Archive Search Results

Ruby Cooper writes about the Paraprofessional and Special Education Training Program at Colorado Northwestern Community College based on interviews with Judy Walden and Ian Payton. Roger Reynolds and Debbie Hazelbaker talk about their experiences working with special needs children at Discovery Center.

Gertrude Webber talks about her husband Walt and the livelihoods they made for themselves in Routt County and how that led them to bring the first television to Steamboat, as well as create a Steamboat Christmas tradition.

William May talks about his upbringing on a ranch in Steamboat Springs and his life as a rancher, hunting guide, and outfitter. He plays guitar and sings songs that his father and others handed down to him, and songs that he made up. He tells stories from his life, and stories that his father and others related to him. Songs that he sings during the interview include: Mickey Mouse, Little Duck, Cuatro, Little Joe the Wrangler, Home on the Range, Oh...

In this interview with Michelle Clark, Mary Rose, and Marian "Sam" Marti, Eunice Door describes her role as a bookkeeper and office manager in the early days of the Yampa Valley Electric Association. She talks about how the arrival of electric power affected the lives of residents of Routt County.

Sarah Monnahan describes the instability of her young life, with her father leaving the family when she was two, being left to live with grandparents, great-grandparents and strangers in several different towns and states during her mother’s three marriages, and a house fire that singed her hair and clothes before destroying all of her belongings. She finally found something like a normal life when she was sent to live with her grandmother and uncle...

Paul Van Horn, Verna Meyers, George Fick and Mike Barry explain the history of the Chief Theater as it progressed through several owners and remodels.

Jeff Steber and Monte Bell talk about their experiences with hang gliding, a brief history of the subject, and recount adventures they have had while in the sky.

Marie Stender is interviewed by Letha Mack and Julie Lewis and tells about tells about her hardships in Germany during World War I, emigrating to the United States, and life on a Routt County, Colorado farm.

Bob Swinehart discusses his life in Routt County as part of a pioneer family.

In this interview with Cathy (Klebba) Hutchinson and Tanna (Eck) Brock, Keith Selbe shares memories about experiences he had growing up in Kansas and stories about his life after he moved to Steamboat Springs. Anne Selbe adds details to Keith's story.