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And the West is History: La Plata County road crew – 1920

Monday, Apr 28, 2025 5:00 AM MT

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Even into the 1920s, La Plata County used horse-drawn machinery and wagons to build roads. Taken along the La Plata River near Long Hollow, this photo shows a six-horse team pulling a road grader with Russell Frame and Jack Carroll in the driver’s seat. Clebe Campbell is standing behind on the grader. The other men in this photo are unidentified. – Ed Horvat for Animas Museum, edhorvat@animasmuseum.org(Catalog Number: 05.29.1 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo Collections)
Even into the 1920s, La Plata County used horse-drawn machinery and wagons to build roads. Taken along the La Plata River near Long Hollow, this photo shows a six-horse team pulling a road grader with Russell Frame and Jack Carroll in the driver’s seat. Clebe Campbell is standing behind on the grader. The other men in this photo are unidentified. – Ed Horvat for Animas Museum, [email protected](Catalog Number: 05.29.1 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo Collections)

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