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audio/wav 12,929,957 bytes 0:30:47 Dorothy Trevino reads an historical account of the Galloping Goose: a hybrid type train that ran in Southwestern Colorado in the 1930's. This account is part of a series on local history recorded in the 1970's and intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library's collection.

audio/wav 26,778,771 bytes 1:03:45 Dorothy Trevino records Callie Alexander, Ethel Bowling, Fern Ellis, Mattie Holston, and Vida Mallet as they talk about the early days of Mancos. These interviews are a part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers recorded in the 1970's and intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library collection.

audio/wav 0:56:48 23,857,079 bytes Dorothy Trevino interviews Mrs. John Ismay about the early days of the Ismay Trading Post. Helen Skoog Sheek talks about her life in Mancos in the early 1900's. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers recorded in the 1970's and intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library collection. Dorothy Trevino reads an essay by Maria Decker titled "A Child in Weber Canyon" about her childhood in the early 1900's in Weber Canyon.

audio/wav 0:19:30 8,197,248 bytes Unknown person reads a piece written by Stan Talcott about Parrot City and its founder, John Moss. Also read is an August 19, 1974 article by Stan Talcott that ran in the Cortez Journal specifically about John Moss(1839-1880). Also read is a short essay by Stan Talcott titled "Places and Names" about the origins of many of the names in Southwestern Colorado. Unknown person then reads a short piece from A History of Montezuma County by Ira Freeman about George Bauer.

audio/wav 1:02:40 26,328,759 bytes This is part of a series of oral history interviews of the Mancos Valley pioneers, compiled by Dorothy Trevino in the mid 1970s. This piece consists of Dorothy Trevino reading the life accounts of Vida Mallet and Minnie Virginia Rush, as well as brief histories of the town of Dolores and Point Lookout Camp at Mesa Verde. There are also newspaper accounts of the Pride of the West Mine Disaster of 1942, and newspaper accounts of a blizzard near Rico.

audio/wav 1:02:50 26,396,599 bytes This is part of a series of oral history interviews compiled by Dorothy Trevino of Mancos, Colorado in the mid 1970s. This piece contains a reading by Dorothy Trevino of a paper written and delivered by Lillian Rickner on September 2, 1910, as part of the Pioneer Association's annual meeting. Also included is a reading of the obituary of Mary Elizabeth Lamb and a history of the Montezuma National Forest.

audio/wav 1:01:27 25,810,176 bytes 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.

audio/wav 1:04:00 26,890,131 bytes 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 about Sarah Anna Menefee.

audio/wav 0:57:11 24,018,359 bytes 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 homesteading in the Mancos valley.

audio/wav 26,059,411 bytes 1:02:02 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.

audio/wav 21,822,976 bytes 0:51:56 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 and the experiences of the early settlers.

audio/wav 1:01:35 25,872,713 bytes 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.

audio/wav 0:50:41 21,293,422 bytes Dorothy Trevino interviews Arnold Riffey, an early Mancos, Colorado settler. This interview is part of a series of oral histories of early settlers taken in the 1970s intended to be included in the Mancos Public Library collection.

audio/wav 1:03:01 26,468,462 bytes Mancos, Colorado resident Leonard Stevenson (b. 1896) and his son Kook(?) Stevenson, talk about growing up in Mancos in the 1900's.

audio/wav 0:56:37 23,781,925 bytes 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.

audio/wav 0:57:31 24,158,428 bytes 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.

audio/wav 1:02:58 26,454,381 bytes Dorothy Trevino reads the life history of Francis Owen Bush, written by Francis Owen Bush. This is part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers, taken in the 1970s and intended to be included in the collection at the Mancos Public Library.

wav 1:02:57 26,453,285 bytes 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.

audio/wav 0:34:29 14,491,319 bytes Four Mancos residents (Fern Ellis, Mattie Holston, Vida Mallet, Ethel Bowling, and Callie Alexander) Describe growing up in Mancos, Colorado in the early 1900's.

audio/wav 1:02:57 26,182,473 bytes Dorothy Trevino interviews early citizens of Mancos, Colorado about the establishment of the town of Mancos, homesteading, and the early settlers. These interviews on audio cassette were intended to be added to the collection at the Mancos Public Library.

WAV (audio/wav) 0:58:43 24,668,782 bytes Dorothy Trevino interviews a variety of individuals who were early citizens of Mancos, Colorado. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories taken in the 1970s, 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 and the experiences of the early settlers. Dorothy also reads articles from the Mancos Times newspaper about early settlers.

audio/wav 0:07:20 3,082,551 bytes George Bauer Toll, grandson of George Bauer reads a description of George Bauers life as one of Mancos, Colorado's early business men.