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In this interview with two Steamboat Springs high school students, Elaine Gay talks about her family, their cattle ranch and the equipment used to grow and harvest hay. In the course of the conversation Elaine reveals her love of cooking and flower gardening.
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Lonny Vanatta is interviewed by Duayne Truax, Del Look and Bill McKelvie about his experiences bow hunting in Routt County, Colorado.
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Mike Middleton is interviewed by Bill McKelvie and Aden Krug about the nature of firefighting and what brought him to work for the volunteer fire department in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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Hazel Nelson is interviewed by Fred Meyer about her grandfather Dorr and her life growing up on a homestead along Cow Creek.
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In this interview with Tommy Sharp and Bill McKelvie, John Fetcher describes his early life and education and his involvement in munitions manufacturing during World War II. After the war John and his family purchased a ranch in Routt County and learned about the reality of the cattle business.
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In this interview with Bill McKelvie, Errold Hitchens talks about his experiences growing up on the Hitchens ranch, and memories of his father. Errold explains the economics of the cattle ranching business and expresses his worries about the U.S. economy in 1985.
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Bob Wither is interviewed by Bill McKelvie and Rod Herman about his memories of the railroad that provided passenger and freight service to Routt County, Colorado.
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Dorothy Wither is interviewed by Bill McKelvie about her memories of the railroad that provided passenger and freight service to Routt County, Colorado.
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In this interview with Bill McKelvie, Troy Keller and Kent Fletcher, Roger and Isabelle Butler describe their experiences in the fire lookout station on Hahns Peak. Roger also talks about the Black Mountain Guest Ranch that is located near McCoy on the homestead property that belonged to his mother's family.
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Bill McKelvie and a student interview Angelo Iacovetto and his wife Helen for the Winter 1988 issue of Three Wire Winter about growing up and working in Routt County.
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Gratia Vogely talks about her early life in Fruita, Colorado. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Please note that this interview contains profanity and/or racist and sexist language, which Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado in no way condone.
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Frank Hennes talks about working as an engineer for the Sunnyside Coal Mine in Carbon County, Utah, and about the social life of mine employees, including dances, the dating scene and boxing and wrestling matches. He also discusses dinosaur tracks found on the roof of a coal mine, the geology of the surrounding area, and fossil trees and plants he found in the upper part of the coal seam. This recording is made available via signed release by the...
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Dominick Arcieri talks about the experience of his Italian immigrant family in Mesa County, Colorado, and in general about the immigrant experience there. He also talks about his family's farm and his father's work raising tomatoes in the Las Colonias area for the Curry Canning Company. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado....
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Ralph Galyean talks about early Twentieth century life in De Beque, Colorado, about cowboys such as Dave Knight and Charlie Glass, and about the Carlyle Ranch. He also discusses baseball teams in Mesa County and oil shale development. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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In this interview with Bridgett Kelly, Gordy Wren outlines his experiences as a ski jumper and slalom skier including his participation in the 1948 Winter Olympics. He talks about the early ski area development on Mount Werner. He describes his children and their interest in skiing.
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Robert Swinehart reminisces about growing up in Routt County and the early days.
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In this interview Gordy Wren talks about the early history of ski jumping in Steamboat Springs. He describes his experiences and mentions many local skiers who competed with him.
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Clarence and Ruth Wheeler talk about early life in Columbine and Routt County, Colorado.
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Interview with Elsie Bertha Franz. No transcript available due to poor quality of audio file.
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Maurice Eugene Selbe is interviewed about growing up on a farm in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and how he thinks the world has changed since he was younger.