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2018-09-05 Interview with Stephen West, part 2

Part two of a two-part interview with Stephen West conducted 2018-09-05. This portion of the interview focuses on people West knew during his time in Breckenridge, including Jack Healy the District Attorney when West moved to Breckenridge.

West, Stephen

2018-09-10 Interview with Rich Skovlin, part 2

Part two of a two-part interview with Rich Skovlin conducted 2018-09-10. Skovlin moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 1975 and made his first trip to Breckenridge that year. He and his wife then purchased a condo in the Tonopah Building in 1976.

Skovlin, Rich

Agnes Miner Collection

  • cou-bha BHA.0001
  • Collection
  • 1880s-1910s

Numbering about 80 mounted and unmounted albumen prints, most are by Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman. Included among the collection are photographs related to the Finding family, such as portraits of both Agnes (Finding) Miner and her mother, Martha (Silverthorn) Finding, the Finding family posed in front of their Breckenridge home, and Charles A. Finding's hardware store on Main Street, Breckenridge. Of interest are the albumen prints dating from the late 1890s that were showcased in a small 12 panel album. Removed for preservation purposes, these prints are of local residents and snow covered landscapes taken during the “Big Snow” of 1898-1899. Several photographs are of men, women, and children either posed near or peering through the openings of snow tunnels that were used to access Main Street, Breckenridge businesses.

Miner, Agnes E. (Finding)

Interview with Anthony Lord

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, Anthony

Interview with Ben Brewer

Interview 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, Ben

Interview with Bill Tinker

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, Bill

Interview with Chuck and Sandie Struve

Interview with Chuck and Sandie Struve conducted 2018-07-12. The Struves first moved to Breckenridge 1971-08-01 driving over Hoosier Pass. They had purchased the property where the Visitor Center now sits and built Wine and Cheese in front of their home at the end of 1971.

Struve, Chuck

Interview with Dan and Emma Kigar

Interview with Dan and Emma Kigar conducted 2019-06-17. Dan first came to Breckenridge in 1973. He and a friend came out together and began working for a crew digging a tennis court by the old post office. Emma came to Breckenridge in 1974 en route to Alaska. Emma decided to stay and moved into an old mining cabin.

Kigar, Dan

Interview with Dave Pringle

Interview with Dave Pringle conducted 2018-07-10. Pringle came to Breckenridge in the mid-1960s as a middle-schooler on a ski trip. He worked at the Sports Chalet in Boulder before opening up the Alpine Mercantile in Breckenridge in September 1975.

Pringle, Dave

Interview with Dick Cunningham, part 1

Part one of a two-part interview with Dick Cunningham conducted 2019-08-27. Cunningham first came to Breckenridge in the late 1970s. In 1978, he and his wife had been selling artwork across the country and came to look at a couple houses before buying a place the next day. They opened the Cunningham Gallery on Main Street selling local artwork and high-end gifts.

Cunningham, Dick

Interview with Dick Cunningham, part 2

Part two of a two-part interview with Dick Cunningham conducted 2019-08-27. This portion of the interview focuses on a photograph Cunningham had taken of the Reiling Dredge in 1978-79.

Cunningham, Dick

Interview with Frank Comstock, part 2

Part 2 of an interview with Frank Comstock focusing on construction in the Breckenridge area starting in 1969. Comstock worked drywall when he first arrived in the county, working on early construction for the ski resort and the belltower.

Comstock, Frank

Interview with Greg Sullivan

Interview with Greg Sullivan conducted 2019-08-12. Sullivan first came to Breckenridge in August 1971 shortly after turning 18 years old. He had hitchhiked to the area from Erie, Pennsylvania. He rented an apartment at the Red Roost at the corner of Adams and Harris Street. Sullivan began working in construction on modular homes in French Gulch.

Sullivan, Greg

Interview with Jerry Cooney, part 1

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

Interview with Jerry Cooney, part 2

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 and Mary Rianoshek

Interview with Jim and Mary Rianoshek conducted 2019-04-23. Jim and Mary moved from Chicago to Breckenridge in January 1974 with their friend Kathy Hunt. They lived at Gold Camp originally and Jim began working as a cook at the St. Bernard restaurant.

Rianoshek, Jim

Interview with John Daisy

Interview with John Daisy conducted 2018-05-31. Daisy moved to Breckenridge in 1981 after initially visiting the area in 1976. Upon moving to the area, Daisy bought Fatty's Pizzeria. He lived upstairs from Fatty's in what was originally known as the Colorado House, built by the Peabody family in 1876.

Interview with John Swartz

Interview with John Swartz conducted 2018-06-21. Swartz moved to Breckenridge in 1971 after graduating from Colorado College. He began working in the real estate industry upon his arrival.

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