Eagle River Region (Colo.)
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Associated with the Eagle Valley Community Fund (EVCF), the EVCF Annual Rummage Sale was inaugurated by a group of Vail women as a fund-raiser for the first teacher in the community of Vail. Ultimately, the EVCF Rummage Sale, and its associated nonprofit umbrella, the Eagle County Community Fund, raised nearly $6 million dollars for Eagle County nonprofit organizations between 1965 and 2017. Vi Brown, Nancy Waring Nottingham and Merv Lapin were...
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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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Kathy Lell Heicher discusses the history of Eagle County, Colorado and her early years in Eagle during the 1970s.
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Blanche High Mauro expounds upon her early life on her family's homestead alongside Squaw Creek in Eagle County, Colorado.
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In 2020, Vail Rotary Club celebrated its 50th anniversary of service to Eagle County, Colorado and the world community. Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail," interviewed several early and otherwise instrumental members of Vail Rotary Club including: Larry Agneberg, Chris Aubel, Gary Gilman, Reggie O'Brian, Dr. Kent Petrie, Sue Rychel, Jerry Sibley, Jan Strauch, Penny Wilson, and Bill Wilto.
Others interviewed in this Vail Rotary Club oral history...
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Joe Marquez discusses his early entrepreneurship in the Gore Creek and Eagle River valleys. Marquez also discusses building his home and other structures in Minturn and Vail, the good education and skiing experiences his children had at Vail Mountain School, caring for family, and being a founding father of Vail.
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Judge Cyrus "Buck" Allen reflects upon his family's 1960s skiing days in Vail, his Dartmouth and University of Denver Law School education, the mentorships of Judges George Gaubatz and Roland "Andy" Gerard, early Town of Vail key personnel, a few characters of Vail, and perspectives gained during Vail Municipal Court judgeship.
