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Peg Mudgett for Colorado Reflections
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Identifier: couda-mudgett
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Peg Mudgett reminisces on growing up in Leadville, Colorado near the mines there until moving to Durango to attend college at Fort Lewis College. Reflects on life in a mining camp owned by the town smelters, learning Spanish from Mexican workers, cutting down and decorating Christmas trees, her days in school, and riding in sleighs. Describes her encounter with Baby Doe Tabor in a grocery store.
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Robert Brown for Colorado Reflections
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Identifier: couda-brown_ghosttowns
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Robert (Bob) Brown, a retired history teacher and author, discusses the ghost towns of Colorado and his research for his books. Brown reflects on his change from teaching at the University of Denver to teaching at public schools. Brown discusses the formation and dissolution of towns in the Rocky Mountains, usually based around mining, beginning around the 1850s. Brown discusses what criteria a town must meet to be called a ghost town, and mentions Mesa Verde, Georgetown, Leadville, Cripple...
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