Charlottetown, in honor of Oleson's late wife, Charlotte Nottingham Oleson.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.
16. Schoolmarm
17. School house
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Eagle County Historical Society volunteer and President, Kathy Heicher, stands in the refurbished Bellyache school. The school had deteriorated into a pile of logs when Jack Oleson decided to move the building back to its original location and reconstruct the building.
A tour of the ranch was conducted by the Eagle County Historical Society and the Diamond S Ranch on October 5, 2013.