Heritage Colorado

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Bob Armstrong discusses growing up in Walden, Colorado with 7 siblings and reflects on the town in his childhood. Armstrong discusses finding buffalo skulls as a child, working as a trapper, catching muskrats, minks, and weasels, and working as a rancher. Reflects on the Great Depression and how it affected ranchers. Reflects on serving as the town marshall and enforcing laws in the 1930s.

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Helen Dice, author, reflects on moving to California to Colorado during the Great Depression and her experiences in Brush Creek, Colorado. Discusses working on a ranch selling dairy products, fruits, eggs, and vegetables and the effects of the depression on the Western Slope and on Dice's family. Dice remembers raising a family in a small town, the town dances, and going to the movies.

Abstract Interview with Archie and Rhea Toyn at their home in Grouse Creek, 3 July 1985 (pt. 1): Grouse Creek Orchestra: Ivan Kimber (tenor), Rada Kimber (piano), Grant Kimber (sax), Archie Toyn (sax), Lyman Kimber (guitar, banjo, drum, fiddle). 2 track recording, 2 separate microphones. Speakers are somewhat off microphone. Severe microphone handling noise and rumble on right channel. A tape recording of music playing is underneath the interview, and the speakers refer to and discuss the music....

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Interview with Archie and Rhea Toyn at their home in Grouse Creek, 3 July 1985, pt. 2: continued from RHC001 on Grouse Creek Orchestra, with Archie performing. 2 track recording, 2 separate microphones. Singer on right channel. Occasional severe microphone handling noise and rumble on right channel. Tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Archie and Rhea Toyn at their home in Grouse Creek, 3 July 1985, pt. 3: Old church; family reunions; community events; poetry. 2 track recording, 2 separate microphones. Occasional severe microphone handling noise and rumble on right channel. Top and tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Milton Oman at his home in Grouse Creek, 4 July 1985 (pt. 1): Yost; ranching; rodeo Full-track mono tape digitized on 1/2 track stereo playback machine. Hal Cannon (interviewer)is off microphone and fairly quiet. Recorder is starting at around 00:04, and the levels are quite low until around 00:46. Some thumps and low-frequency rumbles throughout. Tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Milton Oman at his home in Grouse Creek, 4 July 1985 (pt. 2): Mormonism; dances; Burley and Rupert; ranch calendar. Full-track mono tape digitized on 1/2 track stereo playback machine. Hal Cannon (interviewer) is off microphone and fairly quiet. Top cut off. Reel begins with a click/buzz. Total duration: 14 minutes.

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Interview with Doug Tanner at the Max Tanner Ranch in Grouse Creek, 4 July 1985 (pt. 1): ranching; buckaroo clothing. Reel to reel 1/4" 1/2 track stereo (box says "tip to tip-Sennheiser 802"). Top cut off. Left and right channels seem to be out of phase until a large click happens at 02:05, when the channels become in-phase. High frequency ringing pitch occurs in places (tape box mentions wind chimes). Tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Doug Tanner at the Max Tanner Ranch in Grouse Creek, 4 July 1985 (pt. 2): ranching; LDS Church ranch; Mormonism; civil and religious law; old and new church building. Hal Cannon and C. Fleischhauer interviewing. Reel to reel 1/4" 1/2 track stereo. High-frequency ringing pitch occurs in places, (tape on box mentions wind chimes). Tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

Abstract Interview with brothers Max, Merlin, & Monte Tanner at Max Tanner's home in Grouse Creek, 5 July 1985 (pt. 1): family history; ranching; Brezeeze Ranch; Indians; Utah Construction; outlaw stories: Sid Paskett and Diamond Field Jack. Substantial amounts of rumble (microphone handling?) and occasional traffic passing by. Children playing and other voices and activity in background. The interviewees are hard to hear over the background noises at times. Interviewer (Hal Cannon) is quite...