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              cou-bha OHP.001-082-001-001 · Item · 2018-11-17
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Part one of a two-part interview with Cheryl and Jim Beck conducted 2018-11-17. Jim first came to Breckenridge a couple weeks after the ski area originally opened in 1961-62. He competed in a ski race and swore he'd never come back. In late-1963, he moved to Breckenridge and began working at an excavating company.

              Beck, Cheryl
              cou-bha OHP.001-060-001-001 · Item · 2018-07-19
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Interview with Greg Abernathy conducted 2018-07-19. Abernathy first moved to Breckenridge in November 1971 as a senior in college. Vail was the only skiing mountain open due to a lack of snow, and lift tickets were $12. Breckenridge opened the next day with lift tickets discounted to $3.50.

              Abernathy, Greg
              cou-bha OHP.001-073-001-001 · Item · 2018-10-18
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Part one of a two-part interview with Jerry Cooney conducted 2018-10-18. Cooney originally came to Breckenridge on a ski trip in 1968. He and his wife then came to Breckenridge for a six-month honeymoon in 1970 before moving to the area full-time. Cooney became a town councilman in the mid-1970s and established a town charter.

              Cooney, Jerry
              cou-bha OHP.001-073-001-002 · Item · 2018-10-18
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Part two of a two-part interview with Jerry Cooney conducted 2018-10-18. In this part of the interview, Cooney discusses town council issues and how the town was established into modern Breckenridge in the 1980s.

              Cooney, Jerry
              Interview with Jim Felton
              cou-bha OHP.001-099-001-001 · Item · 2019-07-25
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Interview with Jim Felton conducted 2019-07-25. Felton first came to Breckenridge in 1982 after graduating from the University of Iowa. He began working at the Keystone Ranch Golf Course. Then he eventually began working for the radio station in the news department.

              Felton, Jim
              cou-bha OHP.001-078-001-001 · Item · 2018-11-20
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Interview with Michael McMenamy conducted 2018-11-20. McMenamy first came to Breckenridge at 11 years old in 1970 from Littleton, Colorado. His father owned 12 acres near Blue River at the time. They eventually bought a house at 301 South Main Street and that is where McMenamy grew up. His father started out as a bartender at Breckenridge Inn before becoming the Ski Patrol Director at Breckenridge Ski Resort. He would eventually become the Mountain Manager, overseeing the development of Peak 9.

              McMenamy, Michael
              Interview with Ric Rixon
              cou-bha OHP.001-044-001-001 · Item · 2018-04-30
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Interview with Ric Rixon conducted 2018-04-30. Rixon originally came to Breckenridge around 1963 to go skiing with his dad. In 1966, his dad bought property in Huron Heights and began building a house. They came up to build on weekends through 1971 when Rixon moved to Breckenridge after graduating from high school.

              cou-bha OHP.001-081-001-001 · Item · 2018-12-01
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Interview with Robert Atchison conducted 2018-12-01. This interview focuses on how Mrs. Rounds got the Norwegian Ski Team to come to Breckenridge and work at the ski school. He also discusses the ski area's various names and logos in the early days of operations.

              Atchison, Robert
              cou-bha OHP.001-066-001-001 · Item · 2018-08-02
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Interview with Robert Atchison and Sandra Dallas conducted 2018-08-02. Atchison first came to Breckenridge in December 1962 working in public relations for the Rounds family before Breckenridge Ski Resort officially opened in spring 1963. He and Dallas lived in an apartment above the information center on Main Street. Dallas and Atchinson married shortly after they moved here. Their child was the first and only child born in Breckenridge in the modern era because they could not get to the hospital in Leadville in time.

              Atchison, Robert
              Interview with Trygve Berge
              cou-bha OHP.001-084-001-001 · Item · 2019-01-18
              Part of BHA Oral History Project

              Interview with Trygve Berge conducted 2019-01-18. Berge originally came to Breckenridge in spring 1960. He had met Bill Rounds in Aspen, and after Bill's father passed away, Bill invited Berge to the area to check out his lumber company. Berge decided to move to Breckenridge shortly after his son was born in the summer of 1960. His family stayed in Aspen while he worked on a place to live. He initially began working in the lumber yard and stayed in a house on Main Street. He would then help to develop the ski area.

              Berge, Trygve