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

Item

Identifier: MPL13

Staff Only

Abstract

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

Creator

Trevino, Dorothy (Interviewer, Person)

Digital Repository

Oral history interviews with Belle Cooke, Emma Haighchew, Mae Elliot, Ethel Bowling

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in English, Spanish, and other languages.

Conditions Governing Access

http://mancos.lib.co.us/Copyright to this resource is held by the Mancos Public Library and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed in any format without written permission of the Mancos Public Library.

Extent

1 Items ; 1 hour, 2 minutes, 57 seconds

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

Topics discussed: Interview; Education -- School districts, Mancos -- School houses, teachers -- Goodman Point; Industry -- Farming -- Mining -- Sawmill; Mesa Verde -- Roads -- Fat Man's Misery; Native Americans -- Poke and Posey Uprising -- Social relations with settlers -- Navajos and Utes; Cortez, Colorado -- Hospital; Sawmill -- Ditchfield Sawmill -- Montezuma Sawmill -- Sullivan Sawmill -- Blanco Sawmill; Railroad -- Dolores (Colo.)