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481) Tatting
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Beulah Combs talks about the art of tatting from her perspective as artist and teacher.
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Pete Hofmann is interviewed regarding solar heating and his home.
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Pete Hofmann, Sally Rawlings, and Roy Borodkin are interviewed about solar heating.
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Between 1976 and 1988 Steamboat Springs High School students captured the oral histories of prominent Routt County citizens and published them in a magazine titled Three Wire Winter. Twenty-four issues went to press before the program ended and the collection was deeded to the Tread of Pioneers Museum . In 2015, the Bud Werner Memorial Library and the Tread of Pioneers Museum partnered...
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For centuries people have been soaking in the hot water flowing from a hillside overlooking the Yampa River, on the eastern side of present-day Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The Heart Spring feeds a collection of pools, now known as the Old Town Hot Springs , but through the years this area has also been called Bath House Springs, Swim Sauna, Steamboat Health and Recreation, or just simply, "The Pool."...
490) Roger Butler
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Roger Butler describes his experiences growing up in Routt County and the time he spent in the United States Army during World War II. He mentions how he went AWOL numerous times without getting caught. Upon returning to Routt County after the war, Roger held jobs with the US Forest Service and the Routt County Assessor's Office. Roger's wife, Lucille, (a frequent accomplice in his AWOL escapades) talks about her teaching career in one room schools...
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Everett "Ev" Bristol, Eunice Dorr and Dorothy Wither explain the process of rural electrification in Routt County including the establishment of the Yampa Valley Electric Association and how the community was affected by the introduction of electricity.
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Vernon Summer describes the early days of the Routt County community of Sidney and his family's part in the growth of the community.
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Jim "Moose" Barrows describes growing up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and his life as an Olympic and professional skier.
NOTE: Several local and national ski competitors are mentioned, including Billy Kidd, Buddy "Wallace" Werner, Loris Werner, Butch Gooding, and many others.
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Natalie Stanko, Bill Allen, and Katherine and John Sandelin describe Dr Fredrick Willett's medical career in Steamboat Springs and Routt County. Dr. Willett, a much admired physician and surgeon, spent most of his life caring for local residents often without charge or for barter. He opened the first hospitals in Steamboat Springs at his own expense.
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Jerry and Rusty Nay describe ranching life in Routt County, Colorado, and the changes observed in the community during the 20th century.
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Lloyd Monger talks about growing up on a farm in Steamboat Springs and his experience in the U.S. Navy during World War II serving on the U.S.S. Nevada. He also discusses meeting his wife, Evelyn Monger, while in port at Long Beach, California, and starting a family with her in Routt County, Colorado.
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Carroll Sherwood "Jupiter" and Barbara Jones talk about opening Steamboat Powder Cats, the nature of back-country skiing, and some of their experiences with clients.
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Dave Whittlesey talks about owning the High Wire Ranch, raising multiple types of animals, and all the responsibilities of operating a ranch.
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Janet DeGroff and Lorraine Arkind discuss their love for quilting and how they came together to start a quilting group of like-minded women in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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Ralph Belton talks about living and making ends meet in rural Routt County in the early to mid twentieth century.
