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The Mancos Times

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Biography

Newspaper in Mancos, Colo.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

History of the Mancos Valley through stories about Ward, William; Brooks, Theodore; Armstrong, Mavin; Ashback, Margaret; Ormiston, Clare; Brittain, Leona Davenport; Freeman, Thomas; Freeman, Semiramus; Freeman et al, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL01
Abstract Unknown person recounts the history of some pioneering families and individuals of the Mancos Valley including the William Ward family, Theodore Brooks,Mavin Armstrong, Margaret Ashback, Leona Davenport Brittain, Thomas Jefferson and Semiramus Freeman, Brothers Will, Jeff, and Henry Freeman, Charlie and Mary Freeman, and Anna Lou Freeman. Mrs. Robert Holston reads "Our Old Timers" written by Mattie Holston for the Febuary 17th 1933 edition of "The Mancos Times". Clare Menefee reads a story...
Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

"Reminiscing" an article by Freeman, Ira; Oral interviews with Decker, Maria and Starr, Martha, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL09
Abstract Dorothy Trevino reads an essay Written by Ira Freeman titled "Reminiscing" first published in the Mancos Times about his life in the Mancos Valley in the early to mid 1900's. Dorothy Trevino interviews Maria Decker and Martha Starr:Early citizens of Mancos, Colorado. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories taken in the 1970's, 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...
Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10