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Susie Clark reminisces about falling in love with, and moving to Steamboat Springs in the early 1970s, and landing a job in 1975 at the Swim Sauna (now Old Town Hot Springs) where she worked as a lifeguard, swimming instructor, and Assistant Director until 1991.
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Mike Holloran discusses moving to Steamboat Springs in 1972, opening a law practice downtown, and his 32-year tenure on the Board of Directors at the Old Town Hot Springs beginning in 1977.
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Alice "Widge" Ferguson is shown at Red Tail Stadium in Beaver Creek during the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships. The photograph is by Widge's granddaughter, Kim Fuller.
40907) Allen Wayne "Al" Brink
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He was born in Denver, Colorado to Edgar Brink and Anna Dorothy (Dragt) Brink. The 1950 US Census shows the family living in Arapahoe County, when Allen was five years old. The census lists his father as working in a rubber factory as a belt builder. His mother was a homemaker.
He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, graduating in 1962. During high school he played football and wrestled.
He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps with two...
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Lois Long describes the homestead she grew up on near Loma. She remembers living in a tent and then a pre-cut house, and drinking ditch water. She recalls her father and uncle moving the Valley View School to north of the Colorado River in the 1920’s, and the school bus that was sometimes a horse-drawn cart. Leland Buniger talks about his childhood in Grand Junction, Fruita and Loma. He describes farming potatoes, beans and hay. He speaks about...
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Allen Brink, a United States Marine who was one of the early volunteers to go to Vietnam, talks about his experiences in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1968. He expresses his disillusionment with the war, its purpose, and its methods. He speaks about his life after returning to the United States, his identification with veterans who protested the war (though he himself was not a protester), and his disagreement with protestors in the general public....
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From the Shryack Family Collection. The individuals in the photo have not been identified, though they are likely related to, or associated with, the Shryack family. The postcard is undated, but was very likely created in the early 20th century at some time after 1904. If you have any information about the content of this item, please reach out to the EVLD Local History Librarian at history@evld.org or (970) 328-8800.
40913) Harold James "Honk" Kissell
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He was born in a coal camp near Glenwood Springs, Colorado to William Kissell and Janet (Gardner) Kissell. His father was a mine foreman for Colorado Fuel and Iron, a company that supplied coal for Pueblo steel mills. His mother was a homemaker.
He attended school in Cameo, Iowa, and then finished high school in Palisade. The 1920 US Census shows Harold as a five-year-old living with his parents and siblings along the highway west of New Castle.
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From the Shryack Family Collection. This real photo postcard, featuring four people posed in front of what appears to be a taxidermied donkey, is believed to have been taken some time after 1904. The man on the left is more than likely Jesse Shryack. The other three people have yet to be identified. If you have any information about the content of this item, please reach out to the EVLD Local History Librarian at history@evld.org or (970) 328-8800....
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A railway line the Gilson Manufacturing Company created that ran from Crevasse, Colorado (later known as Mack, Colorado) to Black Dragon in order to mine natural asphalt from the Black Dragon uintaite vein.
The railway was headquartered in Mack, Colorado. It’s final destination and turning point was Watson, Utah. It’s main mission was to haul gilsonite, but it also included one passenger car. According to Mesa County History Project interviewee...
40917) Ruby May (Wilkerson) Luton
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Early 20th century Fruita and Mesa County, and Garfield County resident. She owned the Atchee general store, referred to by Atchee resident Elizabeth Angus as the Luton store. Ute people would sometimes come into the store to trade. She and other people from Atchee would often sit and visit with the Ute when they were in town.
40918) M.W. Cooley
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He was born in New York. He was the general manager of the Uintah Railway in the 1920’s and perhaps earlier. He lived in Mack, Colorado, where 1920 US Census records show him rooming in a boarding house at the age of fifty-nine. According to Elizabeth (Dow) Angus, he lived in the Mack Hotel with his wife.
He was also an amateur ornithologist whose bird collection was gifted to the Museums of Western Colorado. He was known colloquially as Captain...
40919) Elizabeth Smith
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Elizabeth Smith moved with husband Frank Smith and children to Grand Junction in 1896. She was a prominent member of the First United Methodist Church, and was involved in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
She may be the same Elizabeth Smith, mentioned by teacher Elizabeth Angus, who taught for a time in the Atchee School in the early Twentieth century.
