Item NumberPPLDoh-i-10bTime Coverage1930-1976Date Interview4/21/1976DescriptionOral history interview with Lyle Conley of Elbert, Colorado. Conley talks about coming to Colorado Springs on the train in 1930 to look for work. He found work on a ranch east of Castle Rock, Colorado. In 1939 he began farming for himself and in 1952 he acquired 560 acres. He started working for Elbert County in 1953. Conley talks about financial difficulties of establishing his own farm. He talks about farming in Elbert County, including plowing the adobe ground, raising corn, wheat and barley, everyday life on the farm, and how farm life has changed in the 1970s compared to earlier times. He discusses how he and his family weathered some of the bad storms that have affected the Bijou Basin area of Colorado. He talks about the 1965 flood that devastated Elbert County, washing out many bridges, and what the state and county did to recover from the flood.NarratorConley, Lyle, 1908-1978InterviewerTeeuwen, RandallGeographic CoverageElbert (Colo.)El Paso County (Colo.)Great PlainsSubjectAgricultureFarm lifeWheatCornCollectionOral HistoriesColorado Centennial - Bicentennial Oral History ProjectLanguageenPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Original Format1/4-inch reel-to-reel audio tape
