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Interview with Catherine Hayden, b. July 7, 1935. Catherine discusses growing up in Salida and the businesses she remembers, the Salida Fish Pond, going up to the 'Red Rocks', working at the Hay Studio, and being sent to the Dumb Bunny Room in school.
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Interview with Bette Cable, b. 1925. Bette discusses growing up in Salida and her marriage to Harry Cable, Salida's Police Chief.
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Interview with Katherine Mendoza, born October 20, 1919 and died February 7, 2012. Katherine discusses hanging out on Front Street and getting candy from Laura Evans, selling ice cream at Alpine Park's gazebo on Thursday nights, and soap making with her brothers and sisters.
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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 Ted Argys, b. April 6, 1921 and died Sept. 25, 2009. Ted discusses the mischief he used to get into as a boy, life in the U.S. Army, and his career once he got out of the service. Interviewed June 24, 2003.
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Interview with Alberta Mitchell on December 13, 2004. Alberta was born on July 1, 1926 and died on August 29, 2011. She discusses growing up in Salida, her career as chief surgical nurse at the Denver & Rio Grande Hospital, and all of the people who made the Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center a reality.