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Bill McKelvie and Tanna Brock reminisce about their experiences managing the Three Wire Winter magazine project that was offered to Steamboat Springs High School students from 1975 to 1988.
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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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The image was provided by Craig Muhonen, via email, on 11/4/22. The title is "Last Dollar Texaco Saloon 1948." Here is an interesting email from Craig, about what Telluride was like in the 1980's/1990's:
"The airport runway was built in 1985 and it was the rage ,
( I have not found any news articles about the little girl that died in the hanger, 86’, 87’ ?)….yet..
but the “Gold Hill runway” had already seen thousands of Recreational...
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The image was provided by Craig Muhonen, via email, on 11/4/22. The title is "Small Airplane crash in 1971" and shows where a small plane crashed on Main Street in Telluride, Colorado in 1971. Here is the story, provided by Craig:
"The crash landing was uneventful, the pilot and passenger (some say from Joe Zoline’s company) were put up at the Hotel overnight then the “fixed” airplane was pushed out of town where it flew off.
Of course sheriff...
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In this oral history, Dorothy describes the Columbine Mine Massacre that took place on November 21, 1927. Her father was the first striking miner to be killed during the massacre.
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This interview is limited due to no Spanish language interpreter. Jake Espinoza was born in Walsenburg, Colorado. His father was born in Mexico and his mother was born in the U.S. Jake had one brother and one sister. He came to Lafayette in 1934 and worked for the railroad.
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In this oral history, Thelma Davis reads a statement prepared by her late husband, Horace E. Davis, who passed away before he could record his interview. Horace Davis was born in Missouri and moved to Lafayette with his wife, Thelma, and son, George, to meet up with his father, L.M. Davis. In Lafayette, he joined his father in the grocery business. Throughout his life he renovated houses and opened nine grocery stores with his father, including three...
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Across four interview dates and eight audio tapes, Elmo Lewis discusses his life and the history of Lafayette. Elmo describes the history of his family and his wife’s family coming to Lafayette. He also details the founding of Lafayette by Mary Miller. Coal and coal mining is vital to the history of Lafayette and Elmo describes how his family was involved as well as the 1910 strike and the Wobblies strike of 1927. Elmo remembers many of the businesses...
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In this oral history, Glen Anspach describes how he came to settle in Lafayette, CO to start his jewelry business, Anspach Jewelry, in 1955. He describes what Lafayette was like and his experience running a business. Glen describes the Office of Emergency Preparedness, or the Civil Defense, which was established in the 1950s in Lafayette. He also describes the changes to the fire department, of which he was the chief in 1960. Glen and his wife had...
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Aufelda Alderson discusses how her family came to Lafayette, CO when she was two months old. She recalls the mining strikes and the effect they had on the town and its people. Aufelda also discusses childhood in Lafayette and what life was like as an adult.