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Annie Staufer recounts her memories of moving to Vail in January of 1963, their first charming accommodations, and life "in the Wild West." Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail," performs Staufer's oral history interview.
Jonathan Staufer, Annie's son shares his remembrance of the early incarnation of Vail Mountain School at the base of Meadow Mountain near Dowd Junction.
162) Pete Seibert Sr.
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Peter (Pete) Werner Seibert, Sr. was born 7 August 1924 in Sharon, Massachusetts. He was the eldest child of Albert Daniel Seibert and Edythe Loring Seibert. Morrie Shepard, a lifelong friend of Seibert’s, reported that several local youths began skiing together, but they all watched and emulated Seibert. In 1940, Siebert and Shepard, who were both founding fathers of Vail, built a ski run outside of Sharon on “our country doctor’s farm.”...
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This is the 2nd interview with George Mizner, M.D. by Walter Gallacher. This interview was recorded 4 months after the 1st interview.
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Ed Grange describes his family roots from Aoste Valley in northern Italy, their migration to America circa 1900 and work in the Leadville mining industry, growing up without electricity on a Roaring Fork Valley ranch, and his career with Holy Cross Electric.
Grange also discusses his role in the electrification of the Eagle River Valley, as well as bringing power to the sheep ranches in the Upper Gore Creek Valley. Grange expounded on how Holy...
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Associated with the Eagle Valley Community Fund (EVCF), the EVCF Annual Rummage Sale was inaugurated by a group of Vail women as a fund-raiser for the first teacher in the community of Vail. Ultimately, the EVCF Rummage Sale, and its associated nonprofit umbrella, the Eagle County Community Fund, raised nearly $6 million dollars for Eagle County nonprofit organizations between 1965 and 2017. Vi Brown, Nancy Waring Nottingham and Merv Lapin were...
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Debbie Bolon-Feeney discussed how she came to live in Colorado's Rocky Mountains with Tara Flanagan and Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail."
Bolon-Feeney shared her 1976 - 1984 experience with Summervail Art Workshop (SAW), including the creative imprint left by ceramics instructor, Danny Martinez, and the inspiration of SAW progenitors: Randy Milhoan, Dan Telleen and Jim Cotter. She also discussed her life as an artist and art educator in the...
167) Kathleen Sheehan Eck
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Kathleen Sheehan Eck was born on 16 February 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado to Thomas and Joanne McCarthy Sheehan. The descendant daughter of a pioneering family who boasts Colorado Territorial and Federal Judgeships, Eck is a five-generation Colorado native. Sheehan and McCarthy families lived among the Irish of Colorado Territory, and later State of Colorado, mining communities.
In the early 1950s, Eck’s father, attorney and businessman Thomas...
168) Debbie Bolon-Feeney
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Debbie Bolon-Feeney was born 17 December 1950 to David Lowell Bolon and Dorothy Agnus Slaughter Bolon in Columbus, Ohio. She attended Ohio University in Athens and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Emphasis in Painting) and an Education minor. In June 1991, Debbie Bolon and Dr. Jon Feeney were married at Cordillera near Edwards, Colorado. They have two children: Alexandra Marie, who has a Masters in Fine Art and lives in NYC, and Andrew Ian who...
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"The beautifully landscaped LionsHead pedestrian mall is a pleasant place in summer for shop browsing and outdoor dining. The Vail gondola ski lift located in LionsHead takes visitors to the summit of Vail Mountain for scenic views of the Colorado high country. Free bus transportation links the LionsHead and Vail Village shopping areas." -- caption
LionsHead was completely redone in 2008.
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Lyle Viers discusses his experiences at a ski instructor at Vail (Colorado) and Mammoth (California). Viers began teaching at Vail in 1967 and has taught skiing over 55 years. Hailing from a family of miners, the Viers family lived in Minturn, Gilman and Leadville in the 1950s.
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Interview of Julie Dews by Walter Gallacher discussing Julie's life and her participation in the Vintage Vail Quilt Project
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Ann Loper discusses the early days of Vail, her joy of skiing and furry creatures, and her years as a ski instructor at Vail.
Ann and Bill Loper are depicted in the image.
173) West Meadow Drive
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From Lionshead parking structure area, looking down West Meadow Drive. Free ice skating rink is on the left.
174) West Meadow Drive
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West Meadow Drive, going up to East Lionshead Circle. The free ice rink [no structure] is off to the right; what will be the Lionshead parking structure area in background.
175) Peter Runyon
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Peter Runyon was born 14 May 1945 in New York City to Anne Carroll Van Alstyne and Carman R. Runyon III. He grew up in the greater New York metropolitan area and graduated from St. Paul’s Academy in Concord, New Hampshire. Between high school and college, Runyon worked in a small hospital in Uganda and taught children with polio to walk. In 1970, Runyon earned a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania.
In November of 1970, Peter...
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Mary Pownall expounds on her youth in Duluth, Minnesota and her remarkable father, who stepped up after the untimely passing of her mother and aunt. She discusses camping in Garnet Canyon and climbing with husband, Dick Pownall, in Grand Teton National Park. Pownall reports on the coordination of on-mountain volunteers for Vail and Beaver Creek World Alpine Ski events alongside her husband, Dick, and friend Mauri Nottingham. Mary Pownall also notes...
177) Lionshead
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"Tennis at Lionshead on one of the area's 50 courts.."
Peter Runyon Photography, Box 1441, Vail, Colo. 81657; The Continental card, Mike Roberts, Berkeley 94710; B5999
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Ann and Pepi Langegger were both born in Europe and survived the ravages of World War II. In the aftermath, they individually migrated to North America, and subsequently, met and married in Chicago. They removed to Vail circa 1966. The Langeggers were involved in several landmark restaurants of Vail. Drawn to the Austrian ski and hospitality culture, the Langeggers helped establish the European mountain community feel of Vail.
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Dick Pownall, who was a member of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition (AMEE), discusses his role in the history of alpinism and technical climbing. Climbing extensively in North America and the Dolomites of Europe, as well as in the Armenian Highlands and in the Himalayas, Pownall was an early guide for Exum Guide Service in Grand Teton National Park area.
Dick Pownall was also an original Vail ski instructor and a member of Vail Ski...
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In this remarkable oral history, Pete Seibert Jr. discusses the earliest days of Vail. As a youth, Seibert explored, fished, skied and generally "Huck Finned" it in the Gore Creek Valley.
Seibert also discusses his father (Pete Seibert Sr.) and his father's New England youth, Camp Hale 10th Mountain Division training, war injuries, and contributions to Colorado's ski legacy and the world's ski culture.
Pete Seibert Jr. is interviewed by Walter...
