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Photo of the oldest engine in Colorado, #346. Clear, blue skies overhead.
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A silver U. S. mail rail truck, the Galloping Goose, sits on railroad tracks, a snow plow attached to the front.
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Ophir Loop and Ames Electric Power Plant Railroad in background, Telluride, Colo. The card was made in Germany and was postmarked in Telluride on Dec. 27, 1917, to Mr. H. N. Draemel at the B.C. Mine, Vanadium, Colorado.
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A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, that aired in Telluride, Colorado probably in the early 1980's (the date of the recording is unknown). Jerry Greene interviews Donald O'Rourke, Telluride's longest resident. Donald goes into extensive history of the area--starting in the early 1900's until the present. Please see the transcription for details and to jump between topics with the timestamps.
Topics discussed include:
1.) Liberty Bell Gold mining...
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Postcard with a picture of a bridge spanning a creek. There is a letter on both the front and the back.
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Color photo of the Galloping Goose train caboose parked in a field.
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A KOTO Radio station show, called Voices & Visions, in Telluride, Colorado. Johnny Stevens interviews long time local resident Jim Delpaz, also known as Whispering Jim. Jim speaks of Telluride history, including Bob Demsey, Tomboy Road, weather forecasting, Imogene pass lightning, and the way the bars used to be in Telluride.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical...
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Evelyn Kyle, the first coordinator of the Mesa County Oral History Project, discusses her role in expanding the program shortly after its inception in 1976, and describes colorful personalities that she met through the project. She also talks about her life in the performing arts, establishing and acting in community theaters around Western Colorado, about her experiences during the Dust Bowl and World War II, and about her marriage to Jim Kyle and...
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from 1979. Total length is about 3 hours, 32 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Question of the Week: Have you decided and how, about the elections? (Street Interviews).
2. Interview with Johnson about the selling of Idarado land, 4/10/79.
3. Interview with Mike Calagan about the grant requested for the Chamber Music Festival.
4. Speaker Linda Jackson about the land tax transfer at Crested Butte, 4/2/79.
5. Interviews...
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Picture of Galloping Goose motor car traveling along the railroad tracks on a cliff-side.
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View of train tracks in the foreground; snow-capped mountain peaks are overhead.
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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...
