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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Isabel Higbee and Sylvia Manzanares, 2005 February 18, 2006 August 5
Item
Identifier: PPLDoh-viii-19
Abstract
Interview with Isabel Higbee and Sylvia Manzanares from the De donde eres: Cultural Origins of the Southern Colorado Latino/Hispanic Community Collection.
Dates:
2005 February 18; Digitization: 2006 August 5
Oral History Interview with James G. Wark, 1985 June 11, 2006
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Identifier: BHS-SCA-003
Abstract
James G. Wark started in the CF&I mining department in 1958 and became a manager of mines on January 1, 1980. Wark then became the head of Evergreen Resources, a subsidiary of CF&I,which sold off chunks of CF&I property in the 1970s.
Dates:
1985 June 11; Digitization: 2006
Robert Brown for Colorado Reflections
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Identifier: couda-brown_ghosttowns
Abstract
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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- Subject: Mines and mineral resources X
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- Mines and mineral resources 11
- Colorado 5
- Denver (Colo.) 5
- Oral histories 4
- Steel industry and trade -- United States -- History 4
- Mining engineering 2
- Railroads 2
- Rocky Mountains 2
- Authors 1
- Black Hawk (Colo.) 1
- Central City (Colo.) 1
- China 1
- Chinese Americans -- Colorado 1
- Chinese--Migrations 1
- Cowboys -- Grouse Creek (U.S.) -- Interviews 1
- Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Ghost towns 1
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.) 1
- Gold mines and mining 1
- Goodrich (Colo.) 1
- Grouse Creek (Utah) -- Social life and customs 1
- Hard rock mines and mining 1
- Hispanic heritage 1
- Interviews 1
- Judges 1
- Leadville (Colo.) 1
- Medicine--Practice -- Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
- Migrant labor 1
- Miners 1
- Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S) 1
- Mining camps 1
- Montrose (Colo.) 1
- Mormons -- Grouse Creek (Utah) 1
- Outlaws -- West (U.S.) 1
- Politicians 1
- Race discrimination 1
- Ranch life -- Grouse Creek (Utah) 1
- Ranchers -- Grouse Creek (Utah) -- Interviews 1
- Shepherds 1
- Silver Plume (Colo.) 1
- Social life and customs 1
- Teachers 1
- Trinidad (Colo.) 1
- Victor (Colo.) 1
- Victor (Colo.) -- Mines and mineral resources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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