Mancos Public Library

Dorothy Trevino interviews Mae Elliot, Emma Haighchew, Ethel Bowling, and Belle Cook, early Mancos, Colorado settlers, about their experiences as homesteaders. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories collected for the Mancos Public Library in the mid 1970s.

Dorothy Trevino interviews Arnold Riffey, an early Mancos, Colorado settler. This interview is part of a series of oral histories of early settlers taken in the 1970s intended to be included in the Mancos Public Library collection.

Dorothy Trevino interviews a variety of individuals who were early citizens of Mancos, Colorado. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories taken in the 1970s, intended to be added to the collection at the Mancos Public Library. These oral histories focus on the establishment of the town of Mancos, Colorado and the experiences of the early settlers. Dorothy also reads articles from the Mancos Times newspaper about early settlers.

Dorothy Trevino interviews early citizens of Mancos, Colorado about the establishment of the town of Mancos, homesteading, and the early settlers. These interviews on audio cassette were intended to be added to the collection at the Mancos Public Library.

Dorothy Trevino reads the life history of Francis Owen Bush, written by Francis Owen Bush. This is part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers, taken in the 1970s and intended to be included in the collection at the Mancos Public Library.

This is part of a series of oral history interviews of the Mancos Valley pioneers, compiled by Dorothy Trevino in the mid 1970s. This piece consists of Dorothy Trevino reading the life accounts of Vida Mallet and Minnie Virginia Rush, as well as brief histories of the town of Dolores and Point Lookout Camp at Mesa Verde. There are also newspaper accounts of the Pride of the West Mine Disaster of 1942, and newspaper accounts of a blizzard near Rico.

Dorothy Trevino interviews Mrs. John Ismay about the early days of the Ismay Trading Post. Helen Skoog Sheek talks about her life in Mancos in the early 1900's. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers recorded in the 1970's and intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library collection. Dorothy Trevino reads an essay by Maria Decker titled "A Child in Weber Canyon" about her childhood in the early 1900's in Weber Canyon.

Dorothy Trevino records Callie Alexander, Ethel Bowling, Fern Ellis, Mattie Holston, and Vida Mallet as they talk about the early days of Mancos. These interviews are a part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers recorded in the 1970's and intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library collection.

Four Mancos residents (Fern Ellis, Mattie Holston, Vida Mallet, Ethel Bowling, and Callie Alexander) Describe growing up in Mancos, Colorado in the early 1900's.

Mancos, Colorado resident Leonard Stevenson (b. 1896) and his son Kook(?) Stevenson, talk about growing up in Mancos in the 1900's.