Vail Region (Colo.) -- History
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In this remarkable oral history, Pete Seibert Jr. discusses the earliest days of Vail. As a youth, Seibert explored, fished, skied and generally "Huck Finned" it in the Gore Creek Valley.
Seibert also discusses his father (Pete Seibert Sr.) and his father's New England youth, Camp Hale 10th Mountain Division training, war injuries, and contributions to Colorado's ski legacy and the world's ski culture.
Pete Seibert Jr. is interviewed by Walter...
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Interview of Julie Dews by Walter Gallacher discussing Julie's life and her participation in the Vintage Vail Quilt Project
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Founded by George Washington Knox, Sr. on 15 October 1965, The Vail Trail was Vail’s first newspaper. The Vail Trail was a Knox family-owned newspaper that ran from 1965 to 2008.
Tony Mauro and Tara Flanagan interviewed Knox family members, as well as fifteen former employee and community members for this remarkable oral history compilation.
The oral history narrators include: Allen Knox, Carolyn Knox Keep, Sharon Brown, Kathy Heicher,...
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Bill and Sally Hanlon discuss their lives in early Vail, Eagle County, Colorado. Sally Hanlon examines her role, alongside the collaborative efforts of fellow Vail Trailblazer Josef Staufer, in establishing Red Sandstone Elementary School. Hanlon and Staufer worked with Ernie Chavez, the Eagle County School Board president and longtime postmaster in Vail, to organize the elementary school for Vail, Minturn and Red Cliff. Bill and Sally Hanlon also...
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Ann and Pepi Langegger were both born in Europe and survived the ravages of World War II. In the aftermath, they individually migrated to North America, and subsequently, met and married in Chicago. They removed to Vail circa 1966. The Langeggers were involved in several landmark restaurants of Vail. Drawn to the Austrian ski and hospitality culture, the Langeggers helped establish the European mountain community feel of Vail.
