Additional Three Wire Winter Interviews

Most of the interviews associated with the Three Wire Winter collection have been paired with the corresponding article that appeared in the magazine. The interviews listed below never made it to publication, yet they offer a valuable snapshot of Routt County, Colorado history.


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Bill Mack - Three Wire Winter Interview
Bill Mack is interviewed about a bear entering his camp while on a hunting trip. Another anonymous individual recounts a series of proverbial sayings.
Bill McKelvie and Tanna (Eck) Brock Three Wire Winter Interview
Bill McKelvie and Tanna Brock reminisce about their experiences managing the Three Wire Winter magazine project that was offered to Steamboat Springs High School students from 1975 to 1988.
Clarence and Ruth Wheeler - Three Wire Winter Interview
Clarence and Ruth Wheeler talk about early life in Columbine and Routt County, Colorado.
Elsie Bertha Franz - Three Wire Winter Interview
Interview with Elsie Bertha Franz. No transcript available due to poor quality of audio file.
Ernest "Dude" Todd - Three Wire Winter Interview
Ernest "Dude" Todd discusses some of his experiences as a Routt County law enforcement officer and city manager for the city of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Frank F. Harrison - Three Wire Winter Interview
Frank Harrison talks about serving in the Calvary during World War I, working in a coal mine, and life as a horse and cattle rancher on his ranch near Hayden, Colorado.
Gene Cook – Three Wire Winter Interview
Gene Cook talks about his experience as headmaster of the Lowell Whiteman School in the 1960's.
George Ray Tolles - Three Wire Winter Interview
George Ray Tolles discusses the early years of the Yampa Valley College, later the Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs Campus. Teachers, student life, and curriculum are discussed, as are current events.
Gertrude A. (Cooke) Juel - Three Wire Winter Interview
Gertrude Juel, a journalist for the Steamboat Pilot, talks about living in the rural community of Columbine, Colorado since 1936.
Gordon "Gordy" Wren - Three Wire Winter Interview, Part 1
In this interview Gordy Wren talks about the early history of ski jumping in Steamboat Springs. He describes his experiences and mentions many local skiers who competed with him.
Gordon "Gordy" Wren - Three Wire Winter Interview, Part 2
In this interview with Bridgett Kelly, Gordy Wren outlines his experiences as a ski jumper and slalom skier including his participation in the 1948 Winter Olympics. He talks about the early ski area development on Mount Werner. He describes his children and their interest in skiing.
J. Nathan May - Three Wire Winter Interview
J. Nathan May talks about his various hunting expeditions and the dangerous situations some of those animals brought.

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