Trotter, Dr.
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Johnson, Iola Starr recounts the history of the Feburary 16th, 1936 avalanche that destroyed the Hesperus (Doyle) mine, 1976 February 16, 2006 August 10
Item
Identifier: MPL21
Abstract
Iola Starr Johnson describes her memories of the big avalanche that wiped out the Hesperus mine on Feburary 16, 1936 and took the lives of 6 Mancos residents. She also reads an account of the disaster from the Feburary 1940 iss ue of "Western Sportsman Magazine" titled "The Wreck of the Mt. Hesperus". Jennie Jensen Hancock reads an article that she wrote about the first thrashing machine to come to Mancos. She goes on to recount stories of her grandmother's (Celia Willden Jensen) life...
Dates:
1976 February 16; Digitization: 2006 August 10