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Photo of the oldest engine in Colorado, #346. Clear, blue skies overhead.
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Gwendolyn McKee talks about the history of her family in Colorado, about working with her mother in Salida hotels, and about her education at Denver’s East High School and at the then Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. She also discusses her father’s career on the railroad and the prominence of the railroad as an employer in Salida. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries,...
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Washout on Denver & Rio Grande Railroad line near Mancos, Cloud Burst, August 1909
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View of a narrow gauge train on the route between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.
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Cindy Sandelin and Tanna (Eck) Brock interview Guy Bennett about mining life in Kentucky and Colorado.
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Fred Foster discusses his life in Colorado and his exploits as a sheriff.
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Cindy Sandelin interviews neighbor Guy Bennett about mining life in Kentucky and Colorado.
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Helen Johnson talks about gardening, methods of preserving food, and other aspects of rural life in Hotchkiss, Colorado in the early Twentieth century. She talks about her mother, Emily (Scatliff) Young, and the jobs she took to support the family after the loss of their life savings due to her father’s bad investment. She discusses the family’s religious observances and the history of churches in Hotchkiss. She talks about her abusive father-in-law...
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In the background are mountains overlooking train tracks that travel towards the mountain. To the right of the tracks is a river and many trees. A letter to the side of the picture and an address on the back.
