LOL! It sounds like the cover of a novel with an unexpected plot twist.
And all dressed up for the croquet game. Not what I expected.
Recalls an episode of the Richard Boone series...
“Have Gun Will Travel Season 4 Episode 4 - Out at the Old Ball Park”
in which Paladin is the umpire for two fractious gangs. Has moments of hilarity.
available on youtube
Clearly a fairly prosperous place, everyone well dressed by the standards of the day, especially the young girls in their aprons as well as the woman on hirseback. Clearly not sod busters who had no time for leisure activity.
Interesting building. Seems to be one large room as you can see the window on the far side. Maybe a school or meeting house. Also the lack of any outbuildings, no wood stack, water pump, sheds, or fencing, so not a house.