Telluride (Colo.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Betty Stevens about a massive snow storm in 1968. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only about 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Bill Hamner about the Senate hotel and the Telluride cribs. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Bill Mahoney about his purchase of stocks to help promote the ski area. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only about 3 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Bill Mahoney about ski lifts and their construction and cables for the mining trams. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 3 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Elmer Ranta about playing basketball in a gym that he had to heat with wood before the team could play and also sledding. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Harry Wright about how there were no taxes in Telluride in the 1930's because of donations to the Town of Telluride from the brothels, saloons, and cribs. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording...
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Harry Wright about his life and work in Telluride and in other areas. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 4 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Harry Wright about:
1.) Stamp mines (4 minutes long)
2.) Weather records (about 2 and a half minutes)
3.) Snow slides (about 2 and a half minutes)
4.) Flumes for Ames Power Station in Ilium (almost 3 minutes)
The date of this recording is unknown, but it...
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Minnie Ackerman about her husband's work in mining. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Minnie Ackerman about recreational activities in the 1920's and 1930's. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 3 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Norman Lines about a dance at Finn Hall. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 3 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. In this 3 minute recording, Harry Wright, who worked for Telluride's power company, speaks of what Telluride was like during the Prohibition. Every bar still carried liquor, it was made in Telluride, as the miners liked to drink. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably...
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. In this 2 minute recording, Midge Carrier speaks of taking the school bus from Pandora and playing as a child. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's.
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Here is the description of this image, as written in an email from Craig Muhonen on 11/4/22:
"24 NTSB reports on this airport since 1985. I have copies of them. well this is a slightly different record of those events, the picture is from 1984, when the hangers were being built, and it shows the first “building” on mountain village, was a 23 story monstrosity,
only to bring in their skiers “right down the runway”, to the Doral hotel...
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The image was provided by Craig Muhonen, via email, on 11/4/22. The title is "Small Airplane crash in 1971" and shows where a small plane crashed on Main Street in Telluride, Colorado in 1971. Here is the story, provided by Craig:
"The crash landing was uneventful, the pilot and passenger (some say from Joe Zoline’s company) were put up at the Hotel overnight then the “fixed” airplane was pushed out of town where it flew off.
Of course sheriff...
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An oral history, that is currently on cassette tape at the Wilkinson Public Library: Museum Tape MU38 Side A: Alta (Wood) Allan. Interviewed by Sandra Johnson and Alta Cassietto 4/25/75:
00-12 Introduction of Alta Allan. She lived in Telluride for a number of years and first moved there in 1919. Not married at the time. Worked in the telephone office. Named various girls that worked there. Future husband (Charlie) was in the service and they...
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An oral history transcript, that is currently on cassette tape at the Wilkinson Public Library: Museum Tape MU38 Side A: Alta (Wood) Allan. Interviewed by Sandra Johnson and Alta Cassietto 4/25/75.
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The transcription for the oral history interview between Davine Pera and Alta Cassietto, which took place on February 8, 1990.
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An oral history recording, that probably took place in 1979. This was side A of a cassette tape, owned by the Wilkinson Public Library, in Telluride, Colorado. The interviewer was Joy L. Poole.
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The transcription for an oral history recording from Avilena (Rella) Bardwell for the Wilkinson Public Library. The date of the recording and this transcription is unknown.
