Interview with Cheryl Tatro conducted 2018-07-03.
Tatro, CherylThe BHA Oral History Project's aim is to understand and share more of Breckenridge’s contemporary history and culture, specifically from the late 1950s until the 1990s. The recorded interviews help BHA preserve its “contemporary” history and memorialize the highlights, challenges and developments that shaped Breckenridge and its community.
Breckenridge HistoryInterview with Al Kiburas conducted 2018-04-05. Interview highlights when Kiburas moved to Breckenridge in 1981. He was a police officer in Chicago, moved to Wyoming briefly, and then began working for the Breckenridge Police Department.
An interview with Alden Spilman conducted 2018-02-09.
Spilman, AldenPart one of a two-part interview with Allyn and Joyce Mosher conducted 2018-07-18.
Mosher, AllynPart two of a two-part interview with Allyn and Joyce Mosher conducted 2018-07-18.
Mosher, AllynInterview with Anne (Aronson) Ojennes conducted 2018-07-26. She arrived in Summit County in the summer of 1979. She ran out of gas and rolled off the highway at the Frisco exit. At the information booth, she met Nancy McClure. She was coming to visit a friend who was living in a tipi off a trail near Frisco at the time. She worked as a maid at a hotel for two weeks and hitchhiked to Carter Park in Breckenridge. Ojennes moved to her own tipi off Tiger Road and worked as a breakfast waitress at the Gold Pan beginning in the fall of 1979.
Ojennes, Anne (Aronson)Interview with Annie (Kramer) Harris conducted 2018-04-15. Interview highlights when Harris first came to Breckenridge in June 1971. Harris had stopped in Breckenridge to visit Bill Tinker and went to visit the town of Tiger.
Harris, Annie (Kramer)Interview with Anthony Lord conducted 2019-04-10. Lord first moved to Breckenridge in the fall of 1972-73 at 19 years old. He began working at the ski area on weekends while going to school. He didn't have a car, so he would hitchhike to the area every weekend. His first full-time job in the county was hanging drywall.
Lord, AnthonyAn interview with Aris Sophocles conducted 2018-03-24.
Sophocles, ArisInterview with Ben Brewer conducted 2018-04-19. Brewer was born in 1967 in Denver, and his parents lived in Breckenridge at the time. They lived at 100 S. High Street and topics of the interview include growing up in Breckenridge, gardening, and the town atmosphere.
Brewer, BenAn interview with Bente Godal focusing on how Godal made the move from ski racer in Norway to ski instructor in Breckenridge. Includes information on other Norwegians who made Breckenridge home; the town just before the ski resort opened; Godal's first interactions with Bill Rounds beginning in 1957-58; extreme weather conditions inhabitants of Breckenridge faced in the 1960s; Breckenridge's nightlife and seasonal work in the early 1960s; and information on early founders of the ski area and their histories.
Godal, BenteInterview with Bill Fiedelman conducted 2018-04-18. Interview highlights when Fiedelman moved to Breckenridge in 1972. He began working in construction before starting his first restaurant, Whiskey Creek. Fiedelman then became owner of the Gold Pan in 1975.
Interview with Bill Tinker conducted 2019-04-30. Tinker originally came to Colorado to fulfill his draft requirement by signing up with the Army Reserves. He came to Breckenridge following construction work.
Tinker, BillAn interview with Bill Tinker conducted 2019-04-30.
Tinker, BillInterview with Bob Rianoshek conducted 2018-04-19. Rianoshek moved to Breckenridge around 1977 and began working construction on Georgian Square. He originally came to the area to visit his brothers over the prior years.
An interview with Charles McCormick conducted 2018-02-27.
McCormick, CharlesInterview with Cheryl and Jim Beck conducted 2018-11-19. Interview highlights include information on the Breckenridge airport, where Jim housed his two planes.
Beck, CherylPart 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, CherylPart two of a two-part interview with Cheryl and Jim Beck conducted 2018-11-17. Topics of this interview include Camp Hale units in the 1950s and local residents who participated. Jim's brother was one of the participants and helped him get a job in the area. After working in the Peace Corps, Jim returned to Breckenridge and began bartending in 1966. He took an abandoned trailer and lived behind the Ore Bucket Lodge.
Beck, Cheryl