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Fleissig, Will – OH1046
Interview Date: 2001
Places: Boulder Topics: zoning, affordable housing, need for it, specific affordable housing projects (Poplar Housing, Buena Vista, Drive-In Theater), mixed-use urban areas, Steel Yards Project, Crossroads Mall redevelopment, Pearl Street east and west of the pedestrian mall, North Boulder … Continue reading
Fletcher, Joe “Cotton” with Chelmar “Shine” Miller – OH0681
Interview Date: 1984
People: Jim Wise Places: Erie Topics: coal mines, children in mines, boarding houses, hotels, accidents, company stores; Columbine strike of 1927, Puritan Mine 1910-1914 strike, conditions in mines, wages, John Mitchell Day, riding box cars, bootlegging, Prohibition, early … Continue reading
Fletcher, William L. – OH1960
Interview Date: 12 April 2014
William Fletcher, a lifetime resident of Erie, Colorado, describes the town’s history since the early 1900s, focusing on the 1930s-1940s. He discusses his family, including anecdotes about growing up, going to school, and his father’s experience as a coal miner. … Continue reading
Fling, Roy – OH0485
Interview Date: 1990
Foster children 1913 snow storm McKenna Ranch (Ward) deputy sheriff hippies Camp Pawnee near Stapps Lakes (1950-1965) Alexander Dawson Foundation Berthoud Pass: avalanche,first aid, fire fighting 1989 Ward fire Art Everson (sheriff)
Flood Rescuer Awards – oh1972
Interview Date: June 14, 2014
This is a recording of the Award Ceremony held at Boulder Municipal Airport on June 14, 2014 (8th Annual Airport Day) to celebrate Flood Rescue Operations during the Flood of September 2013. A host of Boulder County and Colorado dignitaries … Continue reading
Flossie Allebaugh – OH0040
Interview Date: 1975
Sunset, stage coach; American Indians, Whittier School; McAllister Lumber; girlhood; miner’s wife. Listen to CD; view transcript, summary, and supplementary material at Carnegie Branch Library.
Foiles, Elba Leslie – OH0600
Interview Date: 1992
People: Elba Leslie Foiles. Places: Boulder since 1936. Topics: railroad, Interurban wreck, hauled coal.
Foley, Mary Jane – OH1338
Interview Date: 2005
People: W. W. Degge, Peter Leyner Places: Boulder, North Boulder Subjects: area south of Baseline in the 1940s (Martin’s Farm which later became Martin Acres, hunting on Toedli’s Ranch), change in names of Boulder streets from numbered avenues … Continue reading
Folsom, Franklin – OH0393
Interview Date: 1988
Boulder: University Hill neighborhood, school, University of Colorado, The Owl newspaper, father, mother, The Window magazine, boy scouts, Henry Smith, Colorado Mountain Club, W. Cockrell, Ku Klux Klan, prohibition, Dean Bigelow, Frank Oppenheimer, CU skiing, Great Depression Brainard Lake … Continue reading