Item NumberPPLDoh-i-09dTime Coverage1904-1976Date Interview4/28/1976DescriptionOral history interview with William Harold Lee, of Limon, Colorado. Mr. Lee was a grandson of William S. Pershing, one of the founders of Limon. He was born in 1904 near Hugo, Colorado, but in 1910 his family moved to Limon and he began school. He talks about his early years growing up on his family's homestead ranch, 12 miles from Hugo. He talks about his mother shooting a rabid coyote on the ranch, finding buffalo bones on the prairie and a lightning strike that killed the family's entire 120 head of cattle. The death of the cattle led to the family moving into the town of Limon and his father becoming a concrete contractor. Mr. Lee talks about his maternal grandfather, William S. Pershing, an early surveyor, land developer and promoter on the plains of eastern Colorado. Mr. Lee was Lincoln County surveyor for 11 years and ran his own surveying practice for 25 years. He talks about early Limon and the development of the town, including some of the businesses. He tells about life on the plains including some big blizzards, hunting antelope, early cowboys and rodeos, finding Indian relics at Badger Springs, and the Lake stage stop, among other things.NarratorLee, William Harold, 1904-1979InterviewerTeeuwen, RandallGeographic CoverageLincoln County (Colo.)Limon (Colo.)SubjectLimon (Colo.)--HistoryHomesteadingCattleGreat Plains--HistoryGreat Plains--Social life and customsCollectionColorado Centennial - Bicentennial Oral History ProjectOral HistoriesLanguageenPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Original Format1/4-inch reel-to-reel audio tape
