Steamboat Springs Community Libraries
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Carl Ramunno recounts his life and discusses coaching wrestling for Steamboat Springs High School.
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Vernon Summer talks about his family's history and the early days of Sidney, Colorado.
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Fred Foster discusses his life in Colorado and his exploits as a sheriff.
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Hazel Henson is interviewed by Gary O'Dell and Darin O'Dell about her life growing up in South Routt County in the early twentieth century.
5) Roger Butler
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Roger Butler describes his experiences growing up in Routt County and the time he spent in the United States Army during World War II. He mentions how he went AWOL numerous times without getting caught. Upon returning to Routt County after the war, Roger held jobs with the US Forest Service and the Routt County Assessor's Office. Roger's wife, Lucille, (a frequent accomplice in his AWOL escapades) talks about her teaching career in one room schools...
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Margaret Rossi is interviewed by Mark Mccoy on the trials and tribulations of pioneer life.
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Lewis and Fannie Phillips talk about settling and growing up in Yampa, Colorado in early twentieth century.
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Albert Hitchens and three of his adult children describe the 1884 origins of the Hitchens family ranch and life as a ranching family. The Hitchens are the longest continuous ranching family in Routt County. The family operated the post office in Pool, Colorado and later in Milner, Colorado.
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Jerry and Rusty Nay describe ranching life in Routt County, Colorado, and the changes observed in the community during the 20th century.
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Hazie Werner describes her life in Routt County from her childhood on Yellow Jacket Pass to raising three Olympians to running a ski shop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Hazel Henson describes growing up in in Phippsburg, Colorado, during the early twentieth century.
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In this interview with Tanna Brock and Kirk Williams Hazie Werner describes her childhood in Routt County and her life with Edward "Pop" Werner raising Steamboat Olympians Skeeter Werner Walker, Buddy Werner and Loris Werner.
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Bill McKelvie and two students interview Lewis Phillips about the different kinds of fences he has built over the years for keeping cattle, raising lettuce, and other uses. He also mentions his father homesteading Finger Rock in the late 1800’s.
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Bob Swinehart is interviewed about his experiences growing up in Steamboat Springs and the red-light district across the Yampa River, known as Brooklyn.
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Jerry and Rusty Nay are interviewed by Troy Keller and Lara Johnson about their lives growing up in Steamboat Springs.
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Robert Swinehart reminisces about growing up in Routt County and the early days.
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Leo Coyner is interviewed by Dale Coyner, Lance Miles, Bill McKelvie, and Jayne Hill about growing up on a homestead in Clark, working as a rancher and a coal miner, and his memories of Winter Carnival.
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Typed copy of the Perry Abraham Burgess Diary. A day-to-day account of early pioneer life in North West Colorado in the latter half of the 19th century. Includes descriptions of the Yampa Valley, wildlife, weather, and geological observations.
Part of the Perry A. Burgess Collection held by the Tread of Pioneers Museum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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Vernon Summer describes the early days of the Routt County community of Sidney and his family's part in the growth of the community.
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Vernon Summer describes the history of Sidney, Colorado, and how the arrival of the railroad affected the development of that part of Routt County.
