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Retired Colorado Division of Wildlife officer and game warden, Bill Heicher, reflects on a humorous experience featuring Elwood, a homemade deer decoy.
Heicher is interviewed by Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail."
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Bill and Sally Hanlon discuss their lives in early Vail, Eagle County, Colorado. Sally Hanlon examines her role, alongside the collaborative efforts of fellow Vail Trailblazer Josef Staufer, in establishing Red Sandstone Elementary School. Hanlon and Staufer worked with Ernie Chavez, the Eagle County School Board president and longtime postmaster in Vail, to organize the elementary school for Vail, Minturn and Red Cliff. Bill and Sally Hanlon also...
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Elaine White Kelton expounds upon her experiences as a founder of Vail.
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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.
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Founded by George Washington Knox, Sr. on 15 October 1965, The Vail Trail was Vail’s first newspaper. The Vail Trail was a Knox family-owned newspaper that ran from 1965 to 2008.
Tony Mauro and Tara Flanagan interviewed Knox family members, as well as fifteen former employee and community members for this remarkable oral history compilation.
The oral history narrators include: Allen Knox, Carolyn Knox Keep, Sharon Brown, Kathy Heicher,...
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Josef "Joe" Staufer shares narratives about his childhood in post-World War II Austria, meeting the love of his life, Anne, in Bermuda, stopping for a "visit" in Vail while en route to California in 1962, and becoming friends with President Gerald R. Ford.
In addition to Joe Staufer, the "Voice of Vail" Tony Mauro interviewed brother Hermann Staufer, son Jonathan Staufer, and 1960s Vail community members Dave Garton, Patti Langmaid, Jan Strauch,...
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Rob LeVine examines his life in Vail and his role in the evolution of the community. LeVine discusses meeting Dr. Tom Steinberg at The Clinic in the 1960s and later serving with him on Vail Town Council. LeVine expounds upon key decisions by the Vail Town Council that dramatically influenced the character of the community. LeVine also considers the existence of a Lionshead culture, being mentored by his father and Bud Benedict, and his role in the...
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Carolyn Woodward Pope discusses her experiences of Vail and the colorful people she knew.
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Eleanor "Ellie" Caulkins her son, George Peck Caulkins III, and Sheika Gramshammer discuss the early days of Vail with Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail."
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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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Joan and Jack Carnie, who helped establish the Town of Vail and its skiing community, moved to the Gore Creek Valley in 1962. They speak of their early Vail experiences in this oral history.
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Kathy Lell Heicher discusses the history of Eagle County, Colorado and her early years in Eagle during the 1970s.
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Dave Garton (left) and Packy Walker are legendary jesters and practical jokers of Vail, Colorado. Residents since the 1960s, Walker and Garton share some of their favorite antics. They are interviewed by Dave's son, Bart Garton. Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail," hosted the oral history.
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Jim Cotter came to vail in 1962 and was a founder of the landmark art movement Summervail Art Workshop. He shares his story with Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail" and former Vail Trail journalist Tara Flanagan.
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Interview of Fred and Judy Gold by Walter Gallacher discussing their lives before they moved to Vail and their lives in Vail.
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Oral History interview of Charlyn Canada by Walter Gallacher. The recorded oral history interview, as well as its nominally edited oral history transcript, discusses Charlyn's life, her life in libraries, and her tenure as Director of Library Services during the early years of Vail Public Library (Eagle County, Colorado).
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Widge Ferguson discusses her life in 1960s Vail, the naming of Widge's Ridge in Sun-Up Bowl in Vail, and her family's quiet, yet profound, role in the history of skiing.
Widge is interviewed by Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail," and joined by her daughters, Sandy Ferguson Fuller and Susie Ferguson Fuller, and granddaughter, Kim Fuller.
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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...
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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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Visionary and sustainability-oriented mountain architect, Pamela Hopkins, discusses her small firm's award-winning design of the Vail Public Library. Hopkins also discusses her early experiences as a woman in a male-dominated profession.
