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Cripple Creek (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arline Moehrke for Colorado Reflections

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Identifier: couda-moehrke
Abstract

Arline Moehrke reflects on her life in Rocky Ford and Cripple Creek and growing up on a farm. Father was known as a machine man in the gold mines, using a jackhammer to drill holes for dynamite to blast. Moehrke discussed the impact of World War I on mining towns. Moehrke discusses the Cripple Creek fire department, mining history of the town, the flu epidemic of 1918, and the Tramway strike in Denver in 1920.

Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Oral History Interview with A. Campbell Denman, Edna McGee, and Fred Polkinghorn, 1974 November 21, 2006 August 5

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Identifier: PPLDoh-v-13
Abstract

Computer Hardware: 3 Intel Celeron 1.8GHz/224 MB RAM PCs manufactured by PowerSpec, each with a Firewire hard drive (2 manufactured by MicroNet, and 1 by LaCie); M-Audio Delta Audiophile internal sound card; External Firewire Hard Drive

Dates: 1974 November 21; Digitization: 2006 August 5