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Louise cabin, 1945 When Frank and Nerva first began vacationing in Colorado, they stayed in Estes Park. After their daughter Esther married Wallace C Bohannon, they began visiting Grand Lake. Until 1941, when they bought the cabin on the sunny side of Grand Lake, Esther and Wallace, son Wally and daughter Kathy (my mom) all vacationed at the Holzwarth Ranch. - IMG_0874
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Columbine, 1922 Mom's most vivid and very fond memories of her time at Holzwarth ranch as a child were of the newer section, built in the meadow. These later structures were sold off or destroyed according to Johnny Holzwarth's wishes. This preserved section of the ranch were built by Johnny himself and were located at the base of the mountain slope. Mom mistakenly believed that the park service directed the destruction of the lodge and refused to ever visit the ranch with us. I am very sad that we never heard any of her memories of the place as a result. Clearly, her time there was dear to her if she harbored such bitterness towards the RMNP. - IMG_0870
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Tent House, 1918? I do, however, think that some of the Bohannon-Moores did stay in the old part of the ranch, based on old black-and-white photos I have of them. Without pictures of the new section to compare these family photos with, however, it is impossible to be certain. - IMG_0868
Ice House, 1920 - IMG_0866
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Wood Shed, 1921 - IMG_0863
We had a "cooler" like this one at the cabin, perched against the house on the railings of the kitchen porch. It was a wooden cabinent with screening to hold sturdier produce, like potatoes and onions. Ours had screening on 3 sides with a latched door on the front. - IMG_0862
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Taxidermy Shop, 1922 This is typical of the early architecture of Grand Lake. It consisted of bark-on, round pine siding, often oriented in decorative ways. - IMG_0860
Mama, 1917-21 The home the Holzwarth family lived in, named for the matriarch