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40923) Howard Wolf
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According to Elizabeth (Dow) Angus, who taught in the Atchee School in the early 1920's, Wolf was one of the teachers there.
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Elizabeth Angus talks about teaching in Atchee, Colorado, now a ghost town, in the early 1920’s. She remembers the life and history of the company towns that served the Uintah Railway, a gilsonite mining enterprise. She speaks about the Ute people who would visit the general store in Mack, Colorado. She describes certain employees of the Uintah. She talks about Baxter Pass and the environment of the Bookcliffs. The interview was conducted by the...
40928) Lawrence "Fuzzy" Aubert
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A Twentieth century Western Slope sheep rancher. He was born to Florenz Aubert and Grace (Larralde) Aubert in Price, Utah. His parents were both immigrants from France. His father was a sheepherder and his mother was a homemaker. In 1926, Florenz homesteaded land on Pinon Mesa in Mesa County, Colorado. The family spent the summers there, where they grazed sheep, and returned to Utah in time for the children to start school in the fall. They attempted...
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Image of reserve fire fighting equipment. The numbers 31546A are in the lower right hand corner.
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Image of aerial fire cache in color. A man is pulling out bags of equipment from the inside to the outside.
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Image of fire demonstration by CSFS. A number of men stand around table and watch.
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Image of fire tool cache with it's doors closed.
40933) Fire Tool Box
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Image of fire tool box. The words "U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT." is written in bold lettering on the top of the box.
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Image of small shed with the doors open. Tools can be seen.
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He was born to Roland "Tank" Burford and Caroline (Newton) Burford in Fresno, California. His father was an attorney and his mother was a homemaker. He became a Mesa County, Colorado pioneer. In the early 1880's, he arrived in Fruita, Colorado on the narrow gauge railroad. He took a job with the Thompson brothers, who had a cattle ranching outfit on Pinon Mesa. According to Lawrence Aubert, a longtime sheep rancher, the Burford family was also involved...
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Vesta Fitzpatrick speaks about a railroad accident that occurred west of the town of New Castle, Colorado around 1900. She talks about her father, a Union Civil War veteran. She discusses poetry and short stories that she wrote about her youth. She remembers working in a rooming house in Uravan for workers from Oakridge, Tennessee during secretive mining for the first atomic bomb, and receiving a letter of appreciation for her work after the first...
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Reba Ball talks about her upbringing in Palisade, Colorado, the history of Vineland, the ferry over the Colorado River, and the Seventh Day Adventist Church and school. She remembers growing up on a peach farm and aspects of peach farming, such as picking and shipping peaches. She discusses smudging to prevent frost, diseases and pests common to peaches, and pesticides. Harvey Ball speaks about his career as a manager of grocery stores, including...
40939) Lynn Albers
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Lynn Elizabeth Albers is the local history and ethnobotany specialist at the Vail Public Library. She is also a member of the Cultural Heritage Committee for the Town of Vail. In addition to serving as historian for the 10th Mountain Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Albers administrates daily operations at the Eagle County History Museum in Eagle.
In the past, she has consulted for various Ute ethnobotany and...
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An image inside Jersey Jim lookout. A man stands inside holding a pair of binoculars.
