| A Visit to the Hahn's Peak Museum 2001 (page 1) |
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| LEFT: A visit to the Hahn's Peak museum would not be complete without a local history lesson provided by long time resident and museum cutator, Rilla Wiggins. This Saturday (August 18, 2001), she gave a slide show for visitors at the old Hahn's Peak school house. BELOW: Next to the school house is the museum and inside there are many items related to the history of Pearl Lake. The sign in this photo is on a case that is filled with historic relics from the Cow Creek and Pioneer Sheep Company, owned by John Kelly Hartt. |
| THE SIGN (ABOVE) READS: Cow Creek and Pioneer Sheep Companies The first sizeable herds of sheep to be brought to Hahn's Peak were those of the Cow Creek and Pioneer Sheep Companies, owned principally by John K. Hartt and managed, first by F. Harold Spragg and later by Charles H. Higley. From 1911 until the late 1950's these companies played a big part in the economy of the area, purchasing most of their summer supplies through the stores at Columbine and Hahn's Peak. Each summer the hills and meadows were filled with the sounds and smells of more than ten thousand ewes and lambs. Separated into ten or twelve individual bunches, the sheep were watched over by Mexican herders and camp movers. The Company headquarter buildings were located on Lester Creek, now Pearl Lake. |
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| LEFT & RIGHT: The sign reads "Top hat and stand owned by Arthur S. Spragg and loaned by the Hartt family." Spragg was Minnie Pearl (Spragg) Hartt's father and mom's grandfather - and was involved with Cow Creek Sheep Company. |