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And the West is History: Friends on outing in Rockwood – ca. 1899

Monday, Jun 3, 2024 9:00 AM MT

Updated Tuesday, Jun 4, 2024 5:58 PM MT

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Taken before 1900, this photo shows the Buchanan sisters, Ruby Fry and Nettie Grabowsky, with their husbands and friends on a day trip near Rockwood. Daughters of Hermosa orchardist, Andrew Buchanan, they are the two women on horseback holding bottles. The Buchanans were early settlers and a prominent La Plata County family at the turn of the century. This is one of 220 photographs that will appear in the soon-to-be published “Images of America – La Plata County.” – Ed Horvat for Animas Museum, edhorvat@animasmuseum.org (Catalog Number: 13.33.12 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo Collections)
Taken before 1900, this photo shows the Buchanan sisters, Ruby Fry and Nettie Grabowsky, with their husbands and friends on a day trip near Rockwood. Daughters of Hermosa orchardist, Andrew Buchanan, they are the two women on horseback holding bottles. The Buchanans were early settlers and a prominent La Plata County family at the turn of the century. This is one of 220 photographs that will appear in the soon-to-be published “Images of America – La Plata County.” – Ed Horvat for Animas Museum, [email protected] (Catalog Number: 13.33.12 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo Collections)

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