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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 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:
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. Johnnie Stevens interviews Norman Lines about taking the first car up to the Smuggle Mine. 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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Minnie Ackerman describes the 1930 snow slide in Telluride, Colorado. Billy Mahoney remembers the biggest snow storm occurring in 1984 and Johnnie Stevens claims that in April of 1973, Telluride got 55 inches from one snow storm.
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Billy Mahoney describes the ski races in the 1930's, ski clubs, and a story of trying to ski off a rock (unsuccessfully).
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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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The picture is of a hang glider, near Telluride, Colorado, in 1979. Both the picture and the poem were provided by Craig Muhonen. Here is the poem, written by Rick Masters:
"You embrace her and feel her tremble and sigh, responsive to your touch.
You pay attention to the air ocean you are about to enter.
You don’t turn your back to it’s waves, lest they sweep you away.
You don’t make a bunch of ridiculous and distracting choreographic...
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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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This is a newspaper article that is most likely from the Telluride Times - Journal published in June 1988. The article discusses the formation of the Sheep Mountain Alliance to protect Sheep Mountain from logging advances. The newly formed environmental group will meet on Lizard Head Pass on Sunday, June 6 at 11am to discuss strategies to oppose logging advances due to environmental concerns.
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Alta Cassietto's genealogy, taken at the time of her oral history interview (February 8, 1990).
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An article, located in the Telluride room of the Wilkinson Public Library. The publisher is unknown. This is Alta Cassietto's obituary.
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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, between Davine Pera and Alta Cassietto, which took place on February 8, 1990. Here is the transcript:
Alta Cassietto-CD’s 1 and 2
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Disc1
1. Introduction between Pera and Cassietto.
2. How Alta’s father arrived in Telluride.
3. Where her father was born.
4. How Alta’s mother arrived in Telluride.
5. Mother’s brother in Rico, a third sibling all in the area.
6. Her mother arrived in the U.S. with a relative,...
