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Mary Calhoun is interviewed by Lisa Harley and Polly Thornton about her career as a writer of children's literature.
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Frances and George Wheeler, along with Bill May, are interviewed by Grace May about their student and teaching experiences in Routt County rural schools.
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Leo Snowden talks about his experience shoeing both race horses and saddle horses.
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Helen Hyde talks about her family history and the vital role that music played in her family while growing up in Kannah Creek and Paonia, Colorado. She tells stories and plays songs on the piano about mines, people and places in the San Juan Mountains, such as the Tomboy Mine and the Camp Bird Mine. She plays cowboy songs, such as Streets of Laredo. She recalls putting on plays and musical programs with other youth while living with the Toothaker...
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Bill Lee talks about his experience working in Routt County mines, his memory of the Wadge Mine explosion, as well as his time in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His wife Lorene Lee talks about raising a family in a close knit mining community.
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Mabel Myers and her daughter, Thelma Myers Clark, talk about ranch life and mining life in Oak Creek, Colorado.
87) Ted Cordova
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Ted Cordova describes his enjoyment of the cowboy life style despite the hard work, unappetizing food, and long hours. He explains his regrets about having a limited amount of formal education and goes on to tell about his work on the slopes of Mount Werner for the Steamboat ski area.
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A Voices & Visions program, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado. Malcolm "Mouse" McDonald speaks of the history of Hastings Mesa, including Malcolm's great-grandfather, who was the first settler on Hastings Mesa in the 1880's. Malcolm also discusses the history of areas surrounding Telluride, such as the Placerville area and Goronno Ranch. Also includes the naming of Hastings Mesa and Wilson Mesa. Malcolm lived on Hastings Mesa during the 1930's...
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Dick Pownall, who was a member of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition (AMEE), discusses his role in the history of alpinism and technical climbing. Climbing extensively in North America and the Dolomites of Europe, as well as in the Armenian Highlands and in the Himalayas, Pownall was an early guide for Exum Guide Service in Grand Teton National Park area.
Dick Pownall was also an original Vail ski instructor and a member of Vail Ski...
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Interview with T. Rex Rhodes, born Feb. 17, 1925 and died April 13, 2008. T. Rex reminisces about ice skating, swimming, the ski train, fun with the Frantz family, and why 1936 was a big year in Salida.
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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. The plays’ authors used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. In this recording the listener will hear the play Charlie Glass:...
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Rusty Nay is interviewed by Lara Johnson and Bill McKelvie about his life growing up in Steamboat Springs.
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A KOTO newscast, from 10/31/1996 To 11/12/1996, featuring Jon Kovash and Matthew Lewis. Here are the headlines:
10/31/1996: Telluride competes for the worst air quality in the state. The kids ham it up for Halloween. Just a reminder, National Fig Week starts on Friday. We have those stories, Mountain Weather report, and a near record number of personal commentaries.
11/1/1996: Birch has suspended from his ski expansion duties, the ski swap made...
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Interview with Gladys Bunker, b. August 31, 1913 and died June 7, 2011. Gladys discusses growing up and the ranching life in the San Luis Valley.
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Shirley Welch is an Eagle County historian and local history author. Her husband, Don Welch, was an Eagle County Commissioner from 1985 to 1993; he was instrumental in the establishment of the High Altitude Aviation Training Site (HAATS) at the Eagle County Regional Airport.
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In this interview with Bill McKelvie, Greg DeRosa and John Weber, Walt Barnes describes his football experiences in college and in the National Football League.
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Winston Spangler is Interviewed by Roger Muhme, Larry Ball, and Roger Bidell about his life living on different ranches in Colorado and elsewhere.
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Larry Kaminski describes his football career and community contributions he and members of his beer distributing company made to Steamboat Springs in this interview with Tanna Brock, John Weber, and Greg DeRosa.
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Interview with Florence Marie Schneider Fullenwider, b. October 26, 1911. Florence discusses ranch life in northern Saguache County, the beginnings of the Saguache Library, and has a funny story about how the first cemetery in Villa Grove, Colo. got its start.
