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Bauer, George life description read by George Bauer Toll, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL22
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George Bauer Toll, grandson of George Bauer reads a description of George Bauers life as one of Mancos, Colorado's early business men.

Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

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

Johnson, Iola Starr recounts the history of the Feburary 16th, 1936 avalanche that destroyed the Hesperus (Doyle) mine, 1976 February 16, 2006 August 10

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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

Menefee, Andrew (d. 1902); Diary of trip to New Orleans in 1885, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL02
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Andrew Menefee kept an extensive diary of his trip from Mancos, Colorado to New Orleans, Lousiana during February 1885. Dorothy Trevino reads the diary. Dorothy Trevino also reads short statements about the life and times of several of the Sheek family: A pioneering family of the Mancos Valley.

Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

Noland, O.E. life history read by Callie Alexander and oral history interviews of Sheek-Keener, Hilda Dee; Lewis, Neil; Floston, Mattie, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL03
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This oral history is part of a series recorded in the mid 1970s by Dorothy Trevino regarding the early history and accounts of the settlers of Mancos, Colorado. This is the life of O.E. Noland as read by his daughter, Callie Alexander, as well as an oral history interview of Hilda Dee Sheek-Keener, along with Neil Lewis and Mattie Floston, conducted by Dorothy Trevino.

Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

Oral history interview with Bush, Francis Owen and John, Thomas, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL15
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Dorothy Trevino reads the life history of Francis Owen Bush which he wrote for this project. She also interviews Thomas John. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers taken in the 1970s and intended to be added to the Mancos Public Library collection.

Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

Oral history interview with Fitzgerald, Jim, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL18
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Dorothy Trevino interviews Jim Fitzgerald, and early Mancos, Colorado settler. This interview is part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers taken in the 1970s, intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library collection.

Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

Oral history interview with Ismay, Eleanor; Skoog-Sheek; and Decker, Maria, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL16
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Dorothy Trevino interviews Eleanor Ismey, Helen Sloog-Sheek, and Maria Decker, early Mancos, Colorado settlers. These oral histories are part of a series of interviews taken in the 1970s to document the establishment of Mancos, Colorado and the experiences of the homesteaders. These interviews were meant to be included in the Mancos Public Library collection.

Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

Oral history interviews with Belle Cooke, Emma Haighchew, Mae Elliot, Ethel Bowling, 1975, 2006 August 10

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Identifier: MPL13
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Dorothy Trevino interviews Mae Elliot, Emma Haighchew, Ethel Bowling, and Belle Cook, early Mancos, Colorado settlers, about their experiences as homesteaders. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories collected for the Mancos Public Library in the mid 1970s.

Dates: 1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10

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Ashback, Margaret, 1867-1958 1
Bauer, George, 1848-1905 1
Bradford, Anna 1
Brooks, Theodore 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Butler, Charles 1
Cook, Belle 1
Cortez (Colo.) Journal 1
Craiger family 1
Davenport, Leona Brittain, b. 1862 1
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company 1
Dolores (Colo.) Star-Tribune 1
Don Ripley's Curio Shop (Mancos, Colo.) 1
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Exon family 1
Exon, William James 1
Exxon, George 1
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Floston, Mattie 1
Fort Lewis College 1
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Mancos Public Schools 1
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Pride of the West Mining Company 1
Rickner, Lillian 1
Rickner, Nancy Halford 1
Riffey, Arnold 1
Ritter, Maurice 1
Roberts, Milton-Florence 1
Rush family 1
Rush, Minnie Virginia 1
Sheek family 1
Sheek-Keener, Hilda Dee 1
Skoog-Sheek, Helen 1
Starr, Martha 1
Stevenson, Kook 1
Sunnyside Mine (Mancos, Colo.) 1
Talcott, Stan 1
Tibbits, Fred 1
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Ward, William, 1866-1940 1
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