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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 Joy Tuttle Humes, b. December 18, 1912. Joy discusses surviving the Great Depression and 'Shasta' the family car.
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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.
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Interview with Gwen Perschbacher, b. May 27, 1928. Gwen reminisces about her nursing career and work at the Denver & Rio Grande Hospital, and at Columbine Manor.
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Interview with John Aragon, b. November 18, 1915 and died April 24, 2006. John discusses attending Catholic School, the lettuce industry, and being Post Master for the town of Poncha Springs, Colo.
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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 Jane Melien, born April 16, 1914 and died ...Jane discusses riding the Denver & Rio Grande train, the construction of Monarch Pass, and the history of Salida's Presbyterian Church.
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Interview with Bob Biglow, b. October 29, 1941 and died Aug. 14, 2014. Bob discusses skiing around Marshall Pass, being drafted into the U.S. Army, and his surveying business here in Salida.
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Interview with Mabel L. Davis, born July 25, 1910 in Mount Ayr, Iowa and died January 1, 2004. Mabel discusses living in Poncha Springs and her work on the council and with the booster club. Mabel also has a great laugh.
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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 Billie Jean Love, born March 3, 1928 and died April 22, 2016. Billie has stories! She remembers small town life in Salida, Colorado and the Salida High School hijinks she used to participate in.
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Interview with Jean Hanfelt, b. November 19, 1939. Jean discusses her career working at the Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah and the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project in Colorado. She also mentions the beginning of the Salida-Aspen Concerts in Salida, Colorado.
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Interview with John Pete Spino, born July 18, 1929 and died Sept. 6, 2011. John's family built a multitude of businesses on Highway 50 in Salida. He remembers cutting ice for the ice sheds, having fun at Wellsville Hot Springs, and being involved in the first FIBArk in 1949.
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Interview with Stanley P. Provenza, b. Jan. 7, 1918 and died Jan. 23, 2013. Stan reminisces about playing for the Spartan champion football teams in 1933-1935 and attending St. Joseph's Catholic School and Church.
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Interview with Bonnie (Lavonne) Bondurant, b. June 10, 1925 and died Aug. 4, 2007. Bonnie discusses her businesses, particularly Oxford's Market on Highway 50 in Salida, Colorado, and her contributions to the town of Salida.
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Interview with James Nance. Jim was born on August 3, 1951 and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. When he came back stateside, he worked at the Home Bakery and the Salida Post Office. Jim discusses his work as a videographer in Salida, and gives a complete rundown of who owned what business on F Street in the 60s. He also has a detailed story of the plane crash that occurred near Howard, Colorado, on February 8, 1995.
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Interview with Wendell Hutchinson, born September 25, 1924 and died September 20, 2014. Wendell discusses cattle roundups and ranch life, his four great uncles (Bailey, Art, Harold, and Joe) and the details behind his grandmother's murder trial.
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Interview with Florence Marie Schneider Fullenwider, b. October 26, 1911. Florence discusses ranch life in northern Saguache County, the beginnings of the Saguache Library, and has a funny story about how the first cemetery in Villa Grove, Colo. got its start.
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Dixie and Leon Stanton reminisce about the downtown businesses that populated F Street during the 1960s and 70s. Leon was the extension agent for Chaffee County and remembers 4H and his crew, including Bernice Miller, who helped out during fairs. Dixie sang in the Methodist Church choir and also worked for Bob Biglow's surveying company.
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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.
