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 Cross Electric Cooperative took a chance on Pete Seibert and their decision to create the power infrastructure to the Vail Ski Area.
Grange was interviewed by Walter Gallacher and his Western Colorado Immigrant Stories, a Colorado Public Radio program aired from KDNK in Carbondale, Colorado., Ed Grange images are from the February 2013 issue of Colorado Country Life and Walter Gallacher's Western Colorado Immigrant Stories website.
