An Early Day Fourth of July Picnic Group
at the Circle-Bar Ranch

The above group picture is of a Fourth of July Sunday School picnic held at the Circle-Bar ranch west of Ingham in 1887. Because of the lack of trees in most of the country at that time, this was the only place where they could find enough shade trees to hold a picnic. The identifying of the people in this picture has been quite difficult, but some of the early settlers have picked them out as follows: The four men standing fartherest in the background, left to right Frank Hawkenberry, Guy Dawson, Floyd Hemstreet. The last one was not identified. Next to Back Row, left to right, John Dawson, Russell Elliott, W. H. Rolph, Henry Holderman. The next five were not identified, the tenth man was identified as Judd Burrows, and the last was not identified. The third row from back: left to right, first six unidentified. The seventh one, Mark Whitman, Chas. Dawson, George Voodry, Clayton Rolph, standing slightly back of others; Frank Dawson, Joe Tillotson, Willis Stebbins, Jay Stebbins, Col. Dunton, S. F. Parker, C. Bradshaw, C. E. Jackson, J. W. Voodry, Mrs. C. E. Jackson. Fourth row: left to right, first four unidentified, fifth, Mrs. J. W. Voodry, Mrs. T. M. Dawson, Frederika Rolph-Stebbins, Mrs. Chas. Dawson, Mrs. Mary Dunton-Watt, Mrs. Laura Moore-Stebbins, Carrie Halloway, Mrs. Bird Dunton-Smith, Mrs. Frank Alden, Mrs. Cedar, Mrs. Chas. Dunton, Grandma Fitch, Mrs. W. H. Rolph, last one unidentified. Fifth row, left to right: first four unidentified, first one at left of little child, W. L. Declow, Mrs. M. C. Divoll, Mrs. W. L. DeClow, Lydia Mount, Mrs. Julia Moore-Stebbins, Mrs. Ida Bradshaw-Dawson, Mrs. N. L. Moore, Eva Whitman. Sixth row, left to right: Mrs. Pansy Dunton-Smith, Bessie Hayden, Lois Hayden. The children in the foreground are Moore and Dawson children. The man with the beard sitting in the center foreground is N. L. Moore. The people at the left of the picture, which were not identified were from Moorefield vicinity.

1886 1936