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Kathy Lell Heicher discusses the history of Eagle County, Colorado and her early years in Eagle during the 1970s.
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Interview of Lynn Kanakis by Walter Gallacher. Lynn discusses his arrival in what is now the Vail Valley to herd sheep at his godfather's ranch. Lynn goes on to describe his career in the Gilman Mine and in Leadville. He also talks about his life in Minturn.
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Interview with Ella Warren Burnett by Walter Gallacher. Ella discusses her childhood in Red Cliff, CO, her nursing studies during World War II, her life with husband Pete Burnett, and her nursing career in the Gilman Mine, with Dr. George Stanley, and in Vail, with Dr. Tom Steinberg.
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Eleanor "Ellie" Caulkins her son, George Peck Caulkins III, and Sheika Gramshammer discuss the early days of Vail with Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail."
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Josef "Joe" Staufer shares narratives about his childhood in post-World War II Austria, meeting the love of his life, Anne, in Bermuda, stopping for a "visit" in Vail while en route to California in 1962, and becoming friends with President Gerald R. Ford.
In addition to Joe Staufer, the "Voice of Vail" Tony Mauro interviewed brother Hermann Staufer, son Jonathan Staufer, and 1960s Vail community members Dave Garton, Patti Langmaid, Jan Strauch,...
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Shirley Welch is an Eagle County historian and local history author. Her husband, Don Welch, was an Eagle County Commissioner from 1985 to 1993; he was instrumental in the establishment of the High Altitude Aviation Training Site (HAATS) at the Eagle County Regional Airport.
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Johnnette Phillips is the subject of this oral history interview by Walter Gallacher.
Johnnette Phillips spent many years as a civil servant in Eagle County, Colorado. She served as Eagle County Clerk & Recorder from 1978 to 1992. In 1992, Phillips was elected Eagle County Commissioner and served in that capacity until 2000.
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In this remarkable oral history, Pete Seibert Jr. discusses the earliest days of Vail. As a youth, Seibert explored, fished, skied and generally "Huck Finned" it in the Gore Creek Valley.
Seibert also discusses his father (Pete Seibert Sr.) and his father's New England youth, Camp Hale 10th Mountain Division training, war injuries, and contributions to Colorado's ski legacy and the world's ski culture.
Pete Seibert Jr. is interviewed by Walter...
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Vail early resident and orthodontist, Fred Distelhorst, discusses his youth in Madison, Wisconsin and his early experiences skiing in Wisconsin, Aspen and Europe. Dr. Distelhorst also expounds on his dental practice in Europe with the U.S. Army Dental Corps, his family orthodontic practice in East Vail (alongside wife Dr. Ines Distelhorst and daughter Dr. Dorothy Distelhorst), his love of family, and his life in Vail.
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Jose Simon Marquez, who is often known as Joe Marquez, discusses growing up on his family's Spanish Land Grant ranchito in New Mexico. Marquez also discusses his experiences playing 'goodwill' baseball for the Third Armored Division while reconstructing Europe in the 1950s, working for McDonnell Douglas in California, relocating to Minturn and working with the US Forest Service and the Town of Vail, his early entrepreneurship in the Eagle River and...
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George Gillett discusses his early years in Racine, Wisconsin, his family, education, entrepreneurship and business career, his arrival in Vail in the 1960s, the early movers and shakers of the community of Vail and corporation of Vail Associates, the evolution of Vail’s ski culture, and his role in the transition from Vail Associates to Vail Resorts. The primary interviewer was Hayden Scott.
