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Interview with Dale Cooley

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Item NumberPPLDoh-i-07cTime Coverageca. 1930-1976Date Interview4/27/1976DescriptionOral history interview with Dale Cooley, of Limon, Colorado. Mr. Cooley was editor of the Limon Leader from 1937 to 1973. He tells of attending Chautauqua performances, the only entertainment opportunity in small towns in eastern Colorado. He met Hal Borland at a Chautauqua, where Borland was performing. He talks about homesteading in eastern Colorado. He relates stories of his mother and rattlesnakes, hawks and coyotes. Mrs. Cooley was very experienced with both revolver and rifle. He discusses the eastern plains occupation of rabbit drives. He discusses bootlegging and the techniques used by the bootleggers for transporting and selling their product. He relates the effects of Spanish flu in 1918 on the eastern plains of Colorado. He speaks to the role of small town newspapers. NarratorCooley, DaleInterviewerTeeuwen, RandallGeographic CoverageLimon (Colo.)Lincoln County (Colo.)ColoradoGreat PlainsSubjectGreat Plains--HistoryLimon (Colo.)--HistoryGreat Plains--Social life and customsHomesteadingFrontier and pioneer life--ColoradoRabbit huntingAnimals--Great PlainsProhibition--Colorado--HistorySmuggling--Colorado--HistoryDistilling, illicit--Colorado--HistoryInfluenza epidemic, 1918-1919--ColoradoCollectionOral HistoriesColorado Centennial - Bicentennial Oral History ProjectLanguageenPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictRightsPikes Peak Library District| http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Original Format1/4-inch reel-to-reel audio tape

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Date Digital7/29/2008Formataudiomp3File Name PPLDoh-i-07cDuration1:15:17Resource Typesound

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