Remembering Salida
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Interview with Flora Harrison, b. February 28, 1922. Flora discusses FIBArk, the D & RG passenger train, and being the first female surveyor in the state of Colorado.
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Interview with Joy Tuttle Humes, b. December 18, 1912. Joy discusses surviving the Great Depression and 'Shasta' the family car.
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Marie Klockenbrink was born in 1938. Marie discusses growing up in Fort Garland, in the San Luis Valley, and her spanish heritage. She also has a funny story about driving her brother's car into the side of the Post Office.
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Interview with Irene Budd, b. April 12, 1917 and died Aug. 22, 2012. Irene discusses her struggle with tuberculosis, and raising two kids in Salida, Colorado.
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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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Interview with Erma Perri, b. Nov. 9, 1922. Erma discusses the downtown business landscape of Salida, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, and working at FIBArk.
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Interview with George Oyler, b. Feb. 9, 1916 and died March 19, 2011. George reminisces about his life as a newspaperman and living the life as a cowboy at Bear Creek.
